Continuous production of fringed textile articles

Apparatus for the continuous production of a fringed textile article comprised of a braid formed at intervals with weftwise projecting loops holding tassels forming a fringe, comprising a weft yarn guide for guiding a continuous weft yarn which is knitted with warp to form said braid, means for periodically reciprocating said weft yarn guide weftwise to form said weftwise projecting loops, from the same weft yarn forming said braid, a fringe sliver guide for guiding a fringe sliver, means for reciprocating said fringe sliver guide weftwise to form weftwise loops of said fringe sliver, displacing means for displacing the guides relative to each other to displace one of the guides from one side of the other guide to the opposite side of said other guide to produce said weftwise projecting loops and said loops of said fringe sliver in a condition with said weftwise projecting loops interlooped with said loops of said fringe sliver, means for interconnecting the halves of said loops of said fringe sliver with first and second warp threads spaced apart weftwise including means for encircling the halves of the loops with one of said warp threads to tie the loops, said one warp thread being elastic, a needle bar for holding needles for operation in the knitting of said continuous weft yarn with said warp and in the interconnecting of said halves of said loops of said fringe sliver with said first and second warp threads, reciprocating means for reciprocating said needle bar transversely with respect to both the warp and the weft, and disengaging means operable to prevent said reciprocating means from reciprocating said needle bar during the operation of said displacing means.

Apparatus for the continuous production of a fringed textile article comprised of a braid formed at intervals with weftwise projecting loops holding tassels forming a fringe, comprising a weft yarn guide for a continuous weft yarn which is knitted with warp to form said braid, means for periodically reciprocating said weft yarn guide weftwise to form said weftwise projecting loops from the same weft yarn forming said braid, a fringe sliver guide for guiding a fringe sliver, means for reciprocating said fringe sliver guide weftwise to form weftwise loops of said fringe sliver, displacing means for displacing the guides relative to each other to displace one of the guides from one side of the other guide to the opposite side of said other guide to produce said weftwise projecting loops and said loops of said fringe sliver in a condition with said weftwise projecting loops interlooped with said loops of said fringe sliver, means for interconnecting the halves of said loops of said fringe sliver with first and second warp threads spaced apart weftwise including means for encircling the halves of the loops with one of said warp threads to tie the loops, said one warp thread being elastic, another weft yarn guide for guiding another continuous weft yarn which is knitted with other warp to form another braid, means for reciprocating said other weft yarn guide weftwise to form weftwise projecting loops of said other continuous weft yarn, means for reciprocating said fringe sliver guide weftwise to form further weftwise loops of said fringe sliver, means for displacing said other weft yarn guide and said fringe sliver guide relative to each other to displace one of said other weft yarn guide and said fringe sliver guide from one side of the other of said other weft yarn guide and said fringe sliver guide to the opposite side thereof to produce said weftwise projecting loops of said other continuous weft yarn and said further loops of said fringe sliver in a condition with said weftwise projecting loops of said other continuous weft yarn interlooped with said other loops of said fringe sliver, means for interconnecting the halves of said further loops of said fringe sliver with third and fourth warp threads spaced apart weftwise, a needle bar for holding needles for operation in the interconnecting of the halves of the first-mentioned loops of said fringe sliver and the halves of said further loops of said fringe sliver with the first and fourth warp threads respectively, reciprocating means for reciprocating said needle bar transversely with respect to both the warp and the weft, and disengaging means operable to prevent said reciporcating means from reciprocating said needle bar during the operation of the means for displacing the first-mentioned weft yarn guide and said fringe sliver guide relative to each other and for displacing said other weft yarn guide and said fringe sliver guide relative to each other.