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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2008
Axel Flad, Burladingen, DE;
Wolfgang Bauer, Kornwestheim, DE;
Axel Flad, Burladingen, DE;
Wolfgang Bauer, Kornwestheim, DE;
SIPRA Patententwicklungs- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Albstadt, DE;
Abstract
A machine for producing a knitted product by at least partly using untwisted fiber material () includes at least one stitch forming system, on which stitch-forming elements () can be brought into a fibre pick-up position. A thread guide () is associated with the stitch-forming system and has a passage () for the fibre material (). A drafting assembly () is associated with the stitch-forming system for attenuation of the fibre material and a spinning device (), which is arranged between the drafting assembly () and the thread guide () and contains at least one spinning element () working with a blast air flow and a transport tube () connected thereto. The transport tube () contains an outlet end () for the fibre material opening into the thread guide (). The outlet end () has an inner cross-section (D), which is exactly the same size as or smaller than an inner cross-section (D) at an outlet end of the passage (). The intensity of the blast air flow is selected such that this is sufficient at least to securely transport the fibre material () as far as the stitch forming elements () without further auxiliary means.