Textiles: knitting – Independent-needle machines – Straight
Patent
1992-05-15
1993-12-21
Crowder, Clifford D.
Textiles: knitting
Independent-needle machines
Straight
66172R, 66176, D04B 124
Patent
active
052712494
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a method for knitting two adjoined tubular knit fabrics, e.g. neck and body or cuff and sleeve portions of a turtle-neck pullover garment, and its knitted form.
BACKGROUND ART
For example, a ribbed turtle-neck portion of tubular shape having a given diameter and a given length and a body portion of tubular shape are joined each other by a linking or sewing means, e.g. a sewing machine, for producing a tubular knit wear (or whole garment) such as a pullover, sweater, or the like.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
The procedure of joining a neck or cuff portion to a body or sleeve portion by sewing involves picking up each stitch for joining two portions thus requiring an awkward job. This causes a declination in the productivity and also, results in drop-off of stitches.
When the two tubular knit fabrics are joined by sewing with a sewing machine, the seam between the two portions becomes increased in thickness because their edges are overlapped for joining. As the result, a finished garment will appear distinctive along the seam and give less comfortable touch in use.
Also, the extra procedure of linking or sewing with a sewing machine is needed thus lowering the productive efficiency and increasing the overall cost of fabrication of knitted garments.
The present invention is directed, in view of the foregoing points, towards a method of knitting two tubular knit fabrics to be coupled and simultaneously, joining the same at adjacent ends and also, a knit garment knitted by the method.
For achievement of the above object, a method of knitting two adjoined tubular knit fabrics according to the present invention, each tubular knit fabric consisting of a front piece and a back piece coupled to each other at both adjacent ends, is provided for use with a flat knitting machine provided with at least a pair of front and rear needle beds, either or both of the needle beds being arranged for movement lengthwisely thereof. The method incorporates repeating a predetermined number of times a front piece joining step and a back piece joining step alternately or continuously depending on the number of loops to be joined. In particular, the front piece joining step comprises overlapping a loop of the front piece of one of the two tubular knit fabrics with a loop of the front piece of the other tubular knit fabric which is facing the other loop in linear symmetrical relationship about a boundary line inbetween, forming a new loop on the overlapped loops, then, overlapping the new loop with two other front piece loops of their respective two tubular knit fabrics arranged next to the first overlapped loops, forming another new loop on the second overlapped loops, and overlapping the new loop with two further front piece loops of their respective two tubular knit fabrics arranged next to the second overlapped loops. Similarly, the back piece joining step comprises overlapping a loop of the back piece of one of the two tubular knit fabrics with a loop of the back piece of the other tubular knit fabric which is facing the other loop in linear symmetrical relationship about a boundary line in between, forming a new loop on the overlapped loops, then, overlapping the new loop with two other back piece loops of their respective two tubular knit fabrics arranged next to the first overlapped loops, forming another new loop on the second overlapped loops, and overlapping the new loop with two further back piece loops of their respective two tubular knit fabrics arranged next to the second overlapped loops. Also, a tubular knitted fabric according to the present invention, which comprises a front portion and a back portion coupled to each other at adjacent ends and fabricated with the use of a given number of knitting needles arranged on at least a pair of front and rear needle beds, either or both of the needle beds being arranged for leftward and rightward movement, lengthwisely of the same, is characterized in that the front portion consists of two front pieces coupled by matching
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Mitsumoto Shigenobu
Okuno Masao
Calvert John J.
Crowder Clifford D.
Greigg Edwin E.
Greigg Ronald E.
Shima Seiki Mfg. Ltd.
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