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Method of joining knitted fabrics and joined knitted fabric

  • US 20030106344A1
  • Filed: 11/13/2002
  • Published: 06/12/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A knitted fabric joining method for knitting at least two tubular fabrics, each comprising front and back knitted fabric parts opposite to each other in front and back, and joining together the at least two tubular fabrics in an overlapping relation by using a flat knitting machine comprising at least a pair of first and second needle beds, which are extended laterally and confront each other in front and back;

  • each of which has a large number of needles; and

    at least either of which can be racked laterally to transfer loops between the front and back needle beds, the method comprising a knitted fabric joining step that loops of a final course in a joining region of a tubular fabric to be joined, which comprise a proper number of wale and are located at a side end portion thereof, and loops of a final course in a joining region of another tubular fabric are laid over each other in such a relation that the loops located at near side from a boundary between the front knitted fabric part and the back knitted fabric part are combined with each other and the loops located at far side therefrom are combined with each other, so as to be bound off, whereby a machi is formed at a joining point of the two tubular fabrics, and an integrated tubular fabric is knitted continuously from that joined tubular fabric.

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