MXPA99007319A - Knit garment and orientation method - Google Patents

Abstract

A knit garment (10) with a generally cylindrical shape has a closed end having two portions (34, 36) attached to each other. The two portions oppose each other. The garment also includes, one being affixed at a first site near the closed end of the garment and the other being affixed at a second site disposed near the closed end of the garment. The first handle (124) is disposed between the first and second lip portions (144, 146) and the second handle (126) is disposed between the second and first lip portions. The handle material may be the same as the garment material, or a wire or plastic cord. The two handles extend outwardly from the garment near an open end (116) thereof.

Description

WOVEN GARMENT AND ORIENTATION METHOD FIELD OF THE INVENTION A method for orienting and handling knit garments, which can be easily adapted for either manual or automatic operation, and more particularly, a method for closing the knit stockings tip or for reversing the garment, or operations of type Similary.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The manufacturers have looked for a method to orient and manipulate the stockings in knitting machines without the intervention of the operator since they work automatically. The following patents illustrate several approaches: The U.S. Patent. No. 2,926,513 (Tew) discloses a method for closing a tip in a stocking, where the machine engaged in a continuous circular knitting fabric becomes a woven fabric. It is during the back and forth fabric that certain needles separate while the remaining needles continue the knitting operation. Therefore the continuous circular knitting is resumed, while all needles are joined for the knitting operation and the portion of the knit is completed.

The Patent E.U.A. No. 3,800,559 (Fecker) discloses a method for closing the tip of the stockings in known circular knitting machines. A tip closing yarn is woven into the tip end of a circular mesh. The closing thread passes at least once around the total periphery of the mesh. Subsequently the mesh is released from the needles of a circular knitting machine and the closing thread is pushed or partially extracted from the mesh, causing the mesh to narrow thereby closing the tip. The closing thread is then knotted to prevent the yarn from being removed. The Patent of E.U.A. No. 4,014,186 (Ferraguti) discloses a method for forming a closed end of a tubular knitted sock on a circular knitting machine. After the last row of the tubular fabric is formed by needles that are slidably assembled in the grooves of the machine cylinder, two annular tubular layers are formed as continuations of the circular knitting fabric in separate steps by needles They operate in the same cylinder of the machine. The loops in the free stage of the inner layer are subsequently held in a support arranged in a circle and the free edge of the inner layer is subsequently maintained on the support members arranged in a circle. The free end of the outer layer is held by the needles until the relative rotation of at least 180 ° between the circle of the support members and the cylinder has been eted. The loops that were held on the support members are transferred to the needles of the cylinder, and the last end rows are woven before the fabric is removed from the needles. The Patent E.U.A. No. 4,958,507 (Allaire et al.) Describes a method for closing the tip of a double-layer sock. A first course of knitting by needles corresponding to the tip end of the first layer is transferred onto a central transfer plate of the machine where the sock is held. The knitted fabric of the first layer continues from the tip to the mock ends. Subsequently the knitted fabric is continued on the mock edges of the second layer to the tip, the tubular structure of the knitted fabric suspended by means of a circular end, from the central transfer plate and, by another circular end from the cylinder of the needles in the course of the work, forms two concentric layers inside each one. The initial waiting course on the plate is transferred to the cylinder needles to join the two layers, and the tip is joined by knitting. Although these methods have been met with only limited success, neither closes the opening as the reaming machines do. One of the reasons for this lack of success is the nature of a cylindrical knit garment. Each knitting stitch depends on the previous mesh on the same needle for stability and to prevent fraying.

A proposed solution is to weave the opening of the stocking first. The last seams in the upper part of the stocking frayed, although attempts were made to avoid this fraying. Another proposed solution is to include tapes inside the stockings to close the end of the opening. This method works definitely well in stockings, but it is too bulky for applications involving fabrics of coarse cloth. Another solution proposed involves adapting small reaming machines so that they become dot making machines. The stockings are removed from the needles by a split meter and attached to the knitting machine. Although this provides a satisfactory opening closure without operator intervention, many types of existing equipment are not easily adapted to this conversion. Also, substantial costs are involved in the conversion of the resulting equipment into additional maintenance. Therefore, what is needed is a method that can manipulate and orient the average, turning and feeding the closing equipment of the existing opening without the help of the operator, instead of closing the opening of the media on the machines to make existing points. A device and method that are capable of accurate orientation of a knit garment that is useful either for manual or automatic operation for additional processing and termination of the garment are needed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION If the corner locations of the garment are known, the garment can be mechanically fed into a sewing or shirring machine for closing the opening. The method of the present invention can also be used to reverse the garment in preparation for sewing or hooping either on or off the knitting machine, as well as operations of a similar type. The method of the present invention is useful for handling a garment in a knitting machine. Initially the garment is oriented with an opening disposed relative to one end on the knitting machine. Subsequently a bridge is inserted through the opening of the garment, fixed to the garment in a first and second site, the two sites opposite each other in relation to the opening. The bridge can be a plastic insert disposed through the opening, or it can be woven into the garment through the opening. The two sites are arranged near the opening, in the exact position of the sites related to the opening that is predetermined according to the orientation of the garment in the knitting machine. Later the bridge separates or divides forming two handles. The first handle is fixed to the first site and the second handle is fixed to the second site.

The first and second handles are useful for further processing of the knit garment. Preferably, the garment is a stocking and the handles are used to orient the stocking to close the tip of the stocking. The two handles are separated from each other by joining the two end portions of the garment, allowing to join the two end portions. The two handles can be used to reverse and / or re-invest the garment for subsequent processing. Preferably, the garment has a hollow and a generally cylindrical shape, the general shape of the garment is asymmetric, and the garment has the right side facing out during the procedure. For a more complete understanding of the garment and orientation method of the present invention, reference is made to the following detailed description and to the accompanying drawings in which the currently preferred embodiments of the invention are shown by way of example. Since the invention can be disengaged in many forms without departing from the spirit of the essential features thereof, it is expressly understood that the drawings serve the purpose of illustration and description only and are not intended as a definition of the limits of the invention. . In the description, similar reference numbers refer to the same component in all views.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 describes the first embodiment of the knitted garment of the present invention as a plastic bridge that has been joined to the garment at the two sites near the opening; Figure 2 describes the first embodiment of the knitted garment of Figure 1, as a plastic bridge that has been served by forming two opposite handles through the opening of the garment; Figure 3 discloses a second embodiment of the garment of the present invention after weaving the completed opening and just before the bridge is woven into the garment, while all needles are knitting; Figure 4 depicts the garment of Figure 3 after the bridge was knitted, and almost all needles are knitting; Figure 5 describes a knitted garment of Figure 4 after the bridge has been woven, while all needles are knitting; Figure 6 describes a knitted garment having a bridge through the end of the garment opening; Figure 7 describes the knitted garment of the present invention of Figure 6 after the bridge has been served and two handles have been pushed; and Figure 8 describes the knitted garment with the handles pushed and the opposite portions manipulated while the garment is ready to be closed.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED MODALITIES The garment [10] of the present invention has a hollow, and generally cylindrical shape for closing at one end thereof. The garment [10] can be the leg of a child's pajamas, the leg of a gaiter, or even a woven top. However, for purposes of description and illustration, the garment [10] will be an average. Also, the manipulation and orientation of the average [10] will generally be for purposes of closing the tip of the average. It is also understood that "average" is applied to all foot covers, including mens socks, knitwear for women, and short socks for children. Referring now to the drawings, Figures 1 and 2 describe a woven stocking [10] of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention and the assembly method thereof. While these principles of the present invention are applicable for generally symmetrical stockings such as tube socks, the overall shape of the stocking [10] is preferably asymmetric, since the orientation of the asymmetric shapes requires more precision.

A bridge [20] is secured in the end portions [16] of the average [10]. If there had been oscillating tissue, the string is inserted one or more courses after the last course of the corner of the opening [16]. If there is no back and forth fabric, the bridge is inserted within the last courses of the media. Figure 1 describes a semi-rigid bridge [20] attached to the average [10] at two sites [24 and 26] near the opening [16] of the media [10]. Figure 2 describes the same semi-rigid bridge [20] being served, forming two opposite handles [34 and 36] through the opening [16]. Although the bridge [20] can be made of semi-rigid material, wire or plastic cord is preferred. The exact location of the two sites [24 and 26] around the opening [16] is determined according to the orientation of the mean [10] in the knitting machine as part of the knitting process. The average [10] can be oriented by the use of special fibers with optical or receptive properties. The fibers are perceived by an optical or electronic sensor in the corners of the opening [16]. Once the fibers are localized, the orientation of the media is determined. The bridge [20] is inserted either manually or automatically into the opposite ends near the opening [16].

Once the bridge [20] was secured to the average [10], the orientation of the average [10] is implanted within the mean and can thus be determined by locating the sites [24 and 26]. Once the bridge is separated [20], the closure of the tip can be processed simply by applying tension through the two handles [34 and 36] and through the middle [10] joining the two opposite tips [44 and 46] of the tip pocket [49] to the union by conventional methods. The handles [34 and 36] are useful where some additional processing of the average is needed [10], such as the closing of the tip, the inversion of the average, the reinvestment of the average, the transfer of the average from the machine for make knitting to another machine, or the like. The stocking [10] is woven on the right side outward and inverted to close the tip, and then reinvested. Since the handles [34 and 36] are arranged near the opening [16], the handles [34 and 36] are useful while reversing, and reinvested. Figures 3, 4 and 5 represent an orientation method and a woven stocking [110] of the second preferred embodiment of the invention. In this mode, the bridge [120] is woven within the stocking [110], and the fabric material is the same material as the stocking material. In Figure 3, all needles [150] are weaving after the shuttle tip [152] has been woven and just before the bridge [120] has been woven into the stocking. The bridge [120] is woven in the middle [110] beginning one or more courses after the last year in the corners of the end of the stocking [110] or, beginning within the last years of the stocking [110]. The courses do not stick while the bridge is inserted [120]. The thread that is fed while the bridge is adhered [120] is essentially the same as the thread that is fed while the courses are added. In a circular knitting machine, one or more needles [150] are selected on each side of the stocking (110) to mark exact locations of specific sites [124 and 126] on the average [110]. A bridge [120] comprising one or more threads is thus formed through the opening between these selected needles [150] by providing a "handle" for handling. With shuttle fabric, the bridge [120] is woven starting one or more courses after the last course [140] of the end of the opening. With the circular tissue, the placement of the bridge [120] is not so critical, and it only needs to be within the last courses [140] of the end of the middle. Figure 4 describes the mean [110] after the swinging opening [116] has been woven and the bridge fabric [120] has begun. Preferably, the bridge [120] comprises three strands of yarn, and is aligned with the corners of the nesgas that have been woven into the tip pocket. It is recommended that the needles used in the procedure be alternating needles on each side of the stocking [110], with a loose needle between each. Figure 5 shows a woven stocking [110] after the swinging opening has been completed, and the bridge [120] has been completed. All the needles have been collected thread and have resumed weaving.

Figure 6 shows a woven stocking [110] with the bridge [120] of the tissue material through the opening [116] of the stocking [110]. Figure 7 shows a woven stocking [110] after the bridge [120] of the woven material has been served by forming two handles [124 and 126] of the woven material to be tensioned. Figure 8 shows handles [124 and 126] that are tensioned and the opposite edge portions [144 and 146] of the stocking [110] that are manipulated as the stocking [110] prepares for the tip closure. It is clear that many alternatives, modifications and variations of the garments and orientation methods of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art in view of the description herein. It is intended that the limits and loops of the present invention be determined by the appended claims rather than the language of the foregoing specifications, and that said alternatives, modifications and variations forming a cooperative equivalent be included within the spirit and scope of the following claims.

Claims (20)

NOVELTY OF THE INVENTION CLAIMS

1. - A method for manipulating a garment having an opening with a first portion of the edge and a second portion of the edge in a knitting machine, the method consists of: (a) orienting the garment with an opening disposed in relation to an end on the knitting machine; (b) weave a bridge through the opening of the garment, the bridge being fixed to the garment at a first and second site, the first and second sites being arranged near the opening, the exact placement of the first and second related sites with the opening being predetermined in accordance with the orientation of the garment on the knitting machine, the first site facing the second site; and (c) dividing the bridge by forming a first and second handles, the first handle being fixed at the first site and the second handle being fixed at the second site, the first and second handles being useful for further processing of the garment.

2. The method of manipulating the garment according to claim 1, further characterized in that it consists of taking the first and second handle, pulling the first handle away from the second handle, thereby joining a first portion of the edge to a second portion of the edge of the garment allowing the first edge portion to join the second edge portion, the first edge portion facing the second edge portion, the first edge portion, being disposed between the first and second handles , the second edge portion being disposed between the second and first handles.

3. The method of manipulating the garment according to claim 2, further characterized in that it consists in taking the first and second handles and inverting the garment.

4. The method of manipulating the garment according to claim 1, further characterized in that it consists of taking the first and second handles and investing the garment.

5. The method of manipulating the garment according to claim 1, further characterized in that the bridge is inserted by selecting at least one needle on each side of the garment, and marking specific sites of the garment on the machine to make circular knitting.

6. The method of manipulating the garment according to claim 1, further characterized in that the garment has a hollow and a generally cylindrical shape.

7. The method of manipulating the garment according to claim 1 further characterized in that the general shape of the garment is asymmetric.

8. - The method of manipulating the garment according to claim 1, further characterized in that the garment is reversed during orientation.

9. A method for manipulating a garment having an opening with the first edge portion and the second edge portion on a knitting machine, the method comprising: (a) orienting the garment on the fabric making machine knitted with an opening disposed therein; (b) attaching a bridge near the open end of the garment, the bridge made of a material other than the material of the garment, the bridge secured to the first site and the second site, the first and second sites disposed near the open end of the garment. garment, the exact position of the first and second sites relative to the opening that is predetermined according to the orientation of the garment on the knitting machine, the first site facing the second site; and (c) dividing the bridge by forming first and second handles, the first handle fixed to the first site and the second handle fixed to the second site, the first and second handles useful for further processing of the garment.

10. The method of manipulating the garment according to claim 9, further characterized in that it consists of the first and second handles, moving the first handle away from the second handle thereby joining a first portion of the edge to a second portion of the edge. of the garment allowing the first edge portion to join the second portion of the edge, the first edge portion facing the second edge portion, the first edge portion disposed between the first and second handles, the second edge portion disposed between the second and first handles.

11. The method of handling the garment according to claim 9, further characterized in that it consists of taking the first and second handles and inverting the garment.

12. The method of manipulating the garment according to claim 9, further characterized in that it consists in taking the first and second handles and investing the garment.

13. The method of manipulating the garment according to claim 9, further characterized in that the material bridge comprises a wire or plastic cord.

14. The method of manipulating the garment according to claim 9, further characterized in that the general shape of the garment is asymmetric.

15. The method of manipulating the garment according to claim 9, further characterized in that the special fibers with receptive properties and optical sensors arranged in the corners of the opening are used to determine the location of the sites.

16. A knitted garment made of a material of the garment in a knitting machine, the garment having an opening placed thereon, the garment also includes a first and second handles made of a material of the handle, the first handle fixed at a first location near the opening, the second handle fixed at a second location disposed near the opening of the garment, exact positioning of the first and second sites relative to the opening that is predetermined according to the orientation of the garment on the knitting machine, the first site facing the second site, the first handle disposed between the first and second edge portions, the second handle disposed between the second and first edge portions, the first and second handles extend out of the garment.

17. The knitted garment according to claim 16, further characterized in that the material of the handle is a plastic cord or wire.

18. The knitted garment according to claim 16, further characterized in that the material of the handle is the same as the material of the garment.

19. The knitted garment according to claim 16, further characterized in that the garment has a hollow and a generally cylindrical shape.

20. The knitted garment according to claim 16, further characterized in that the general shape of the garment is asymmetric.