Method and circular knitting machine for knitting patterned knitwear

摘要

When knitting on a circular knitting machine patterned knitwear with a plurality of yarns from stationary guides 24, (25) which are not worked by a plurality of adjacent needles (12) are severed inside the needle circle when the floats (26) resulting therefrom reach a predetermined length and the yarn ends (28) thereby resulting on the side of the associated yarn guide (24) are constantly retained in the capture region of the needles (12) selectable by the selector device for yarn reception. The patterning can thus be effected solely with the aid of the selector devices. Yarn change devices or ring guide bars are not needed. Rotating cutters (22) or hot wires and associated pneumatic holding devices (19) are suitably provided, one for each yarn, on a support (16, 17) which may also carry a ring (18) with a wedge-shaped groove for guiding the floats. Alternatively the ring may have a tapering shape. …IMAGE…