Weft supplying device for a warp knitting machine

Abstract

Abstract WARP KNITTING MACHINE HAVING A ZONE WHEREIN NEEDLESARE DISPOSED AND MEANS FOR SUPPLYING WARP THREADS TO THE NEEDLES INCLUDING A DEVICE FOR FILLING A WEFT HAVING FIRST HOLDER MEMBERS FOR MAKING THE WEFT READY OUTSIDE THE NEEDLE ZONE, MEANS FOR GUIDING THE WEFT TO THE WARP THREADS, THE FIRST HOLDER MEMBERS HAVING A THREAD GUIDE COOPERATING THEREWITH, FOR MAKING THE WEFT READY, THE THREAD GUIDE BEING DISPLACEABLE IN A CLOSED TRAVEL PATH, MEANS FOR FEEDING A PLURALITY OF WEFTS SELECTIVELY TO THE THREAD GUIDE FOR ENTRAINMENT THEREBY IN THE CLOSED TRAVEL PATH THEREOF, A SERVERING MEMBER LOCATED ADJACENT AND COORDINATED WITH THE FIRST HOLDER MEMBERS FOR CUTTING INTO PREDETERMINED LENGTHS THE WEFT TO BE MADE READY, THE THREAD GUIDE HAVING A CLAMPING MEMBER FOR INDIVIDUALLY GRIPPING THE THREAD FOR EACH WEFT, AND SECOND HOLDER MEANS LOCATED ADJACENT THE TRAVEL PATH OF THE THREAD GUIDE AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE FROM THE LATTER THE WEFT GRIPPED BY THE CLAMPING MEMBER.

Inventors

• 👤 Stefan Furst

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