Dynamic feeding systems for knitting machines

    公开(公告)号:US09856106B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-02

    申请号:US15196562

    申请日:2016-06-29

    IPC分类号: B65H59/38 B65H59/04 D04B15/44

    摘要: Systems and methods are provided for feeding thread at a knitting machine. One embodiment is a thread feeding device which includes a spool that supplies thread to a knitting device through a thread path and a motor that drives the spool. The device and further includes a mobile guide in the thread path that changes position due to changes in thread tension as the knitting device draws thread through the mobile guide. The thread feeding device also includes a sensor that measures a change in position of the mobile guide, and a controller that determines an amount of tension applied to the thread by the knitting device based on the change in position, and adjusts a speed of a motor that drives the spool based on the amount of tension.

    DYNAMIC FEEDING SYSTEMS FOR KNITTING MACHINES

    公开(公告)号:US20180002133A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-04

    申请号:US15196562

    申请日:2016-06-29

    IPC分类号: B65H59/38 D04B15/44 B65H59/04

    摘要: Systems and methods are provided for feeding thread at a knitting machine. One embodiment is a thread feeding device which includes a spool that supplies thread to a knitting device through a thread path and a motor that drives the spool. The device and further includes a mobile guide in the thread path that changes position due to changes in thread tension as the knitting device draws thread through the mobile guide. The thread feeding device also includes a sensor that measures a change in position of the mobile guide, and a controller that determines an amount of tension applied to the thread by the knitting device based on the change in position, and adjusts a speed of a motor that drives the spool based on the amount of tension.