Abstract: The invention relates to a heat transfer device with channels for heat-absorbing media and channels for heat-emitting media, at least one of the channels having a textile structure with compressed and non-compressed regions. Whilst the compressed regions are disposed in the transition regions between the channels in order to improve the heat transfer to or across the channel wall, the non-compressed regions are disposed in the flow regions of the channels. This construction enables a large heat transfer to the heat transfer surface with simultaneously good heat conduction from the heat transfer surface to the separating surface. The invention likewise relates to heat exchangers with heat transfer devices of this type.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a three-dimensional knit, i.e. a knit whose area is shaped spatially. In accordance with the invention a homogeneously tough three-dimensional knit structure is achieved when loops in specific portions are widened and/or narrowed, this widening/narrowing of the loops being done at many locations arranged distributed homogeneously over the area to be formed three-dimensionally. In the same way a three-dimensional knit may be produced in which the knitting needles are inactivated at least in part over at least one course in the portion to be shaped and later reactivated while in the other portions full knitting is continued.

Abstract: The invention relates to a knitted seat cover, in the knit of which a bead or tubular knit is joined integrated at least in part in the region of contour lines to simultaneously mask and protect the contour lines.

Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for securing a two-layered knitted fabric to a support such as one required to secure seat covers to supports. A first fastening element (14) is placed between the two layers (12, 13) of the knitted fabric while a second fastening element is placed on or in the support. A connecting element is stretched between the first and second fastening element, whereby the first end of said connecting element can be fixed onto the first fastening element and the second end can be fixed onto the second fastening element. The inventive arrangement enables a cover to be fixed onto a support in a quick and effective manner without manufacturing said cover by approaching fastening elements at low machine running times.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the process for producing knitted fabrics, in particular seat covers having integrated fasteners. The object of the invention is to improve upon a process of this type so that stable fasteners can be quickly incorporated into a knitted fabric without the need for a great deal of additional work. To accomplish this, at least one connecting piece made of a thermoplastic material is integrated into the knitted fabric by knitting it into said knitted fabric, and it is then subjected to a thermal treatment in order to form a fastener from the connecting piece.

Abstract: A method of producing a two-ply knit for a seat cover in a flat bed machine includes knitting tightly with a front needle bed in a first group of wales, with a rear needle bed in a second group of wales, and with the front needle bed in a third group of wales, where the second group is between the first and third groups, and knitting loosely with the rear needle bed in the first group of wales, with the front needle bed in the second group of wales, and with the rear needle bed in the third group of wales.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for integrating fasteners into a knitted seat cover for attachment to a seat-cover support by means of a flatbed knitting machine, whereby fastening areas are provided on the side of the seat cover facing the support for attachment to said support while the seat cover is being knitted and said fastening areas interact with additional fastening areas on the support of the seat cover. According to the invention, the fastening areas on the seat cover are embodied as flat velcro structures (hook and loop closures) while the loop areas of the velcro structures are knitted and integrated into the seat cover as flat surfaces during the manufacture thereof. Hook areas of the velcro structure provided on the seat cover are formed by knitting and integrating a hard or hardenable monofilament in the form of loops that protrude towards the support and are subsequently cut or cut during knock-over/after knock-over of the stitches from the needles of the flatbed knitting machine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing three-dimensional knits. In accordance with the invention narrowing the loops is done by loops covering a partial area of the needle bed being transferred to needles arranged nearer to the middle of the knit and subsequently knitting further continued, and widening the loops is done by loops covering a partial area of the needle bed being transferred to needles arranged remote from the middle of the knit and subsequently knitting further continued. As an alternative to this, needles may be rendered inactive in a partial area of the needle bed over at least one course and subsequently reactivated.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a flake-yarned knit as required more particularly in achieving velour-type coverings. In this method the flake thread is bound in as a weft and/or warp thread in the knit on a flat knitting machine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of joining several knit parts on flat knitting machines. In accordance with the invention several knit parts are produced in sequence or in different areas of the flat knitting machine simultaneously and subsequently joined to each other on differing needle beds by simple attachment knitting or other joining technique for joining loops. When producing two knit parts on a needle bed it is necessary to transfer one knit part to an auxiliary needle bed or a further needle bed and to laterally displace this needle bed so that the desired joining portions may be knitted to each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing three-dimensional knits. In accordance with the invention narrowing the loops is done by loops covering a partial area of the needle bed being transferred to needles arranged nearer to the middle of the knit and subsequently knitting further continued, and widening the loops is done by loops covering a partial area of the needle bed being transferred to needles arranged remote from the middle of the knit and subsequently knitting further continued. As an alternative to this, needles may be rendered inactive in a partial area of the needle bed over at least one course and subsequently reactivated.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing three-dimensional knits. In accordance with the invention narrowing the loops is done by loops covering a partial area of the needle bed being transferred to needles arranged nearer to the middle of the knit and subsequently knitting further continued, and widening the loops is done by loops covering a partial area of the needle bed being transferred to needles arranged remote from the middle of the knit and subsequently knitting further continued. As an alternative to this, needles may be rendered inactive in a partial area of the needle bed over at least one course and subsequently reactivated.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for fabricating a—more particularly multi-ply—knit having definably variable transverse stability and transverse elasticity including a basic weave in at least one ply of the knit, the basic weave comprising a succession of first courses in which most of the active needles are used in forming a loop and second courses predominantly comprising floats having a spacing length of at least two active needles, successive sequences of first and second courses being selected in keeping with the requirements as to the transverse elasticity and transverse stability of the knit, whereby the proportion of the first courses in the more elastic knit portions is higher than in the transverse stable portions of the knit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of joining several knit parts on flat knitting machines. In accordance with the invention several knit parts are produced in sequence or in different areas of the flat knitting machine simultaneously and subsequently joined to each other on differing needle beds by simple attachment knitting or other joining technique for joining loops. When producing two knit parts on a needle bed it is necessary to transfer one knit part to an auxiliary needle bed or a further needle bed and to laterally displace this needle bed so that the desired joining portions may be knitted to each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a three-dimensional knit, i.e. a knit whose area is shaped spatially. In accordance with the invention a homogeneously tough three-dimensional knit structure is achieved when loops in specific portions are widened and/or narrowed, this widening/narrowing of the loops being done at many locations arranged distributed homogeneously over the area to be formed three-dimensionally. In the same way a three-dimensional knit may be produced in which the knitting needles are inactivated at least in part over at least one course in the portion to be shaped and later reactivated whilst in the other portions full knitting is continued.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing three-dimensional knits. In accordance with the invention narrowing the loops is done by loops covering a partial area of the needle bed being transferred to needles arranged nearer to the middle of the knit and subsequently knitting further continued, and widening the loops is done by loops covering a partial area of the needle bed being transferred to needles arranged remote from the middle of the knit and subsequently knitting further continued. As an alternative to this, needles may be rendered inactive in a partial area of the needle bed over at least one course and subsequently reactivated.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of endless tubular fabrics on a flatbed knitting machine. Two methods are described in which the tube is knitted in one case with vertical axis and in another case with horizontal axis. In the first case, tubes of any desired length can be produced. In the second case, tubes of any desired diameter can be produced. In the first method, a first half of the circumference of the tube is knitted on a front needle bed, whereupon the second half of the circumference is knitted on the rear needle bed upon the backward movement of the cam carriage of the flatbed knitting machine. Thereupon, the second course of loops is knitted on the first needle bed and knitted backward in the second needle bed. In this way an endless tube is knitted. The tube is stabilized in circumferential direction by the laying-in of a filling thread. In the other method, the first course is knitted as connected multi-layer knitted fabric on the front and rear needle beds.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of knitted goods with integrated weft and/or warp threads on a knitting machine having at least one needle bed by way of an actuatable thread guide which is movable in a controlled manner in the direction of the needle bed independently of a thread guide of a knitting feed system of the knitting machine. In the process, a thread is fed to a knitting region of the knitting machine by the thread carrier, which is guided along the needle bed in order to insert a warp thread corresponding to a desired length over several needles. The thread is inserted without intermeshing into the knitting region by the insertion of a warp thread over several courses of loops of the knitted goods, and remains in place without the thread being laid on tuck or intermeshed, and by the insertion of a diagonally extended thread, is moved along the needle bed during the formation of the loops of the knitted goods in the knitting machine.

Abstract: An apparatus for the production of knitted goods having integrated weft and/or warp threads, comprising a knitting machine having at least one needle bed, a guide extending along the needle bed in the vicinity of a knitting region of the knitting machine for the controlled movement of a control-actuatable thread carrier independently of a thread guide of a knitting feed system of the knitting machine, a guide carriage of the thread carrier which carriage is movable on the guide, a thread feed member provided on the thread carrier and having a feed region from which at least one thread is fed to the knitting region, and a control for the actuating of the guide carriage of the thread carrier.

Abstract: The textile spacer material is a material for replacing foamed substances; it consists of two knitted or woven covering layers that are connected by a pile thread structure. The pile thread structure produces the compressibility known from flexible foams and the large air fraction. The elasticity can be determined by the length and density of the pile threads and the material used. When recyclable materials are used, an environmentally compatible foam substitute can be obtained. Moreover, the textile spacer material can also assume chemical or physical properties through the use of treated starting material or a treatment during or after production and thus be used as a filter or catalyst material, for example.