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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Franz Schmid, Bodelshausen, DE;
Fritz Walker, Kusterdingen, DE;
Assignee:
H. Stoll GmbH & Co., Reutlingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04B / ; D04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
66146 ; 242150 ;
Abstract
A thread control device for a flat knitting machine having a housing and at least one thread brake arranged on the housing, has a spring acting on the thread brake, a flat spring web supported at one side, and a slider movable in a recess of the housing and having a foot which slides on the spring web so that a free end of the flat spring changes a force of the spring which acts on the thread brake in correspondence with a position of the slider.