[0001] The present invention relates to a combined fabric in which coupling of fur stripes
and weft threads is effected mechanically, using the technique of the flat knitting
machines such as the well known Raschel looms.
[0002] It is a long time that the textile industry is looking for an ideal or anyway most
favorable solution, to create an entirely machine made fabric, in which fur is not
an ancillary part, applied on the already finished fabric with further operations
which are almost invariably manual, but on the contrary is an integral part forming
the warp of said fabric.
[0003] Up to now, stripes were indeed applied on the fabric or alternated to it, and this
required at least a second working stage after the knitting stage, and this was also
aggravated by the necessity of employing skilled personnel with a very good experience
to obtain an acceptable final product.
[0004] The present invention removes these inconveniences and solves these problems, by
providing a fabric which is entirely made on a machine, in which the fur stripes are
perfectly bonded so as the become an integral part of the fabric texture.
[0005] The fabric according to the present invention is therefore characterized by the fact
that the fur stripes are arranged in a warp which is then placed on preset loom beams,
arranged on a flat knitting machine making at the same time the base loop and the
reverse weave filling.
[0006] These and other objects, features and advantages of the invention will however become
apparent from the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment, which
is given as a non limiting example only and is made with reference to the annexed
sheet of accompanying drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 is a plan view of a portion of a finished combined fabric according to the
present invention;
Fig. 2 is an elevational front view thereof; and
Fig. 3 is a view of the weave filling only of the fabric shown in Fig. 1.
[0007] With reference now to the figures of the accompanying drawing, the fabric according
to the present invention consists of stripes 1 of fur or its pretwisted derivatives,
arranged in a warp on preset beams, which are then placed on a flat knitting machine,
which interlaces with said warp fur stripes 1, the threads of the basic loops 2, weaving
with the warp pile 1 generally by means of chain stitches 3, while the vertical needles
make the reverse weave filling 4 obtained with acrylic or similar yarns, such as yarns
of Acrilon 23/2 Ne, representing only 4.5% of the total fabric weight. In this way
one obtains a fabric in which all the components are perfectly integrated and were
all machine made without requiring any manual operation.
[0008] It is clear that the fabric illustrated in the accompanying drawing is only an example
and it is to be understood that any kind of suitable yarn may be used for the pile,
the basic loops and the weave filling, as well as the type and frequence of the binding
stitches between pile and knit may be varied according to the requirements of production
and use, and many other modifications, variations, additions and/or substitutions
of elements may be resorted to the fabric according to the present invention, without
departing however from its scope and always falling in its main feature which, as
already stated, consist in making said fabric in an entirely mechanical way, as it
is also defined in the appended claims.
1) Mixed pile and knit combined fabric, characterized by the fact that fur stripes
as a warp are machine knitted with a base loop and weaved to said loop with a weave
filling also made on the loom.
2) Mixed pile and knit combined fabric, according to Claim 1, characterized by the
fact that the stripes of fur or its-pretwisted derivatives are arranged in a warp
on preset beams, which are then placed on a flat knitting machine which at the same
time makes the basic loops and the reverse weave filling.
3) Mixed pile and knit combined fabric, according to Claim 2, characterized by the
fact that the basic loops are interlaced with the pile by means of spaced chain stitches.
4) Mixed pile and knit combined fabric, according to Claim 2, characterized by the
fact that the weave filling is made with light yarns, such as acrylic yarn, by vertical
needles of the flat knitting machine.
