Patent ID: 6397639
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: D04B,D10B

Abstract:
A method of producing knitted products with several knitting planes on a two bed flat knitting machine so that all needles of one needle bed are usable for producing stitches for one stitching plane, the method comprising the following steps:removing stitches hanging on the needles in a first knitting plane with transfer elements associated with the needles to form a further knitting plane; offsetting the transfer elements with the stitches held on the transfer elements or an associated needle bed by a half needle pitch, whereby the transfer elements are disposed in gaps of the needle bed; removing stitches from an opposite needle bed by needles released from the stitches, thereby forming stitches for said further knitting plane; transferring the stitches again to the opposite needle bed; displacing the transfer elements or the associated needle bed back by a half needle pitch, whereby the transfer elements are again located over the needles of the associated needle bed; and forming additional stitches for the first knitting plane with the needles of the needle beds.