Method for Knitting Manufactured Articles with Circular Knitting Machines Having the Needle Cylinder Actuatable for Rotation in Both Rotation Directions

Abstract

A method for knitting manufactured articles with circular knitting machines with high-fineness consisting in that at least one region of the manufacture is produced with a group of contiguous needles by reducing at least once the number of active needles of the group of needles by transferring the last loop of knitting formed by certain needles of the group of needles to contiguous needles of the group of needles and excluding from knitting the needles that have transferred the loop of knitting during the formation of at least one portion of a subsequent row of knitting by the needles that are kept active. The manufacture region is produced by providing in succession portions of rows of knitting obtained by actuating the needle cylinder with a two direction rotary motion.

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       4 . A method for knitting manufactured articles with circular knitting machines having a needle cylinder actuatable for rotation in both rotation directions, particularly with high-fineness circular machines, wherein at least one region of the manufactured article is produced with a group of contiguous needles by reducing at least once the number of active needles of said group of needles by transferring the last loop of knitting formed by certain needles of said group of needles to contiguous needles of said group of needles and thus excluding from knitting said certain needles during the formation of at least one portion of a subsequent row of knitting by the needles that are kept active, and wherein said region of the manufactured article is produced by providing in succession portions of rows of knitting obtained by actuating the needle cylinder with a rotary motion about its own axis in one direction of rotation alternated with portions of rows of knitting obtained by actuating the needle cylinder with a rotary motion about its own axis in the opposite direction. 
   
   
       5 . The method according to  claim 4 , wherein the reduction of the number of active needles of said group of needles is performed by transferring the last loop of knitting formed by certain needles of said group of needles located at least one end of said group of needles to contiguous needles of said group of needles. 
   
   
       6 . The method according to  claim 4 , performed on circular knitting machines which have a fineness substantially ranging from 16 to 50 needles per inch.