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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7181932 | Knitting method of forming drape around collar and knitwear having drape around collar The invention aims to knit knitwear in a substantially seamless manner, with the number of courses around the neck increased, so that when the knitwear is worn, a drape can be formed around the neck. In knitting zones extending from underarms to before should... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7143613 | Knitwear garment and method of knitting knitwear Seamless knitwear of mixed set-in and raglan sleeves, and a method of knitting the same seamless knitwear. The knitwear of the present invention comprises a body and sleeves. A front body of the body has armhole parts and shoulder-line parts extending along o... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7096693 | Knitting method for knitting fabric A knitting method for knitting a knitted fabric having a half cardigan knitting structure of well-balanced loops without getting out of loop shape. The half cardigan knitting structure comprises first wale in which knitted loops and tuck loops are formed and second ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6935140 | Method of knitting tubular knitted fabric In a method of knitting a tubular knitted fabric comprising a first knitted fabric and a second knitted fabric, regions A, B, C in the first knitted fabric of the tubular knitted fabric are folded back at their respective boundaries and then overlapped with a corres... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6918270 | Neck forming method A neckline (8) is formed between right and left bodies in a first body (2) of a tubular knitted fabric comprising the first body (2) and a second body (3) by a flechage knitting. Widening is performed in the center of the neckline to form... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6672113 | Method of knitting neck of knit wear by weft knitting machine and knit designing device for producing the method of knitting the neck In order to seamlessly knit knitwear, such as a sweater, having a widened neckline 10a of a front body 2a and a front drop formed in the neckline 10a in a relatively simple method, stitches at a right side of the front neckline 10a and stitches at a left ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6308536 | Shaping/augmenting/diminishing knitted fabrics 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 t... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6233976 | Shaping/augmenting/diminishing knitted fabrics 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 t... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6176105 | Widening method for a rib knitted fabric and a widened rib knitted fabric thereby For preventing holes from occurrence at an internally widened area of a rib knitted fabric, at the area, two needles, one on the front needle bed, the other on the back needle bed, are made empty. Then, a stitch held by an adjacent needle to one of the tw... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6122937 | Process for producing three-dimensional knitted fabrics and textile material thus produced 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 portion... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6116057 | Shaping/augmenting/diminishing knitted fabrics 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 t... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6109068 | Method of producing spacial, single- and multi-layer knitted articles on flat knitting machine A method of producing of spacial, single or multi-layer knitting articles on a flat knitting machine having at least two needle beds and a loop transfer device, has the steps of knitting of knitting rows with a number and width a corresponding to a spacia... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6079232 | Widening method A widened loop is formed by using a flat knitting machine which has at least a pair of needle beds and one of the needle beds can be moved sideways. A widening needle is made to be empty, and yarn is fed from one end of the knitting range to a needle shor... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6006551 | Twin bed flat knitting machine method for widening a tubular fabric For mesh widening of a hose-shaped knitted piece on a double bed flat knitting machine knitting a mesh row is knitted in a carriage direction from left to right on a front needle bed and subsequently a mesh row is knitted in the carriage direction from ri... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5701766 | Method for broadening a tubular knitted fabric by a flat knitting machine, a knit design apparatus and a memory therefor, and knitted tubular fabric A tubular knitted fabric is broadened while fully preventing generation of open gap. Yarn is hooked on a needle of a second needle bed and twisted to form a loop, and this loop is transferred onto a first needle bed to become a broadening loop. A subseque... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5692399 | Method of knitting fabric having three-dimensional silhouette shape The present invention provides a knitted fabric of three-dimensional silhouette shape which comprises a front half and a back half coupled at side edges to each other forming a tubular shape and in which the circumferential length of the tubular shape is ... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5417088 | Knit fabric for a neck portion of a knit product and knitting method thereof A method and apparatus for knitting the neck portion of a sweater cardigan or vest by use of a flat knitting machine carrying at least a pair of front and rear needle beds which are arranged movably in a longitudinal direction. The neck portion is formed ... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5379613 | Method of finishing edges of knitted fabric A method of finishing the edges of a knitted fabric which makes use of a flat knitting machine which has at least a pair of front and rear needle beds, one bed or both being arranged for lengthwise movement, transferring edge loops of the knitted fabric h... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5305619 | Stitch increasing method and cams for flat knitting machine having stitch increasing function A stitch increasing method and a needle operating cam for a flat knitting machine having stitch increasing function. The needle operating cam for operating needle bodies and sliders of compound needles separately from each other, in which in relation to a... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5289701 | Method of determining sleeve and body patterns A method for determining a sleeve and body pattern so that each sleeve is the same vertically as related to the body. The body is arranged so that the vertical height of an armhole between a shoulder point and an underarm point is equal in height of a set... | 03/01/1994 |
| 4729230 | Cam system for flat-bed knitting machine A cam system for flat-bed knitting machines has a needle cam unit which has at least one integrated knitting cam loop transferring cam for both knitting and loop transferring directions, of which the knitting cam has adjustable sinker elements on both sid... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4616488 | Single or multi-cam system for flat-bed knitting machines A single or multi-cam system (11) for flat-bed knitting machines having needle, jack and selector cam units (13, 14 and 16) arranged one beneath the other is described. The needle cam unit (13) features at least one knitting cam and an integrated transfer... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4545219 | Single or multi-cam system for flat-bed knitting machines A single or multi-cam system (11) for flat-bed knitting machines having needle, jack and selector cam units (13, 14 and 16) arranged one beneath the other is described. The needle cam unit (13) features at least one knitting cam and an integrated transfer... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4474037 | Knitting-transfer cam unit for V-bed flat knitting machines with slider needles A knitting-transfer cam unit for V-bed flat knitting machines wherein needle butts of the needle bodies of slider needles are selectively lowerable in the needle channels of the needle beds by means of a needle selection device, and wherein the slider nee... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4238937 | Fabric manipulating device for manipulating the loops of a knitted fabric A fabric manipulating device for use with a knitting machine of the type having a flat needle bed containing a plurality of equi-spaced knitting needles tricked into the bed includes a carrier that is mounted on the bed for sliding, needle-by-needle movem... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4192157 | Knitting width indication system for knitting machines A knitting width indication system for hand knitting machines, wherein a fabric piece pattern memory device and a pattern width indication display device cooperating with the knitting machine carriage are provided, and whereby the knitting width is read o... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4114405 | Control unit for a hand knitter In this control unit for a hand knitter, a data source such as a magnetic tape recorder provides both the row-by-row knitting pattern data and shaping information related to the outline contour of the article to be knitted. The shaping data is supplied as... | 09/19/1978 |
