Double-faced thick knitted fabric with flexible structure
AssigneeAmes Europe
InventorChristian Didier-Laurent
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Abstract
A thick double-face knitted fabric has a front face (1) and a rear face (2), which are connected to one another by an intermediate layer (3), and is produced on a circular knitting machine. The intermediate layer (3) is produced solely from binding monofilaments. The knitted fabric which is produced has the qualities of flexibility and of elasticity, and a minimum thickness of 3mm. A knitting method and a machine for producing the knitted fabric are also disclosed.
Claims16
A knitting method for producing a thick double-face knitted fabric including a front face and a rear face, wherein the front face and the rear face are connected to one another by an intermediate layer, and wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- knitting the fabric using a tucked-stitch technique on a circular knitting machine;
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- producing the intermediate layer solely with a binding monofilament.
A circular knitting machine for producing, using a tucked-stitch technique, a thick double-face knitted fabric including a front face and a rear face, wherein the front face and the rear face are connected to one another by an intermediate layer, wherein the intermediate layer is produced solely with a binding monofilament, and wherein the circular knitting machine comprises:
- a set of perpendicular knitting sections having a vertical offset and a horizontal offset, wherein a standard setting for the vertical offset is from 0.5 to 1.5 times the horizontal offset, and wherein an operative setting for the perpendicular knitting sections is at least double the standard setting.
A thick double-face knitted fabric having a front face and a rear face which are connected to one another by an intermediate layer, wherein the knitted fabric is a tucked-stitch fabric, wherein the tucked-stitch fabric is produced on a circular knitting machine, and wherein the intermediate layer is bound solely with a binding monofilament.
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