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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
May. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Sipra Patententwicklungs- Und Beteiligungsgesellschaft Mbh, Albstadt, DE;
Inventor:
Stefan Seeger, Jungingen, DE;
Assignee:
SIPRA Patententwicklungs-und Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Albstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04B 15/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D04B 15/88 (2013.01);
Abstract
A circular knitting machine has a circular knitting unit fitted with needles and an expander arranged under the circular knitting unit for tubular knit formed by the circular knitting unit. The expander is rotatably mounted on a central rod arranged coaxially to a knitting machine axis. A pivoting bearing is arranged on the central rod to allow limited swivel movements of the expander relative to the central rod.