Apparatus for use in producing knit fabrics
OwnerWalter Palangeinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for manually producing a knit fabric comprises a series of knitting supports positioned along the edge of a base member on which supports the fabric is produced and supported, and at least one curved needle having a pair of yarn-threading eyes, which needle carries yarn from a yarn supply and is manipulated in conjunction with the supports to produce stitches thereon.
Claims9
Apparatus for producing knit fabrics comprising a base member having an outer edge, a series of substantially equally spaced knitting supports arranged along said outer edge of said base member, each knitting support having an outer upright portion with a free upper surface and a flange portion extending rearwardly of said upright portion, said flange portion having an upper surface below the upper surface of said upright portion, said upright portion having at least one lateral surface defining a longitudinal groove extending from the upper surface of said upright portion to below the level of said upper surface of said flange portion and at least one needle for use in forming stitches on said knitting supports, said needle having a planar arched forward end portion including a crest and terminating in a tip, a first yarn-threading eye in said forward end portion adjacent said tip and a second yarn-threading eye in said forward end portion spaced rearwardly from said first yarn-threading eye.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.