Textiles: knitting – Independent-needle machines – Straight
Reexamination Certificate
2002-11-25
2004-07-27
Worrell, Danny (Department: 3765)
Textiles: knitting
Independent-needle machines
Straight
C066S176000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06766666
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a method of knitting a collar portion of knitwear by using a flat knitting machine, and to the knitwear knitted in that knitting method.
BACKGROUND ART
The applicant proposed a variety of knitting techniques using a flat knitting machine for knitting knitwear, such as a vest an a sweater, in a lot of applications including Japanese Laid-open (Unexamined) Patent Publications No. Hei 2(1990)-91254, No. Hei 2(1990)-229248, No. Hei 4(1992)-209855 and No. Hei 4(1992)-153346. In those proposed knitting techniques, a body and both sleeves of the knitwear are each knitted in the form of a tubular body up to the underarms and then are joined together at the underarms and knitted in the form of a single tubular body from the underarms to the shoulder, while the both sleeves are shifted toward the body to overlap the loops of the both sleeves with the loops of the body, whereby the single tubular body is gradually reduced in diameter. This knitting technique (hereinafter it is referred to as “seamless knit”) can simplify or eliminate the sewing process after the knitting.
FIG. 9
shows a pattern paper (stitch alignment) of the body and sleeves of the sweater for the conventional seamless knit. Illustrated above is the pattern of a back body
102
b
and back sleeve portions
104
b
,
114
b
which will appear at the back side when wearing the sweater. Illustrated below is the pattern of a front body
102
a
and front sleeve portions
104
a
,
114
a
which will appear at the front side when wearing the sweater. It is to be noted that the terms “right” and “left” appearing in the members, such as the right front body
115
a
and the right sleeve
114
, is intended to mean the right-hand part and the left-hand part when viewing from a wearer who wears the sweater.
In the sweater, the front body
102
a
and the front sleeves
104
a
,
114
a
are joined together at their respective underarms A, a and P, p, and the back body
102
b
and the back sleeves
104
b
,
114
b
are joined together at their respective underarms H, h and S, s. The line A-F-B of the front body
102
a
and the line P-Q of the sleeve
104
a
are joined together, and the line a-f-b of the front body
102
a
and the line p-q of the sleeve
114
a
are joined together. Likewise, the line H-I of the back body
102
b
and the line S-T of the sleeve
104
b
are joined together, and the line h-i of the back body
102
b
and the line s-t of the sleeve
114
b
are joined together. The line C-D-E-e-d-c represents a front neckline
110
a
having a circular-arc cut form, and the line J-j of the back body
102
b
represents a back neckline
10
b
confronting the front neckline and having the same number of wale (knitting width) between J-j. From E, e where the knitting of the neckline is started, the front neckline
110
a
is forked into a right front body
115
a
and a left front body
105
a
and knitted up to the shoulder. In this knitting, the so-called flechage knitting that the stitches around the neckline are sequentially put into operative states is repeatedly performed, whereby a circular-arc cut is formed at the front neckline
110
a.
This circular-arc cut formed at the front neckline
110
a
is called a front drop. The like circular-arc cut which is called a back drop is sometimes formed in the back body
102
b
. The more the number of times the flechage knitting is repeated, the deeper the front drop formed becomes. The line B-C of the front body
102
a
and the line I-J of the back body
102
b
are joined together at the shoulder in the bind-off process. The line b-c of the front body
102
a
and the line i-j of the back body
102
b
are joined together in the same manner. After the forming of the neckline, front and back collars
108
a
,
108
b
are knitted around the neckline. After this manner, the knitting of the sweater
100
is ended.
In the knitwear knitted in the manner mentioned above, the front neckline
110
a
having a circular-arc cut form is identical in number of wale with the back neckline
110
b
, irrespective of a depth of the front drop. Due to this, the knitting width of the front collar
108
a
becomes shorter than a peripheral length of the front neckline
110
a
, thus causing the collar
108
to be stretched transversely and forcing the front drop to rise up. As a result of this, the front drop as expected cannot be obtained. In addition, since the collar cannot be given a sufficient knitting width, the neckline
110
cannot be given a sufficient dimension for one's head to smoothly pass through the neckline
110
when wearing. If the neckline
110
is modified in design so that the number of wale between C-c and between J-j of the front and back necklines
110
a
,
110
b
can be increased, respectively, the neckline
110
will be given a size for one's head to smoothly pass through, but on the other hand, it will be largely expanded laterally toward the shoulder to the extent corresponding to the increased number of wale, thus disadvantageously producing non-stylish knitwear.
The applicant previously proposed in Japanese Laid-open (Unexamined) Patent Publication No. Hei 4-21448 the knitting method wherein the neckline of the front body is increased in number of wale and also the front drop having a sufficient depth is formed in that neckline by using a flat knitting machine. This knitting method is a knitting method for the front body to be knitted as a single part of the knitwear. In this knitting method, the front body is knitted so that it can be forked from a starting point for the neckline into the right front body and the left front body, in the process of which widening stitches are formed around the neckline and also the stitches of the right front body and the stitches of the left front body are shifted to the outside, respectively. While this knitting is repeated, the front body is knitted up to the shoulder. As a result of the neckline being formed in this manner, the number of wale of the neckline is increased and, as a result of this, the collar knitted in continuity with the knitting of the neckline is widened and also since the collar is not stretched transversely, the front drop having a sufficient depth is formed in the neckline. When the front body thus knitted and other pieces or parts are sewn together to produce a sweater, the knitwear comes to be fancy and stylish and so comfortable to wear that when wearing, one's head can smoothly pass through the neckline.
However, the application of the knitting method of Japanese Laid-open (Unexamined) Patent Publication No. Hei 4(1992)-21448 previously cited to the knitwear to be knitted seamlessly is not easy when the knitwear having a large neckline width and the front drop formed in the neckline is formed. For example, when the knitwear is knitted in the form of a vest, consideration must be taken of not only the front body but also the relation with the back body which is integrally knitted in parallel with the front body to confront it. Further, in knitting a sweater, a cardigan and the like, since the sleeves are laid at each side of the bodies, further consideration must be taken, including the horizontal and vertical positions of those parts and the way of forming the neckline in the front body and of being integrally knitted with the other parts while shifting the neckline to the outside, thus requiring further complicated consideration and calculation. In addition, in the knitting method disclosed in the publication cited above, the neckline is formed by the loops being transferred and shifted to the outside, while the right front body and the left front body are subjected to the flechage knitting. As a result of this, the knitted fabric is not pulled down sufficiently, so that there is a limit to the number of times of the flechage knitting and there may be cases where the front drop having a sufficient depth cannot be obtained: It is the object of the present invention to provide a knitting method for knitting knitwear having a front drop having a sufficient depth, w
Rothwell Figg Ernst & Manbeck P.C.
Shima Seiki Mfg. Ltd.
Worrell Danny
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