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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masahiro Yabuta, Wakayama, JP;
Minoru Kyotani, Wakayama, JP;
Assignee:
Shima Seiki Manufacturing Limited, Wakayama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
66106 ; 66 64 ; 66109 ;
Abstract
A sinker is disposed at the front end of a needle bed of a flat knitting machine so as to be capable of swinging displacement. A groove guiding advancing, retreating and swinging of the sinker is formed at the front end of the needle bed. A knitting yarn holding part is formed at the front end of a sinker plate. A knitting yarn drop preventive part, for preventing knitting yarn between a knitting needle and the sinker from dropping into the groove during knitting, is disposed adjacent to the sinker.