APPARATUS FOR ROLLING DOWN KNIT FABRIC OF FLAT KNITTING MACHINE AND KNITTING METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable repeated uses of a set up mechanism during knitting of one garment and knitting of various knit fabrics. ;SOLUTION: Knitting of the first knit fabric 17 is started by using a set up apparatus 16 as shown in figure (1). After the set up apparatus 16 is passed through a fixed roller 14 and a moving roller 15, the moving roller 15 is displaced as shown in figure (3) to hold the knit fabric 17. Then, the knit fabric 17 is released from the set up apparatus 1 as shown in the figure (4) and evacuated from moving locus of the set up apparatus 16 to enable re-use of the set up apparatus as shown in the figure (6).;COPYRIGHT: (C)1997,JPO