Elastic double-knit fabric
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorGerard Henri Ferdinand Michel
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Abstract
A process for making a double-knit fabric from elastic yarns and hard yarns and the double-knit fabric product. The double-knit fabric does not have to be heat-set prior to use.
Claims12
Process for manufacturing a double-knit fabric from elastic yarns (1) and (3) and hard yarns (2) and (4) by plating one elastic yarn (1) with a hard yarn or filament (2) on the dial at a first feed (1), characterized in that two independent elastic yarns (1) and (3) are plaited with independent hard yarns or filaments (2) and (4), and that the second elastic yarn (3) is plaited with a second hard yarn or filament (4) on the cylinder at a second feed (2).
A double-knit fabric comprising ribs of elastic yarns (1) and (3) plaited with hard yarns (2) and (4), characterized in that the elastic yarns (1) and (3) in two consecutive ribs are contained in alternating faces of the fabric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.