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Combination feeder for a knitting machine

  • US 9,481,953 B2
  • Filed: 10/01/2014
  • Issued: 11/01/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A knitting machine comprising:

  • a needle bed that includes a plurality of needles, a first portion of the needles being located on a first plane, and a second portion of the needles being located on a second plane, the needles being movable from a first position to a second position, the needles being spaced from an intersection of the first plane and the second plane when in the first position, and the needles passing through the intersection of the first plane and the second plane when in the second position; and

    a plurality of feeders that are movable along the needle bed, each feeder of the plurality of feeders including an actuation member coupled to a feeder arm with a dispensing tip for supplying a yarn, the dispensing tip being movable from a first location above the intersection of the first plane and the second plane for supplying the yarn for one or more of knitting, tucking, and floating to a second location below the intersection of the first plane and the second plane for inlaying the yarn, wherein the actuation member is configured receive an input force and to move in response to the input force, and wherein the movement of the actuation member causes the movement of the dispensing tip between the first location and the second location.

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