US2366856A - Textile article and the manufacture thereof - Google Patents

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Jan. 9, 1945. HGRLER I 2,366,856 v EREOF ICLE AND THE MANUFACTURE Patented Jan. 9, 1945 l 2,3.6fi,856 TEXTILEARTIGLEAND THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF The present invention relates to a" process" for" manufacturing'knitted articles with closed loops and product obtained therebyi In the manufacture of knitted garments and particularly of stockings, different methods have alreadybeen tried for theestablishment of closed loops or meshes. The laddering of loops is a great drawback, especially in the case of silk,

and rayon stockings, for in these articles lad- .dered loops form easily and frequently at the smallest breakage of thread, as-a consequence of the lack of inter-adherence of the flat threads, while in case of knittedarticles made with rough threads, such as wool etc this laddering of loops does not occur so easily.

The formationof laddering loops in ordinary and plain knitted garments, such as stockings, is due to the structure of the loops, which, as is known, consists of loops disposed in horizontal rows, which are superposed in vertical rows, so that each loop is thus held exclusively by the 'loops of the neighbouring horizontal rows of loops, that is to say, above and below.

In the methods heretofore proposed for preventing the formation of laddering loops, modified interlacing of the loops has been suggested, that is to say, the loop structure has been modified, or special threads of warp or weft have been introduced. None ofthese suggestions, however, has found acceptance in the manufacture of stockings, owing to the fact that by the new structure of loops, the qualitiesof elasticity, softness, uniform aspect, fineness, transparency etc.,

appreciated and demanded by the market for this class of goods, have been entirely or partly lost.

The present invention refers to a process for manufacturing knitted articles with closed loops,

in which the firmness of the loops is obtained by interlacing each loop, not only to the loops of the neighbouring horizontal rows of loops, but

which only maintain their form in the texture,

together with other rows of loops, owing to the fact that they lack any lateral interlacement.

'I'hisparticularit'y gives to the texturemamufactured in accordance with the present inventiom the: desired resistance against. the laddering: of; loops, while=it does not in any way differ from an, ordinary plain knitted texturewith regard.

to elasticity, oftness, transparency etc.

'Some aspects of the invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 shows diagrammatically and on a greatly increased scale, a horizontal row of loops, these loops being interlaced among themselves uniform aspect, fineness..

in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 represents, diagrammatically and also on a greatly increased scale, a sectional view of a knitted texture composed of rows of loops as illustrated in Figure 1. a

As can be seen in Figure 1, the thread I is passed through the preceding lateralloop just before a new loop is formed, so that each individual loop is connected with the neighbouring loops of the same row at the places indicated by 2. Such rows of loops, which maintain their form out of the texture, as stated above, that is to say do not become undone, are then made up into a texture, as illustrated by Figure 2. This is achieved by forming first a horizontal row of loops A and afterwards interlacing in the inferior loops of this row A the loops of a second horizontal row B during its formation. A third row C is then formed in the same way and interlaced v y to the inferior loops of the preceding row 15, and

The interlacing of the various loops in the corresponding loops of thepreceding row ofloo-ps, may be accomplished as shown in Figure 2, that is to say each new loop isinterlacedsimultaneously to two inferior loops situated side by side of the preceding row, so that links are formed in the places indicated by 3 between two successive rows. However, each loop can also be merely interlaced to a single inferior loop of the preceding row, or any other scheme of interlacement 3 of the rows among themselves can be followed,

for instance, bysklpping one or more loops, as is also possiblein ordinary plain knitting. The essential feature is that each single loop be not only interlaced to the preceding row of loops in any manner, but alsosimultaneously to the preceding lateral loop of the same horizontal row.

The formation of the texture of rows of interlaced loops in accordance withthe invention, may be obtained by plain orlcircular knitting, but always horizontally. As the interlacement of the various rows of loops among themselves maybe i carried out in any Way, this process also prointerlacing of the horizontal rows of loops is effected in spiral form, so that in this'way also seamless stockings or other tubular goods can be manufactured.

I claim:

2,866,856 t v 3. A textile article comprising a plurality of interlaced rows of closed loops, each row consisting of alternate inferior and superior loops with each inferior loop interlaced with each adjacent inferior loop and each superior loop interlaced with each adjacent superior loop, each inerior loop of at least one row being also interlaced with at least one superior loop of an adjacent row and each superior loop of at least said one row being also interlaced with at least one inferior loop of an adjacent row.

1. A method of making textile articles with a s l plurality of rows of closed loops consisting of alternate inferior and superior loops, which comprises interlacing the thread with a precedingly formed superior loop just before a new superior v loop is formed and with an inferior loop just before a new inferior loo is formed.

2. A textile article comprising a plurality of interlaced rows of closed loops, each row consisting of alternate inferior andsuperior loops with .each inferior loop interlaced with each adjacent in ferior'loop and each superior loop interlaced with each adjacent superior loop.

4. A textile article comprising a. plurality of interlaced rows of closed loops, each row consisting of alternate inferior and superior loops with each inferior loop interlaced with each ad jacent inferior loop and each superior loop interlaced with each adjacent superior loop, each inferior loop of at least one row being also interlaced with a plurality of superior loops of an adjacent row and each superior loop of at least said one row being also interlaced with a plurality of inferior loops of an adjacent row.

ELSA HGRLER.

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