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US 5,924,309 AGranted
Ribbed sock toe closing method and apparatus on double-cylinder knitting machine
AssigneeGolden Lady S.p.A.
InventorPaolo Conti
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Abstract
A sock or other tubular article with one closed end and with rib fabric--that is, with face and reverse stitches--is formed in a double-cylinder circular machine (1, 3), in which the toe is closed at the end of the process of forming the tubular fabric, by a device (41, 51, 53, 49) that transfers the stitches of one semicircle to the stitches of the opposite semicircle.
Claims9
Method for forming a tubular article with a closed end and with rib fabric having a face and a reverse, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a circular machine with two needle beds having needles forming a first semicircle and a second semicircle;
- knitting the tubular article with said needles of said circular machine to form a first fabric portion knitted by said needles of said first semicircle and to form a second fabric portion knitted by said needles of said second semicircle;
- transferring said first fabric portion to said second fabric portion;
- engaging said first fabric portion on said needles of said second semicircle to close an end of the tubular article;
- removing the closed tubular article from said circular machine.
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Double-cylinder circular knitting machine, comprising:
- first and second cylinders;
- a plurality of needles transferable between said first and second cylinders and forming a first semicircle and a second semicircle;
- sliders slidable in each said cylinder to operate said needles and form a first fabric portion by said needles of said first semicircle and form a second fabric portion by said needles of said second semicircle;
- transfer means for moving said first fabric portion toward said needles of said second semicircle;
- engaging means for operating said needles of said second semicircle to engage said first fabric portion when said first fabric portion is moved to said needles of said second semicircle.
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