Footlet as well as method for manufacturing such a footlet
AssigneeSteps Holding B.V.
InventorsCornelius Hendrikus Nicolaas VAN TIEL, Wilhelmus Jacobus Cornelius VAN TIEL
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Abstract
A footlet provided with a part manufactured on an apparatus for reciprocating knitting by knitting. The part comprises a ring-shaped opening limited by an edge and an elastic strip extending along the edge of the opening. The elastic strip comprises an elastic tape attached to the edge of the knitted part by an adhesive. During applying the elastic strip the knitted part of the ring-shaped opening is cut off at least partly along the edge so that a lateral side of the elastic strip almost coincides with a lateral side of the edge of the ring-shaped opening.
Claims15
A footlet provided with a part manufactured on an apparatus for reciprocating knitting by knitting that comprises a ring-shaped opening limited by an edge and an elastic strip extending along the edge of the opening,
- wherein the elastic strip comprises an elastic tape attached to the edge of the knitted part by an adhesive, the knitted part during applying of the elastic strip being cut off at least partly along the edge of the ring-shaped opening so that a lateral side of the elastic strip almost coincides with a lateral side of the edge of the ring-shaped opening.
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