GB944418A - Method and apparatus for knitting a toe portion of hosiery - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for knitting a toe portion of hosiery

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Publication number
GB944418A
GB944418A GB45772/61A GB4577261A GB944418A GB 944418 A GB944418 A GB 944418A GB 45772/61 A GB45772/61 A GB 45772/61A GB 4577261 A GB4577261 A GB 4577261A GB 944418 A GB944418 A GB 944418A
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cam
knitting
needles
pick
knitted
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Draper Corp
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Draper Corp
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    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04BKNITTING
    • D04B9/00Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles
    • D04B9/42Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles specially adapted for producing goods of particular configuration
    • D04B9/46Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles specially adapted for producing goods of particular configuration stockings, or portions thereof
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04BKNITTING
    • D04B1/00Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes
    • D04B1/22Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration
    • D04B1/24Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration wearing apparel
    • D04B1/26Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration wearing apparel stockings
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04BKNITTING
    • D04B9/00Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles
    • D04B9/20Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles with provision for narrowing or widening; with reciprocatory action, e.g. for knitting of flat portions
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04BKNITTING
    • D04B9/00Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles
    • D04B9/26Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles for producing patterned fabrics
    • D04B9/28Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles for producing patterned fabrics with colour patterns
    • D04B9/36Intarsia work obtained by reciprocatory action
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04BKNITTING
    • D04B9/00Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles
    • D04B9/42Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles specially adapted for producing goods of particular configuration
    • D04B9/46Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles specially adapted for producing goods of particular configuration stockings, or portions thereof
    • D04B9/56Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles specially adapted for producing goods of particular configuration stockings, or portions thereof heel or toe portions

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  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Knitting Machines (AREA)
  • Knitting Of Fabric (AREA)

Abstract

944,418. Knitting. DRAPER CORPORATION. Dec. 21, 1961 [Dec. 27, 1960], No. 45772/61. Headings D1C and D1K. The toe portion of a circularly knitted hosiery is formed by knitting by reciprocation a decreasing instep tab 36 on one group of needles and simultaneously knitting a decreasing sole tab 37 with a second group of needles, loopers rounds 38 then being knitted to permit the toe to be closed on a linking or sewing machine. The article is knitted on a circular knitting machine having two yarn feeding and knitting stations. The needles are divided on to two equal groups one having short butts, the other long butts. One course of instep tab 36 is knitted each stroke by the short butt needles at the auxiliary knitting station as the cylinder reciprocates with a stroke of slightly less than two revolutions, selected cams being withdrawn as the needle butts pass a second time through the knitting station. The sole tab 37 is knitted simultaneously and in a similar manner by the long butt needles at the other, regular, feeding station. During knitting the sole tab is narrowed by conventional feeding picks at the regular feeding station, while the instep tab is narrowed by a double acting pick effective in both directions of reciprocation and acting in co-operation with a slidable cam member which both directs the leading needle into the pick and raises that needle to another level. Narrowing continues until the tab is formed, one needle being withdrawn from each group of needles in each direction of reciprocation. The picks are then withdrawn, all needles are selected and loopers rounds are knitted. The toe is closed on a linking or a sewing machine, using rubber yarn or "stretch" yarn. The double acting pick 158 (see Figs. 10a, 15) is supported for motion in any plane in a frame 154 pivoted to the machine. A spring 166 engages one end of the pick to bias the other end into engagement with a V notch in a fixed guide block 167. A rod 175 may be moved by cam mechanism to swing a frame extending below the pick to withdraw the latter from operation when required. A member 141 carrying cam members 142, 143, is slidably mounted above the pick. As needle butts move to the left in Fig. 20 for example they ride up cam 62, the first butt of a group engages cam 143 to move the member 141 to the left, and move down below cam 143 to enter a notch in the pick 158 which swings up along one side of its V notch to pass the butt of the first over the top of cam 142 to a withdrawn position. The subsequent needles, having moved down below cam 143 pass on to stitch cam 61 and knit. Cams 68, 70 are engaged by ramps on a slider 82 (see Figs. 4, 5) which is movable by a cam operated lever 83 to position the cams towards or away from the cylinder 44 according to the portion of sock to be knitted. The cam 68 has a pin 99 engagable by one arm 98 of a bell crank lever which is operated by a cam to withdraw the cam 68 when required to prevent needles knitting during a second passage through a cam station, irrespective of the position dictated by the arm 83 and slider 82. Similar mechanism is provided (Figs. 6, 7 and 8, not shown), for cams 67, 69.
GB45772/61A 1960-12-27 1961-12-21 Method and apparatus for knitting a toe portion of hosiery Expired GB944418A (en)

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US78719A US3142975A (en) 1960-12-27 1960-12-27 Knitting machine and method

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Cited By (2)

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FR2421974A1 (en) * 1978-04-03 1979-11-02 Lonati Cost Mecc DEVICE FOR VARIATION OF THE NUMBER OF NEEDLES IN THE WORKING POSITION IN A CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE FOR SOCKINGS OR SIMILAR.
CN110004579A (en) * 2019-05-21 2019-07-12 卢锡义 Knit socks shoe machine

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US3292392A (en) * 1963-06-05 1966-12-20 Pilot Res Corp Circular knitting machine for knitting seamless panty girdles and the like
US10385486B2 (en) 2017-02-06 2019-08-20 Nike, Inc. Garment for foot with triangular ankle panels

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US1147531A (en) * 1914-05-07 1915-07-20 Joseph Alfred Mills Knitting-machine.
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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2421974A1 (en) * 1978-04-03 1979-11-02 Lonati Cost Mecc DEVICE FOR VARIATION OF THE NUMBER OF NEEDLES IN THE WORKING POSITION IN A CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE FOR SOCKINGS OR SIMILAR.
CN110004579A (en) * 2019-05-21 2019-07-12 卢锡义 Knit socks shoe machine

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