Warp knitting or raschel machine

Claim 1

In a warp knitting or Raschel machine comprising a row of vertical needles, a plurality of thread guides for supplying warp thread to said needles, a plurality of trick plates with knockover edges, means for feeding filler thread to said needles for producing knitted fabrics, a plurality of filler threads being prepared to arrive horizontally at the level of the upper edge of said trick plates, a sinker arrangement consisting of a plurality of sinker plates disposed above said needles and above said trick plates, said sinker plates performing a substantially orbital movement in timed relationship to the needle movement, and a plurality of filler sinkers extending into the space between said trick plates and said needles and movably mounted below said sinker arrangement, means for imparting to said filler sinkers a substantially rectangular movement consisting of consecutive horizontal and vertical sections in timed relationship with the needle action and thus with the operation of said sinker arrangement, said filler sinkers being adapted to separate a filler thread and transport it to the back side of said needles and cooperate at this position and instant with said sinker arrangement which holds the filler thread down to the upper edge of said trick plates during the rising of said needles.