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  • Patent No. 2,893,225 dated July 7, 1959. Divided and this application Apr. 16, 1959, Ser. No. 806,972
  • the present invention relates to improvements in the sinkers or holddown plates in a flat knitting apparatus having a needle bed constructed with parallel needle guide grooves therein and a row of latch needles slidably disposed within said grooves for reciproc-able movement for manufacturing knitted fabrics.
  • Such knitting apparatus are usually adapted for and used for hand powered small-scale uses.
  • a plurality of the sinkers embodying this present invention are disposed in alternating relationship with the row of latch needles. These sinkers are mounted upon a transverse axle, which is affixed to the needle bed, for oscillatory motion and extend past the outlet side of the needle bed.
  • a hand actuating member is slidably disposed upon tracks afiixed to the needle bed. This actuating member actuates both the needles and the needle bed and the oscillatory sinkers.
  • the sinker In the known knitting apparatus of this kind the sinker have disadvantages with respect to the shape, disposal and guiding in the needle bed which cause ditficulty in manufacturing these sinkers and often disturbances in their operation during the knitting operation.
  • the object of the invention is to overcome these disadvantages. This is obtained by forming each of the sinkers at their rearward end with upward curved projections and lower rounded extensions.
  • the rounded extensions conform over a part of their periphery to a radial are from the transverse axle and areadapted to support and guide the sinkers in their oscillatory motion upon the needle bed.
  • the curved projections are positioned upwardly so that the hand actuated member or carriage engages the same to impart oscillatory motion to the sinkers.
  • Each individual sinker has formed intergrally therewith at the outlet side of the needle bed an upwardly directed protruding part and a downwardly directed abutment member.
  • the protruding part has an outer most edge curved along a radial arc from the rearward transverse axle.
  • the abutment member is curved along a radial are from the transverse axle and this member is so curved at both front and rear edges thereof.
  • a hook or recess is formed by the protruding part extending downwardly and outwardly with respect to the abutment member.
  • An end cross piece is formed intergral with the sinker at the lower end of the abutment member, and on the rearward end of this cross piece is formed an upwardly directed curved spring core which conforms to a similar radial are as does the abutment member.
  • a return spring is placed around this core and is in compression between the cross piece and the bottom of the needle bed.
  • the hook or recess is positioned generally at the outlet edge of the needle bed, while, the upper elements are generally placed above the bed and the lower elements extend through the guide slots to below the bed.
  • the entire sinker including the spring core, may be stamped in a single operation from sheet or plate material.
  • FIG. 1 is a plane view of an embodiment of the fiat knitting apparatus
  • FIG. 2 shows the same apparatus in vertical cross section taken on line II--II of FIG. 1, and viewed in the direction of the arrows.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 show a sinker for the knitted fabric with a part of the needle bed and of the slide of the main knitting apparatus in side elevation, partly in vertical section, and respectively, in lower and lifted position.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 an under frame 1 of the main knitting apparatus is shown with a needle bed 2, latch needles 3 carried in parallel grooves, guide rails 4 for the slide or carriage 5 rectangularly arranged to the needles 3, and the handle 6 of the member '5.
  • a sinker 7 is pivotally mounted on a common axis or on pivot pins 8 for oscillating movement.
  • Each of said sinkers 7 has at its rear end an upwardly directed projection 9 and a downwardly directed rounded extension piece 10.
  • This latter extension 10* is guided in a slot 11 of the needle bed 2 and has a bore 12 for a pivot pin 8.
  • the front part or abutment member 13 for the knitted fabric of each sinker 7 extends downwardly and arc-shaped about said pivot 8 and has at its top a somewhat protruding part 14 which extends beyond the abutment member 13 and forms a hook-shaped recess 15 with the abutment member 13.
  • the recess 15 acts as a hook for holding down the finished knitted fabric.
  • the elements 13 and 16 are guided in a slot 19 at the outlet edge of the needle bed 2 or of the underfrarne 1.
  • the holding-down spring 18, which is a helicoidal spring abuts with one end against the radial end cross piece 17 and with the other end against the under face of the needle bed 2 at either side of the guide slot 19.
  • the sinkers 7 repose with their central horizontal, bodies between the rearward extension piece 10 and upward projection 9 and the front abutment member 13 on the upper continuous surface of the needle bed 2, which may be provided at this point with an elastic noise damping layer 43 of felt, rubber or the like.
  • each sinker 7 is controlled by a cam-like abutment 21 fixed by means of an angular bracket 20 at the slide or carriage '5.
  • the camlike actuating member or abutment 21 By sliding lateral engagement of the camlike actuating member or abutment 21 with the projection 9, the individual sinkers 7 are pivoted about their pivots 8, thus lifting their front ends 13, 14, 15 against the action of the individual return springs 18.
  • their hooks 1'5 grasp the recently formed row of meshes and hold them down. Movement of the actuating member or carriage 5 along the needle bed 2, with attendant engagement between cam 21 and projections 9 of successive sinkers 7, results in the aforedescribed operation of each of the sinkers 7, one after the other.
  • each of said sinkers secured to a rearward transverse axle in said needle bed for oscillatory motion and disposed intermediate between two adjacent needle guide grooves at the outlet side of said needle bed, vertical guide slots disposed in said needle bed from the outlet edge thereof rearwardly to provide for guiding of said sinkers, a hand actuated member slidably disposed upon said needle bed for actuating said needles and said sinkers, the improvement of each of said sinkers comprising a downwardly directed extension and an upwardly directed projection at its rearward end, said extension adapted for supporting and guiding said sinker upon said rearward transverse axle in said needle bed, said projection adapted for actuating said sinkers through said hand actuated member, an upwardly and forwardly protruding part and a downwardly extending abutment part for the knit
  • each of said sinkers comprising a downwardly directed extension and an upwardly directed projection at its rearward end, said extension adapted for supporting and guiding said sinker upon said rearward transverse axle in the needle bed, said projection adapted for actuating said sinkers through said hand actuated member, an upwardly and forwardly protruding part and a downwardly extending abutment for the knitted fabric
  • said hand actuated sliding member consists of a forwardly projecting supporting arm and a curved cam-like actuating means acting upon said upwardly directed projection of each of said sinkers.

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Original Filed April 6, 1956 E a m i w Jnvenzor Mas A/vrz United States Patent 3,024,633 FLAT KNITTING APPARATUS Josef Kuntz, Memmingen, Germany, assignor to Gerhard Kochheim, Hannover-Linden, Germany Original application Apr. 6, 1956, Ser. No. 576,743, now
Patent No. 2,893,225, dated July 7, 1959. Divided and this application Apr. 16, 1959, Ser. No. 806,972
Claims priority, application Germany Apr. 28, 1955 4 Claims. (Cl. 66-60) The present invention relates to improvements in the sinkers or holddown plates in a flat knitting apparatus having a needle bed constructed with parallel needle guide grooves therein and a row of latch needles slidably disposed within said grooves for reciproc-able movement for manufacturing knitted fabrics. Such knitting apparatus are usually adapted for and used for hand powered small-scale uses.
A plurality of the sinkers embodying this present invention are disposed in alternating relationship with the row of latch needles. These sinkers are mounted upon a transverse axle, which is affixed to the needle bed, for oscillatory motion and extend past the outlet side of the needle bed. A hand actuating member is slidably disposed upon tracks afiixed to the needle bed. This actuating member actuates both the needles and the needle bed and the oscillatory sinkers.
This is a division of my application Ser. No. 576,743, filed April 6, 195 6, now Patent Number 2,893,225, issued July 7, 1959-.
In the known knitting apparatus of this kind the sinker have disadvantages with respect to the shape, disposal and guiding in the needle bed which cause ditficulty in manufacturing these sinkers and often disturbances in their operation during the knitting operation.
The object of the invention is to overcome these disadvantages. This is obtained by forming each of the sinkers at their rearward end with upward curved projections and lower rounded extensions. The rounded extensions conform over a part of their periphery to a radial are from the transverse axle and areadapted to support and guide the sinkers in their oscillatory motion upon the needle bed. The curved projections are positioned upwardly so that the hand actuated member or carriage engages the same to impart oscillatory motion to the sinkers.
Each individual sinker has formed intergrally therewith at the outlet side of the needle bed an upwardly directed protruding part and a downwardly directed abutment member. The protruding part has an outer most edge curved along a radial arc from the rearward transverse axle. Likewise, the abutment member is curved along a radial are from the transverse axle and this member is so curved at both front and rear edges thereof. A hook or recess is formed by the protruding part extending downwardly and outwardly with respect to the abutment member. An end cross piece is formed intergral with the sinker at the lower end of the abutment member, and on the rearward end of this cross piece is formed an upwardly directed curved spring core which conforms to a similar radial are as does the abutment member. A return spring is placed around this core and is in compression between the cross piece and the bottom of the needle bed. The hook or recess is positioned generally at the outlet edge of the needle bed, while, the upper elements are generally placed above the bed and the lower elements extend through the guide slots to below the bed.
It is to be noted that the entire sinker, including the spring core, may be stamped in a single operation from sheet or plate material.
By so providing a return spring for each sinker which reacts against an integral portion of the sinker the oscilla- 3,024,633 Patented Mar. 13, 1962 tory motion of the sinker, when viewed along the yarn contact line, is rendered uniformily arcuate and, therefore, more efficient in hooking and forcing downwardly the line of yarn. This uniform motion along the arcuate path is further enhanced by the sinker being supported at its rearward end by the roundward extension which permits oscillatory motion around a curved radial are which is proportional to the curved radial arc formed by the front edges of the protruding part, the abutment part, and the spring core.
Further details of the invention will be pointed out in the following description, reference being made to the accompanying drawings.
In the accompanying drawings an embodiment of the flat knitting apparatus according to the invention is diagrammatically represented.
FIG. 1 is a plane view of an embodiment of the fiat knitting apparatus,
FIG. 2 shows the same apparatus in vertical cross section taken on line II--II of FIG. 1, and viewed in the direction of the arrows.
FIGS. 3 and 4 show a sinker for the knitted fabric with a part of the needle bed and of the slide of the main knitting apparatus in side elevation, partly in vertical section, and respectively, in lower and lifted position.
In FIGS. 1 and 2, an under frame 1 of the main knitting apparatus is shown with a needle bed 2, latch needles 3 carried in parallel grooves, guide rails 4 for the slide or carriage 5 rectangularly arranged to the needles 3, and the handle 6 of the member '5. Between each two adjacent needles 3 a sinker 7 is pivotally mounted on a common axis or on pivot pins 8 for oscillating movement. Each of said sinkers 7 has at its rear end an upwardly directed projection 9 and a downwardly directed rounded extension piece 10. This latter extension 10* is guided in a slot 11 of the needle bed 2 and has a bore 12 for a pivot pin 8. The front part or abutment member 13 for the knitted fabric of each sinker 7 extends downwardly and arc-shaped about said pivot 8 and has at its top a somewhat protruding part 14 which extends beyond the abutment member 13 and forms a hook-shaped recess 15 with the abutment member 13. The recess 15 acts as a hook for holding down the finished knitted fabric.
Behind the front abutment member 13 and parallel to it there is provided a similarly arc-shaped spring core 16 with an end cross piece 17 as support for a holding-down or return spring 18 for said sinker 7. The elements 13 and 16 are guided in a slot 19 at the outlet edge of the needle bed 2 or of the underfrarne 1. The holding-down spring 18, which is a helicoidal spring abuts with one end against the radial end cross piece 17 and with the other end against the under face of the needle bed 2 at either side of the guide slot 19.
The sinkers 7 repose with their central horizontal, bodies between the rearward extension piece 10 and upward projection 9 and the front abutment member 13 on the upper continuous surface of the needle bed 2, which may be provided at this point with an elastic noise damping layer 43 of felt, rubber or the like.
The upwardly extending projection '9 at the rear end of each sinker 7 is controlled by a cam-like abutment 21 fixed by means of an angular bracket 20 at the slide or carriage '5. By sliding lateral engagement of the camlike actuating member or abutment 21 with the projection 9, the individual sinkers 7 are pivoted about their pivots 8, thus lifting their front ends 13, 14, 15 against the action of the individual return springs 18. Upon return of the sinkers 7 to their rest position under the influence of springs 18, their hooks 1'5 grasp the recently formed row of meshes and hold them down. Movement of the actuating member or carriage 5 along the needle bed 2, with attendant engagement between cam 21 and projections 9 of successive sinkers 7, results in the aforedescribed operation of each of the sinkers 7, one after the other.
What I claim is:
1. In a fiat knitting apparatus having a needle bed, parallel needle guide grooves, a row of latch needles slidably disposed therein for reciprocating motion for manufacturing knitted fabric, a plurality of sinkers for the finished knitted fabric, each of said sinkers secured to a rearward transverse axle in said needle bed for oscillatory motion and disposed intermediate between two adjacent needle guide grooves at the outlet side of said needle bed, vertical guide slots disposed in said needle bed from the outlet edge thereof rearwardly to provide for guiding of said sinkers, a hand actuated member slidably disposed upon said needle bed for actuating said needles and said sinkers, the improvement of each of said sinkers comprising a downwardly directed extension and an upwardly directed projection at its rearward end, said extension adapted for supporting and guiding said sinker upon said rearward transverse axle in said needle bed, said projection adapted for actuating said sinkers through said hand actuated member, an upwardly and forwardly protruding part and a downwardly extending abutment part for the knitted fabric both curved about said rearward transverse axle, said protruding part and said abutment part offset in a forward direction from one another at the front edge of said sinker to form a recess therein, said recess acting as a hook for said knitted fabric, a return spring for each sinker placed and guided in rigid connection with said downward front abutment member and reacting between said abutment part and the undersurface of said needle bed on either side of said guide slots, said abutment part extending through and guided by said vertical guide slots.
2. In a fiat knitting apparatus having a needle bed, parallel needle guide grooves, a row of latch needles slidably disposed therein for reciprocating motion for manufacturing knitted fabric, a plurality of sinkers for the finished knitted fabric, each of said sinkers rigidly connected to a rearward transverse axle in the needle bed for oscillatory motion and disposed intermediate between two adjacent needle guide grooves at the outlet side of said needle bed, vertical guide slots for each of said sinkers extending from the outlet edge of said needle bed rearwardly, a hand actuated member slidably disposed upon said needle bed for actuating said needles and said sinkers, the improvement of each of said sinkers comprising a downwardly directed extension and an upwardly directed projection at its rearward end, said extension adapted for supporting and guiding said sinker upon said rearward transverse axle in the needle bed, said projection adapted for actuating said sinkers through said hand actuated member, an upwardly and forwardly protruding part and a downwardly extending abutment for the knitted fabric both curved about said rearward transverse axle on radial arcs therefrom, said protruding part and said abutment part offset from one another in a forward direction at the front edge of each of said sinkers to form a recess therein, said recess acting as a hook for said knitted fabric, said downwardly directed extension curved on a radial are from said axle, a spring core arcuately parallel to said abutment part and affixed to said part at its lower end rearwardly thereof, a return spring for each sinker placed on and guided by said core and reacting between said abutment part and the undersurface of said needle bed at either side of the vertical guide slot for each sinker, and said vertical guide slot guiding each of said sinkers through said downwardly extending abutment part.
3. A flat knitting apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein, a noise damping strip is disposed between the undersurface of the body portion of said sinkers and the uppersurface of said needle bed.
4. A fiat knitting apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein, said hand actuated sliding member consists of a forwardly projecting supporting arm and a curved cam-like actuating means acting upon said upwardly directed projection of each of said sinkers.
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US5699781A (en) * 1995-05-15 1997-12-23 Johnson Research & Development Company, Inc. Rapid fire compressed air gun
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