Patent ID: 6173746
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: D03D

Abstract:
Method for manufacturing fabrics with a rib structure on a weaving machine comprising inserting plural weft threads in successive sheds between plural warp threads of a series of warp thread systems, forming a fabric with sets of at least two weft threads running one above another, forming plural ribs in each warp thread system with two pattern warp threads opposite each other respectively along an upper side and a lower side of the fabric, wherein the pattern warp threads, alternately along their respective fabric side, are rib-formingly passed around over one or several sets of weft threads and are interlaced in the fabric, and wherein in each warp thread system at least one additional pattern warp thread is inwoven in the fabric between the weft threads of the sets over which other pattern warp threads are rib-formingly passed around.