Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for forming a tubular-shaped knitted covering for a paint roller, or the like, having a pile extending from an outer surface of the covering, through use of a dial needle knitting arrangement. A cylinder needle knitting arrangement may be utilized in conjunction with the dial needle knitting arrangement for forming a tubular-shaped knitted covering for a paint roller having a pile formed from a combination of sliver and yarn fibers in successive courses of the tubular-shaped knitted covering.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 12, 2007
Date of Patent:
March 17, 2009
Assignee:
Seamless Technologies, LLC
Inventors:
John Cecil Knight, Sr., Daniel L. Sinykin