Abstract:
A selection device for an elastic selector for needles in a circular knitting machine which includes, in an upward region, an elastic portion that is adapted to move the lower portion towards the outside of the cylinder and has a lower heel that is adapted to move outward into a position for engagement on the part of a lifting cam; the selector continues, in a downward region, with a tab that is adapted to be attracted and retained by a fixed annular permanent magnet which is arranged towards the inside of a cylinder and at which one or more electromagnets are mounted; the activation of the electromagnets is adapted to selectively release the selectors which are otherwise retained by the permanent magnet during the rotation of the cylinder.
Abstract:
A modified needle with associated actuation elements or knitting the heel in circular stocking machines, comprising a first conventional selection heel and an elastic extension having a second heel that can be selected for forming the sock and stocking toe and heel, the respective actuation elements being distributed independently of one another along two corresponding annular bands of the cylinder arranged at different levels.
Abstract:
A modified sub-needle with associated actuation elements for circular stocking machines, which is constituted by a lower sub-needle provided with a selection heel and by an intermediate sub-needle provided with an upper heel and a lower heel; the top of the lower sub-needle has a lower external region and an upper internal region for the resting of the base of the intermediate sub-needle; there is provided a first bolt cam for lifting the lower heel of the intermediate sub-needle which is adapted to selectively move the oscillating base of the intermediate sub-needle so that it rests in the lower external region or in the upper internal region of the lower sub-needle; and there is provided a second bolt cam for lowering the upper heel of the intermediate sub-needle; the selections and longitudinal movements performed by the intermediate sub-needle being suitable to reduce the longitudinal strokes required of the sub-needles and the angular extent of the bolt cams and of the selection cams.
Abstract:
The magnetic selection ring has a ferromagnetic body defining a flange provided with recesses. Slots filled with diamagnetic material are provided in the recesses to form heads each accommodating the core of a respective release electromagnet. The selection ring is usable with selectors of the type provided with a shaped elastic portion, a lower heel, which is outwardly flexible for being affected by a lifting cam or inwardly retainable to avoid interference with the cam, and an upper heel, actuated by a lowering cam formed on the lower surface of a complementary ring for retaining the elastic portions of the selectors. The selectors have a lowermost tapering tab, which can be moved by a retraction cam into contact with the magnetic ring. When the tab is retained by the permanent magnets, the heel assumes the configuration for not interfering with the cam. The electromagnets are activatable for selectively releasing the selectors.