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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sadamu Nakahata, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Ueyama, Wakayama, JP;
Assignee:
Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd., Wakayama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04B 1/578 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D04B 1/578 ;
Abstract
In a knitting member selection actuator ( ) of a knitting machine, there is provided between a pair of yokes a magnetic property means ( ) for making a magnetic reluctance between the confronting yokes ( ) of an uncontrolled attraction region ( ) larger than a magnetic reluctance between the yokes of the uncontrolled attraction region and the knitting member attracted to attraction surfaces and also smaller than a magnetic reluctance between the yokes of the uncontrolled attraction region and attraction surfaces of the adjacent controlled attraction region ( ).