US1290632A - Knitted fabric and method of making the same. - Google Patents

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UNITE STATES PATENT MAX C. MILLER, OF CUMBERLAND HILL, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO JENCKES KNITTING MACHINE COMPANY, OF PAWTUGKET, RHODE ISLAND, A CORPORA- v TION OF RHODE ISLAND.

KNITTED FABRIC AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 7, 191.9.

Application filed July 12, 1917. Serial No. 180,207.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX C. MILLER, a subj ect of the Emperor of Germany, residing. at Cumberland Hill, in the county of Cumberland and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Knitted Fabrics and Methods of Making the Same; and I do hereby declare the, following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to plain knitted fabrics, and its object is to provide a nonraveling selvage at the initial edge of the fabric which may be readily and conveniently formed, and which is well adapted to be kniton circular knitting machines such as are used in the manufacture of seamless stockings. I

To this end the invention consists in the knitted fabric and method of making the same hereinafter described and set forth in the claims, the advantages of which will be readily understood by those skilled in the art from an inspection of the accompanying drawing and the following detailed description of the method of knitting the fabric illustrated therein.

In the drawing a fragment of a knitted fabric which illustrates the invention diagrammatically is shown.

In starting the knitting operation an initial course of yarn indicated at a is fed to the hooks or beards of all the needles, which operate to form a series of bights in the yarn indicated at 1, 2, 3 and 4 and corresponding to the needle wales of the fabric which is to be knit. In forming the second course the yarn indicated at b is fed to alternate needles only, which are operated to draw loops 6 through recurrent bights of the yarn a, as through bights 1 3, etc., the bights being cast off in the usual manner. While the alternate needles are knitting the loops or stitches of the second course of yarn the intermediate needles stay down and hold the intermediate bights 2, 4, etc., so that the casting off of the recurrent bights is insured. In forming the third course the yarn indicated at c is fed to all the needles, and all the needles may be operated to draw loops, the needles which draw the loops 75 however, being so operated that they do not cast off the loops in drawing the loops 0 formed in the yarn 0 and do not therefore form stitches or knit in this course. In other words, the needles drawing the loops 0 are operated to tuck, or fail to cast ofl" the loops b when the loops 0 are drawn. The fourth course is formed from the yarn indicated at d which is fed to all the needles. the needles being operated to draw the loops through the previously held loops which are cast off in the usual manner. In knitting the fourth course, therefore, the loops (2" in the wales in which loops were drawn in forming the second course, are drawn through loops in both the second and third courses, while the loops d formed in the intermediate wales are drawn through loops of the third course only. The subsequent courses are knit in the usual manner by feeding yarn to all the needlesand operating the needles to draw loops through the previously held. loops.

The above manner of forming the settingup and additional courses of the web results ina strong and efficient selvage in which the yarn of the initial course is so interlocked with the second and third courses that raveling of the edge is prevented. This method of forming the setting-up and initial courses is also well adapted to be knit upon circular independent needle machines without complication of parts, and is also well adapted for the knitting of a turn welt upon such machines.

Claims:

1. A selvage for knitted fabrics having an initial yarn engaging stitches of the second course in recurrent wales and the stitches of the third course in the intermediate wales, the stitches of the fourth course engaging the yarn of both the second and third courses in the recurrent wales, and only the third course in the intermediate wales.

2. The method of knitting a selva e fabric which consists in forming bightso the initial yarn in all the wales, forming stitches of the second courseof yarn in recurrent wales only, forming stitches of the third course in the intermediate wales, and tuck-- ing in the wales of the second course and thereafter forming stitches in all thewales in succeeding courses.

stitches of the third course in the inter- 15 mediate Wales only, the stitches of the' 3. The method of knittinga selvage fabric which consists in forming bights of initial yarn on each of a series of needles, drawing loops of the second course and casting oil? the initial bights on recurrent needles only, drawing loops of the third course on all the needles and casting off the initial bights on the intermediate needles while retaining the loops of the second course on their needles, and'drawing loops of a subsequent course and casting off on all the needles.

4. A selvage for knitted fabrics having an initial yarn engaging the stitches of the second course in recurrent wales only and the fourth course engaging the initial stitches of all the wales.

5. The method of knittinga selvage fabric which consists in forming bights of the initial yarn in all the wales, forming stitches of the second course of yarn in recurrent Wales only, forming stitches of the third course of yarn in intermediate Wales only, and forming stitches of the succeeding courses in all the Wales.

MAX C. MILLER.

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