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US2214549A
US2214549A US287377A US28737739A US2214549A US 2214549 A US2214549 A US 2214549A US 287377 A US287377 A US 287377A US 28737739 A US28737739 A US 28737739A US 2214549 A US2214549 A US 2214549A
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04B—KNITTING
    • D04B9/00—Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles
    • D04B9/42—Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles specially adapted for producing goods of particular configuration
    • D04B9/46—Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles specially adapted for producing goods of particular configuration stockings, or portions thereof
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04B—KNITTING
    • D04B1/00—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes
    • D04B1/22—Weft 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
    • D04B1/24—Weft 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
    • D04B1/26—Weft 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

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  • This invention relates to knit fabrics and more particularly to circular knit hosiery having an elastic thread engaged at suitable wales of courses of the welt and top and it is an object of this 5 invention to provide a stocking having a welt of plain knit fabric and-a stocking top of ribbed fabric knit continuously with the stocking welt, both the welt and top having a continuous elastic thread engaged therewith at desired wales in a number of the courses of the welt and top.
  • Fig. 1 is a view of a half-hose knit in accordance with this invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a diagram, drawn to a larger scale
  • a half-hose knit in accordance with this invention comprises a double-walled plain fabric welt W and a ribbed fabric top T, both knit in the usual manner but having an elastic thread it engaged at wales of the welt and top during the knitting thereof.
  • the plain knit leg L and instep I may have embroidery or wrap patterns thereon, as indicated diagrammatically at P and with a heel H, a double sole S, and the toe U may be knit 'in the usual manner.
  • Stockings in accordance with this invention i can be knit separately, each completed stocking being dropped from the machine, or they can be knit in a string, being connected by courses of a draw thread" which permits of the stockings being readily cutapart.
  • the stocking' would be knit on a circular knitting machine having cylinder and dialneedles and the draw thread course would be knit on the alternate cylinder needles'i'which are .active during the knitting of the welt and. the ribbed top.
  • the dial needles are brought into action with the active alternate cylinder needles for one 'revolutio'n, the dial needles taking bights of the yarn during the one revolution to form, with the active alternate cylinder needles, the make-up or starting course and then being withdrawn to hold the bights of yarn taken while the welt .is knit-'- ted upon the active alternate cylinder'needles.
  • the elastic thread is presented to selected needles, alternate ones of the active cylinder needles in the arrangement shown in the drawings,
  • the elastic thread being taken in the hooks of the needles and drawn, down to be engaged beneath the nebs of web holders and held down when the cylinder needles are raised to take the body yarn.
  • the elastic thread is thus interlaced with the active cylinder needles and brought beneath the latches of the needles to which it was fed so that it is cast off at the usual knitting wave without being knitted.
  • the elastic thread is introduced into successive courses of the welt and is interlaced with loops of the fabric so as to cross the sinker loops between adjacent needle wales while lying wholly at the back of the fabric.
  • the elastic thread in the course Z crosses the sinker loops between the needle wales c and e and e and g and lies upon the same side of the loops in the needle Wales 0, e and g.
  • the interlacing of the elastic thread with the active cylinder needles continues during the knitting of the welt and after the dial needles are brought forward to again take the body yarn so as to join the ends of the welt and knit rib fabric.
  • Joining the ends of the -welt places the elastic thread on the inner face of the wall of the welt.
  • Interlacing the elastic thread with the active alternate cylinder needles during the knit- ,ting of the rib top places the elastic thread on the same face of the cylinder needle wales as Wales 0, e and g of Fig. 2 and on the opposite faces of the intervening dial needle wales, as wales d and f.
  • the elastic thread is engaged with the loops of successive courses in successive needle cylinder wales.
  • the elastic thread at Wale c is engaged 'at course 12 in the ribbed fabric and at course I in the plain fabric, while at wale e it is engaged at course It in the ribbed fabric and at course min the plain fabric.
  • This arrangement secures the elastic thread in the fabric and prevents it from creeping in case it is broken.
  • Theeiastic-thread is engaged in the desired number or all of the courses of the ribbed fabric '"top and then withdrawn and the ribbed fabric top is then completed. Thereafter the leg his but on all the cylinder needles, wrap patterns P being provided if desired and the heel H, instep I, sole S and toe U are knit in the usual -manner. 7
  • Circular knit hosiery having a plain fabric welt and a ribbed fabric top with an elastic thread 4.
  • Hosiery having a plain fabric welt and a with loops of different courses in adjacent cylinder needle wales of the welt and top and-extending between rib and plain fabric'wales in the top.
  • Hosiery having a. plain fabric welt and a ribbed fabriq top with an elastic thread engaged with loops of difierent courses in adjacent cylinder needle wales of the welt and top.

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pt. 10; 1940. H. e. DICKENS 1 2,214,549
\ KNIT FABRIC Original Filed Dec. 6, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Z/ A HOWARD GRADY DIEXE NE Mme-06m ATTO R N EYS Sept. 10. 1940. H. GLDICKENS 2,214,549
I KNIT FABRIC Original Filed Dec. 6, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 HOWARD GRADY ATTORNEYS INVENTOR DICKENS Patented Sept. 10, 1940 KNIT FABRIC Howard Grady Dickens, Thomasville, N. 0., as-
signor to Scott &
Williams, Incorporated,
Laconia, N. IL, a corporation of Massachusetts Original application December 6, 1938, Serial No.
Divided and this application July 29,
1939, Serial No. 287,377
Claims.
This invention relates to knit fabrics and more particularly to circular knit hosiery having an elastic thread engaged at suitable wales of courses of the welt and top and it is an object of this 5 invention to provide a stocking having a welt of plain knit fabric and-a stocking top of ribbed fabric knit continuously with the stocking welt, both the welt and top having a continuous elastic thread engaged therewith at desired wales in a number of the courses of the welt and top.
In the drawings:
Fig. 1 is a view of a half-hose knit in accordance with this invention; and
Fig. 2 is a diagram, drawn to a larger scale,
5 of the loops of portions of the welt and top and showing the relation of the elastic thread thereto in fabric in accordance with this invention.
As shown in the drawings, a half-hose knit in accordance with this invention comprises a double-walled plain fabric welt W and a ribbed fabric top T, both knit in the usual manner but having an elastic thread it engaged at wales of the welt and top during the knitting thereof. The plain knit leg L and instep I may have embroidery or wrap patterns thereon, as indicated diagrammatically at P and with a heel H, a double sole S, and the toe U may be knit 'in the usual manner. A
Stockings in accordance with this invention i can be knit separately, each completed stocking being dropped from the machine, or they can be knit in a string, being connected by courses of a draw thread" which permits of the stockings being readily cutapart. The stocking'would be knit on a circular knitting machine having cylinder and dialneedles and the draw thread course would be knit on the alternate cylinder needles'i'which are .active during the knitting of the welt and. the ribbed top. After a suflicient l number of coursesof the'fdraw thread has been knit, the dial needles are brought into action with the active alternate cylinder needles for one 'revolutio'n, the dial needles taking bights of the yarn during the one revolution to form, with the active alternate cylinder needles, the make-up or starting course and then being withdrawn to hold the bights of yarn taken while the welt .is knit-'- ted upon the active alternate cylinder'needles. At the desired course in the knitting of the welt, the elastic thread is presented to selected needles, alternate ones of the active cylinder needles in the arrangement shown in the drawings,
at a point in advance of the feeding points for ,the wrap and body yarns. the elastic thread being taken in the hooks of the needles and drawn, down to be engaged beneath the nebs of web holders and held down when the cylinder needles are raised to take the body yarn. The elastic thread is thus interlaced with the active cylinder needles and brought beneath the latches of the needles to which it was fed so that it is cast off at the usual knitting wave without being knitted. As shown in Fig. 2, the elastic thread is introduced into successive courses of the welt and is interlaced with loops of the fabric so as to cross the sinker loops between adjacent needle wales while lying wholly at the back of the fabric. Thus the elastic thread in the course Z crosses the sinker loops between the needle wales c and e and e and g and lies upon the same side of the loops in the needle Wales 0, e and g.
The interlacing of the elastic thread with the active cylinder needles continues during the knitting of the welt and after the dial needles are brought forward to again take the body yarn so as to join the ends of the welt and knit rib fabric. Joining the ends of the -welt places the elastic thread on the inner face of the wall of the welt. Interlacing the elastic thread with the active alternate cylinder needles during the knit- ,ting of the rib top places the elastic thread on the same face of the cylinder needle wales as Wales 0, e and g of Fig. 2 and on the opposite faces of the intervening dial needle wales, as wales d and f. In the ribbed fabric, as in the plain fabric, the elastic thread is engaged with the loops of successive courses in successive needle cylinder wales. Thus, the elastic thread at Wale c is engaged 'at course 12 in the ribbed fabric and at course I in the plain fabric, while at wale e it is engaged at course It in the ribbed fabric and at course min the plain fabric. This arrangement secures the elastic thread in the fabric and prevents it from creeping in case it is broken.
Theeiastic-thread is engaged in the desired number or all of the courses of the ribbed fabric '"top and then withdrawn and the ribbed fabric top is then completed. Thereafter the leg his but on all the cylinder needles, wrap patterns P being provided if desired and the heel H, instep I, sole S and toe U are knit in the usual -manner. 7
This application is a division of my co-pending application Serial No. 244,283, filed December 6, 1938, now Patent No. 2,174,439.
What is claimed is: 1. Circular knit hosiery having a plain fabric welt and a ribbed fabric top with an elastic thread 4. Hosiery having a plain fabric welt and a with loops of different courses in adjacent cylinder needle wales of the welt and top and-extending between rib and plain fabric'wales in the top.
5. Hosiery having a. plain fabric welt and a ribbed fabriq top with an elastic thread engaged with loops of difierent courses in adjacent cylinder needle wales of the welt and top.
HOWARD GRADY DICKENS.
ribbed fabric top with an elastic thread engaged H
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