Patent ID: 7325421
Filing Date: 2008-02-05
Classification: A44B,D04B,D10B

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a printed warp knit, weft inserted fabric comprising the steps of: (a) supplying a warp knit, weft inserted fabric having a face side and a backside, said backside of said fabric having a plurality of spaced wales of stitches with a lap portion of each of said stitches projecting outwardly therefrom to form a free loop connected only at its base to its respective wale with adjacent loops in each wale tilted sidewise alternately in opposite directions and a weft yarn inserted into the courses of the fabric between the face and backside of the fabric and extending across the full width of the fabric; (b) transporting the warp knit, weft inserted fabric into the nip of a chill roll and a pressure roll; (c) supplying a molten thermoplastic material into the nip of the chill roll and the pressure roll onto the backside of said warp knit, weft inserted fabric; and (d) printing the face side of said warp knit, weft inserted fabric.