Knitted glove
US6945080B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 21, 2001 |
| Grant date | Sep 20, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 14, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA41D2500/10
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A knitted glove (1) having at least one finger crotch (A, B, C, D) and knitted from a fingertip toward a palm by using a flat knitting machine. With at least one empty needle (J, j) arranged between the knitting needles for use in knitting one of two adjacent fingers confronting each other across the finger crotch therebetween into a tubular form and the knitting needles for use in knitting the other of the two adjacent fingers confronting each other across the finger crotch therebetween into a tubular form, one for each needle bed, a knitting yarn is fed to the knitting needles for use in knitting the one finger, to knit the one finger into a tubular form and then is fed to the knitting needles for use in knitting the other finger, to knit the other finger into a tubular form and, thereafter, the knitting yarn is fed to the knitting needles adjacent to the finger crotch and to the empty needles arranged between the two adjacent fingers, out of the knitting needles on the front and back needle beds for knitting the respective fingers, to form stitches at those needles, whereby the two adjacent fingers at the at least one finger crotch (A) are closed at ends thereof on the side on w…
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