US2431204A - Circular knit hosiery and method of making same - Google Patents

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US2431204A
US2431204A US676526A US67652646A US2431204A US 2431204 A US2431204 A US 2431204A US 676526 A US676526 A US 676526A US 67652646 A US67652646 A US 67652646A US 2431204 A US2431204 A US 2431204A
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
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    • D04B9/00—Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles
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    • D04B9/46—Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles specially adapted for producing goods of particular configuration stockings, or portions thereof
    • D04B9/56—Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles specially adapted for producing goods of particular configuration stockings, or portions thereof heel or toe portions
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
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    • 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
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    • 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
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  • This invention relates to circular knit hosiery ance with the above-mentioned Sheppard patent, and method of making same, and more particuwhere very fine denier yarns are used in the inlarly to the structure of the heel.
  • the stocking step of the stocking it sometimes happens that is adapted to be made on circular knitting mathe stocking breaks at the heel at the point 58 chines having independent needles and in which 5 opposite the instep on the suture line between there is relative rotary and reciprocatory movethe first and second narrowed gussets. While ment of the needles and knitting cams.
  • the the separation of the inner ends of the sutures stocking may be one with a low heel, as shown, on each side of the intermediate gusset H serves for example, in the reissue patent to Robert W. to distribute the strain normally found at the Scott No. 16,795, dated November 22, 1927, and inner end of the single suture of a plain circular more specifically is an improvement on the patent knit heel, I have found a way in which the sutures for Circular knit hosiery and method of making of the heel thus can be concatenated so as to same, granted to Harry N. Sheppard on Novemprovide the maximum strength at the points her 6, 1945, No. 2,388,649. where needed.
  • the object of the invention is to strengthen It will be seen that the heel shown in Fig. 2 the heel of the stocking at the inner ends of the of the said Sheppard patent involves the use of gussets, and more particularly at the inner ends heavy yarns in the knitting of the heel and light of the suture lines joining the gussets. As shown yarns in the knitting of the instep side of the in the above-rnentioned Sheppard patent, the stocking. It will also be seen that along the heel here in question comprises a plurality of upper edge of this heel where the transition from adjacent tapered gussets arranged one below the the heavy to the light yarn occurs, there is no other, each extending to the strengthening line of stitches formed from a continuous yarn courses referred to below, i.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic View of one side of the sutures and upper ends of the gussets serve the foot of a stocking made in accordance with to unite the inner ends of the sutures and disthis invention, the heavy line around the top of 0 tribute the strains at the ends of the sutures in the heel representing the protective courses, and a most desirable manner.
  • the other heavy lines in the heel representing The heel shown in Fig. 1 will be described the Suture lines; as if containing four tapered gussets.
  • Figure 2 is a somewhat similar diagrammatic be described as if the stocking were being knit view of a specific stocking similar to Fig.
  • the first narrowed gusset 8 is knit, followed by the second narrowed gusset II.
  • contains a lesser number of wales than half of the number of wales in the leg 2 of the stocking, and the first narrowed gusset 8 begins its knittin on the maximum number of needles used in the widened gusset 2 I.
  • the reciprocatory knitting with gradually decreasing number of needles in the active segment, has completed the suture I2 and interknit stitches with the strengthening course 6, it becomes time to start formation of the second narrowed gusset II.
  • the stitches are knit along the entire length of the suture I2 and the additional stitches extending across the gap 9 between the point I8 of suture I2 and the inner end of suture I on the foot side of the segment II. These stitches across the gap are united directly to the stitches of the continuous protective course 4.
  • the reciprocatory knitting of the gusset I I reaches the course corresponding to the lower end of the suture l2 between gussets II and 8, the reciprocatory knitting proceeds further by means of extra courses which cause extra narrowing and the gusset I I therefore has both more wales and more courses than the narrowed gusset 8.
  • a final gusset I9 is knit in much the same manner as the third gusset of Fig. 1 of the said Sheppard patent, with widenin at the inner ends of the active segments of the needles to give a suture 20 whose direction is a direct continuation of a line extending from the point I8 to the suture I5.
  • This suture 20, of course is directly knit to the second continuous protective course 4.
  • the protective courses 3 and 4 extend beyond the end of the suture 20 towards the foot, a matter of a few stitches. This extension prevents formation of objectionable eyelets.
  • leg fabric 2 is knit of light yarn and my new continuous protective courses are knit of heavy yarn, as is the case with all the other yams in the heel proper.
  • and the first narrowed gusset 8 are shown in heavy, solid lines, while the stitches forming the second narrowed gusset I I are shown 5 in dash lines.
  • the few courses of the widened gusset I9 which are shown are in solid, heavy lines, and the light yarns used in the foot are shown by means of a few light stitches connected to this widened gusset I9.
  • These needles are ones with the two longest lengths of butts, namely, the .338 inch butt needles and the .390 inch butt needles.
  • the .338 needles are divided into a central group and a lateral group beyond each .390 group.
  • an auxiliary butt jack raising cam (not shown) moves into action against the long butt jacks which are located 45 under fourteen .300 butt needles located adjacent the end group of .338 needles on the left side of the cylinder and the long butt jacks which are located under twelve .300 butt needles located adjacent the end group of .338 needles on the 50 right side of the cylinder.
  • the twelve and fourteen .300 butt needles are raised by the long butt auxiliary jack far enough so that as the cylinder continues to turn they contact and are raised further by an auxiliary needle raising cam (not 55 shown) which lifts them to the inactive level alongside the needles raised by the usual raising cam.
  • the needles thus raised by the two means together are marke Group 1 in Fig. 4.
  • the only needles now 60 left in action are those from point it on one side where the novel reinforcing courses end, to the similar point on the other side going around the back of the stocking. It will also be noted that by means of jack selection it has been possible 65 to start the protective courses in the middle of the group of .300 butt needles. These courses are knit beginning with the first reciprocation of the needle cylinder. On the first reverse reciprocation oi the needle cylinder, the left picker 7 pick raises one .300 butt needle out of action, and the remainder of the needles which are active, namely, those on the heel side minus the twelve and fourteen .300 butt needles in Group I, knit the first protective course 8. On the first for- 75 ward movement of the needle cylinder, the right lifter pick raises one .300 butt needle and the protective course 4 is knit on the remaining needles.
  • the machine now prepares to make the widened gusset M. It is first necessary to raise out of action all the remaining needles except those from point it to point ll on each side. Thus the needles to be put out of action at this time constitute the two sets marked Group 2, namely, the balance of the .300 butt needles and the .270 butt needles. These needles lie between points a and h, as marked in Fig. 4.
  • the raising of the needles of the left Group 2 as viewed in this figure is initiated by short butt auxiliary jacks, and completed by an auxiliary needle raising cam.
  • the needles of Group 2 on the right of the figure are raised by the left gusset raising cam (not shown). This raises all the needles comprising Group 2.
  • the left gusset raising cam and the auxiliary butt pattern jack and needle raising cams are Withdrawn at the end of a forward stroke by a short rack of the main pattern drum.
  • the main raising switch On this short rack of the main pattern drum, the main raising switch is moved in to a position where it just misses the .270 butt needles, but is in position to engage the .300 butt needles.
  • the cylinder is still reciprocating and the widened gusset 25 is now made.
  • At each oscillation one of the lifter picks lifts one .240 butt needle on each side out of action before the dropper begins to pick down.
  • the net effect of the lifter pick and the dropper pick is to increase the number of active needles, and thus picking continues until only eighteen .270 butt needles of the last .270
  • the knitting of the second tapered gusset ll then begins and the lifter pick gradually picks up all the .270 butt needles and twelve .240 butt needles on the left side, and all the .270 and eleven .240 butt needles on the right side.
  • the knitting has now reached point e, thus completing gusset
  • all the needles are then switched down and all except the .270 and .240 butt needles are raised again, as was done just before beginning the narrowed segment I I,
  • the gusset I9 is made by widening to form the suture 2.
  • a heel in which there is present a plurality of tapered gussets arranged one below the other, each contiguous to the instep fabric, one of said gussets containing more wales in a plurality of courses than the longest course of a tapered gusset above it, whereby there is continuity of plain fabric from the instep of the stocking into the lower gusset, in combination with a plurality of strengthening partial courses in the heel lying entirely between the last circular knit course of the leg and the rest of the heel, one such course being interknit to the inner ends of all the tapered gussets in the heel.
  • a circular knit stocking having a heel containing less than half the wales of the leg, a plurality of tapered gussets arranged one below the other, each contiguous to the instep fabric, one of said gussets containing more wales in a plurality of courses than the longest course of a tapered gusset above it, whereby there is a continuity of plain fabric from the instep of stocking into the lower gusset, in combination with a plurality of strengthening partial courses in the heel lying entirely between the last circular knit course of the leg and the rest Of the heel, one such course being interknit to the inner ends of all the tapered gussets in the heel and extending beyond the gussets into the instep fabric a short distance.
  • a heel in which there is present a plurality of tapered gussets arranged one below the other, each contiguous to the instep fabric, two of such gussets being progressively narrowed and having a suture along the sole side of each gusset, the lower of said two narrowed gussets containing more wales in a plurality of courses than any course in the upper narrowed gusset, whereby there is no suture joining the inner ends of the two sutures on the sole sides of said two gussets, in combination with courses of continuous heavy yarn extending around the heel side of the stocking in contact with the inner ends of said two sutures and between the last circular knit course of the leg and all the said gussets, thereby strengthening the stocking across the plain fabric between the two sutures.
  • a circular knit stocking having a heel containing less than half the wales of the leg, a plurality of tapered gussets arranged one below the other, each contiguous to the instep fabric, two of said gussets having suture facin the instep fabric, there being a gusset between said two gussets having plain fabric extending into the instep between said sutures, in combination with a plurality of partial courses of continuous thread heavier than the leg yarn extending around the upper edge of the heel joining together the sutures of the adjacent gussets which face the instep fabric and extending beyond the gussets into the instep for a short distance.
  • a circular knit stocking having a leg knit of one yarn and a heel knit of a heavier yarn, two progressively narrowed gussets arranged one below the other in the heel, said gussets each having less than half the wales in the leg, and the lower gusset containing more wales in one or more courses adjacent the upper gusset than the longest course in said upper gusset, whereby the inner ends of the suture lines between the two gussets and between the lower gusset and the fabric adjacent it on the toe side are separated, in combination with a plurality of partial courses of continuous yarn heavier than the leg yarn extending around the upper edge of the heel and joining the inner ends of the two sutures, one of said courses being connected throughout its length .to the last circular knit course.
  • a heel on less than half the needles of the leg comprising knitting a plurality of partial courses around the heel side of the stocking, knitting a gusset which 0 is interknit with the last such partial course by a progressively tapered portion, subsequently knitting a widened gusset to an adjacent part of that course by stitches which leave plain fabric from the instep into the heel and thereafter knitting a gusset to the next adjacent part of that course by a progressively tapered portion.
  • a heel comprising knitting a plurality of partial courses around the heel side of the stocking, knitting a gusset which is interknit with the last such partial course by a suture, subsequently knitting a widened gusset to the adjacent part of that course by wales in direct continuation of wales in the partial courses and thereafter knitting a gusset to the next adjacent part of that course by a suture.
  • a method of making circular knit hosiery from top to toe comprising knitting a plurality of partial courses around the heel side of the stocking, knitting a gusset which is interknit with the last such partial course by a suture, subsequently knitting a widened gusset to the adjacent part of that course by wales in direct continuation of wales in the partial courses and thereafter knitting a gusset t the next adjacent part of that course'by a suture, the suture of said last-mentioned gusset terminating a few stitches short of the ends of the partial courses.
  • a heel comprising knitting a plurality of partial courses around the heel side of the stocking, knitting a gusset which is interknit with the last such partial course by a suture, knittin two progressively narrowed gussets in succession with a suture between them touching the last partial course, the second such gusset being knit with a few extra wales on each end of the group, which extra wales are in direct continuation of wales in the partial courses, andthereafter knitting a progressively tapered gusset with a suture between it and the second narrowed gusset whose end touches the last partial course, and said last tapered gusset having a suture formed between it and the last partial course.
  • a method of making circular knit hosiery from top to toe comprising knitting a plurality of partial courses around the heel side of the stocking, knitting a gusset which is interknit with the last such partial course by a suture, knitting two progressivel narrowed gussets in succession with a suture between them touching the last partial course, the second such gusset being knit with a few extra wales on each end of the group which extra wales are in direct continuation of wales in the partial courses, and thereafter knitting a progressively tapered gusset with a suture between it and the second narrowed gusset whose end touches the last partial course, and said last tapered gusset having a suture formed between it and the last partial course, the suture of said last-mentioned gusset terminating a few stitches short of the ends of the partial courses.
  • a heel in which there is present a plurality of tapered gussets arranged one below the other, each contiguous to the instep fabric, one of said gussets containing more wale in a plurality of courses than the longest course of a tapered gusset above it, whereby there is continuity of plain fabric from the instep of the stocking into the lower gusset, in combination with a plurality of reinforcing partial courses in the heel lying entirely between the leg and the heel, one such course directly connecting the last circular knit course to the inner ends of the junctures of the heel gussets and to the wales of the gussets on both sides of said junctures,
  • a heel in which there is present a plurality of tapered gussets arranged one below the other, each contiguous to the instep fabric, two of such gussets being progressively narrowed and having a suture along the sole side of each gusset, the lower of said two narrowed gussets containing more wales in a plurality of courses than any course in the upper narrowed gusset, whereby there i no suture joining the inner ends of the two sutures on the sole sides of said two gussets, in combination with 10 partial courses of continuous heavy yarn lying entirely between the circular knit courses of the leg and the heel and in contact with the inner ends of said two sutures and a plurality of wales of the gussets on both sides of said sutures, thereby strengthening the heel.

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