US3800563A
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Method of knitting closed toe hosiery
Assignee: G Billi and C SpA
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Filing: 1971-07-22
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Granted: 1974-04-02
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Expires: 1991-07-22
Abstract
Abstract A closed toe for a circularly knit hose made upon the machine making the hose and comprising a deformed two-ply closed tubular welt structure wherein the circular seam joining the plies of the welt together is located in the outer ply of the welt between the ends thereof whereby the seam and the deformation of the welt are located on the sole side of the toe portion of the hose. The method of making the aforesaid closed toe construction by knitting a pair of nested separate tubular sections of fabric of unequal lengths as extension of the tubular foot of the hose and of then joining together the terminal portions of the tubular fabric extensions.
Inventors
- 👤 G Billi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 01:10
CPC Classifications
D; D04; D04B; D04B9/00; D04B9/42; D04B9/46; D04B9/56; D04B1/00; D04B1/22; D04B1/24; D04B1/26
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
288 words
The method of knitting a two-ply tubular welt and constricting it on a circular knitting machine having a circle of needles and a circle of cooperating transfer hooks, which method comprises: a. knitting a first tubular fabric on said circle of needles; b. idling intervening needles in said circle of needles with stitches of said first tubular fabric thereon, c. knitting a second tubular fabric of a length greater than the radius of the first tubular fabric on alternate needles in said circles of needles, d. moving the transfer hooks radially outwardly to receive thereon loops of a terminal course of said second tubular fabric, e. knitting a plurality of courses of a non-run band of fabric on said alternate needles while the loops of the terminal course of said second tubular fabric are carried by said transfer hooks, f. casting off the stitches of the terminal course of said nonrun band of fabric from said alternate needles, thereby pressing off said non-run band of fabric to form a free edge thereon, g. knitting a third tubular fabric on said circle of needles, h. constricting said second tubular fabric after the formation of said third tubular fabric and while the stitches in the terminal course of said second tubular fabric are carried by the transfer hooks, i. returning the stitches in the terminal course of said second tubular fabric from said transfer hooks to said intervening needles, j. knitting a plurality of courses of a non-run band of tubular fabric on said circle of needles to form a non-run band of fabric on said third tubular fabric, k. casting off the stitches of said non-run band of fabric on said third tubular fabric from the circle of needles.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
288 words
The method of knitting a two-ply tubular welt and constricting it on a circular knitting machine having a circle of needles and a circle of cooperating transfer hooks, which method comprises: a. knitting a first tubular fabric on said circle of needles; b. idling intervening needles in said circle of needles with stitches of said first tubular fabric thereon, c. knitting a second tubular fabric of a length greater than the radius of the first tubular fabric on alternate needles in said circles of needles, d. moving the transfer hooks radially outwardly to receive thereon loops of a terminal course of said second tubular fabric, e. knitting a plurality of courses of a non-run band of fabric on said alternate needles while the loops of the terminal course of said second tubular fabric are carried by said transfer hooks, f. casting off the stitches of the terminal course of said nonrun band of fabric from said alternate needles, thereby pressing off said non-run band of fabric to form a free edge thereon, g. knitting a third tubular fabric on said circle of needles, h. constricting said second tubular fabric after the formation of said third tubular fabric and while the stitches in the terminal course of said second tubular fabric are carried by the transfer hooks, i. returning the stitches in the terminal course of said second tubular fabric from said transfer hooks to said intervening needles, j. knitting a plurality of courses of a non-run band of tubular fabric on said circle of needles to form a non-run band of fabric on said third tubular fabric, k. casting off the stitches of said non-run band of fabric on said third tubular fabric from the circle of needles.
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