Title:
HAND KNITTING MACHINE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPS5841947
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A collapsible flat bed knitting machine has a foldable needle bed having a multiplicity of sinker elements and latch needles. The needle bed is divided along its length three parts which we foldably connected together at the mutually opposite longitudinal end portions by improved connector units. Each of the connector units has a vertical axis which is disposed near the front edges of the sinker elements disposed at the end portions. One of the two mutually connected contiguous needle bed parts may be swung relative to the other needle bed part in a horizontal plane with the vertical axis as center and brought to the collapsed position in which the sinker elements of the needle bed parts are directly opposite to one another.
Inventors:
SUGITA YOSHIMORI
Application Number:
JP13735481A
Publication Date:
March 11, 1983
Filing Date:
August 31, 1981
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BROTHER IND LTD
International Classes:
D04B7/08; D04B9/10; D04B15/10; (IPC1-7): D04B15/10
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Tsuyoshi Sato