Patent ID: 8327669
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: D04B,D10B

Abstract:
1. Method for manufacturing a flat knitted fabric with a secured end border- on a flat knitting machine with front and rear needle beds, characterized in that initially a fabric is knitted on one or both needle beds, wherein in a border region of the fabric, an elastic thread is knitted in at least on the needle bed forming an inner side of the fabric, and for forming a border knitting is carried out only on the needle bed which knits an outer side of the fabric, so that the elastic thread located on the other needle bed is extended, whereupon stitches are knitted off, wherein the border region is pulled by the elastic threads which contract under load onto the inner side of the fabric, where the thread is subsequently fixed by heating a hot melt adhesive thread knitted into the fabric or the border region on at least one needle bed.