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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1999
Yasuhiko Matsuda, Toyama-ken, JP;
YKK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a narrow width crochet knitting machine having a driving mechanism of a weft guide bar and two or more kinds of warp guide bars, which can form two or more kind of knitted loops in a narrow knitting space with a simple and compact mechanism. In a narrow width crochet knitting machine having a driving mechanism for independently and synchronously driving one or more weft guide bar, warp guide bars and a plurality of knitting needles, the warp guide bars comprise a plurality of guide bars for forming two or more kinds of knitted loops, at least one guide bar of the warp guide bars is arranged in a space for locating the weft guide bar, a support block of the one warp guide bar is arranged in a substantially identical plane with a support block of the weft guide bar, and the weft guide bar support block and the weft guide bar support block are vertically moved in the substantially identical plane by a main drive shaft independetnly from each other.