(19)
(11) EP 2 410 085 B1

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION

(45) Mention of the grant of the patent:
26.02.2014 Bulletin 2014/09

(21) Application number: 11006033.2

(22) Date of filing: 22.07.2011
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
D04B 1/22(2006.01)

(54)

Method for knitting knitted fabric and knitted fabric

Verfahren zum Stricken von Maschenware und Maschenware

Procédé de tricotage de tissu tricoté et tissu tricoté


(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

(30) Priority: 23.07.2010 JP 2010166485
10.02.2011 JP 2011027733

(43) Date of publication of application:
25.01.2012 Bulletin 2012/04

(73) Proprietor: Shima Seiki Manufacturing., Ltd.
Wakayama 641-8511 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Uemichi, Kazuya
    Wakayama-shi Wakayama 641-8511 (JP)

(74) Representative: Emde, Eric 
Wagner & Geyer Gewürzmühlstrasse 5
80538 München
80538 München (DE)


(56) References cited: : 
EP-A1- 0 468 687
EP-A1- 1 380 677
EP-A1- 1 306 476
   
       
    Note: Within nine months from the publication of the mention of the grant of the European patent, any person may give notice to the European Patent Office of opposition to the European patent granted. Notice of opposition shall be filed in a written reasoned statement. It shall not be deemed to have been filed until the opposition fee has been paid. (Art. 99(1) European Patent Convention).


    Description

    TECHNICAL FIELD



    [0001] The present invention relates to a method for knitting a knitted fabric in which stitches at the end in a wale direction of a knitted fabric portion held on the needle beds are subjected to a bind off process when knitting a knitted fabric using a flat knitting machine, and a knitted fabric obtained by applying such a method for knitting a knitted fabric.

    BACKGROUND ART



    [0002] When knitting a knitted fabric with a flat knitting machine, a bind off process is one of the methods for processing so that the stitches (stitches at the end in the wale direction) in the final course of the relevant knitted fabric do not ravel. The bind off process is a process of repeating the knitting in which proximate stitches, of the stitches of the knitted fabric portion held on the needle beds, are overlapped and a new stitch is formed following such overlapped stitches (double stitch), from one end side toward the other end side in the knitting width direction of the knitted fabric.

    PRIOR ART DOCUMENT


    PATENT DOCUMENT



    [0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. JP 7065258B

    DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION


    PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED BY THE INVENTION



    [0004] However, the conventional bind off portion may not have sufficient stretchability. For instance, the collar of a turtle neck sweater needs to enable the head to pass through when wearing the sweater, but the peripheral length cannot be made very long due to restriction in design. Therefore, development of a method for knitting the knitted fabric capable of knitting the bind off portion of high stretchability is desired.

    [0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a method for knitting a knitted fabric capable of knitting a bind off portion of high stretchability, and a knitted fabric knitted by applying such a knitting method.

    MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEMS



    [0006] The reason why the stretchability of the bind off portion is not satisfactory is assumed to be because the new stitch is formed following the double stitch where the proximate stitches are overlapped, and the stretch margin of the knitting yarn at the bind off portion is small. The present inventor came to complete the present invention after thoroughly reviewing the method for knitting the knitted fabric for ensuring the stretch margin of the knitting yarn in the bind off portion

    [0007] This and other objects are solved by a knitting method having the features and steps respectively as set forth in claim 1. Preferred embodiments of the knitting method are stated in the subclaims 2 and 3.

    [0008] A method for knitting a knitted fabric according to the present invention is a method for knitting a knitted fabric in which stitches of a knitted fabric portion held on a needle bed is subjected to a bind off process, using a flat knitting machine having at least a pair of front and back needle beds and in which stitches held on a knitting needle of the needle bed are transferable to a different knitting needle. The method for knitting the knitted fabric of the present invention includes, when a direction in which a bind off stitch is sequentially formed in a longitudinal direction of the needle bed is a bind off direction and a direction opposite to the bind off direction is a starting end direction, a step A of forming two new stitches, a first stitch and a second stitch, following in a wale direction of a target stitch which is a target of the bind off process, with one as a front stitch and the other as a back stitch; and a step B of overlapping a proximate stitch proximate in the bind off direction with respect to the second stitch, and the second stitch. In the method for knitting the knitted fabric of the present invention, the double stitch formed in the step B is redefined as a new target stitch, and the step A and the step B are repeated.

    [0009] The "front stitch" and the "back stitch" in the method for knitting the knitted fabric of the present invention refer to the state of the stitch when the knitted fabric portion is viewed from the needle bed side on which the knitted fabric portion is knitted before the bind off process. For instance, if the knitted fabric portion is mainly knitted with the front needle bed, whether the stitch is the "front stitch" or the "back stitch" is determined from the state of the stitch when the knitted fabric portion is viewed from the front needle bed side. Furthermore, "front side of knitted fabric portion" mentioned in the next paragraph refers to the needle bed side on which the knitted fabric portion is held before the bind off process. For instance, if the knitted fabric portion is mainly knitted with the front needle bed, the front needle bed side of the knitted fabric portion is the "front side of knitted fabric portion".

    [0010] Moreover, "proximate stitch" in the method for knitting the knitted fabric of the present invention is the stitch positioned at the end in the starting end direction when performing the step B of the stitches held at the needle bed before the step A.

    [0011] In the method for knitting the knitted fabric of the present invention, variations of four patterns below can be assumed depending on which of the first stitch or the second stitch to have as the front stitch, and on whether to arrange the second stitch on the front side or the back side of the knitted fabric portion.
    1. [1] First stitch = front stitch, second stitch = back stitch, second stitch is arranged on front side of knitted fabric portion
    2. [2] First stitch = back stitch, second stitch = front stitch, second stitch is arranged on front side of knitted fabric portion
    3. [3] First stitch = front stitch, second stitch = back stitch, second stitch is arranged on back side of knitted fabric portion
    4. [4] First stitch = back stitch, second stitch = front stitch, second stitch is arranged on back side of knitted fabric portion
      Among the knitting of such four patterns, the knitting of [2], that is, having the first stitch as the back stitch and the second stitch as the front stitch in the step A, and overlapping the second stitch on the proximate stitch so that the second stitch is arranged on the front side of the knitted fabric portion in the step B is particularly preferable.


    [0012] In one aspect of the method for knitting the knitted fabric of the present invention, the following steps are preferably carried out sequentially in the step A if the first stitch is the back stitch, the second stitch is the front stitch, and the second stitch is overlapped on the proximate stitch so that the second stitch is arranged on a front side of the knitted fabric portion.

    (Step 1) Form the first stitch while moving a yarn feeder in the bind off direction.

    (Step 2) Move the yarn feeder in the starting end direction than the first stitch.

    (Step 3) Transfer the first stitch to an opposing needle bed.

    (Step 4) Move the yarn feeder in the bind off direction than the first stitch.

    (Step 5) Form the second stitch while moving the yarn feeder in the starting end direction.



    [0013] The objects are also met by a knitted fabric having the features defined in claim 4.

    [0014] A knitted fabric of the present invention is a knitted fabric including a bind off portion formed by repeating overlapping of proximate stitches and forming of a bind off stitch following the double stitch from one end side toward the other end side in a knitting width direction using a flat knitting machine having at least a pair of front and back needle beds and in which stitches held on a knitting needle of the needle bed are transferable to a different knitting needle. The bind off stitch in the bind off portion of the knitted fabric of the present invention comprises a first stitch formed following in the wale direction of the double stitch, and a second stitch formed following in the wale direction of the first stitch and to be overlapped on a proximate stitch proximate to the double stitch; where one of the first stitch and the second stitch is a front stitch, and the other is a back stitch.

    EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION



    [0015] According to the method for knitting the knitted fabric of the present invention, a knitted fabric of the present invention in which the bind off stitch in the bind off portion comprises two stitches continuing in the wale direction, one of the two stitches being the front stitch and the other being the back stitch, can be knitted.
    In such a knitted fabric, the stretch margin of the bind off stitch becomes greater than in the prior art since the bind off stitch is formed from two stitches continuing in the wale direction. Therefore, the bind off portion of the knitted fabric of the present invention has excellent stretchability compared to the bind off portion of the knitted fabric of the prior art. The bind off stitch can be formed to a compactly folded state since one of the two stitches forming the bind off stitch is the front stitch and the other is the back stitch. As a result, the bind off stitch does not appear bulky if the bind off stitch comprises the front stitch and the back stitch compared to when the bind off stitch is simply formed with two front stitches (or back stitches).

    [0016] The bind off portion obtained in the knitting of [2] of the knitting of [1] to [4] becomes the bind off portion with the most satisfactory appearance in terms of the arrangement of the knitting yarn.

    [0017] According to the method for knitting the knitted fabric including the steps 1 to 5, the knitting yarn connecting the first stitch and the second stitch in the knitting process pulls and twists the first stitch toward the starting end. As a result, the bind off portion of the finished knitted fabric is curled toward the back side of the knitted fabric, and hence the line at the end of the bind off portion becomes smooth.

    BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS



    [0018] 

    Fig. 1 is a knitting process diagram of a knitted fabric according to a first embodiment.

    Fig. 2 is a loop diagram of a bind off portion in the knitted fabric according to the first embodiment.

    Fig. 3 is a knitting process diagram of a knitted fabric according to a second embodiment.

    Fig. 4 is a loop diagram of a bind off portion in the knitted fabric according to the second embodiment.


    DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS



    [0019] Embodiments of the present invention will be hereinafter described with reference to the drawings. All the knitting described in the embodiments describe a knitting example in which a two-bed flat knitting machine having a pair of front and back needle beds extending in a transverse direction and disposed opposite to each other in a cross direction, and in which stitches can be transferred between the front and back needle beds is used. The flat knitting machine to use, obviously, may be a four-bed flat knitting machine.

    [First Embodiment]



    [0020] As shown in S1 of Fig. 1, an example in which a knitted fabric portion held on a front needle bed is subjected to a bind off process by a method for knitting a knitted fabric according to the present invention will be described in the first embodiment. In Fig. 1, the number of knitting needles is less than the number actually used in the knitting to simplify the explanation. The knitting method of the present invention may also be applied to the bind off process of a tubular knitted fabric held in a tubular form on the front needle bed and the back needle bed.

    [0021] The "alphabet + number" on the left side of Fig. 1 indicates the process number, the arrow in the left and right direction indicates the moving direction of the yarn feeder (V in the figure), "K" + arrow indicates the knitting direction, and the arrow in the up and down direction or diagonal direction indicates the direction of transfer. A to J in the figure indicate the knitting needles of the front needle bed (hereinafter referred to as FB) and the back needle bed (hereinafter referred to as BB). O in the figure indicates the stitch held on the needle bed, ⊙ indicates the double stitch, and ● indicates the stitch knitted in each knitting process, and the operation actually performed in each knitting process is shown with a thick line. In the figure, the operation of racking is omitted in the transfer that involves racking.

    [0022] S1 of Fig. 1 shows a state in which the yarn feeder is moved in the right direction in the plane of drawing, and the stitches of the final course of the knitted fabric are knitted. From such a state, the stitches of the final course of the knitted fabric are subjected to the bind off process by the method for knitting the knitted fabric of the present invention. The bind off process is carried out toward the left direction starting from the end on the right direction in the plane of drawing, and hence the right direction in the plane of drawing is hereinafter referred to as starting end direction RS and the left direction is referred to as bind off direction LS. When performing the bind off process on the tubular knitted fabric in which the knitted fabric portion is held on both the FB and the BB, the bind off process at the BB is carried out with the left direction in the plane of drawing as the starting end direction RS after the bind off process at the FB is finished.

    [0023] First, in S2, the stitch (target stitch 1) at the termination of the final course held on the knitting needle I of the FB is transferred to the knitting needle I of the opposing BB. In S3, the yarn feeder is moved in the bind off direction LS, and a stitch (first stitch 2) following the stitch 1 held on the knitting needle I of the BB transferred in S2 is formed. The stitch 2 formed in S3 is a back stitch.

    [0024] In the following S4, the back stitch 2 formed in S3 is transferred to the knitting needle I of the FB, and in S5, a stitch (second stitch 3) is formed following the back stitch 2. The stitch 3 formed in S5 is a front stitch.

    [0025] According to S2 to S5, the stitch column of two stages (stitch column of first stage comprises the back stitch 2, stitch column of second stage comprises the front stitch 3) following the wale direction of the stitch row held on the knitting needle in S1 is formed. In S6 and subsequent process following S5, the bind off process is carried out using the stitch column of two stages.

    [0026] In S6, a stitch (proximate stitch 4) held on the knitting needle H of the FB and adjoining the front stitch 3 formed in S5 is transferred to the knitting needle H of the opposing BB. The proximate stitch 4 is one of a plurality of stitches held on the knitting needles in S1 and is positioned at the end of the starting end direction RS of a plurality of stitches still held on the knitting needles as the stage S5 is terminated. The front stitch 3 formed in S5 is overlapped on the stitch 4 transferred to the knitting needle H of the BB (S7). The stitch 3, overlapped on the stitch 4 in S7, is arranged on the front side of the knitted fabric with respect to the stitch 4.

    [0027] In S8, the double stitch held on the knitting needle H of the BB formed in S7 is redefined as a new target stitch 1, and a first stitch 2 following the double stitch 1 is formed. The first stitch 2 is transferred to the knitting needle H of the opposing FB (S9), and a new second stitch 3 following the first stitch 2 held on the knitting needle H of the FB by being transferred in S9 is formed (S10).

    [0028] Thereafter, the knitting of S6 to S10 is repeated to carry out the bind off process on the final course of the knitted fabric. Fig. 2 shows a loop diagram of the vicinity of a bind off portion in the knitted fabric knitted by applying the knitting method of the knitted fabric described above. The stitches shown using reference numerals in Fig. 2 correspond to the stitches shown using reference numerals in Fig. 1. As shown in Fig. 2, the bind off stitch in the bind off portion comprises two stitches of the first stitch 2 and the second stitch 3 continuing in the wale direction and thus has a large stretch margin in the knitting width direction of the knitted fabric. Since the first stitch 2 is the back stitch and the second
    stitch 3 is the front stitch, the bind off stitch comprising such stitches 2 and 3 in the actual knitted fabric finely fits between the target stitch 1 and the proximate stitch 4, and thus satisfactory appearance of the bind off portion is realized.

    [Second Embodiment]



    [0029] In a second embodiment, a knitting method different from the first embodiment will be described with reference to Figs. 3 and 4. The manner of looking at Figs. 3 and 4 is similar to Figs. 1 and 2 of the first embodiment.

    [0030] First, from the state in which the final course of the knitted fabric is knitted shown in T1, similar to the first embodiment, the stitch (target stitch 1) of the knitting needle I of the FB is transferred to the knitting needle I of the opposing BB (T2), and the back stitch (first stitch 2) following the transferred stitch 1 is formed (T3).

    [0031] Subsequently, similar to the first embodiment, the front stitch (second stitch 3) following the back stitch 2 formed in T3 is formed, but the yarn feeder is moved to the left and right before forming the front stitch 3 in the second embodiment so that the back stitch 2 is in a twisted state. Specifically, the yarn feeder is once moved toward the starting end direction RS side than the back stitch 2 formed in T3 so that the knitting yarn extending from the yarn feeder traverses the front side of the back stitch 2 in the starting end direction RS (T4), and then the back stitch 2 is transferred to the knitting needle I of the opposing FB (T5). Furthermore, the yarn feeder is moved toward the bind off direction LS side than the back stitch 2 so that the knitting yarn extending from the yarn feeder traverses the back side of the back stitch 2 in the bind off direction LS (T6). The yarn feeder is then reversed and moved in the starting end direction RS, and the front stitch 3 following the back stitch 2 is formed in the meantime (T7).

    [0032] In the following T8, the yarn feeder is moved toward the bind off direction LS side than the knitting needle H so that the knitting yarn extending from the yarn feeder traverses the back side of the stitches 3 and 4 in the bind off direction LS. The stitch (proximate stitch 4) held on the knitting needle H of the FB is then transferred to the knitting needle H of the opposing BB (T9), and the front stitch 3 formed in T7 is overlapped on the stitch 4 to form a double stitch (T10). The double stitch of T10 is then redefined as the target stitch 1, the yarn feeder is moved toward the starting end direction RS side than the double stitch 1 held on the knitting needle H so that the knitting yarn traverses the front side of the double stitch 1 in the starting end direction RS (T11), and the yarn feeder is immediately reversed in the bind off direction LS to form the back stitch 2 following the double stitch 1 (T12).

    [0033] Looking at the held state of the stitches of T12, the state substantially same as T3 is obtained. After T12, knitting similar to T4 to T12 is repeated. Fig. 4 shows a loop diagram of the vicinity of the bind off portion in the knitted fabric knitted by applying the knitting method of the knitted fabric of the second embodiment described above. As shown in Fig. 4, the first stitch 2 is pulled in the twisting direction by the knitting yarn connecting from the first stitch 2 to the second stitch 3, and hence the first stitch 2 is drawn toward the far side in the plane of drawing so as to resolve such a twisted state. As a result, the end of the knitted fabric gets drawn toward the far side in the plane of drawings, so that the line at the end becomes smooth and has satisfactory appearance.

    [0034] One of further embodiments of the present invention is, for instance, such that one part of the knitting process of the first embodiment may be interchanged and performed. In S2 to S7 of Fig. 1, the first stitch 2 is the back stitch and the second stitch 3 is the front stitch, but the knitting process may be appropriately interchanged such that the first stitch 2 is the front stitch and the second stitch 3 is the back stitch. In S6, S7 of Fig. 1, the second stitch 3 is overlapped on the front side of the proximate stitch 4, but S7 may be carried out first and S6 may be carried out afterwards so that the second stitch 3 is overlapped on the back side of the proximate stitch 4. In addition, two stages of the stitch column having a width of two or more stitches in the knitting width direction may be arranged in the bind off process. In this case, at least one (may be all) of the stitches configuring the stitch column of the second stage may be overlapped on the proximate stitch as a bind off stitch. In this case, obviously, if the stitch column of the first stage is configured by the back stitch (or front stitch), the stitch column of the second stage is configured by the front stitch (back stitch) .

    DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS



    [0035] 
    A
    to J knitting needle
    FB
    front needle bed    BB back needle bed
    LS
    bind off direction    RS starting end direction
    1
    target stitch (stitch, double stitch)
    2
    first stitch (stitch, back stitch)
    3
    second stitch (stitch, front stitch)
    4
    proximate stitch (stitch)



    Claims

    1. A method for knitting a knitted fabric in which stitches of a knitted fabric portion held on a needle bed is subjected to a bind off process, using a flat knitting machine having a front and a back needle bed and in which stitches can be transferred between the front and the back needle bed, wherein the method comprises:

    when a direction in which a bind off stitch is sequentially formed in a longitudinal direction of the needle bed is a bind off direction (LS) and a direction opposite to the bind off direction (LS) is a starting end direction (RS),

    a step A of forming two new stitches, a first stitch (2) and a second stitch (3), following in a wale direction of a target stitch (1) which is a target of the bind off process, with one as a front stitch and the other as a back stitch; and

    a step B of overlapping a proximate stitch (4) proximate in the bind off direction (LS) with respect to the second stitch (3), and the second stitch (3), wherein the double stitch formed in the step B is redefined as a new target stitch, and the step A and the step B are repeated.


     
    2. The method for knitting a knitted fabric according to claim 1, wherein
    in the step A, the first stitch (2) is the back stitch and the second stitch (3) is the front stitch, and in the step B, the second stitch (3) is overlapped on the proximate stitch (4) so that the second stitch (3) is arranged on a front side of the knitted fabric portion.
     
    3. The method for knitting a knitted fabric according to claim 2, wherein
    in the step A,
    a step 1 of forming the first stitch (2) while moving a yarn feeder in the bind off direction (LS),
    a step 2 of moving the yarn feeder in the starting end direction (RS) of the first stitch (2),
    a step 3 of transferring the first stitch (2) to an opposing needle bed,
    a step 4 of moving the yarn feeder in the bind off direction (LS) of the first stitch (2), and
    a step 5 of forming the second stitch (3) while moving the yarn feeder in the starting end direction (RS), are sequentially carried out.
     
    4. A knitted fabric including a bind off portion formed by repeated overlapping of proximate stitches and forming of two bind off stitches following the respective double stitch in a wale direction of the double stitch from one end side toward the other end side in a knitting width direction, using a flat knitting machine having a front and a back needle bed and in which stitches can be transferred between the front and the back needle bed, wherein
    the bind off stitches in the bind off portion include,
    a first stitch (2) formed following in the wale direction of the double stitch, and
    a second stitch (3) formed following in the wale direction of the first stitch (2) and to be overlapped on a proximate stitch (4) adjoining the double stitch, and one of the first stitch (2) and the second stitch (3) is a front stitch, and the other is a back stitch.
     


    Ansprüche

    1. Verfahren zum Stricken von Maschenware, bei der Maschen eines auf einem Nadelbett hängenden Maschenwarenteils einem Abbindprozess unterzogen wird, unter Verwendung einer Flachstrickmaschine, die ein vorderes und ein hinteres Nadelbett aufweist, und in der Maschen zwischen dem vorderen und dem hinteren Nadelbett umhängbar sind, wobei das Verfahren umfasst:

    wenn eine Richtung, in der eine Abbindmasche sequentiell in einer Längsrichtung des Nadelbetts gebildet wird, eine Abbindrichtung (LS) und eine Richtung entgegengesetzt zur Abbindrichtung (LS) eine Startendrichtung (RS) ist,

    ein Schritt A zum Bilden von zwei Maschen, wobei eine erste Masche (2) und eine zweite Masche (3), die in Maschenstäbchenrichtung einer Zielmasche (1) folgt, welche eine Zielmasche des Abbindprozesses ist, mit einer als eine vordere Masche und der anderen als eine hintere Masche; und

    ein Schritt B zum Überlappen einer nächsten Masche (4), die in Abbindrichtung (LS) bezüglich der zweiten Masche (3) folgt, und der zweiten Masche (3), wobei die im Schritt B gebildete Doppelmasche als neue Zielmasche neu definiert wird, und der Schritt A und der Schritt B wiederholt werden.


     
    2. Verfahren zum Stricken einer Maschenware nach Anspruch 1, wobei
    im Schritt A die erste Masche (2), die hintere Masche und die zweite Masche (3) die vordere Masche ist, und im Schritt B die zweite Masche (3) auf die nächsten Masche (4) überlappt wird, so dass die zweite Masche (3) auf einer Vorderseite des Maschenwarenteils angeordnet ist.
     
    3. Verfahren zum Stricken von Maschenware nach Anspruch 2, wobei
    im Schritt A,
    ein Schritt 1 zum Bilden der ersten Masche (2), während sich der Fadenführer in der Abbindrichtung (LS) bewegt,
    ein Schritt 2 zum Bewegen des Fadenführers in die Startendrichtung (RS) der ersten Masche (2),
    ein Schritt 3 zum Umhängen der ersten Masche (2) auf ein gegenüberliegendes Nadelbett,
    ein Schritt 4 zum Bewegen des Fadenführers in der Abbindrichtung (LS) der ersten Masche (2), und
    ein Schritt 5 zum Bilden einer zweiten Masche (3) während des Bewegens des Fadenführers in der Startendrichtung (RS)
    sequentiell ausgeführt werden.
     
    4. Maschenware mit einem Abbildteil, der durch wiederholtes Überlappen nächster Maschen, und Bilden von zwei Abbindmaschen, die der jeweiligen Doppelmasche in einer Maschenstäbchenrichtung der Doppelmasche von einer Endseite zur anderen Endseite in Strickbreitenrichtung folgt, gebildet wird unter Verwendung einer Flachstrickmaschine, die ein vorderes und ein hinteres Nadelbett aufweist, und in der Maschen zwischen dem vorderen und dem hinteren Nadelbett umgehängt werden können, wobei
    die Abbindmaschen im Abbindteil umfassen,
    eine erste Masche (2) die in Maschenstäbchenrichtung der Doppelmasche folgend gebildet wird, und eine zweite Masche (3), die in Maschenstäbchenrichtung der ersten Masche (2) folgend gebildet wird und um auf einer nächsten Masche (4) überlappt zu werden, die an die Doppelmasche angrenzt, und eine der ersten Masche (2) und der zweiten Masche (3) ein vordere Masche und die andere eine hintere Masche ist.
     


    Revendications

    1. Procédé pour tricoter un tissu tricoté, dans lequel des mailles d'une portion de tissu tricoté maintenues sur une fonture sont soumises à un processus de rabat, utilisant une machine à tricoter à plat comportant une fonture avant et une fonture arrière et dans laquelle des mailles peuvent être transférées entre la fonture avant et la fonture arrière, le procédé comprenant :

    lorsque la direction dans laquelle une maille de rabat est formée séquentiellement dans la direction longitudinale de la fonture est une direction de rabat (LS) et une direction opposée à la direction de rabat (LS) est une direction d' extrémité de démarrage (RS),

    une étape A consistant à former de nouvelles mailles, une première maille (2) et une deuxième maille (3), dans une direction de colonnes de mailles, à la suite d'une maille cible (1) qui est une cible du processus de rabat, l'une étant une maille avant et l'autre une maille arrière ; et

    une étape B consistant à superposer une maille proximale (4), à proximité dans la direction de rabat (LS) en ce qui concerne la deuxième maille (3), à la deuxième maille (3), dans lequel la double maille formée dans l'étape B est redéfinie en tant que nouvelle maille cible, et les étapes A et B sont répétées.


     
    2. Procédé pour tricoter un tissu tricoté selon la revendication 1, dans lequel
    dans l'étape A, la première maille (2) est la maille arrière et la deuxième maille (3) est la maille avant, et dans l'étape B, la deuxième maille (3) est superposée à la maille proximale (4) de sorte que la deuxième maille (3) est agencée sur le côté avant de la portion de tissu tricoté.
     
    3. Procédé pour tricoter un tissu tricoté selon la revendication 2, dans lequel
    dans l'étape A,
    une étape 1 consistant à former la première maille (2) pendant le déplacement d'un dispositif d'alimentation en fil dans la direction de rabat (LS),
    une étape 2 consistant à déplacer le dispositif d'alimentation en fil dans la direction d'extrémité de démarrage (RS) de la première maille (2),
    une étape 3 consistant à transférer la première maille (2) vers une fonture opposée,
    une étape 4 consistant à déplacer le dispositif d'alimentation en fil dans la direction de rabat (RS) de la première maille (2), et
    une étape 5 consistant à former la deuxième maille (3) pendant un déplacement du dispositif d'alimentation en fil dans la direction d'extrémité de démarrage (RS), sont réalisées séquentiellement.
     
    4. Tissu tricoté comprenant une portion de rabat formée par un recouvrement répété de mailles proximales et la formation de deux mailles de rabat à la suite de la double maille respective dans une direction de colonne de mailles de la double maille à partir d'un premier côté d'extrémité en direction de l'autre côté d'extrémité dans une direction de largeur de tricotage, en utilisant une machine à tricoter à plat comportant une fonture avant et une fonture arrière et dans laquelle des mailles peuvent être transférées entre la fonture avant et la fonture arrière, dans lequel
    les mailles de rabat dans la portion de rabat comprennent,
    une première maille (2) formée dans la direction de colonne de mailles à la suite de la double maille, et
    une deuxième maille (3) formée dans la direction de colonne de mailles à la suite de la première maille (2) et superposée à une maille proximale (4) attenante à la double maille, et l'une de la première maille (2) et de la deuxième maille (3) est une maille avant, et l'autre est une maille arrière.
     




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