Method for forming a pouch in a tubular knitted article with a circular knitting machine
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Apr 20, 2004
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Mar 19, 2003
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Abstract
The method comprises using a set of contiguous needles of the needle cylinder; actuating the needle cylinder with an alternating rotary motion about its own axis, through a rotation angle making the knitting needles to pass in front of n feeds or drops of the machine which are used to form the pouch; gradually decreasing the needles made to knit at least one of the n feeds, excluding every time needles located at the lateral ends of the set in at least one step of the knitting process; and gradually increasing, at the lateral ends of the set, the needles that are made to knit at least one of the n feeds in at least one other step of the knitting process.
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LONATI S P A | 25124 BRESCIA |
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- 2003 Application Filing Year
- D04B Class
- 121 Applications Filed
- 41 Patents Issued To-Date
- 33.89 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Ando', Jan | Scandicci, IT | 9 | 31 |
# of filed Patents : 9 Total Citations : 31 |
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- 5 Citation Count
- D04B Class
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