Yarn guide tubes for warp knitting machines

Claim 1

In a knitting machine including a row of needles supported for longitudinal reciprocation, carrier rod means supported for parallel movement relative to said needles, and means for imparting step-by-step racking movement to said carrier rod means, the combination therewith of improved means for feeding inlaying yarns to said needles, said inlaying yarn feeding means comprising (a) a tube guide support bar extending parallel to said needles, (b) spaced apart support means for said tube guide support bar, each of said support means including one end fixed on said carrier rod means and an opposite end fixed on said tube guide support bar, (c) a plurality of profile plates including one face removably secured to said tube guide support bar, and (d) a plurality of yarn guide tubes including upper end portions fixed to the other face of each of said profile plates and being circular in cross section, said yarn guide tubes including lower end portions extending downwardly from said profile plates to define free ends for directing inlaying yarns to said needles, the centers of the free ends of adjacent yarn guide tubes being spaced the same distance apart as the spacing of said needles said lower end portions being bent inwardly from opposite sides so that, the free lower ends of adjacent yarn guide tubes are elongated in cross-section and are sufficiently spaced apart to at times permit the needles to pass therebetween.