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Method of knitting an elasticised welt

US3946577A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 16, 1973
Grant dateMar 30, 1976
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Expiry dateApr 16, 1993

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD04B9/10
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of knitting, on a circular knitting machine, a succession of tubular articles such as socks or stockings, each having an elasticized roll welt having an elastic yarn laid therein, wherein a leading end of the elastic yarn is temporarily anchored in knitted stitches of each completed article and thereafter the elastic yarn is laid within the welt fold of the next succeeding article.

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