Abstract: A continuous tubular one-piece panty hose is formed on a circular knitting machine, wherein the waist opening extends transversely of the direction of knitting and is surrounded by a reinforced elastic section with stitches that resist raveling or breakdown.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the forming of a continuous tubular one-piece panty hose on a circular knitting machine wherein the waist opening extends transversey of the direction of knitting and the marginal edges of the waist opening are at least partly finished with a tubular welt construction.

Abstract: A continuous, tubular, one-piece panty hose is formed on a circular knitting machine with a waist opening extending longitudinally of the direction of knitting and surrounded by a reinforced elastic section with stitches that resist raveling or breakdown. In the waist portion of the panty hose, each course is formed by a pair of partial courses, one end of which overlap and the other end of which form the longitudinal opening.

Abstract: The invention relates to a control system for the selection of knitting needles in a multi-feed circular knitting machine with the aid of jacks and means for selectively activating and inactivating desired jacks. A removable stand having holes for the reception pins to actuate selected pattern braids is programmed with pins in accordance with desired jack manipulation and replaced.

Abstract: A continuous tubular sleeve of knit fabric material, which is cylindrical in shape and, in the relaxed condition, of a diameter less than the diameter of the corrugated drainage pipe to which it is to be applied, is formed in lengths up to approximately 1,000 feet. In use, the tubular knit sleeve is cut to a desired length and slipped over one or more sections of corrugated flexible drainage pipe and acts as a filter to keep rocks, dirt, mud, pieces of clay, and the like from clogging the openings in the corrugated drainage pipe while allowing the water to pass through.

Abstract: The body garment is of seamless knit and unitary construction and may comprise a panty or the body portion of tights or panty hose of the one-piece type. The body garment comprises a plurality of panels formed by reciprocal knitting which enables variations to be made in the size of different portions of the body garment according to the walewise and coursewise dimensions of the several panels. These panels comprise two elongated waist panels generally formed with tapered edges and separated by a crotch panel running generally perpendicular thereto. The last complete course on the leg portion of the body garment is parallelly interknitted with the adjacent courses on both the crotch and waist panel sections.

Abstract: A fiber retrieving apparatus is incorporated into the upper wall of an enclosure mounted beneath the lickerin. A suction outlet in the lower wall of the housing is connected to a source of suction for continuously removing trash, motes, fly, short fibers and the like collected therein. An air inlet is provided in either the front wall or rear wall or both to replace the air removed from the housing so that good fibers are not drawn from the lickerin roll.

Abstract: Rotations of a circular knitting machine are counted and encoded into electrical signals. After a prescribed number of revolutions a programmer and program indicating disc signal a switching mechanism to shift a cam drum to the next position in the pattern. A first circuit is provided for operating the needle cylinder at a slower speed during the aforesaid shifting operation, and a second circuit is provided for running the machine at maximum and intermediate speeds during the knitting operation in response to a preselected pattern. The programmer includes two types of output signals for controlling the production of fabric according to type or size.

Abstract: The invention is a process for knitting a plurality of convergent tubular portions on a circular knitting machine having a dial and cylinder and the resulting article, especially the two legs and body portion of a panty-hose, wherein the knitting operation is continuous with no sewing of separate pieces together, and the height of the body portion may be varied without dependency on the needle cylinder diameter which also includes a crotch closure.

Abstract: A process for knitting the body portion of a panty or panty hose of one piece construction on a circular knitting machine which comprises knitting a first leg portion by tubular knitting, supporting the tubular knit portion on all the needles while inactivating the needles along a first arc and knitting by reciprocal motion on a second arc of needles to form a first waist portion, casting off the fabric from said second arc of needles, activating the needles along said first arc of needles and knitting by reciprocatory motion to form a crotch panel, inactivating said first arc of needles while supporting the crotch panel thereon, knitting a second waist panel on said second arc of needles, and then knitting on all the needles in a circular motion to form the remainder of the body portion. The dimensions of the waist panels and the dimension of the crotch panel may be changed as desired by varying the number of wales and courses in each panel according to the desired size of the completed garment.