Hideaki hiromatsu

Claim 1

A KNITTING MACHINE COMPRISING A MAIN BODY, A CARRIAGE SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID MAIN BODY, A COVER RELEASABLY SECURED TO SAID MAIN BODY, SAID MAIN BODY INCLUDING A NEEDLE BOARD, A PLURALITY OF STATIONARY PINS MOUNTED PARALLEL RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER ALONG THE FRONT EDGE OF SAID NEEDLE BOARD, AND BENT DOWNWARDLY AND THEN UPWARDLY AND FORWARDLY TO FORM A SLOPING FRONT END PORTION, A PLURALITY OF KNITTING NEEDLES SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID NEEDLE BOARD FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A WITHDRAWN AND ADVANCED POSITION AND INCLUDING HOOKS AT THEIR FRONT END, SAID FRONT END PORTIONS OF SAID STATIONARY PINS AND SAID KNITTING NEEDLES BEING ADAPTED TO STRETCH KNITTING YARN BETWEEN SAID STATIONARY PINS AND SAID KNITTING NEEDLES BY OPERATION OF SAID CARRIAGE, A SETTING BAR DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID HOOKS OF SAID KNITTING NEEDLES AND SAID FRONT END PORTIONS OF SAID STATIONARY PINS AND ADAPTED TO BE PLACED ON THE FIRST STRETCHED COURSE OF SAID KNITTING YARN, SAID KNITTING NEEDLES MOVING FORWARDLY AND BACKWARDLY OVER SAID SETTING BAR, AND SAID SETTING BAR BEING PULLED OUT IN AXIAL DIRECTION UPON COMPLETION OF THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF COURSES FOR FINISHING THE KNIT CLOTH, A PLATE SPRING MOUNTED ON SAID NEEDLE BOARD FOR EACH OF SAID KNITTING NEEDLES AND PRESSING AGAINST THE LATTER, PRESSURE MEMBERS SECURED TO THE FRONT PORTION OF SAID CARRIAGE, AND A ROTARY BRUSH ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON THE BOTTOM SURFACE OF EACH OF SAID PRESSURE MEMBERS, AND SAID ROTARY BRUSHES MOVING THE KNIT CLOTH INTO SPACES DEFINED BETWEEN SAID FRONT END PORTIONS OF SAID STATIONARY PINS, AND TO PUSH DOWN THE KNIT CLOTH BY COOPERATION BETWEEN SAID ROTARY BRUSHES AND SAID STATIONARY PINS.