Patent ID: 9365962
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: A41B,D04B

Claim Text:
1. A method for preparing a tubular manufacture for automated pick-up at an end of its formation on a double-cylinder circular machine with at least one feed or drop, comprising at least the following steps: a first stepof transferring or retaining all the needles in a lower needle cylinder with loops of a last formed row of knitting of the manufacture engaged in an upper head of the needles, tensioning the manufacture downward inside a lower needle cylinder; a second step, of moving all the needles to the tuck-stitch position so that the loops are at an upper tab of each needle; a third step of pushing upward the portion of the manufacture engaged with the needles; a fourth step of disengaging sinkers from the manufacture so that said manufacture, due to an upward thrust, moves so that the loops of the last formed row of knitting are in the upper head of the needles; a fifth step of lifting the needles into a dropped-stitch position, keeping the manufacture pushed upward in order to keep the loops of the last formed row of knitting in the upper head of the needles.