Patent · US Expired

Method for producing tubular knitted articles on a flat knitting machine

US6564588B1 · kind B1 · utility

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4Claims

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Assignee

H&S Toll, Inc. · DE

Inventors

Thomas Nonnenmacher · Neckartenzlingen, DE
Henning Schmidt · Lillerød, DK
Achim Ulmer · Gomadingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 24, 2000
Grant date	May 20, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 24, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD04B1/24
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of producing tubular knitted articles for ready-to-wear clothes pieces, on a flat knitting machine with at least two oppositely located needle beds and a carriage with at least three knitting systems. In a first carriage passage narrowing of a knitted piece suspended on a front needle bed in one edge region, stitch formation for a knitted piece suspended on a rear needle bed, and reduction of a rear knitted piece in an opposite edge region of the knitted piece are performed. In a second carriage passage narrowing of the rear knitted piece in one edge region, stitch formation for the front knitted piece, and narrowing of the front knitted piece in an opposite region of the knitted piece are performed. The two proceeding steps are repeated until a desired narrowing of a knitted product is provided.

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