Patent ID: 6119050
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
A CAD apparatus for generating knitting commands retrievable by built-in computers in knitting machines having at least a pair of needle beds comprising a front needle bed and a back needle bed opposed to each other, each of said needle beds having a plurality of needles, at least one of said front and back needle beds being slidable to the right and to the left,said CAD apparatus generating knitting commands for binding two knitted fabrics comprising a first fabric held on one of the front and back needle beds and a second fabric held on the other of the front and back needle beds,wherein each of the two knitted fabrics is provided with a plurality of stitches, each of said stitches consisting of a loop and prolongations on both sides thereof;said commands for binding comprising the commands ofa. forming new stitches in succession to stitches of the respective two knitted fabrics;b. transferring said new stitches to opposing needle beds to make the prolongations of said new stitches cross each other;c. overlapping said new stitches with interior stitches of said two knitted fabrics; andwherein said commands a, b, and c are repeatable from one side end of each of the two knitted fabrics toward interior portions thereof.