JPH01266251A - Knitting yarn staying apparatus for knitting machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the subject apparatus unnecessary to use a strong electromagnet and effective in reducing the size, by placing electromagnets corresponding to the working member for transferring knitting yarn-staying member and transferring the working member by a presetting mechanism and a setting mechanism. CONSTITUTION:When a carriage is slid to a position corresponding to a knitting yarn-staying apparatus 14, the iron pieces 34 of all electromagnets 32 are moved to the attracted position by a presetting mechanism 36 and each working member 28 is displaced and arranged from the original position to the preparatory position. The iron piece is held in the attracted position by the selective excitation of an electromagnet and the corresponding working member is exclusively maintained in the preparatory position. The working member of the preparatory position is displaced to a working position with a setting mechanism 48, the knitting yarn-staying member 16 corresponding to the working member is transferred from the inert position to the active position and the knitting yarn is exchanged between the staying member and the carriage.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Industrial Application Field) This invention is provided for separately holding a plurality of knitting yarns at required positions outside a knitting section of a knitting machine main body, and a device is installed on the knitting machine main body. When the carriage is slid to a required position outside the knitting section, a certain knitting yarn that has been used up to the end of the knitting yarn is allowed to rest, and the selected knitting yarn is captured by the carriage. The present invention relates to a knitting yarn restraining device of;=i.

(Prior art) As a conventional knitting yarn restraining device of this type, for example,
As shown in Japanese Patent No. 3-90456, a plurality of knitting yarns are individually held and movable between an active position where knitting yarns are exchanged with respect to a carriage and a non-active position where knitting yarns are not exchanged. The carriage is equipped with a yarn restraining body and a plurality of electromagnets which are separately provided corresponding to each knitting yarn restraining body and which move the corresponding knitting yarn restraining body from an inactive position to an active position by excitation. When the knitting yarn restraining device is slid to a position corresponding to the knitting yarn restraining device, the knitting yarn is exchanged and captured by the carriage from the knitting yarn restraining body, which is moved to the operating position in response to selective excitation of the electromagnet. something is known.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, in this conventional knitting yarn restraining device, each knitting yarn restraining body is moved from an inactive position to an active position by excitation of a corresponding electromagnet. Therefore, it is necessary to use a strong magnetic force as each electromagnet, which poses a problem in that the entire device becomes large and expensive.

In addition, in conventional knitting yarn restraining devices, the knitting yarn restraining body is arranged corresponding to the electromagnet and is directly activated by the magnetic force, so the knitting yarn restraining body can be moved to the inactive position by manual operation. If you try to switch the knitting yarn stopper from the position to the active position, there is a risk that unreasonable force will be applied to the electromagnet or the electromagnet's activation signal system will be disturbed. There was a problem in that it could not be arbitrarily switched to the operating position by operation.

This invention has been made with attention to the above-mentioned problems, and it is not necessary to use a strong magnetic electromagnet to select the knitting yarn stopper, thereby reducing the size and cost of the device. The purpose of this invention is to provide a knitting yarn restraining device for a knitting machine that can prevent excessive force from being applied to the electromagnet or disturbance to the electromagnet's operating signal system during knitting machine preparation or creative knitting. It is an object of the present invention to provide a knitting yarn restraining device for a knitting machine, in which a knitting yarn restraining body can be arbitrarily switched to an operating position even by manual operation without the risk of such occurrence.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the knitting yarn restraining device of the present invention separately restrains a plurality of knitting yarns to be exchanged and captured by the carriage, and A plurality of knitting yarn restraining bodies movable between an active position where the yarn is exchanged and an inactive position where the yarn is not exchanged, and a plurality of knitting yarn restraining bodies provided separately corresponding to each knitting yarn restraining body,
In order to move the corresponding knitting yarn stopper from the inactive position to the active position, a plurality of actuating members movable to three positions, an original position, a ready position, and an actuating position, and a separate actuating member corresponding to each actuating member, are provided. a plurality of electromagnets having iron pieces for displacing a corresponding actuating member from an original position to a ready position; A preset mechanism that moves all the actuating members all at once from the suction position to the suction position and aligns each actuating member to the ready position, and selectively energizing the electromagnet to hold the iron piece in the suction position so that only the corresponding specific actuating member is ready. while maintained in the position, sliding movement of the carriage displaces a particular actuating member from a ready position to an actuated position;
It is equipped with a set I-mechanism for moving the corresponding knitting yarn stopper from the inactive position to the active position.

Furthermore, in the knitting yarn restraining device of the present invention, in addition to the above configuration, a locking mechanism for selectively locking the knitting yarn restraining body in the working position is provided, and the knitting yarn restraining body is It is constructed so that it can be selectively placed in the operating position even by manual operation.

(Function) In a knitting machine equipped with a knitting yarn restraining device configured as described above, when the carriage is slid to a position corresponding to this knitting yarn restraining device, first, the sliding motion of the carriage causes forward movement. Then, by the preset mechanism, the iron pieces of each electromagnet are moved all at once from the non-adsorption position to the adsorption position, and each actuating member is displaced and aligned from the original position to the ready position. Next, the iron piece is held in the attracted position by selective excitation of the electromagnet based on an actuation signal or the like, and only the corresponding specific actuation member is maintained in the ready position. In this state, in response to the sliding movement of the carriage, a specific actuating member in the ready position is displaced from the ready position to the actuating position by the set mechanism, and the corresponding knitting yarn stopper is moved from the inactive position to the working position. The knitting yarn is exchanged between the knitting yarn stopper in its working position and the carriage.

Further, when the knitting yarn restraining body is manually switched from the inactive position to the working position during knitting preparation or creative knitting, the knitting yarn restraining body is locked in the working position by the locking R side. At this time, the corresponding actuating member is placed in its original position regardless of the manual operation of the knitting yarn stopper, so excessive force may be transmitted to the iron piece of the corresponding electromagnet, or the electromagnet's actuating signal system may be disturbed. will not occur.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example embodying the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

First, an overview of the knitting machine will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. This embodiment is a double-panel type knitting machine, and
The machine 9 is equipped with a main machine 1 that performs normal knitting mainly consisting of flat knitting, and a rubber machine 2 that performs rubber knitting etc. in cooperation with the main machine 1.
The main body 3 of the machine 1 is supported on a table or the like via a support fitting 4, and a carriage 6 is slidably mounted on a needle bed 5 on the upper surface thereof. The rubber 8!2 m machine body 7 is attached to the front part of the knitting machine body 3 on the machine 1 side via the mounting bracket 8 to approximately 9
The needle bed 9 on the top surface is attached so as to form an angle of 0 degrees.
A carriage 10 is slidably mounted thereon. Then, the carriage 6 of the main machine 1 and the carriage 10 of the rubber machine 2
are integrally and slidably connected by a connecting fitting 11.

The auxiliary support member 12 is fixed to the left side of the knitting machine main body 3 on the machine 1 side in the longitudinal direction, and extends outward from the left side of the knitting machine main body 3 in continuation with the needle bed 5. The holding plate 13 is installed between the lower surface of the free end of the auxiliary support member 12 and the support fitting 4, and holds the free end of the auxiliary support member 12 in a predetermined position. The carriage 6 on the machine 1 side can be slid along the needle bed 5 and this auxiliary support member 12 to a required position within the knitting section and outside the knitting section.

The knitting yarn restraining device 14 is attached to the lower surface of the auxiliary support member 12, and on the front surface thereof, a plurality of knitting yarns (6 g in this example) are installed to restrain the plurality of knitting yarns T together with the stopper body 15. Retainer 1
6 is provided protrudingly so as to be movable between a non-working position P1 where knitting yarn T is not exchanged and a working position P2 where knitting yarn T is exchanged.
The knitting yarn catching body 17 is attached to the front part of the board of the carriage 6 on the side of the machine 1 with screws, etc., and the carriage 6.10 is slid to a required position outside the knitting section to correspond to the knitting yarn restraining device 14. At this time, the knitting yarn T is exchanged between this knitting yarn catching body 17 and the knitting yarn restraining body 16 at the working position P2.

Next, the structure of the knitting yarn restraining device 14 will be described in detail.As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the device main body 21 is formed in a box shape, and the front surface thereof has six wires extending in parallel to the vertical direction. Kiyoshi 2
2 is formed. Each of the knitting yarn restraining bodies 16 is attached to a mounting plate 2 at the bottom of the device main body 21 so as to extend through the yarn 22.
3 and a support shaft 24, a pair of clamping parts 25 for removably clamping the yarn feeder body 15 are formed at the distal end thereof, and a pin 26 is provided at the proximal end. There is. A coiled spring 27 is provided on the support shaft 24 corresponding to each knitting yarn restraint body 16, and the action of this coiled spring 27 always biases and holds each knitting yarn restraint body 16 in the non-acting position P1. ing.

The six actuating members 28 are rotatably supported at the top of the device main body 21 via two mounting plates and a support shaft 30 so as to correspond to the knitting yarn restraining bodies 16, respectively, and are located in front and in front. It has a pair of arm portions 28a and 28b extending rearward. Furthermore, each operating member 28 can be displaced to three positions: the original position shown in FIG. 5, the ready position shown by a solid line in FIG. It is biased and held at the original position by the action of a coiled spring 31 provided in the. When the actuating member 28 is rotated from the moped 1 to the preparation position, the front arm portion 28a of the actuating member 28 is moved to the knitting yarn stopper #i.
6, when the actuating member 28 is rotated from the ready position to the actuating position, the front arm portion 28a
The knitting yarn stopper 16 is rotated from the inactive position P1 to the active position P2 through engagement with the pin 26.

Six electromagnets 32 are attached to the top of the device main body 21 via attachment plates 33 so as to correspond to the actuating members 28, respectively, and iron pieces 34 are attached to the lower part of the electromagnets 34 at the bottom as shown in FIG. It is provided movably between the suction position and the upper suction position shown in FIG. The tension spring 35 is attached to each iron piece 3
4 and the device main body 21, and its tensile elasticity is made weaker than the elasticity of the coiled spring 31. Therefore, the iron piece 34 is biased and held in the non-adsorption position via the actuating member 28. Each iron piece 34 is removably engaged with the rear arm portion 28b of the actuating member 28, and when the iron piece 34 is moved from the non-adsorption position to the adsorption position by a preset plate 37 described later, the actuation member 28 is moved to the original position. It is designed to be rotated from the position to the ready position.

A preset mechanism 36 is provided in the device main body 21 in association with the iron piece 34 of the electromagnet 32, and prior to selective excitation of the electromagnet 32, the preset mechanism 36 moves forward as the carriage 6.10 slides, and the coil spring 3
The iron pieces 34 are moved all at once from the non-adsorption position to the adsorption position against the difference in elasticity between the elasticity of the iron pieces 1 and the tensioning arm 35,
Each actuating member 28 is arranged in a ready position shown in solid lines in FIG.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, the preset plate 37 is attached to the front surface of the mounting plate 33 for the electromagnet 32 by engagement with a pair of long holes 38 and pins 39 so as to be movable left and right within a predetermined range. A tilted cam portion 40 is provided at a portion corresponding to each iron piece 34 to move the iron pieces 34 upwardly to a suction position, and a slanted cam portion 40 is provided at a portion corresponding to each iron piece 34 to move the iron pieces 34 upwardly to the suction position. An operating pin 41 is provided in a protruding manner. A tension spring 42 is tensioned between the preset plate 37 and the device body 21, and the action of the tension spring 42 always biases and holds the preset plate 37 in the left position shown by the solid line in FIG.

The first rotating cam body 43 is rotatably supported on the right side of the device main body 21 via a mounting plate 44 and a support shaft 45, and is engaged with the operating bin 41 of the preset plate 37 at its lower outer periphery. An eccentric cam portion 43a is formed, and an engaging protrusion 43b is provided at the upper portion. The tension spring 46 is tensioned between the first rotating cam body 43 and the mounting plate 44, and the action of this tension spring 46 always keeps the first rotating cam body 43 in the neutral position shown by the solid line in FIG. held in position.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the actuating piece 47 is
When the carriage 6.10 is slid to the left or right at a position corresponding to the knitting yarn restraining device 14, this actuating piece 47 operates as a first rotary cam. The first movable cam body 43 is engaged with the engagement protrusion 43b of the body 43, and is rotated counterclockwise or clockwise as shown by the chain line in FIG.

As the first rotary cam body 43 rotates in the counterclockwise direction, the operation bin 41 is rotated by the action of the eccentric cam portion 43a.
, the preset plate 37 is moved to the right from the solid line position in FIG. 6, and by the action of the inclined cam portion 40, the iron piece 34 of each electromagnet 32 is moved from the lower non-adsorption position shown in FIG. 5 to the position shown in FIG. The actuating members 28 are moved all at once to the suction position shown by the solid line, and the respective actuating members 28 are rotationally aligned from the original position to the ready position. Further, after that, the electromagnet 32 is selectively energized based on predetermined color arrangement data, etc., so that the iron piece 34 is held in the attracted position, and only the specific operating member 28 corresponding thereto is maintained in the ready position. The iron pieces 34 of the other electromagnets 32 return to the non-adsorption position, and the corresponding actuating members 28 are rotated back to their original positions.

As shown in FIGS. 3, 4, 5, and 7, the set V & lateral 48 is connected to the device body 28 in relation to the actuating member 28.
The specific actuating member 28, which is provided in the case 1 and maintained in the ready position with the selective excitation of the electromagnet 32 as described above, is moved forward by the sliding movement of the carriage 6.10 and is rotationally displaced from the ready position to the actuated position. Then, the corresponding knitting yarn stopper 16 is rotated from the inactive position P1 to the active position P2.

That is, the set plate 4 is attached to the top of the device main body 21 so as to be movable left and right within a predetermined range by engagement with a pair of elongated holes 50 and the bin 51, and corresponds to the front arm portion 28a of each actuating member 28. The part includes the actuating member 28 in the ready position.
an inclined cam portion 52 for engaging the front arm portion 28a of the device to rotate the actuating member 28 from the ready position to the actuating position;
A recess 53 is formed to prevent interference of the front arm portion 28a of the actuating member 28 in the original position, and an actuating portion 54 is formed on the left side outwardly protruding end of the device main body 21. A song is formed. The tension spring 55 is connected to the set plate 49
and the main body 21 of the apparatus, and by the action of this tension spring 55, the set plate 49 is always biased and held in the left position shown by the solid line in FIG.

The second rotary cam body 56 is rotatably supported on the left side of the device main body 21 via a mounting plate 57 and a support shaft 58, and is engaged with the operating portion 54 of the set plate 49 at its lower outer periphery. An eccentric cam portion 56a is formed, and an engaging protrusion 56b is provided on the upper portion. A tension spring 59 is tensioned between the second rotating cam body 56 and the mounting plate 57, and the action of this tension spring 59 normally keeps the second rotating cam body 56 in the neutral position shown in FIG. Retained.

Similarly to the first rotary cam body 43, when the carriage 6.10 is slid leftward or rightward at a position corresponding to the knitting yarn restraining device 14, the operating piece on the lower surface of the carriage 6 47 engages with the engagement protrusion 56b of the second rotating cam body 56, and the second rotating cam body 56 is rotated counterclockwise or clockwise. As the second rotary cam body 56 rotates counterclockwise, the actuating portion 54 is rotated by the action of the eccentric cam portion 56a.
The set plate 49 is moved to the right from the solid line position in FIG. 7 through the action of the slanted cam portion 52, and the specific actuating member 28, which is maintained in the ready position shown in the solid line in FIG. , the knitting yarn stopper 16 corresponding thereto is rotated from the inactive position P1 to the active position P2.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a locking mechanism 61 is provided in the apparatus main body 21 in association with the knitting yarn stopper 16, and is moved from the non-working position P1 to the working position by the setting mechanism 48 or manual operation. The knitting yarn stopper 16, which is rotated to P2, is selectively locked at its operating position P2.

That is, the locking plate 62 is attached to the inner front part of the device main body 21 so as to be movable left and right within a predetermined range by engagement with a pair of elongated holes 63 and a pin 64, and the locking plate 62 is attached to the inner front part of the device main body 21 so as to be movable left and right within a predetermined range. A locking pawl 65 for locking the knitting yarn restraining body 16 at the operating position P2 is formed therein, and an operating piece 66 is folded forward at the end projecting outward on the left side of the device main body 21. A song is formed. The tension spring 67 is tensioned between the locking plate 62 and the device body 21, and the action of this tensioning spring 67 normally biases and holds the locking plate 62 in the left position shown by the solid line in FIG. There is.

As shown in FIG. 4, one knitting yarn restraining body 16 is locked in the working position P2 by engagement with the corresponding locking pawl 65 on the locking plate 62, and then in the non-working position. When the other knitting yarn restraining body 16 at P1 is rotated upwardly to the working position P2 by the action of the set 11141148 or by manual operation, the upwardly rotated knitting yarn restraining body 16 and its corresponding locking pawl are rotated upwardly. By engaging with the tip inclined surface 65a of 65, the locking plate 62
is moved to the right from the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 4, and the knitting yarn stopper 16, which has been locked in the working position P2, is released from its lock and rotated downward to the non-working position P1. With,
With the subsequent leftward movement of the locking plate 62, the knitting yarn stopper 16, which has been newly rotated upward to the working position P2, is locked at the working position P2 by the corresponding locking pawl 65.

Next, the knitting yarn restraining device 14 of the knitting machine configured as described above is explained.
Explain the effect of

Now, as shown in Fig. 1, one knitting yarn T is attached to the yarn feeder
5, the carriage 6.10 is slid to the left along the needle bed 5.9 to a position corresponding to the knitting yarn restraining device 14. When passing through, first, the knitting yarn T that has been used until now is transferred from the knitting yarn catcher body 17 together with the yarn feeder body 15 to the knitting yarn stopper body 1 at the working position P2.
6 will be handed over.

Next, the first rotary cam body 43 of the preset mechanism 36 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 4 by the operating piece 47 on the lower surface of the carriage 6, and the preset plate 37 is moved to the right in FIG. By the action of the inclined cam portion 40, each electromagnet 32
The iron pieces 34 are moved all at once from the non-adsorption position to the adsorption position, and the respective actuating members 28 are rotationally aligned from the original position shown in FIG. 5 to the ready position shown in solid lines in FIG. In this state, the electromagnet 32 is selectively excited based on predetermined color arrangement data, etc., and the iron piece 34 is held in the attracted position, and only the corresponding specific operating member 28 is maintained in the ready position. Further, the iron pieces 34 of the other electromagnets 32 are returned to the non-adsorption position, and the corresponding operating members 28 are rotated back to their original positions.

Thereafter, the second rotary cam body 56 of the set mechanism 48 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 4 by the operating piece 47 on the lower surface of the carriage 6, and the set plate 49 is moved to the right in FIG. ,
Due to the action of the inclined cam portion 52, the specific actuating member 28, which is maintained at the quasi-anchor position shown by the solid line in FIG. The body 16 is rotated from the inactive position P1 to the active position P2. By this rotation of the knitting yarn stopper 16 to the working position P2, the locking plate 62 of the locking machine 'm61 is moved to the right in FIG. 4, and has been locked at the working position P2 until now. The knitting yarn restraint body 16 is released from the lock and rotated back to the inactive position P1, and as the locking plate 62 moves leftward thereafter, the knitting yarn restraint body 16 is newly rotated to the active position P2. The stopper 16 is locked in its working position P2.

In this state, when the carriage 6.10 is slid to the right from above the auxiliary support member 12 and passes through a position corresponding to the knitting yarn restraining device 14, the knitting yarn is caught from the knitting yarn restraining body 16 at the working position P2. The knitting yarn T selected in part #, 17 is passed to the receiver together with the yarn feeder body 15. In this way, as the carriage 6.10 slides, the selected knitting yarns T are sequentially converted and captured from the knitting yarn restraining device 14 to the knitting yarn catching unit 17, and the knitting yarns T are used to knit color pattern patterns, etc. will be organized.

As described above, in the knitting yarn restraining device 14 of this embodiment, the driving force is used to simultaneously move the iron pieces 34 of each electromagnet 32 to the adsorption position and to align each actuating member 28 from the original position to the ready position. , a drive for rotating a specific actuating member 28 maintained at the ready position to the actuating position in response to selective excitation of the electromagnet 32, and moving the corresponding knitting yarn stopper 16 from the inactive position P1 to the actuating position P2. Since the force is obtained from the sliding force of the carriage 6.10, each electromagnet 32
It is sufficient to use a small-capacity one that has a slightly stronger magnetic force than the difference between the elasticity of the tension spring 35 acting on the iron piece 34 and the elasticity of the coiled spring 31 acting on the operating member 28. The restraining device 14 can be downsized.

Further, in the knitting yarn restraining device 14 of this embodiment, the knitting yarn restraining body 16 is selectively rotated from the non-working position P1 to the working position P2 by manual operation for knitting preparation or creative knitting. In this case, the locking plate 62 of the locking mechanism 61 is reciprocated,
The knitting yarn stopper 16 is alternatively locked in the active position P2.

At this time, each actuating member 28 is placed in the original position shown in FIG.
Since the upper pin 26 is retracted out of the rotational locus, the rotational force of the knitting yarn stopper 16 to the operating position P2 is not reversely transmitted to the operating member 28 side, and the corresponding electromagnet 32 is There is no fear that excessive force will be transmitted to the iron piece 34 or the like, or that the operating signal system such as the color pattern data for selectively exciting the electromagnet 32 will be disturbed.

<Effects of the invention> Since this invention is configured as explained above,
There is no need to use an electromagnet with a strong magnetic force for selecting the knitting yarn stopper, and an excellent effect is achieved in that the device can be made smaller and the cost can be reduced.

According to this invention, during knitting preparation or creative knitting, there is no fear that excessive force will be transmitted to the iron pieces of the electromagnet or that the electromagnet's operating signal system will be disturbed, and the knitting yarn restraining body can be manually operated. This also has the effect that it can be easily switched from the inactive position to the active position.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a double-panel m machine embodying the present invention, Fig. 2 is a partially enlarged side view thereof, and Fig. 3 is a partially enlarged view of the knitting yarn restraining device. A broken plan view, FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line A-A in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-- in FIG.
6 is a partial sectional view taken along line C-D in FIG. 5, FIG. 7 is a partial sectional view taken along line D-D in FIG. 5, and FIG. 8 shows the operating member shown in FIG. 5. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the knitting yarn restraining device showing a state in which it has been rotated from its original position to a preparation position. 1... This machine, 3... Knitting machine main body, 6... Carriage,
14... Knitting yarn restraining device, 16... Knitting yarn restraining body, 17
...Knitting yarn catching body, 21...Device main body, 28...
Operating member, 32... Electromagnet, 34... Iron piece, 36.
... Preset mechanism, 37... Preset board, 43.
...First rotating cam body, 47... Actuation piece, 48...
Set mechanism, four... Set plate, 56... Second rotating cam body, 61... Locking mechanism, 62... Locking plate.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of knitting yarns (T) to be exchanged and captured by the carriage (6) are individually held back, and the working position where the knitting yarns (T) are exchanged is not exchanged. A plurality of knitting yarn restraining bodies (16) movable between a non-working position and a corresponding knitting yarn restraining body (16) provided separately corresponding to each knitting yarn restraining body (16). A plurality of actuating members (28) that can be displaced to three positions, an original position, a ready position, and an actuating position, and a separate actuating member (28) are provided in order to move the actuating member from an inactive position to an active position. a plurality of electromagnets (32) having iron pieces (34) for displacing the corresponding actuating member (28) from the original position to the ready position; and prior to selective energization of the electromagnets (32), said carriage (6) The iron piece (34) of each electromagnet (32) is moved all at once from the non-adsorption position to the adsorption position, and each operating member (
Preset mechanism (36) for aligning 28) to the ready position
and, upon selective excitation of the electromagnet (32), the iron piece (34)
is held in the suction position and the corresponding specific actuating member (2
8) is maintained in the ready position, the carriage (6) slides forward to displace a particular actuating member (28) from the ready position to the actuating position, and the corresponding knitting yarn restraint A knitting yarn restraining device for a knitting machine, comprising a setting mechanism (48) for moving the body (16) from a non-working position to a working position. 2. A locking mechanism (61) for selectively locking the knitting yarn restraining body (16) in the working position is provided, and the knitting yarn restraining body (16)
2. The knitting yarn restraining device for a knitting machine according to claim 1, wherein the knitting yarn restraining device for a knitting machine according to claim 1, is constructed such that it can be selectively placed at the operating position by manual operation.