Patent ID: 7634920

Claim:
A method for producing a circular weft knitted tubular fabric on a circular weft knitting machine, comprising steps of: drawing a continuous fiber band ( 5 ) in a drawing device ( 14 ) to obtain a drawn continuous fiber band ( 5 ); twisting the drawn continuous fiber band ( 5 ) supplied from the drawing device ( 14 ) in a spinning device ( 22 , 23 ; 26 , 29 ) to continuously obtain a yarn material ( 4 , 7 ) at an outlet end ( 24 , 30 ) of the spinning device ( 22 , 23 ; 26 , 29 ); feeding the yarn material ( 4 , 7 ) obtained at the outlet end ( 24 , 30 ) of the spinning device ( 22 , 23 ; 26 , 29 ) directly into a knitting point ( 16 ) of the circular weft knitting machine; and forming loops ( 1 ) with the yarn material ( 4 , 7 ) at the knitting point for producing the circular weft knitted tubular fabric without unwinding the yarn material ( 4 , 7 )from a supply bobbin.