US3575019A - Seamless stocking and method of making same - Google Patents

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US3575019A
US3575019A US797975A US3575019DA US3575019A US 3575019 A US3575019 A US 3575019A US 797975 A US797975 A US 797975A US 3575019D A US3575019D A US 3575019DA US 3575019 A US3575019 A US 3575019A
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    • 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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    • 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
    • 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
    • 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

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  • the multi-ply toe portion includes first and second plies connected to the foot and a third ply enclosed within the first'and second plies, the third ply having a draw yarn interlaced in courses adjacent the free end thereof which acts when partially withdrawn from the courses to gather the free end of the third ply into a tight bunch to close outer connected ends of the first and second plies.
  • the invention resides in the formation and closure of the outer end of a multi-ply toe portion of a seamless stocking knitted from welt to toe, the muIti-ply toe portion having first and second plies with inner ends connected to the end of the foot portion of the stocking and outer connected ends defining the outer end of the toe portion, a third ply intermediate the first and second plies with an inner end connected to the inner end of the second ply and an outer free end adjacent the outer ends of the first and second plies and a draw strand interlaced with stitches of courses adjacent the free end of the third ply to gather it into a bunch around the outer connected ends of the first and second plies to close the outer end of the toe portion.
  • FIG. I is a view of a stocking having a toe portion made in accordance with the instant invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a view on an enlarged scale of a portion of the foot of the stocking of FIG. 1 taken in the direction of the arrow A;
  • FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view on an enlarged scale taken on the line and in the direction of the arrows 3-3 of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic plan view of a portion of a multifeed circular knitting machine adapted to make the stocking of FIGS. l to 3;
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken substantially along the line and in the direction of the arrows 5-5 of FIG. 4 and showing the parts of the machine during one step in the formation of the toe portion of the stocking of FIG. l;
  • FIGS. 6 to 115 are views similar to FIG. 5 showing further steps in the formation of the toe portion of the stocking.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 of the drawings there is shown a ladies seamless stocking it) having a tubular double-ply welt portion ill, a tubular leg portion 112, a tubular foot portion 15, a heel pocket to and a toe portion 117.
  • the welt portion which is knitted of a heavy yarn and the leg and foot portions which are knitted of relatively lightweight yarns are conventionally formed during rotary knitting on a circular knitting machine, to be hereinafter described
  • the heel pocket which may also be knitted of heavy yarn, is conventionally formed by either rotary or reciprocatory knitting by methods well known in the prior art.
  • the stocking is knitted starting at the welt and ending at the toe.
  • the welt, leg and foot portions and the heel pocket are shown to indicate essential parts of the stocking l0 but otherwise form no part of the instant invention.
  • the toe portion l7 (see FIG. 3) includes a first or inner ply having an inner terminal course 2H connected to a terminal course 22 of the foot portion 15, a second or outer ply 25 having an inner terminal course 26 and a third ply 27 which has a length slightly greater than that of the second ply, intermediate the first and second plies, the third ply having a terminal course 30 at one end thereof connected to the inner terminal course of the second ply and a terminal course 31 at the other free end thereof.
  • the first ply Ed has an outer terminal course 32 which is connected to an outer terminal course 35 of the second ply 25, the outer terminal courses 32 and 3S defining an outer end 36 of the toe portion 117.
  • a draw yarn or strand 37 is interlaced with a pair of courses, indicated at 38, of the third ply, in the manner disclosed in said application Ser. No. 779,733, at a position therein adjacent the outer terminal courses of the first and second plies.
  • the draw yarn 37 is adapted to be drawn through the stitches of the courses 38 to gather the third ply 27 into a bunch around the outer terminal courses of the first and second plies 20 and 25 to close the outer end 36 of the toe portion l7 and the draw yarn is then wrapped for a plurality of turns around the third ply, as indicated at 40, in the manner hereinafter set forth.
  • the inner terminal course 26 of the second ply 25 is connected to the terminal course 22 of the foot portion by a course 41 which is the first course of a short fabric tab 42. It is to be here noted that where reference is made herein to the outer end the toe portion such reference is made to the toe portion as it is formed during the knitting procedure and not the position of the outer end of the toe portion as it appears in the finished stocking of FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the stocking 10 is adapted to be knitted on a conventional circular knitting machine as, for example, one of the type shown in US. Pat. No. 3,205,683, issued Sept. 14, 1965.
  • the machine has a usual circle of independently operated latch needles 45 (FIGS. 4 and 5) which are slidably mounted in slots in a cylinder 46, sinkers 47 cooperating with the needles and dial bits 50 which are mounted in a dial 51.
  • the dial bits 50 are operated in cooperation with the needles 45 forming the double-ply welt portion 11 of the stocking 10 in the conventional manner.
  • the machine has a main knitting station 52 having yarn fingers 55 for feeding yarn to the needles and cams (not shown) for operating the needles in cooperation with the sinkers in knit yarns fed thereto into courses of stitches during both rotary and reciprocatory operation of the machine in forming the stocking 10.
  • the machine also has a second or auxiliary knitting station 56 having yarn fingers 57 and cams (not shown) for operating the needles to knit yarns fed thereto into courses of stitches with the main knitting station to form multifeed portions of the stocking 10 during rotary operation of the machine.
  • the machine also includes selecting means (not shown herein) at each of the knitting stations for causing certain selected needles to follow a knitting path to knit plain stitches and for causing other selected needles to follow tuck and nonknitting or float paths to form design stitches generally in the manner disclosed in said US. Pat. No. 3,205,683.
  • the stocking is knitted from welt to toe with the welt 11 being preferably formed of courses of relatively heavy yarns and the leg portion 12 to the start of the heel pocket 16 being formed of courses of lightweight yarns fed by yarn fingers to all of the needles at both stations 52 and 56.
  • the auxiliary knitting station 56 is inactivated while the heel pocket is knitted at the main station on a portion of the needles in the usual manner.
  • the auxiliary station is again activated to knit with the main station on all of the needles to form courses of the foot portion 15 to the terminal course 22 of the same lightweight yarns used in the leg portion.
  • a second yarn finger is activated at each knitting station to feed a heavyweight reinforcing yarn with the lightweight yarn fed thereat and all of the remaining courses of the second ply 25 are knitted of both yarns.
  • the dial bits 50 are operated to engage bights of the yarn extending between the stitches of the course 26 formed by the intervening needles (HO. 8).
  • courses are knitted of both lightweight and reinforcing yarns by the intervening needles at both stations to form courses of the third ply 27 including the course 30 at one end thereof which is connected to the stitches of the inner terminal course 26 of the second ply 25.
  • one of the yarn fingers is inactivated and the yarn thereof issevered and every other intervening needle is operated along a tucking path at the auxiliary station 56 (FIG. 9), in the manner set forth in said application Ser. No.
  • a member 62 similar to the member 61 of said application, is manually operated or mechanically operated by means not shown herein to partially withdraw the draw yarn 37 from the courses 38 to gather them into a bunch around the outer tenninal courses of the first and second plies 20 and 25 to close the outer end 36 of the toe portion 17 and the draw yarn is then wrapped for a plurality of turns around the third ply and outer terminal courses as the cylinder 46 and needles 45 are idly rotated (FIG. 12).
  • the draw yarn 37 herein is rapidly withdrawn from the courses 38 by the member 62 to gather the courses 38 around the outer end of the toe before the draw yam 37 is wrapped around the gathered courses of the third ply 27.
  • the yarn finger for the draw yarn at the auxiliary station is inactivated and the draw yam is then severed (FIG. 13).
  • the alternate needles are then reactivated to follow the knitting path with the intervening needles at the main station and the dial bits 50 are operated to transfer the yarn bights of the inner terminal course 26 of the second ply 25 to the alternate needles (H6.
  • both the third ply 27 and the severed end of the draw yarn 37 are enclosed within the first and second plies 20 and 25.
  • the yarn fingers 55 at the main station 52 are activated to feed the light and heavy yarns to all of the needles to knit the first course 41 of the fabric tab 42 and to interknit the stitches of the terminal course 22 of the foot portion and the yarn bights of the inner terminal course 26 of the second ply on the alternate needles.
  • All of the needles are then activated to follow the knitting path and yarn fingers 57 are also activated at the auxiliary station 56 to feed either a lightweight yarn or a heavy yarn with a stretch type yarn such as spandex or the like to the needles to form a second course of the tab 42. Knitting then continues at both stations to form the remaining courses of the tab 42 (FIG. 15) with the courses including the stretch yarn providing run-resist characteristics to the tab. Following formation of the last course of the tab the yarn fingers at both stations are inactivated and the yarns thereof severed and the last course is knitted off the needles to complete the stocking.
  • the yarn finger for the draw yarn may be maintained in active position and a second yarn finger activated to feed a stretch yarn such as spandex and the like with the draw yarn to all of the needles at the auxiliary station to form the second course of the tab 42. Knitting then continues at both stations to form the remaining courses of the tab 42.
  • a knitted fabric tube having a multi-ply portion projecting from one end thereof, said multi-ply portion being formed of interconnected courses of stitches and including a first ply having an inner terminal course connected to a terminal course of said tube, a second ply having an inner terminal course connected to said terminal course of said tube, said first and second plies having outer connected terminal courses defining an outer end of said multi-ply portion, a third ply intermediate said first and second plies, said third ply having a terminal course at an inner end thereof connected to said inner terminal course of said second ply and a free outer end, and means gathering said outer free end of said third ply into a bunch around said outer terminal courses of said first and second plies to close said outer end of said multi-ply portion.
  • a stocking according to claim 2 in which said means gathering said outer free end of said third ply into a bunch comprises a draw yarn interlaced with stitches of a pair of courses of said third ply adjacent said outer free end thereof, said draw yarn acting to gather said pair of courses of said third ply around said outer terminal courses of said first and second plies.
  • a stocking according to claim 2 in which said means gathering said outer free end of said third ply into a bunch comprises a draw yarn interlaced with stitches of a pair of courses of said third ply adjacent said outer free end thereof, said draw yarn acting to gather said pair of courses of said third ply around said outer terminal courses of said first and second plies, and said draw yarn being tightly wrapped for a plurality of turns around said gathered courses of said third fabric tube including the steps of:
  • knitting yarn and fonning courses of a second ply of said multi-ply portion including an outer terminal course connected to said outer terminal course of said first ply and an inner terminal course, said outer terminal courses of said first and second plies defining the outer end of said multi-ply portion;
  • step (g) comprises interlacing a draw strand in a pair of courses of said third ply adjacent said other end thereof and partially withdrawing said draw strand to gather said pair of courses of said third ply into a bunch around said outer terminal courses of said first and second plies.
  • a method according to claim 6 including the additional steps of j. wrapping said draw strand for a plurality of turns around said gathered pair of courses of said third ply, and

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US3800559A (en) * 1969-04-17 1974-04-02 Texpatent Gmbh Sarl Method and apparatus for closing the toe of stockings or stocking tights
US3935718A (en) * 1970-05-14 1976-02-03 Amos Carminati Method for manufacturing stockings, socks and the like
US4014186A (en) * 1975-03-12 1977-03-29 Matec S.P.A. Method of forming a closed end on a knitted tubular fabric
US8156768B2 (en) 2009-07-20 2012-04-17 Hbi Branded Apparel Enterprises, Llc System and method of forming a toe seam
US20170342612A1 (en) * 2014-12-25 2017-11-30 Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd. Footwear knitting method, footwear manufacturing method, and footwear

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US3935718A (en) * 1970-05-14 1976-02-03 Amos Carminati Method for manufacturing stockings, socks and the like
US4014186A (en) * 1975-03-12 1977-03-29 Matec S.P.A. Method of forming a closed end on a knitted tubular fabric
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US20170342612A1 (en) * 2014-12-25 2017-11-30 Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd. Footwear knitting method, footwear manufacturing method, and footwear

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