EP2431508A2 - Method for producing tubular knitting and knitted hose - Google Patents

Abstract

The method involves forming right stitches (d, h, l, p, t, x, A, E, I, M, Q, U, Y) on a front needle bed (V) with needles, which have left stitches (b, f, j, n, r, v, z, C, G, K, O, S, W). The right stitches are transferred to a rear needle bed (H). The transferred stitches are placed back on rising needles. The left stitches are formed on the front bed and/or the rear bed, and the right stitches are transferred to the latter needle bed. The transferred stitches are placed back on the rising needles. The formation of the right and left stitches on the front bed and/or the rear bed is repeated. An independent claim is also included for a tubular knitted article comprising stitches.

Description

The invention relates to a method for producing a tubular knit fabric on a flat knitting machine with at least two oppositely arranged needle beds, which has right and left stitches in each course, wherein left stitches follow at least over a height section of the tubular knit onto the right stitches of a course in a subsequent course Follow right-hand stitches on the left stitches of this course in the next course.

Hose knits can be made as plain knits, but they tend to curl up at the knit edges. They can also be formed as Rippgestricke in which right and left stitches alternate, creating a knitted fabric with high transverse elasticity and a relatively high longitudinal elasticity. A method for producing such a tubular rib knit is, for example, in BE 789902 A1 disclosed. There, the right and left stitches for the front and the back part are alternately formed in a carriage stroke. This is very much thread material for connecting the mesh placed on the front and rear needle bed in the fabric. This creates an unstable knit fabric with high elasticity. The present invention has for its object to produce a tubular knitted piece, which has a high stability and a relatively low elasticity in the longitudinal direction and does not curl up at the fabric edges.

1. a) Herstellen eines schlauchförmigen Grundgestricks über mindestens eine Maschenreihe, wobei jeder mit einer Masche belegten Nadel des einen Nadelbetts jeweils eine leere Nadel des anderen Nadelbetts gegenüberliegt;
2. b) Bilden von rechten Maschen auf dem ersten und/oder zweiten Nadelbett, nachdem die als linke Maschen abzustrickenden Maschen zuvor auf das gegenüberliegende Nadelbett umgehängt wurden;
3. c) Zurückhängen der in Schritt b) umgehängten Maschen auf ihre Ursprungsnadeln;
4. d) Bilden von linken Maschen auf dem ersten und/oder zweiten Nadelbett, nachdem diese auf das gegenüberliegende Nadelbett umgehängt wurden;
5. e) Zurückhängen der in Schritt d) umgehängten Maschen auf ihre Ursprungsnadeln;
6. f) Bilden von rechten Maschen auf dem ersten und/oder zweiten Nadelbett mit den Nadeln, die in Schritt d) linke Maschen gebildet haben, nachdem die in Schritt b) gebildeten rechten Maschen auf das gegenüberliegende Nadelbett umgehängt wurden;
7. g) Zurückhängen der in Schritt f) umgehängten Maschen auf ihre Ursprungsnadeln;
8. h) Bilden von linken Maschen auf dem ersten und/oder zweiten Nadelbett mit den Nadeln, die in Schritt b) rechte Maschen gebildet haben, nachdem diese Maschen auf das gegenüberliegende Nadelbett umgehängt wurden;
9. i) Zurückhängen der in Schritt h) umgehängten Maschen auf ihre Ursprungsnadeln;
10. j) Wiederholen der Schritte b) bis i).

The object is achieved by a method for producing a tubular knit on a flat knitting machine with at least two oppositely arranged needle beds, which has right and left stitches in each course, wherein at least over a height portion of the tubular knit each time on the right stitches of a course in a subsequent course Follow the left-hand stitches and follow the stitches on the left-hand stitches of the course on the next course, with the following steps:

1. a) producing a tubular basic knit over at least one row of stitches, wherein each occupied with a mesh needle of a needle bed each opposite an empty needle of the other needle bed;
2. b) forming right stitches on the first and / or second needle bed after the stitches to be stitched off as left stitches have been previously transferred to the opposite needle bed;
3. c) hanging back the stitches transferred in step b) onto their original needles;
4. d) forming left stitches on the first and / or second needle bed after being transferred to the opposite needle bed;
5. e) hanging back the stitches transferred in step d) onto their original needles;
6. f) forming right-hand stitches on the first and / or second needle bed with the needles having formed left stitches in step d) after the right-hand stitches formed in step b) have been transferred to the opposite needle bed;
7. g) hanging back the stitches transferred in step f) onto their original needles;
8. h) forming left stitches on the first and / or second needle bed with the needles having formed right stitches in step b) after these stitches have been transferred to the opposite needle bed;
9. i) hanging back the stitches transferred in step h) onto their original needles;
10. j) repeating steps b) to i).

According to this method, a tubular knit, in which right and left stitches alternate not only within a course, but also in the direction of the wales. By this binding technique, the curling of the knitted edges is avoided. In addition, by changing the right and left stitches in the direction of the wales a slight elasticity of the knitted fabric follows in Longitudinal direction. From such tubular knitted fabric therefore preferably drive belts or coatings for furniture or the like can be produced, for which a low elongation and high stability are desired in order to ensure a high dimensional stability of the knitted fabric can.

Another feature of a tubular knit fabric made by a method according to the invention is that the inner and outer sides of the tubular knit have the same appearance. By making the right and left stitches alternately, the right stitches on the visible side are covered by afloat threads of the left stitches on the visible side. The knit receives a kind of braided look.

Another advantage of making the right and left stitches alternately is that the thread requirement in the manufacture of the knitted fabric can be kept relatively low.

To adjust the desired longitudinal and transverse elasticity, the fabric can be produced in different ways. One way to produce a particularly high stability in the transverse and in the longitudinal direction of the knitted fabric is that alternating in a row of stitches and in the wales each right and left stitches.

In a further embodiment of the method, steps b) to e) can be repeated at least once and steps f) to i) can also be repeated at least once. If the knitted fabric is produced in this way, the sections with right and left stitches over several courses in the circumferential direction of the knitted fabric are in the same places, before the mutual offset of right and left stitches takes place, ie with those needles left stitches are formed, which have previously formed right stitches, and vice versa. If the fabric is produced according to this requirement, it has a greater elasticity in the longitudinal direction than in the case of an offset of rake and left-hand stitches in each successive course.

The sequence of right and left stitches within a course can also be varied. Thus, the courses can each be knit in a 1: 1, 2: 2 or 3: 3 right-left binding, i. H. one right and one left stitch or two right and two left stitches or three right and three left stitches are formed alternately over the entire stitch row. Of course, the number of right and left stitches need not be the same. The courses can therefore also be knitted in a 2: 1, 3: 1 or 3: 2 right-left binding, d. H. have more rights than left stitches. Conversely, more left than right stitches can be provided and the courses z. B. each knit in a 1: 2, 1: 3 or 2: 3 right-left bond.

By choosing different bindings per stitch row, in particular, the transverse elasticity of the knitted fabric can be influenced.

Preferably, a regular weave pattern is selected for the entire fabric. However, irregular distributions of right and left stitches in the courses can also be selected, at least in some areas.

The tubular knit can be knitted either as a closed tube or as a unilaterally open tube by the method.

A weft thread can also be inserted into the tubular knit in some rows of stitches by forming tuck loops with the weft thread on empty needles of a needle bed. In this way, the transverse strain of the knitted fabric can be reduced to a desired level. The knit receives thereby an even higher stability. As materials for the weft are glass fibers, aramids or similar stable materials in question.

The invention also relates to a tubular knitted fabric having right and left stitches in each course, wherein the right stitches of a course in a subsequent course follow left stitches and follow the left stitches of the course in the following stitches right stitches and that by a process is manufactured according to one of claims 1 to 6 on a flat knitting machine with at least two oppositely arranged needle beds.

Fig. 1 - Fig. 7

zeigen eine Abfolge von Strickreihen zur Durchführung eines Durchlaufs eines ersten Verfahrens;

Fig. 8 - Fig. 14

zeigen eine Abfolge von Strickreihen zur Durchführung eines Durchlaufs eines zweiten Verfahrens.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a method according to the invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawing.

Fig. 1 - Fig. 7

show a sequence of knitting courses for carrying out a run of a first method;

FIGS. 8-14

show a sequence of knitting rows for performing a run of a second method.

All knitting rows R0 to R24 of both methods are shown in a so-called thread running representation. In each case, the front needle bed V and the rear needle bed H are indicated schematically. The needles of the front needle bed are indicated by dashes in capital letters A to Z and the needles of the rear needle bed H by dashes with lowercase letters a to z marked.

Row R0 shows the needle occupancy at the beginning of manufacture of the tubular knit on the front needle bed V and the rear needle bed H, with every second needle being stitched on the front and back needle beds V, H and each stitch supporting needle of a needle bed V, H is an empty needle of the other needle bed H, V opposite.

In row R1, every other stitch of the back knitted part, that is, the stitches of the needles d, h, l, p, t, x of the back needle bed H on the respective opposite empty needles D, H, L, P, T, X of the front Needle bed V umgehängt before in row R2 on the needles b, f, j, n, r, v, z of the rear needle bed whose stitches were not relocated, right stitches are formed for the back knitted part. Thereafter, in the course R3, the stitches of the back knit part, which have been transferred to the front needle bed in row R1, are returned to their original needles d, h, l, p, t, x. In row R4, every other stitch of the front knitted part, ie the stitches of the needles A, E, I, M, Q, U and Y of the front needle bed, is placed on the respective opposite empty needles a, e, i, m, q, u and y of the rear needle bed H umgehängt before in row R5 on the needles C, G, K, 0, S, W of the front needle bed whose stitches were not relocated, right stitches are formed for the front knitted part. Then, in the course R6, the stitches of the front knit part, which have been transferred to the back needle bed in row R4, are returned to their original needles A, E, I, M, Q, U and Y of the front needle bed V.

In the rows R1 to R6, therefore, in the front and back knitted portions, each second needle has right-hand stitches on the front needle bed (needles C, G, K, 0, S, W) and the rear needle bed (needles b, f, j, n , r, v, z).

Thereafter, in row R7 every other stitch of the back knitted part, so the stitches of the needles d, h, l, p, t, x of the back needle bed again on the respective opposite empty needle D, H, L, P, T and X of the front needle bed. Then stitches are formed in the row R8 on the stitches of the back knitted part which are looped in rows R7 onto the needles D, H, L, P, T and X of the front needle bed. In row R9, the stitches of the back knit part formed in row R8 on the front needle bed are then hung back on their original needles d, h, l, p, t and x of the back needle bed. They appear on the visible side of the back knitted part as left stitches. Subsequently, in row R10, every other stitch of the front knitted part, ie the stitches of the needles A, E, I, M, Q, U and Y of the front needle bed again on the respective opposite empty needle a, e, i, m, q, u and y of the rear needle bed umgehängt before stitches are formed in row R11 on the in rows R10 on the needles a, e, i, m, q, u, y of the back needle bed stitched stitches of the front knitted fabric. In row R12, the stitches of the front knit part formed in row R11 on the back needle bed are returned to their original needles A, E, I, M, Q, U, Y of the front needle bed. They thus appear on the visible side of the front knitted part as left stitches.

In the rows R7 to R12 left stitches were formed on the respective opposite needle bed in the front and back knitted part with each second stitch-bearing needle. On the front needle bed these are the needles A, E, I, M, Q, U, Y and on the back Needle bed the needles b, f, j, n, r, v and z. Overall, a complete row of stitches on the front and back needle beds with alternating right and left stitches were made in rows R1 to R12.

In series R13 ( Fig. 4 ), the stitches of the back knit b, f, j, n, r, v and z of the back needle bed are transferred to the respective opposite empty needles B, F, J, N, R, V, Z of the front needle bed before in series R14 on the needles d, h, l, p, t, x of the rear needle bed whose stitches were not transferred, right stitches are formed for the back knitted part. In row R15, the stitches of the back knit part, which were reloaded in row R13 on the front needle bed, are returned to their original needles b, f, j, n, r, v and z. Thereafter, in row R16 every other stitch of the front knitted part, so the stitches of the needles C, G, K, 0, S, W of the front needle bed on the respective opposite empty needles c, g, k, o, s, w of the rear Needle bed umhänged to then in row R17 on the needles A, E, I, M, Q, U, Y of the front needle bed, the stitches were not relocated to be able to form right stitches for the front knitted part. Subsequently, in rows R18, the stitches of the front fabric piece, which have been transferred to the back needle bed in row R16, are returned to their original needles C, G, K, 0, S and W of the front needle bed.

In the rows R13 to R18, therefore, right stitches have been formed in the front and back knitted parts with those needles which have formed left stitches in the rows R7 to R12.

Then, in row R19, the stitches of the back fabric on the needles b, f, j, n, r, v, z of the back needle bed are placed on the respective empty needles B, F, J, N, R, V and Z of the front Needle bed umgehängt before stitches are formed in row R20 on the stitched in row R19 on the needles B, F, J, N, R, V and Z of the front needle bed stitches of the back fabric part. In row R21, the stitches of the back knitted portion formed in row R20 on the front needle bed are hung back on their original needles b, f, j, n, r, v, z of the back needle bed. They thus appear on the visible side of the back knitted part as left stitches. In row R22 every other stitch of the front knitted part, i. H. the stitches of the needles C, G, K, 0, S and W of the front needle bed are respectively transferred to opposite empty needles c, g, k, o, s, w of the rear needle bed before being transferred onto the row R22 on the row R22 Needles c, g, k, o, s, w of the back needle bed stitched stitches of the front knitted fabric stitches are formed. After hanging back these stitches of the front knitted fabric in row R24 formed in row R23 onto their original needles C, G, K, 0, S, W of the front needle bed, they appear on the visible side of the front knitted fabric as left stitches.

Overall, in the rows R13 to R24, therefore, left-hand stitches were formed in the front and back knitted parts with those needles which formed right-hand stitches in the rows R1 to R6.

The sequence described in rows R1 to R24 is repeated until the desired number of rows of stitches is reached.

In the process variant shown here are thus both in the longitudinal and in the transverse direction of the knitted fabric alternately right and left Mesh formed, whereby the knitted piece on its outer and on its inside has the same appearance.

The method according to the 8 to 14 differs from the procedure according to the Fig. 1 to 7 through a weft insert, which is in the rows RS1 ( Fig. 8 ), RS2 ( Fig. 9 ), RS3 ( Fig. 11 ) and RS4 ( Fig. 12 ) is different. With the weft thread tying loops are formed in each case with every fourth needle of a needle bed. In the subsequent rows R2, R5, R14 and R17, stitches are first formed and then the weft thread inserted in the respective preceding row is thrown off again (not shown).

Claims (8)

A method for producing a tubular knit fabric on a flat knitting machine having at least two oppositely arranged needle beds (V, H), the right and left stitches in each course, at least over a height portion of the Schlauchgestricks away on the right stitches of a row of stitches in a following course left Follow the stitches and follow the left-hand stitches of the course in the following course stitches, following the steps: a) producing a tubular base knit over at least one course, wherein each occupied with a mesh needle of the first needle bed (V, H) an empty needle of the second needle bed (H, V) is opposite; b) forming right (b, f, j, n, r, z, C, G, K, 0, W) stitches on the first and / or second needle bed after the stitches to be stitched as left stitches on the opposite needle bed were transferred; c) hanging back the stitches transferred in step b) onto their original needles; d) forming left stitches (d, h, l, p, t, x, A, E, I, M, Q, U) on the first and / or second needle bed after each being transferred to the opposite needle bed; e) hanging back the stitches transferred in step d) onto their original needles; f) forming right-hand stitches (d, h, l, p, t, x, A, E, I, M, Q, U, Y) on the first and / or second needle bed with those needles which are formed in step d) left stitches have formed after the formed in step b) right stitches were transferred to the opposite needle bed; g) hanging back the stitches transferred in step f) onto their original needles; h) forming left stitches (b, f, j, n, r, v, z; C, G, K, 0, S, W) on the first and / or second needle bed with the needles formed in step b) have formed right stitches after these stitches were transferred to the opposite needle bed; i) hanging back the stitches transferred in step h) onto their original needles; j) repeating steps b) to i). A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the steps b) to e) are repeated at least once and then the steps f) to i) are repeated at least once. A method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the rows of stitches are each knit in a 1: 1, 2: 2 or 3: 3 right-left binding. A method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the rows of stitches are each knit in a 2: 1, 3: 1 or 3: 2 right-left binding. A method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the rows of stitches are each knit in a 1: 2, 1: 3 or 2: 3 right-left binding. Method according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the tubular knit is formed as a closed or open on one side hose. Method according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that in the tubular knit in some courses (RS1, RS2, RS3, RS4) a weft thread is inserted by the tuck on empty needles of a needle bed tuck loops are formed with the weft. Tubular knitted fabric having right and left stitches in each course, wherein left stitches follow at least over one height portion of the tubular knit each on the right stitches of a stitch row in a following stitch row and follow right stitches on the left stitches of the stitch row in the following stitch row, and which is prepared by a method according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

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