NEEDLE BED RACKING MECHANISM IN A FLAT KNITTING MACHINE

摘要

A racking cam for producing needle bed shogging steps of respectively different extents in a flat knitting machine. A racking cam carrier carries about its periphery a racking cam having a plurality of shogging positions. Each shogging position includes a device for varying the form of the cam at that position. The device may include a block on the periphery of the racking cam carrier and forming a part of the racking cam at each shogging position. This block may be mounted by a connecting structure including an eccentric element such that movement of this eccentric element moves the block in a direction generally parallel to the axis of rotation of the racking cam carrier.