US3796068A
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Knitting method
Assignee: Akzo Nobel UK PLC
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Filing: 1971-04-08
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Granted: 1974-03-12
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Expires: 1991-04-08
Abstract
Abstract A method of knitting a sleeved garment in which sleeve tubes and a body tube are knitted and joined to one another on the knitting machine, said joining being brought about by means of sleeve extensions knitted integrally with the sleeve and during the knitting of which needles are taken out of action whilst still holding their loops and are subsequently reintroduced to cause portions of wales of the sleeve extensions to lie at an angle to other portions of those extensions.
Inventors
- 👤 M Betts
- 👤 F Robinson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 05:18
CPC Classifications
A; A41; A41D; A41D27/00; A41D27/10; D; D04; D04B; D04B1/00; D04B1/10; D04B1/102; D04B1/108; D04B1/22; D04B1/24; D04B1/246; D04B15/00; D04B15/10; D04B15/12; D04B7/00; D04B7/30; D04B7/32; D10; D10B; D10B2403/00; D10B2403/03; D10B2403/033; D10B2403/0333
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
179 words
A method of knitting an integral seamless knitted sleeved garment on a machine having at leAst two opposed needle beds, said method comprising the steps in either order of: knitting three tubes constituting respectively two sleeves and a body for the garment side-by-side on said opposed needle beds, knitting U-shaped courses at the shoulder ends of each of said sleeve tubes, said U-shaped courses opening toward said body tube, to provide extensions of said sleeve tubes at the shoulder ends thereof, and during the knitting of said sleeve extensions taking out of action needles holding loops of the extensions whilst retaining those loops on the needles and subsequently re-introducing those needles into knitting action to cause portions of knitted wales of the extensions to lie at an angle to one another, and knitting flat front and rear panels opposite one another on said opposed needle beds to provide extensions of said body tube at the upper end thereof, the ends of the courses of said front and rear panels being joined, on the knitting machine, to said sleeve extensions.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
179 words
A method of knitting an integral seamless knitted sleeved garment on a machine having at leAst two opposed needle beds, said method comprising the steps in either order of: knitting three tubes constituting respectively two sleeves and a body for the garment side-by-side on said opposed needle beds, knitting U-shaped courses at the shoulder ends of each of said sleeve tubes, said U-shaped courses opening toward said body tube, to provide extensions of said sleeve tubes at the shoulder ends thereof, and during the knitting of said sleeve extensions taking out of action needles holding loops of the extensions whilst retaining those loops on the needles and subsequently re-introducing those needles into knitting action to cause portions of knitted wales of the extensions to lie at an angle to one another, and knitting flat front and rear panels opposite one another on said opposed needle beds to provide extensions of said body tube at the upper end thereof, the ends of the courses of said front and rear panels being joined, on the knitting machine, to said sleeve extensions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 1 wherein, during knitting of the extensions of the sleeve tubes, a number of needles are taken out of action sequentially and are brought back into action simultaneously.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 1 wherein, during knitting of the extensions of the sleeve tubes, a number of needles are taken out of action simultaneously and are reintroduced sequentially.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the procedure of taking needles out of action and re-introducing those needles is repeated at least twice during the knitting of each sleeve extension.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
51 words
The method of claim 4 wherein some of the needles taken out of action during knitting of the sleeve extensions are reintroduced and are taken out of action again and once more reintroduced to knitting action before the remaining portion of the needles originally made inactive is reintroduced to knitting action.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
102 words
The method of claim 1 wherein a first step comprises the knitting of a tubular garment body, two tubular sleeves and an extension for each sleeve and a second step comprises joining said sleeve extensions to the body by knitting an extension of the body, said body extension comprising two pieces of flat fabric, one at the front and one at the rear of the body, loops at the ends of courses of these body extensions being knitted on needles each of which already carries, because of stitch transfer, a body extension loop of a previous course and a sleeve extension loop.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
60 words
The method of claim 1 comprising the following steps in the order set out: knitting of two tubular sleeves, knitting of a sleeve extension for each sleeve, knitting of a body extension comprising two pieces of flat fabric, said body extension being knitted integrally with said sleeve extensions, and knitting of a tubular body in continuation of said body extension.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method of claim 1 comprising the following steps in the order set out: knitting of a tubular body, knitting of a body extension comprising two pieces of flat fabric, knitting of two sleeve extensions integrally with said body extension, and knitting of two tubular sleeves.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 1 wherein end loops of said U-shaped courses are joined to end loops of wales of said body.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
294 words
The method of knitting a sleeved garment on a knitting machine having at least two opposed main needle beds, two sets of opposed secondary needle beds longitudinally movable with respect to said main needle beds, and a linking device associated with each of said main beds for passing a linking thread through loops on any needle of the associated main bed, said method comprising the steps of: knitting a body tube for the garment on said main needle beds, knitting a sleeve tube for the garment on each of said two sets of secondary needle beds, knitting U-shaped courses on said secondary needle beds at the shoulder end of each of said sleeve tubes, said U-shaped courses opening toward said body tube, to provide extenSions of said sleeve tubes at the shoulder ends thereof, and during the knitting of said sleeve extensions taking out of action needles holding loops of the extensions whilst retaining those loops on the needles and subsequently re-introducing those needles into knitting action to cause portions of knitted wales of the extensions to lie at an angle to one another, and knitting flat front and rear panels opposite one another on said main needle beds to provide extensions of said body tube at the upper end thereof, the ends of the courses of said front and rear panels being joined, on the knitting machine, to said sleeve extensions by a linking procedure in which the sleeve extensions on said secondary beds are moved along relative to the main beds of the knitting machine, loops of said sleeve extensions are placed on the same needles of said main beds as loops of said body extensions and a linking thread is passed through pairs of loops on needles of said main beds.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
294 words
The method of knitting a sleeved garment on a knitting machine having at least two opposed main needle beds, two sets of opposed secondary needle beds longitudinally movable with respect to said main needle beds, and a linking device associated with each of said main beds for passing a linking thread through loops on any needle of the associated main bed, said method comprising the steps of: knitting a body tube for the garment on said main needle beds, knitting a sleeve tube for the garment on each of said two sets of secondary needle beds, knitting U-shaped courses on said secondary needle beds at the shoulder end of each of said sleeve tubes, said U-shaped courses opening toward said body tube, to provide extenSions of said sleeve tubes at the shoulder ends thereof, and during the knitting of said sleeve extensions taking out of action needles holding loops of the extensions whilst retaining those loops on the needles and subsequently re-introducing those needles into knitting action to cause portions of knitted wales of the extensions to lie at an angle to one another, and knitting flat front and rear panels opposite one another on said main needle beds to provide extensions of said body tube at the upper end thereof, the ends of the courses of said front and rear panels being joined, on the knitting machine, to said sleeve extensions by a linking procedure in which the sleeve extensions on said secondary beds are moved along relative to the main beds of the knitting machine, loops of said sleeve extensions are placed on the same needles of said main beds as loops of said body extensions and a linking thread is passed through pairs of loops on needles of said main beds.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1985-03-11 | 1985-09-10 | 1986-03-12 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |