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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
May. 04, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masahiro Shima, Wakayama, JP;
Assignee:
Shima Seiki Manufacturing Limited, Wakayama, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
66 64 ; 66 78 ;
Abstract
A flat knitting machine is provided with a guiding mechanism to engage the first butt of the slider of a needle for split knit and a split knit cam provided in the slider cam lock. When the first butt of the slider and the split knit cam is in engagement with each other, the needle proper is cleared. With this arrangement, the slider does not move inadvertently, and the second butt of the slider is reliably guided to the split knit bypass groove, and split knit is completed by the subsequent cam lock.