Fabric connecting method and fabric having connections
AssigneeShima Seiki Mfg., Ltd.
InventorMasao Okuno
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Abstract
A beautiful finished fabric of high quality wherein stitch loops of a connection are not bent opposedly to each other, and a method for producing such fabric. By using a flat knitting machine having needle beds arranged in a pair in front and in the rear, parts constituting an article of clothing are knitted separately and connected to a part on the other side. Stitch loops located on the outermost boundary side of one-side part are overlapped with stitch loops of one of second to fourth wales from the boundary side of the other-side part.
Claims9
A fabric, comprising:
- first and second knitted parts formed separately on respective first and second opposedly arranged beds of a flat knitting machine, the first knitted part defining an outermost portion, the second knitted part defining at least first and second wales, the first wale defining an outermost wale, and
- a connecting line connecting the first and second knitted parts, the connecting line including an overlapped stitch loop positioned inside the outermost wale by at least one wale, the overlapped stitch loop defining at least one stitch loop from the first part overlapped with at least one stitch loop from the second wale.
A method of connecting first and second separately knitted parts using a flat knitting machine, the flat knitting machine defining first and second opposedly arranged needle beds for respectively knitting the first and second parts, the first part defining an outermost portion and the second part defining at least first, second, third and fourth wales, the first wale defining an outermost wale, the method comprising the steps of:
- racking the first needle bed at least two needles in a predetermined direction,
- moving a stitch loop of the outermost portion of the first part onto a stitch loop of one of the second, third and fourth wales of the second part to form an overlapped stitch,
- feeding yarn to needles of the second needle bed, including the overlapped stitch, to perform fabric knitting,
- releasing the overlapped stitch from the needles, and
- repeating the above steps,
- wherein a connecting line including the overlapped stitch loops is formed and positioned inside the outermost wale by at least one wale.
A method of connecting first and second separately knitted parts using a flat knitting machine, the flat knitting machine defining first and second opposedly arranged needle beds for respectively knitting the first and second parts, the first part defining an outermost portion and the second part defining at least first and second wales, the first wale defining an outermost wale, the method comprising the steps of:
- racking the first needle bed at least two needles in a predetermined direction,
- moving a stitch loop of the outermost portion of the first part onto a stitch loop of the second wale of the second part to form an overlapped stitch,
- feeding yarn to needles of the second needle bed, including the overlapped stitch, to perform fabric knitting, and
- releasing the overlapped stitch from the needles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.