Patent ID: 6282925
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
A method for manufacturing knitted tubular items, which are closed at an axial end by way of a circular knitting machine, comprising the steps of:forming the tubular item on a circular machine by way of needles of a needle cylinder thereof, starting from an opposite axial end of the item with respect to an axial end to be closed;retaining on the needles of the needle cylinder a last formed row of knitting;individually transferring loops of the last row of knitting formed by the needles of the needle cylinder to an auxiliary element provided with supporting means for individually supporting the loops, the supporting means of at least one first half-row of said last row being adapted to receive two loops and to pass one of said two loops in the other loop;reversing the item;transferring the loops of a second half-row of said last row from corresponding ones of said supporting means to the supporting means of the loops of the first half-row;knitting in the loops of the second half-row with the loops of the first half-row by passing the loops of the second half-row through the loops of the first half-row and closing the axial end of the item; andperforming an additional operation for stabilizing closure of the item.