DE1956190A1 - Flat knitting machine - Google Patents

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Description; to the company's patent application

COURiPAULDS LIMITED 18, Hanover Square, London W. 1, Great Britain

concerning
Flat knitting machine

Priority 8 Nov 1968, No. 52942/58, Great Britain.

The invention relates to a flat knitting machine with at least two interacting rows of latch needles, which includes means which permit independent actuation of successive needles in the rows. According to the invention is provided in such a machine in the knitting process engaging element, which on the The needles located under the tongues is depressed when the needles move upwards and causes »itself the eyes on the downward movement of the needles under the tongue place, close it and then slide it over the tongues.

A device which has the mentioned lilement can with or can be used without a conventional removal mechanism.

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A machine that works without dismantling is gone however, the disadvantages caused by the unaleiohsÄseige zu ^ - effect, which such a Meohanlenue aenchaal exercises.

Also know the presence of the elements mentioned below Under certain circumstances, the knitting process can be carried out in a Maachizie only by supplying gladness to the free no-nes is started. Before the invention, it was often considered necessary to have an already at the beginning of the knitting gong Put the finished knitted fabric onto the needles of a machine see »eo that this knitted fabric is seized by the Abnahaeaechanieaus and so the knitting process could be continued. Often a Kent and weights were often used, to exert a pulling effect on the first stitches knitted. The use of such special devices for the start of the knitting process is usually when using the invention Elements not very necessary.

The subject of the invention is a Tlschstrlokamaschine nit V-shaped Hadelbettsordnung and at least two in Hedelbetts provided, one of the opposite rows of tongue tongues as well as smocks for the successive, independent operation of the needles in these rows · This thread knitting machine is characterized by two hold-down elements attached to the same support part, with the hold-down device * in operation being below the operated ones The needles of the loan extend and are arranged so that

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·· bot · Knitting orgong dl · knitted hooks not! movably arranged in such a way, let * dees the two hiedcrhslteelenente sbweohselnd in their working position moved and synchronously old of the operation & mv hedeln lungs of the Hsdelreihen leads. *

The invention uafeset eueserdea euf this Flechstriokm · - sehine received ·· knitted fabrics and knitted · textiles.

If in the description of this invention the laying is omitted the tongues and the upward movement of the fronds are pointed out, then dl · · under the precondition of the rule » that dl · Hedeln move upwards, among other things grab the thread su and move it down, among other things hit a mas oh «su and the · a Lsg · below the tongue of the beacons of the Speech! welter ice cream removes the tongue 1st. These Bcsugsengsben give the necessary ·! ·· no reference to a special position of the nobility or the machines in which these sloh located, in the direction of the vertical.

The hold-down element is known to mature from a flat Mets 11 exist, which is arranged at one point on the carrier part ie * and in the transverse direction bu the bathing rails blegsaa. The TrI-geil can be attached to the sole jacket of the machine

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or represent an ait of this connected part · Dtr strip Is so "ordered" that it is below the levels of the e let Irish, needles raised in one direction along the length of the Medelrelhen extends.

The stripe consists preferably eua of an eleetiechen Ne * teriel and know how to be so shaped that he has a xel * der EU dea part of the elements that ait the .knit Me β ο hen in Touch is coent, inclined and merges into this. The inclined lying part is eloh ea front end of dee BIeaents, daa denotes the dea end, which in the application denotes the Cycling is beneohbert, which is the early Absohnitt dee Knitting processes are or not yet in the knitting process occurred βInd.

The tell dee strip that ages when you use it knitted stitches in contact koaat «can be arranged, de se this Dell, if there is no thread in the sea located, in the direction of its anterior su eeittea posterior End inclined downwards in relation to the direction of the wheel movement is * This part of the Eleaent is arranged in such a way that he knows how to assume such a laying during operation, deas it stretches in a direction parallel to a line, which connects the hooks of the inactive bikes.

Zua knitting ribbed fabric on two opposite one another Rows of bicycles in a flat strioca machine old

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T-föraiger Hsdelbwtta & ordnung, know in Uiederhalteeleaant (hold-down element) used advantageously in the form of a round table will. The rear aide dee rod can be tapered be so that the stick not sucked over the side of the stick, übercjrmiaaig large are «the tip of the tapered rear Finally, such a rod can lie behind the point of the Kaschenebsugssohloss passed the needles * Zum Knitting tubular textiles on V-bed haachines is the tip of the rear end of the hold-down element preferably arranged in front of the point where the Heachenabsugssohloss Bohr does not intervene in the knitting process «vorzugswelaa before the point at which the abachlieasende location of the Stitching (drawing of the loops) begins »

Di · ExprUoke "behind the point" and "before the point" and the

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Designations "front aide * and" rear $ ide "are la this description in relation to the occurrence of the knitting process Used over successive girls of the Kadelreihea.

A Flaohstriokmachine with V-shaped Hadelbettor & nung can have more than one closed yetem, brought on the same carriage or on different carriages and in such a Heaohine two lower elements can be provided for each pair of Strickachloeesystene, whereby a separate element is arranged in such a way that it * subsequent passes of the ochloflayateme and the Schiittens are also involved in the knitting process. Every hold-down

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elenent preferably has «in front ·· aid ·, d» e «o geforat 1st, that the knitted fabric is not obstructed and that at the Eleaeat of a couple from Batrlabaatell removed and de · other sleaent In dl · Batriebeatellune is brought, aa 2nde takes place every Durohganga da eehloBsystaae and the sledge

A V-bed Flaehstriokaesobine can expand cycling »the In Bahr they arranged a two beds alad. For example, can Such a machine needles in auxiliary abbys "lift" the In The longitudinal direction of the main beds are movable. The invented Hold-down elements can also be found in a Maaohlne Find application.

The firing is described below under the supervision of the enclosed Drawings explained in more detail · In these drawings

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Figure 1 is a diagram, which invented awei different pores Klederhaltereleaente for Strickea-. machines and the position of these elements in relation to a lock system that can be assigned to

Figure 2 is the cross section through the needle beds of a flat knitting machine with V-shaped nedelhett arrangement According to the invention, which consists of a bteb, Invention according to the Niederhelteeleaent eufweiat.

FIG. 3 is the cross-section through the piping beds of a fish knitting machine with V-shaped needle bed arrangement geaäaa

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Fourth invention old one is doing a Fleoheteb

Stand & ea Mlederh * lteele * eat. figure H- 1st dl · seldom sees an exhilaration fttf «in peer

Biederhslteeleaente in a Y ~ 3ett-fleehetrieka · -

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figur 5 1st dl · perspective lightness of exhilaration

figure 4 | some parts are stringed figur 6 let · 1η cross section through part of the beltertmg

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figur 7 let «in Sennltt lung line AA ge« & ee figur 5 ·

In these selections follows Figure 1 * white forms of eleetieoher Illedernelteelevente, rewarded by Besugesiff «rn 10 and 11« the sur temendation in a V-bed fleohetriokeeeohine. Figures 2 and 3 «own de · El en ent 10 bsv. de * Heeient U. The middle sur fixing the Vlederhelteeleaente • n the Nesehlnen are geselgt in the figures I ₉ Z and 5 nioht. In all of the figures, the same symbols are used for the same parts.

Each of the Hlederhelteeleaente let so gefοret, the · β ·· sieve In the seam along the rows of hooks in a laying below the level of the »ktiveo, close-up speech of every bed and tmterbelb of the uppermost Kiveeue 13 * der Leg · der dichteeten The beds and the removable shelves are attached. Each Hiejderbelteeleaent net an old 17 bMeichnetes front · Sud « and an old 18 sieved rear end. Aa rorderen find of each KL "a" nts IO and 11 as shown in FIG. 1 see a

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Part 19 through which the elf ducks a holder, not shown attached 1st and a part ÜO, which is calibrated during the Use to the front bands, sun backwards bathing of the elements in biohtuag of the knitted fabric lowers and »11- ■ similar merges into a part 21 which presses on the knitted stitches during operation and calibrates in one direction extends parallel to a line which connects the hooks of the needles in the rest position. However, the elements possessed such a shape that if aich no thread In the msschine is located, the part 19 alch from its front find see below his back bath in a direction downward towards the movement of the girl. The shape of the Hlederhelteeleaente is chosen so that over the entire length of the iSlement there is approximately the same pressure on the knitted water is practiced.

Figures 2 and 3 give the location of the parts 21 of the two Hold down elements as shown in Figure 1 when these elements are in operation. Dia Psdenaehlauf and the ready dead nitrogen has been omitted from these figures The parts «21 lie between the cadel beds below the If level of the Sp it see the tee plate :! 13 and below the ' by the needles in their upward movement surüekosedea Lanes.

The broken lines IJ ¹ in figure 3 represents the tilt of the faces JSbenen "inaader aächstliegendan parts of Badelbettan and the sinker !! in dinar machine in which

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Dieee Tell · «In the parallel or essentially perellele have conveying surface. The solid lines In dieeer Figure «owns the surfaces of the one lying next to it Parts of clay Kedelbottcn and Abechlegp let in old normal Kon «· figuration.

In a flat bed arrangement according to the invention Means are provided to hold a hold-down element, such as ea in fig 1 let, together old the sledge that holds the lock « When wearing the machine's jacket, move it along the two bathrobes. In this way, the actuation of the bit becomes synchronous Hedeln a relative movement of the Niederhelteelcaente and the Xedelrelhen generated. The sleaent knows the same horse like the locks and each lock system in dar Nesohine svei hle & receipt elements are assigned «with one dieeer ffiederheltcalemcnta in each direction the back and forth movement of the eohlittan is used

Figure 1 shows the position of the Niederhelteeleaente in besug euf the ötriotasyklue of the Vedeln a number. Venn the Mesehln The needles in the other row are over when they are in the family a half-colored halo on the one in Figure 1 sloped soleplate sugeordinen Sedeln versetst * If on dec Keachln «creates a smooth knitted fabric in the form of a hose should be, during each pass the castle mantle only one operated by the Nssohine needles! Corridor 1 is shown a Schloflbehn 22, which is in a lock block 23 'of the machine is designed and shows the Dsretstellung,

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that see the shafts of the Jedeln 24 in the 8obloßbeho b # - findan. Di · tini · 25 is inclined to the level of the upper chambers Shafts of the Nedein, whose beacons are at the level of the forehead "Elte of the Abachlegpletinen of the Keeehine aiod.

The parts 19 of both elements and to the bicycles, dl am Btrickvorgeng involved are »subordinate and the part« 20 go on a line 26 in front of a line 27 where dl Upward movement of the needles begins, in which parts 21 are practiced. Laying the stitches on the strings begins at line 28 and at line 29, the needles are removed from sole sheet 22 released to be able to use your own level.

The element 11 in Fora of a fleohetebea ends on a line 32 in front of line 28, where Needles begins. The Haeohen are therefore not over the staff sucked and have the usual length.

Dea Slenent 11 is especially suitable for drying textiles in tube form using both beds one Y-bed masehine or sub knitting euf only one bed one Y-bed machine. It is preferably kept as thin as possible, although it retains a certain firmness, to apply the desired pressure on the knitted Haeohen. The width of the elements 11 is chosen so that the el equal to the distance between the beds of the machine Is the plane in which there is an element. De at will ever « but «wipe each side edge of the element and

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Arranged bed βία leave space for the passage of the knitted heads.

De »ELmtnt 10 in pore a · Stand old circular shape a cross section ends on a line 36 on the other side of line 29 »en who releases the BehloBbehn 22 to everyone. Part 37 en rüokwllrtlgen Bades de Xlenents, from line 32 to line 28, where the girls begin! Beat hash until so far Funct de · Eltaente, has its own cross-section el · the main part of part 21 dee Sleaente. Of the Part 37 is possibly kept thin, where d * is a new ~ Sufficient strength is maintained, including the reduced Ornek etaf the knitted fabrics. Her feil 21 des Kleaents IC net a Darehiieseer, de? half the evening They look at the two beds at their widest point Notice is and is particularly suitable for sub-locations of a knitted fabric old

The Mlederhelteeleaente described above raise the function of placing the new Mei-shari in the area ^ in which new Mei-shari are placed, pushing the already knitted heels downwards when the sole notes ^ el move along the rows of shutters ₀ en one of the following saddles unchecked @ig ¥ <press my®nder su · See letAerhalteeleKent let in a distance tmtes & elb the Absehlsgplstinen onzmttf ^ t ,, b®l whose binhslt ^ iag of the bed «Qestrlek is preserved * Biese lay« know fii.i? different kinds and strengths of the Vedens ö ^ v. Qwma imü for

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Types of fabric produced may be different. Tue bed; · location for a rod-shaped * Hiederhelteeleneat differentiates see of the best laying for an Aiederhelteelenent ai.t flat transverse alignment.

An etsbföraiges element that sur use in the manufacture of rib knit, must press the thread down, the one in the base level of the tee plate !! swipe the beds leads back and forth. The part 21 of such an element is therefore usually on top of or just below it dea levels of the upper ends of the nadel beds ·.

Sin suo knitting tubular ·? Were intended fleohes Eleaent is usually not sub-knitting a Gestrioksufbeua used, in which in the case of many successive Pull the threads back and forth across the beds " run and such an element therefore presses by frictional contact between its side edges and the beds lying knitted stitches the knitted fabric down. In many cases there is an advantageous laying for the Part 21 of such an element in the plain "wipe the suletzt." the severed Masohan and those immediately foreseeing them Row of stitches. Such a hold-down officer can be used when knitting one of the rows on the needles

A flat hold-down element, such as element 11, is known by ~> dooh also used to make some legs knitted la

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Bippenraueter su «trioken. No knitting is free Needles in a heβοhinβ nit such a hold-down * element is started, it is advantageous to have at least one 1st row of rib knit before working in Sehlauchfora is started

In a flat knitting machine old V-shaped needle bed arrangement, which has a hold-down element, such as one of the elements described, must always have one end of the hold-down element as the front end of the JSlement, it is related to the knitting process its "which has a shape which avoids tangling of the knitted stitches" in FIGS. 4 to 7 a machine according to the invention is shown in which this by attaching two hold-down elements to the same door part, with only one element during of each passage of the lock base is in the division of operations and the element in operation as the front end a suitably shaped end suwendet the knitting process.

Bine holder for the hold-down elements in one according to the invention V ~ bed ~ fleoh trick machine is in the figures 4, 5, 6 and 7 shown. The bracket comprises two side plates 40 and 41 attached to bridges 42 and 43, which correspond to the two lock shells (not shown) the machine and therefore extend across the needle beds above the needle beds. A slide 44 is »wipe the Plates attached in such a way that it exerts a sliding movement

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pipes are known and guided by lifting, one of which is through de · Besugsseiohen 45 (Figure 6) denotes let «This Heb · let en dea slide fastener and engages hat 46 in side plate 40.

The sliding sole surface 44 net the shape of a rack old teeth 47, which engages a gear red 48 (old 40 teeth), which is rotatable in the side plates 40 and 41 is attached. The Red 48 is in one piece of a gear wheel 49 formed with 20 teeth which mesh with the teeth 30 of a rack on another slide Slide 51 is standing · The slide 51 is angled so that it can slide in the longitudinal direction of the plates 40 and 41 Movement executes and is guided by hubs 54, the en the slide are tight and in a hat 55 la a engage the cover plate 56 attached to the side plate 41 · The side plate 41 covers the hat 55 and serves to support the Hubs 54 in the hat »to hold tight.

From one side of the slide 51 at the lower end of this slide (figure?), Two pins 57 and 58, which work together old the upper, V-shaped saiden of two downwardly extending arms 59 and 60, mourn for Paere von Hold down elements 60, 62 and 63, 64 represent. The arae 59 and 60 are at 67 and 66 between the depending plates 69 and 70 close deflected _t εwischen which is abutments 73, 74 and 75, 76 are, which limit the rotational movement of the arae. The lower portions of arms 59 and 60 load

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are new thin flexible strips 77 and 78 from one Beryllium-copper alloy, en which the steel elements are greased · Each peer de? Nlederhslteeleaent · 61, 62 and 63 »64- is old from a single meter rectangular cross-section formed. In Figure 4, the helper elements are 61 and 63 in the operating position sur movement neon on the right in the figure and a front section 61 ·, 63 * of every element is 3h below and backwards in Rlohtmtg it is inclined towards the river beds, with the rear one Section 61 * ', 63' 'of each sewing element is more pereilel aligned in the longitudinal direction of the beds.

The arne 59 and 60 of the extension in FIG. 4 are arranged in such a way that at the end of each pass of the lock casing of the machine, they move from their rotary heads 6? and 63 are rotated, including the previously in operation Hlederhslteeleaente In the operational position see below

This is achieved as follows: The slide valve 44 is At its ends with neon counterbuttons 81 protruding at the top and 82 provided. Aa bath of every passage through the castle floor and the bracket to the right in Figure 5 coaant de · Abutment 82 in Kontskt Bit a stop 83, which through the end face of a see perellel »u and above the medel beds neon inside extending Ära® 84 is formed · The stop holds the slide 44 firmly while the blind & littsn and the rest of the bracket its movement neon right

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continue to complete the pass. During this movement, moved calibrating the GIeitschlitten relatively su the plates 40 and 41 neeh left and causes daduroh a rotational movement of the tooth speech 48 in Figure 4 counterclockwise Bee Zahnred 49 rotates eioh in the same direction and causes the slider 31 to move relative to the plates 40 and 41 to move to the right. As a result of this movement of the sliding slide 51, the pin 57 strikes the stop 37 on the upper edge of the arm 59 && and produces a rotation of the arm in FIGS is located at the upper end of the arm 60 than the pin 57 of the stop 87, causes a clockwise rotation of the arm 60, which begins later than the rotation of the Ares 59 generally clockwise. The arms 59 and 60 continue their rotation from the. with solid lines in the position indicated in Figure 4, in which they are fixed by the surfaces and 92 of the abutments 73 and 74 and the surfaces 93 and 94 of the abutments 75 and 76, respectively, into the position shown in broken lines in Figure 4, in which they are inserted by the surfaces 95 and 96 of the abutments 73 and 74 and the surfaces 97 and 98 of the abutments 75 and 76, respectively. When the arms 59 and 60 are in their new position, the hold-down elements 62 and 64 are in the operating position for one passage to the left in Figure 4 and the Niederhelteoente 61 and 63 have been moved into the rest position.

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Aa Eade dee passage to the left hits the abutment Sl of the sliding slide 44 en a stop, not shown, which corresponds to the stop 83 and the left movement dee Slider 41 is terminated in this way while the lock slide and the joy continue their left movement to complete the passage. Through a similar one Effect flow as described above, can granulate the pins 57 and 58 now in contact with the stops 101 and 102 of arms 59 and 60 and the arms are back in the Rotated position given in FIG. 4 i # sucked out lines, where you are on the right ready for the next pass. The rotation of the arms takes place one after the other, although era 60 begins at the end of a passage to the left.

During the rotation of the arms 59 and 60, when the Moving the upper ends of the arms upwards, the pins 57 and 58 enter slots 105 and 104 which are the point of the V. are formed on the upper bath of each arm. In your End position the arms are determined by the pins 57 and 53, as well as by the surfaces of the abutments 75 to 67 ·

The hold-down element in a machine according to the invention can be treated in such a way that their ßelbungskoeffislent opposite Knitting yarns is low or they can, on the other hand, be made with a material with a low coefficient of friction be overspread. The element comes from a synthetic one Made of plastic, for example polytetrafluoroethylene,

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or be covered with one.

The hold-down elements can take the form ofcontelctbüreten (brushes) tremble. In some cases they can give you flexible, represent elongated elements, for example flexible metal wires with a sleeve made of lOlytetrefluor & tbylen «.

Some of the hold-down elements described can be used in conjunction with a further hold-down part 80, which is shown in FIG. 1 in broken lines in connection with the hold-down element 11. Furthermore Part can consist of a red foot or a foot shaped as shown and be mounted on springs, see above that it can be pressed down in Figure 1 neon.

Torteilheft is the part 60 ao arranged that it is calibrated during the knitting process with regard to the element 11 nsoh extends below and approximately assumes the laying shown in FIG and in relation to the associated sole system, the laying shown in Figure 1 has. Part 80 has the function that of the hold-down element during the immediately preceding pass 11 knitted stitches down and thereby counteract the tendency of the knitted fabric in relation to the Beds nsch qben to be drawn, making the knitted Maechen be shortened.

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Claims (1)

Patent application ^r i 64), whereby the needle holding element in operation extends under the actuated needles of the row and is arranged in such a way that it holds down the knitted stitches when knitting, while the opened tongues move upwards through the eyes on the needles and when the needle moves downwards Needles are closed by this hash, and the carrier part (59, 60) for this flsltteleaente (61-64) is movably arranged so that ss the two belte leased (61.62 and 63.64) alternately moved into their working position and synchronously old of the actuation the needles length of the needle rows leads. 2. Flachatricksasohine according to claim 1, characterized in that g e k e η η even if the hold-down element (61 * 64) s a flexible rope in the direction across the needle (77, 78) of the carrier parts (59. 60) are attached. 3 «Flat knitting machine according to claim 2, characterized in that indicates that the part (77, 78) is made - 19 009839/1277 consists of a flexible metal strip. 4. Flat knitting machine according to claim 3 »characterized in that that the metal strip is made of a beryllium-copper alloy. 5. Flat knitting machine according to claim 1 to 4, characterized in that each Niederhelteelement (61-64) has a metal strip which, in the operating position of the element, extends in the longitudinal direction of the ^ del beds below the level of closest approach the sinkers extends. 6. Flat knitting machine according to claim 1 to 5 »characterized in that each hold-down © element (61-64) at the front end has a Heil (61 ', 63 ·)» which is inclined downwards and backwards in the operating position, and gradually in a part (61 · ^f , 63 * *) of the element passes over, which more closely approximates the parallel to the longitudinal alignment of the needle beds " 7 «Flat knitting machine according to claim 1 to 6, characterized in that the carrier part (59, 60) for the hold-down element (61-64) rotatable on part of the Machine is arranged, which extends along the needle beds moved and the hold-down elements (61-64) length of the Hedelreihen leads. - 20 - 009839/1277 8, flat knitting machine no eh claim 7, characterized in that the part of the machine is attached to the base slide of the machine. 9 · Flat knitting machine according to claim 7 or 8, characterized marked that they have a dea Has slide arranged slide slide (44), which is just before the end of each passage of the slide comes into contact with a stop (83) and the resulting sliding movement causes a rotary movement of the carrier part (59 »60), whereby what was previously in boon Hold-down element in the operating position for the next pass of the lock jacket is brought through the needle beds. IC. Plachstrickaa sohine according to claim 9 »marked net by one located on the slide (44) Tensile bar (47) which is in engagement with a gear (48), which the movement on a further slide (51) transmits, which in turn acts on the carrier parts (59, 60) and causes their rotational movement. 11. Flat knitting machine according to claim 1 to 10, characterized by two knitting lock systems, which during each pass of the sole shaking the needle beds are in operation and each SohloA * system assigned and at the same time in operation btfindli- - 21 - 009839/1277 ohee Niederhelteeleaeat (61-64) on each support piece (59, 60), whereby there are two support parts (59, 60) each having two hold-down elements (61, 62 and 63 " 64) trough and rotatable attached to the sole block are iind another sliding gate old rack (51) the rotary movement of the support parts (59ι 60) generated. 12. Flat knitting machine according to claim 11, characterized by overregulation locks which effect the transfer of stitches from needle to needle « a third one carrying two hold-down elements Carrier part, which is rotatably arranged on the slide center is and is set in a rotary motion by the slide with toothed rack (51), with during a hold-down element for each pass of the machine on the third support part old the transmission lock cooperates 13 · Flat knitting machine according to claim 11 or 12, characterized characterized in that the slide with rack (51) is arranged so that it is one after the other on the carrier parts (59 »60) and the third carrier part acts and successively causes a rotary movement of these parts. 14. Flat knitting machine according to claim 1 to 13, deduroh marked that the each other - 22 009639/1277 in the strongest approaching parts of the wedge beds and sinkholes have parallel or substantially parallel surfaces and the Nlederhslteelenente (61-64) in the operational position between these parallel planes are arranged. 15 · Fleohstring machine according to claims 1 to 14, characterized by each leather holding element (61-64) assigned further hold-down part (80) the rearward end or near the rearward end of the hold-down element in the operating position provided and arranged in such a way that it presses the knitted fabric on the needles downwards. 16 · braided knitting machine according to claim 15ι characterized in that the hold-down part (80) is a wheel that is rotatable and one in the transverse direction Needle beds extending axis is arranged. 1? «Flat knitting machine according to claim 1 to IS, characterized marked that every H leather hold e ~ element (61-64) consists of a round rod, the rear end of which tapers towards the front end of the rod is. - 23 009839/1277