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US 4,047,399 AGranted
Knitting braids
AssigneeR. W. Frost Limited
InventorsRobert Walter Frost, Anne Winnifred Morris
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for knitting a narrow band in which a special effect yarn for use in the band and the band itself, are knitted simultaneously on one machine and the special effect yarn is taken off and guided directly to the needles knitting the band.
Claims8
Method of warp knitting a narrow band comprising,
- knitting a narrow band using first needles of a warp knitting machine to knit ground yarns of the narrow band and using at least one inlay guide of the warp knitting machine to incorporate a special effect thread into the narrow band and taking off the narrow band at a first take-off speed;
- knitting the said special effect thread using at least one second needle of the said warp knitting machine at the same time as the special effect thread is being incorporated into the narrow band and taking off the said special effect thread at a second take-off speed higher than the first take-off speed and guiding a length of the thread to the said inlay guide.
Warp knitting machine for knitting a narrow band, comprising:
- a needle bed, first needles on the needle bed for knitting ground yarns for a narrow band, at least one inlay guide for incorporating a special effect yarn into the narrow band, means for reciprocating the inlay guide and first take-off means for taking off the narrow band at a first speed;
- at least one second needle on the said needle bed for knitting the said special effect thread, second take-off means for taking off the special thread at a second speed higher than the first and means for guiding the special effect thread from the second needle around the needle bed to the appropriate inlay guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.