FLAT-BED MACHINE Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: textile industry. SUBSTANCE: machine comprises lock carriage 2 moving along needle-cases and having device 3 arranged so as to clamp thread guides 4 and to move them along the rails 5 in the same direction with carriage 2. Device 3 also accommodates means 8 adapted to lock thread guides 4. Each thread guide 4 utilizes unit 9 capable of fixing it on rail 5 in a preset position relative to the needle-cases. Unit 9 has two rotatable lock means 25, 26, carried by body 14 of the thread guide so that they can alternately interact through their one end with means 8 and through the other end with flexible member 16. The member is enclosed in longitudinal slot 15 defined by rail 5. Unit 9 also has slide block 27 mounted so as to interact with means 8 for locking thread-guides and with devices 3 for clamping the thread guides. The machine has mobile chamber cart 39 disposed on its end plane for supporting set 6 for feeding the fiber the set comprising facilities interposed between thread guides 4 and devices 2 which provide for thread control. The facilities secure active delivery of thread. EFFECT: more efficient construction, easier thread control. 6 cl, 11 dwg