Patent ID: 6018966
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
A stitch forming method using a flat knitting machine wherein said machine includesat least a pair of needle beds, one in a front and an other in a rear, an area between said needle beds constituting a trick gap, each of the needle beds having a plurality of compound needles, each compound needle comprising a needle proper having a hook at a top end thereof and a slider having two elastic plates each having a tongue at a top end thereof, the needle proper and the slider being individually slidable forward to and backward from the trick gap, the tongues opening and closing the hook, and with advancement of the tongues beyond the hook, said two elastic plates being opened by said hook, and a yarn feeder to feed yarn to the hook of each said compound needle,said stitch forming method comprising:advancing, to the trick gap, a hook and tongues of a first compound needle of said plurality of compound needles of a first needle bed of said pair of needle beds, said first compound needle holding at least one first stitch loop; andfeeding a first yarn from the yarn feeder to the hook of the first compound needle, retracting said hook for holding said first yarn on the hook, and keeping said tongues in the trick gap for holding said first stitch loop on said tongues without knocking over the first stitch loop from the first compound needle.