WARP KNIT MACHINE, IN PARTICULAR, TAMBOURING MACHINE Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: knitting equipment. SUBSTANCE: warp knit machine has deflecting wedge-shaped member 32, hook needles 34 movable along wedge-shaped member 32, warp thread layers 38 arranged before needle hooks 34 and provided with thread guides 36, racks 44 of weft threads layers operatively connected to thread guides 36 and provided with weft thread guides 48. Weft thread guides do not intersect hook needles 34. Weft feeders 62 are driven for directed displacement up and down between weft thread guides 48 and hook needles 34 perpendicular to shift direction of racks 44 of weft thread layers, when pattern is rearranged so that weft feeders 62 insert weft threads 50 laid in offset relation for rearrangement of pattern under respective hook needles 34. EFFECT: increased efficiency, reduced dynamic loading, vibration, noise level and improved wear resistance. 15 cl, 8 dwg