Loop presser, flatbed knitting machine having loop presser, and fabric knitting method using loop presser

摘要

An object of the invention is to improve yarn feeding conditions to a knitting needle and improve a loop pressing function and a yarn holding function for end stitches in a flat knitting machine provided with a compound needle. In a top portion 12 of a loop presser 11 advancing to a tooth mouth 10, a knitting yarn holding portion for end stitches 13 and a loop presser portion 14 are formed. The knitting yarn holding portion for end stitches 13 hides a tongue 25a from the yarn 22 at a wall portion 15 above the knitting yarn holding portion for end stitches 13 so that the problem of yarn entanglement that the yarn 22 fed to a hook 24a of the compound needle 23 from a yarn feeding port 20 is surmounted on the tongue 25a may be solved. A pressing portion 16 below the knitting yarn holding portion for end stitches 13 presses the yarn 22. The knitting yarn holding portion for end stitches 13 holds the yarn 22 outside the end stitch by winding it around it. The loop presser portion 14 presses the yarn 22 during the knitting. While hiding the tongue 25a of the needle 23 of the end stitch at the wall portion 15, the yarn 22 can be guided into the hook 24a reliably by causing the loop presser portion 14 of another loop presser 11 to act.