Patent ID: 6158252
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
A method for closure of an end of a tubular fabric, the method comprising the steps of:operating a knitting cylinder with first and second semicircles of needles to form the tubular article;providing a hook disk with a plurality of hooks cooperating with said needles of said knitting cylinder to form the end of the tubular fabric;loading the hooks with loops of the tubular fabric from the first semicircle of needles;forming a first non-run lip in the tubular fabric with the first semicircle of needles;releasing the loops of the fabric from the first semicircle of needles;forming a second non-run lip with the second semicircle of needles;releasing the loops of the fabric from said second semicircle of needles;transferring the second non-run lip to the first semicircle of needles;raising said needles to engage the fabric along the second non-run lip;moving the hooks radially out;operating the first semicircle of needles to take the fabric from the hooks and join the fabric from the hooks to the fabric already engaged by the first semicircle of needles to form a third non-run lip;releasing the third non-run lip from the first semicircle of needles.