US 11,725,313 B2
Method and knitting device for plating on a circular knitting machine equipped with compound needles
Martin Wörnle, Mössingen (DE); and Roland Simmendinger, Hohenzollern (DE)
Assigned to Groz-Beckert KG, Albstadt (DE)
Appl. No. 17/619,965
Filed by Groz-Beckert KG, Albstadt (DE)
PCT Filed May 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/064922
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/254089, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19180536 (EP), filed on Jun. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0205153 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. D04B 9/34 (2006.01); D04B 9/10 (2006.01); D04B 15/06 (2006.01)
CPC D04B 9/34 (2013.01) [D04B 9/10 (2013.01); D04B 15/06 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for plating with compound needles on a circular knitting machine, the method comprising:
inserting at least two yarns (4, 5) into a hook area (7) of a compound needle (3);
moving at least one sinker (6) relative to a knock-over edge (2) disposed immovably on a cylinder and extending in a longitudinal direction (L) and in a transverse direction (Q) such that, by way of a guide means (8), the at least one sinker (6) guides at least one of the at least two yarns (4, 5) further into the hook area (7) of the compound needle (3), towards a shank (9) of the compound needle (3), and in doing so keeps the at least two yarns (4, 5) separated; and
moving the at least one sinker (6) in the longitudinal direction (L) and in an elevational direction (H), which is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction (L) and to the transverse direction (Q), towards the knock-over edge (2) while the at least one of the at least two yarns is in contact with the guide means (8) such that the guide means (8) performs a movement which tracks, at least section-wise, the at least one of the at least two yarns (4, 5).