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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2005
Kenji Ikoma, Wakayama, JP;
Kenji Ikoma, Wakayama, JP;
Shima Seiki Mfg. Ltd., Wakayama, JP;
Abstract
[PROBLEMS] To provide a yarn feeder in the yarn feeding device of a weft knitting machine in which a fabric having uniform stitches can be produced with high productivity without increasing the size of the yarn feeder. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] In a switching mechanism arranged to switch a yarn feeder from feeding position to standby position while interlocking with selection release operation of a hauling means after feeding the yarn by setting the oscillating direction to the standby position of the yarn feeder after feeding the yarn, a neutral position holding means operated to be interlocked with the hauling means to hold the neutral position of the yarn feeder in a vertical altitude raised above the yarn feeding position is provided.