(19)
(11) EP 1 002 893 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
29.11.2000 Bulletin 2000/48

(43) Date of publication A2:
24.05.2000 Bulletin 2000/21

(21) Application number: 99830575.9

(22) Date of filing: 13.09.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: D04B 1/26
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 20.11.1998 IT FI980249

(71) Applicants:
  • Calzificio Lusso S.p.A.
    46042 Castel Goffredo (Mantova) (IT)
  • Filodoro Calze S.p.A.
    46040 Casalmoro (Montova) (IT)

(72) Inventors:
  • Gorgaini, Mauro
    46042 Castel Goffredo (Mantova) (IT)
  • Magnani, Claudio
    46040 Ceresara (Mantova) (IT)
  • Pasqualini, Claudio
    25018 Montichiari (Brescia) (IT)

(74) Representative: Bardini, Marco Luigi et al
c/o Società Italiana Brevetti S.p.A. Corso dei Tintori, 25
50122 Firenze
50122 Firenze (IT)

   


(54) Process for knitting tubular articles in a single-cylinder circular knitting machine, namely for the manufacturing of stockings


(57) Process for knitting a thread (F) for forming a tubular article in a single-cylinder circular knitting machine, namely for the manufacturing of stockings. The machine comprises a plurality of needles (1) co-operating with a plurality of sinkers (2), slidably inserted between the needles (1). According to the process, for each feed of the thread (F), backward and forward displacements of a respective sinker (2) occur in correspondence to the top stroke-end position of a corresponding needle (1), whereby a new stitch (M1) is formed on the upper edge (2b) of the tip (2a) of the sinker (2) and engages with an old stitch (M2), formed in the previous feed, disengaged from the upper edge (2b) as a consequence of said backward displacement and stretched, as a consequence of said forward displacement, between the tip (2a and the needle (1). When needle (1) returns to said starting position the old stitch (M2) is stretched by the tip (2b) and the new stitch (M1).






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