Device for producing radial movement of guide bars in cut plush warp knitting machines

Claim 1

IN A DOUBLE-NEEDLE BED CUT-PLUSH WARP KNITTING MACHINE HAVING WARP GUIDES AND GUIDE BARS CARRYING SAID WARP GUIDES, MEANS TO PRODUCE MOVEMENT OF THE GUIDE BARS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ACROSS THE PATH OF THE LATCH NEEDLES COMPRISING A SPINDLE, SAID GUIDE BARS BEING RIGID WITH SAID SPINDLE, AN INTERMEDIATE SHAFT, LINKS CARRIED BY THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT, SAID SPINDLE BEING TURNABLY MOUNTED IN THE LINKS, CAM MEANS DRIVEN IN SYNCHRONISM WITH THE MOTION OF THE LATCH NEEDLES, A FIRST MEANS TO TRANSMIT MOVEMENT FROM THE CAM MEANS TO THE SPINDLE TO TURN THE SAME ABOUT ITS AXIS, AND SECOND MEANS INDEPENDENT OF THE FIRST MOVEMENT TRANSMITTING MEANS TO TRANSMIT MOVEMENT FROM THE CAM MEANS TO THE LINKS TO ROCK THEM ABOUT THE AXIS OF THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT, SAID CAM MEANS PRODUCING LARGE MOVEMENTS OF THE WARP GUIDES ALTERNATIVELY ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE CENTER LINE FOR CASING OFF AND, BETWEEN EACH OF TWO SUCH LARGE MOVEMENTS, TWO SMALLER AVOIDING MOVEMENTS ACROSS SAID CENTER LINE, SAID GUIDE BARS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY RADIALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID SHAFT.