Process for producing a knitted fabric
US7272462B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 3, 2004 |
| Grant date | Sep 18, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 3, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD04B7/26
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method for creating pattern instructions for an electronic patterning control of a knitting machine to enable the knitting machine to knit fabric having a desired pictorial image as part of the knitted structure, the pictorial image being created by a series of consecutive courses each having knitted stitches formed of a first yarn having a first visual characteristic interspersed with knitted stitches formed of a second yarn having a second visual characteristic, adjacent knitted stitches of the second yarn that are separated by one or more knitted stitches of the first yarn being connected by a float loop spanning said one or more knitted stitches of the first yarn.
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