Patent ID: 6047569
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: D04B,D10B

Abstract:
A method for holding a stitch loop using a flat knitting machine wherein a large number of compound needles, each comprising a needle proper with a hook at a top end thereof and a slider having a tongue including two thin plates put together, are arranged in at least one first bed, the needle proper and the slider of each compound needle are individually movable forward and backward, at least one second bed with a large number of knitting members is provided, and said compound needles are made to advance from the first bed, and said knitting members are made to advance from the second bed to cross said compound needles and said knitting members with each other, and a region where said compound needles and said knitting members cross form a trick gap,said method for holding a stitch loop includinga: moving a knitting member keeping a stitch loop from the second bed and the stitch loop into the trick gap;b: moving both the needle proper and the slider of a compound needle forward into the trick gap and inserting both said hook and said tongue into the stitch loop kept by the knitting member of step a, andc: moving backward the knitting member referred to in step a and placing the stitch loop onto the tongue of the compound needle of step b.