Process for knitting tubular fabric on a flat bed knitting machine
AssigneeUniversal Maschinenfabrik
InventorGottfried Kuhnert
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Abstract
A process for knitting tubular fabric on a straight knitting machine having two main needle beds, two auxiliary needle beds and a racking device. An edge stitch is transferred from each main needle bed to respective auxiliary needles beds, the needle beds are racked with respect to each other, the stitch is transferred back to the main needle beds and then knitted.
Claims10
A process for knitting a tubular fabric on a flat bed knitting machine having two main needle beds, two auxiliary needle beds each corresponding to a respective main needle bed, and a racking device, comprising the steps of:
- transferring an edge stitch from a first needle on a first main needle bed to a first needle on a first auxiliary needle bed;
- racking the first auxiliary needle bed with respect to its corresponding main needle bed;
- transferring the stitch from the first needle on the first auxiliary needle bed to a second needle on the first main needle bed;
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- knitting the second needle on the first main needle bed.
A process for knitting a tubular fabric on a flat bed knitting machine having a pair of main needle beds, a pair of auxiliary needle beds each one corresponding to one of the main needle beds, and a racking device, comprising the sequential steps of:
- a. transferring a stitch from one needle on the main needle bed to a corresponding needle on the auxiliary needle bed;
- b. racking the auxiliary needle bed with respect to the main needle bed;
- c. transferring the stitch from the auxiliary needle bed back to a next needle on the main needle bed, wherein the next needle is adjacent to the one needle;
- d. knitting the one and next needles on the main needle bed;
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- e. repeating steps a through d as required.
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