Device for producing a plush-like surface structure

Claim 1

In a double needle-row knitting machine, an assembly for producing a plush-like surface structure comprising a pair of knitting needle rows spaced from one another, a pair of knockingover bars disposed adjacent said needle row, respectively, within said space therebetween, and spaced in turn, from one another, said needle rows and said knocking-over bars being actuable for knitting respective individual webs located adjacent the respective knocking-over bars and connected by pile threads extending therebetween to form a base fabric web, said knockingover bars having respective edges for firmly holding the stitches knitted by the needles, and a severing device located in the space between said knocking-over bars directly below said edges of said knocking-over bars for severing said pile threads to separate said individual webs, whereby said pile threads are severed just after being formed before the tension is relieved to provide for severance substantially at the middle of the pile threads and resulting in individual fabric webs of substantially the same pile height.