Abstract: A method for producing a double jersey fabric on a double jersey, single jacquard circular knitting machine includes steps of knitting a front side of the fabric on a cylinder (C) and knitting the rear side of the fabric on a dial (D) of the machine, knitting a base yarn on a rear side of the fabric, except for connecting points where the base yarn is knitted on the front side of the fabric. The method additionally includes steps of inserting a pattern yarn before a start of a pattern unit, which is produced using the pattern yarn, knitting the pattern yarn on the front side of the fabric in the pattern unit and cutting off the pattern yarn after the pattern unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fully spandex weft-knitted cloth and a production method thereof and a kind of lingerie lining. The production method includes the following steps: weft knitting 40 D and/or 70 D spandex filaments on a double circular knitting machine, the method of weft-knitting includes tuck weaving the spandex filaments with the needle of the upper needle dial and the lower needle dial simultaneously, forming double-sided needle-containing stitches, needle weaving the spandex filaments with the needle of the upper needle dial while without the needle of the lower needle dial, and forming upper single-sided stitches; and needle weaving the spandex filaments with the needle of the lower needle dial while without the needle of the upper needle dial, forming lower single-sided stitches, and completing a weaving cycle, after one or a plurality of weaving cycles, the fully spandex weft-knitted cloth is obtained.

Abstract: A knitting machine capable of changing a pile length includes a low-pile sinker and a high-pile sinker, a low-pile selector jack arranged on the rear end side of the low-pile sinker, a high-pile selector jack arranged on the rear end side of the high-pile sinker, an actuator operable to, when a pile yarn and a ground yarn are drawn in by a knitting needle, selectively perform the first control in which the actuator acts on the low-pile selector jack, the second control in which the actuator acts on the high-pile selector jack, and the third control in which the actuator does not act on any of the low-pile and high-pile selector jacks, and a cam operable to push out the selector jack subjected to the action of the actuator and the sinker which is in contact with the selector jack to an area between the knitting needles.

Abstract: This invention provides a three-dimensional (3D) multifunctional knitted fabric structure comprising two independent layers (1 and 3) connected by cross-threads (2) being able to be applied as absorbency structure in medium incontinence men's reusable underwear. The structure is produced in a single step using weft-knitting technology and designed to perform several functions in a single fabric. The inner layer (1), to be in contact with human body, is responsible to transport liquid, urine and perspiration from the human body to the outer layer (3), through the cross-threads (2), keeping dry the human skin. Cross-threads (2) are responsible to keep apart both independent layers and to transport liquid from the inner layer (1) to the outer layer (2). The outer layer (3) is responsible to absorb the liquid and, at same time, to control the odor and microorganisms proliferation generated by the urine.

Abstract: A knit fabric may be formed by providing a plurality of cylinder needles and a plurality of cutting needles having a cutting surface. A first yarn may be fed to the plurality of cylinder and the plurality of cutting needles to form loops during a knitting cycle. A second yarn may be fed to the plurality of cylinder needles during the knitting cycle so that the first yarn and the second yarn having a plated relationship on the plurality of cylinder needles. A pile may be formed on the knit fabric by cutting the loops on the cutting needles with the cutting surface.

Abstract: A sinker set comprising a coulier sinker (11) and a plush sinker (12). The sinkers (11, 12) can be moved together in a direction transverse to a knitting needle (2). The sinkers have spaced apart edges for the accommodation of stitches. In order to adjust the distance between these edges, the sinkers (11, 12) can be moved relative toward each other in the driving-out direction of the needle. To do so, they have spaced apart guiding edges (17, 18; 27, 29, 30) that are in contact with various support surfaces or guiding surfaces (20, 22; 26, 32, 33).

Abstract: Knitting tool arrangement, knitting tool and method of forming the knitting tool arrangement that includes a tool holder having several parallel grooves and several knitting tools, in which each knitting tool includes a working end and a holding area that is removably positioned in one of the several grooves. At least one filling element is located between adjacent knitting tools and is arranged between the holding area and the working end. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: A yarn clamp assembly of a knitting machine uses a wrap knitting method to knit a fabric having a side of a loop surface or a cut pile surface, and the base yarn of the base fabric forms two fixing loops fixed onto the wool yarn of the loop or the wool yarn during repeated knitting processes, so that the loop or the wool yarn will not be loosened easily from the base fabric due to the fixing effect of the two fixing loops.

Abstract: A knitting machine for manufacturing plush fabrics includes latch-less cylinder needles in a cylinder, latch needles located on a needle dial and a cutting unit. The loop formed by a plush thread can be directly knitted in a fabric formed by ground threads to form a longer plush on the fabric surface. By changing the dimension of the needle dial, the interval of the peripheral edge of the needle dial and the cylinder needle can be increased so that the plush thread held on the hook of the cylinder needle can be stretched by the latch needle to become a longer loop. Finally, the loop is severed by the cutting unit to form a plush fabric of a longer plush.

Abstract: A yarn guide of a knitting machine assists a knitting machine to weave a fabric having a yarn ring surface and comprised of a base yarn for forming a base fabric and a wool yarn for forming a yarn ring surface. A needle disc is shifted to enter the wool yarn and the base yarn respectively into a yarn hooking section and a first yarn hooking position of a needle latch. The needle disc continues shifting such that the base yarn is entered into a second yarn hooking position of the yarn hooking section. A knitting needle includes a yarn guide plate on a side so that the first yarn hooking position continues pressing the base yarn by the yarn guide plate. The second yarn hooking position drives the base yarn to weave the wool yarn into the base fabric under a counter wrap knitting status.

Abstract: A patterned pile fabric with uncut and severed pile loops is manufactured on a circular knitting machine in which pile elements (1) are arranged in a cylinder (C) provided with an upper and a lower pile forming ledge divided by a holding hook. For the knitting and pile forming action the pile elements (1) are individually selected and actuated at least to two different positions in which one of the alternative pile forming ledges is arranged between the needles (N). Pile loops drawn out over the upper pile forming ledges are cleared from the pile elements in the subsequent feeder by an additional clearing movement while pile loops formed over the lower pile ledge will remain on the pile elements. Those pile loops will slide downwardly along the stems of the pile elements by the subsequent knitting.

Abstract: A high/low plush knitwear with a ground fabric including a plurality of stitch courses and plush yarns (72,81) bound thereinto is disclosed. The ground fabric consists of knitting formed from at least one ground yam (68) and comprises at least one first portion (77) formed by a plurality of adjacent stitch wales with incorporated plush yarns (72,81) forming plush loops (72d, 81d) and at least one second portion (78) without such plush loops. According to the invention at least two float yarns (64,65) are additionally bound into the ground fabric. Each float yarn (64,65) in the second portion (78) selectively floats or is formed into stitches (80e-80h). The invention moreover concerns a method and a knitting machine for making such a plush knitwear (FIG. 16).

Abstract: A pile forming textile machine (circular knit, tufting, raschel, stitch-bonding or needle punch machine) is equipped with a plurality of pile elements (1, 11, 21, 31, 41, 51, 61, 71) drawing out pile loops from pile yarns or fibers incorporated into a ground fabric and controlling this pile loops to be severed from a cutting apparatus comprising a plurality of pile elements (2, 12, 22, 32, 42, 52, 62, 72) each cooperating with one (of the plurality) of said pile elements by reciprocating movement of said cutting elements transversally to and from said pile elements, each provided with a cutting edge (1c, 11c, 21c, 31c, 41c, 51c, 61c, 71c) cooperating with a cutting edge (2c, 12c, 22c, 32c, 42c, 52c, 62c, 72c) one each of said cutting elements which will contact one another in a point by a lateral (.beta.) and a longitudinal (.alpha.) inclination, whereby the longitudinal inclination (.alpha.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method, a knitting machine and sinkers (1, 2) for producing plush fabrics. The method is distinguished in that core and plush thread loops (48, 54) are preformed on selected sinker edges and are transferred prior to the actual stitch formation from these sinker edges to other preselected sinker edges by simple displacement of the sinkers (1, 2). For this purpose the knitting machine has first and second sinkers (1, 2), wherein the second sinkers (2) are provided with oblique faces (15). These are used, in the course of the transfer of the core thread loops (48) by means of retracting the first sinkers (1) and simultaneous advancement of the second sinkers (2), to act on the core thread loops (48) in such a way that the latter are securely enclosed in the slits of the first sinkers (1) when these are again advanced (FIG. 10).

Abstract: The main object of the invention is to obtain knitwork the density of which is not influenced by the tension of the previously formed loops (15). In the particular case of terry cloth the terries are hence particularly uniform and stable.This is achieved by operationally interposing the terry sinker (2) between two stitch sinkers (3, 21).The method for producing terry knitwork is as follows:the first yarn (12) passes under the stitch hooks (7) while resting on the knocking-over surfaces (8) of the stitch sinkers (3, 21), and then over the terry hook (4) while resting on the terry surface (5) of the terry sinker (2);the second yarn (13) follows the first yarn (12), but instead of passing over the terry hook (4) passes along the working surface (6) of the terry sinker (2).The method for producing wide-mesh knitwork comprises for both yarns (12, 13) a path identical to that of the first yarn (12) of the terry knitwork production method.

Abstract: A sinker system for a knitting machine, including a sinker plate holder having a master sinker slot and an auxiliary sinker slot; a master sinker having a throat, a nose, a flank, and a sinker butt; a face-loop sinker of size fitting the master sinker slot and having the nose divided into the upper nose and the lower nose by a parting rod; a reverse-loop sinker of configuration fitting the face-loop sinker with the upper throat shallower than that of the face-loop sinker; and a jacquard sinker having a stepped nose; and wherein a face-loop fabric can be obtained by matching the master sinker with the face-loop sinker and reciprocating them in the master sinker slot and auxiliary sinker slot on the sinker plate holder respectively; a reverse-loop fabric can be obtained by matching the master sinker with the reverse-loop sinker and reciprocating them in the master sinker slot and the auxiliary sinker slot on the sinker plate holder respectively; a face-loop jacquard fabric can be obtained by matching the jacqua

Abstract: A sinker having a sinker body and a butt for engaging a sinker cam. Upper and lower nibs protrude from the sinker body. A first throat is defined between the upper and lower nibs for receiving a yarn. First, second and third knitting platforms are defined by the sinker body beneath the lower nib. A second throat is defined by the lower nib and the second and third knitting platforms for controlling a yarn loop. The second platform may be closer to the first throat than the first platform, and the third platform may be closer to the first throat than the second platform. This progressive displacement of the second and third knitting platforms provides for quick rolling over of a needle latch due to the resultant elevated position of the yarn loop on the needle shaft at desired prints in the knitting operation. This advantage reduces dropped stitches, enables use of a shorter needle latch length while maintaining a desired stitch length at the tie-in, and facilitates higher machine operating speeds.

Abstract: A circular knitting machine includes a loop cutting mechanism to cut the loops made by the relative movement of the dial needles and cylinder needles, the loop cutting mechanism including a first sinker and a second sinker reciprocated horizontally along two opposite sides of either cylinder needle at a time difference, the first sinker having a smooth front sloping end moved to hold down the loop, the second sinker having a front sloping end turned sideways toward the first sinker and moved along the respective cylinder needle at an opposite side after the first sinker to cut the loop.

Abstract: A method of and circular knitting machine for knitting jacquard pile fabric in which a ground yarn feeder section, two pile yarn feeder sections and a stitch forming section are provided and a ground loop forming sinker and a pile loop forming sinker are disposed in the same groove in the sinker cap and are individually and independently operated. The needles and sinkers are moved through the sections while forming ground yarn loops comprising a ground yarn needle loop and a ground loop forming sinker loop in the ground yarn feeder section and forming pile yarn loops in the pile yarn feeder sections. The ground loop forming sinkers are movable adjustably to push the ground yarn loops an amount sufficient to ensure that enough ground yarn is available at the needles in the stitch forming section to ensure proper stitch formation without risking yarn breakage.

Abstract: For the production of plush knitted goods containing stitches made from main and plush threads, main threads and plush threads are fed to hooks and sinkers, at least the plush threads are pre-formed to plush thread loops by drawing back the knitting tools from a plush thread receiving position into an intermediate position and by, in so doing, drawing and holding taut the plush threads over associated ones of the sinkers, then stitches are formed with the main threads and plush thread loops by drawing back the knitting tools farther into a knocking-over position and by, in doing so, controlling the sinkers in such a way that the pre-formed plush thread loops are held in taut during the stitch formation and that the risk of shortening or undoing of pre-formed plush thread loops during such stitch formation is greatly diminished.

Abstract: This tube sock is of a medium or dress weight so that the sock may be comfortably worn with dress shoes and includes very long and fine terry loops in the heel and sole area to provide the sock with cushion and comfort characteristics of the type normally provided in heavy weight athletic type socks. The sock is knit on a fine gauge machine of the type normally employed in knitting ladies' sheer hosiery and panty hose, usually provided with 400 needles. The sock is knit on every other or alternative needles so that it contains only 200 wales instead of the normal 400 wales usually contained in ladies' sheer hosiery articles. The terry loops formed in the heel and sole area are formed on dial instruments projected outwardly over an idle needle so that unusually long terry loops are formed of a fine cotton yarn which are three to five times as long as the stitch loops formed of the body yarn.

Abstract: To make knit plush fabric having a base knitted fabric which base yarn is knitted to four knit stitches or loops and an inlay or plating plush yarn having loops in side portions is interknitted with and anchored in the base fabric, one of the beds, for example, the dial of a circular knitting machine has plush latch needles which are formed with an auxiliary angled latch, pivoted to rotate with respect to the needle shank in parallel with operation of the normal latch tongue, and a spring secured to the needle to lock the auxiliary angled latch in position. The other bed of the machine will carry sinker lamella and, if open plush fabric is desired, cutters to cut open the pile loops.

Abstract: An inlay or plaiting yarn is passed through knit stitches of a plain knitted fabric, the plaiting yarn is wrapped around the side portions of the knit stitches of the base fabric by a needle having a main latch and an auxiliary, angled latch, is knocked off over the tip end of the needle while the stitch of the main fabric is caught in the hook thereof, the plaiting yarn being pulled down by sinkers to pull the plaiting yarn tight about the lateral sides of the base knit fabric to form loop piles, and cut, if desired, to form cut pile fabric.

Abstract: Plush fabrics are produced on a conventional double jersey knitting machine by feeding a plush yarn to conventional cylinder and dial latch needles and feeding a ground yarn to the dial needles only, whereby long loops are formed in the plush yarn and short loops in the ground yarn; and thereafter causing the cylinder needles to execute a knitting movement without feeding yarn thereto, whereby the long loops are released from the cylinder needles to form the plush pile and cylinder needles are freed for a repetition of the knitting cycle. Some of the conventional feeders on the basic machine are replaced by auxiliary feeders designed to feed yarn to the dial needles only, others may be simply omitted in order to provide for the release of formed loops from the cylinder needles, while others are replaced by ancillary devices to clear released loops from the knitting zone and to open the latches of the cylinder needles for a fresh knitting cycle.