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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1997
Kenji Ikoma, Wakayama, JP;
Shima Seiki Manufacturing, Ltd., Wakayama, JP;
Abstract
A flat knitting machine comprising: at least a pair of front and rear needle beds defining a gap therebetween; and a set-up device disposed below said gap, said set-up device including: a plurality of setting-up needles, each having a setting-up needle base member and a setting-up needle slider member, the setting-up needle slider member being movable relative to the setting-up needle base member to selectively hold and release a set-up portion of a knitted fabric; a setting-up needle bed supporting the plurality of setting-up needles so that the plurality of setting-up needles are juxtaposed to one another and that each of the setting-up needles is movable in both a fabric pull-down direction and a direction opposite thereto; first biasing means for biasing each of the setting-up needles in the fabric pull-down direction relative to the setting-up needle bed; and setting-up needle hold and release means for moving the setting-up needle slider member relative to the setting-up needle base member to thereby control the setting-up needle slider member to hold and release the set-up portion of said knitted fabric.