Patent ID: 11952686
Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 15:
16. A method for producing a compression article on a knitting machine, comprising:
measuring a body part to be supported by the compression article, by scanning of the body part;
calculating a necessary number of stitches per stitch row in accordance with a measured circumference of the body part in that region of the body part that is covered by the stitch row;
calculating a necessary number of stitches per wale of the compression article for covering the body part in the longitudinal direction thereof;
calculating points within each stitch row at which a stitch increase or decrease is necessary with respect to a preceding stitch row and at which additional stitches in a wale are required, so that, a central longitudinal axis of the compression article conforms to a central longitudinal axis of the body part;
knitting the compression article, using the calculated stitch counts per stitch row, the calculated points of a stitch increase or decrease in the stitch rows, and the calculated necessary numbers of stitches per wale.