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Title:
KNITTED FABRIC HAVING OPENING PORTION AND KNITTING METHOD THEREFOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2002/070800
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A method of knitting a tubular knitted fabric, which improves the feeling of right and left edges formed along the opening portion of a tubularly-knitted knit wear such as a cardigan and a front-opening vest, which uses a flat knitting machine to form a longitudinally-extending opening portion (2) and allow right and left edges (21, 22) extending along an opening portion (2) to overlap front to rear in two layers when the wear is worn, and which comprises the step of repeating a course knitting while right and left edges (21, 22) assigned to one of needle beds are arranged side by side, and a proper number of wales positioned at the side edge of the knitting width of at least one of the right and left knitted fabrics on the side of forming an opening portion (2) for knitting are allowed to run around a knitted fabric side to be knitted and assigned to opposite another needle bed, the step of performing a decreased knitting on a knitted fabric on the side of forming the opening portion (2) to widen the opening portion (2), and the step of transferring side edge wales allowed to run around another needle bed to the outside of a knitted fabric on the side of forming the opening portion (2).

Inventors:
DOHTSU MASAHIRO (JP)
OKUNO MASAO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2002/001886
Publication Date:
September 12, 2002
Filing Date:
February 28, 2002
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
SHIMA SEIKI MFG (JP)
DOHTSU MASAHIRO (JP)
OKUNO MASAO (JP)
International Classes:
D04B1/24; (IPC1-7): D04B7/30
Domestic Patent References:
WO2001063030A12001-08-30
Foreign References:
JP2000256946A2000-09-19
JPH10140446A1998-05-26
JPH08113853A1996-05-07
US6138482A2000-10-31
Other References:
See also references of EP 1375718A4
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