JPH11107003A - Tubular knitted fabric such as hosiery and its knitting - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide hosiery or the like, capable of eliminating the looseness in the heel part, making the hosiery or the like moderately fit a foot as a whole, good in comfortableness to wear and having a high merchandise value. SOLUTION: This tubular knitted fabric such as hosiery is obtained by carrying out the knitting with a flat knitting machine equipped with a pair of needle beds at least standing opposite in the front and rear. Furthermore, the tubular knitted fabric is prepared by forming a part 10 of an elastic shrinkable knitted fabric with elastic yarns in the arch part of the foot and knitting the knitted fabric at a smaller number of wales in the heel part 11 than that in the part 10 of the elastic shrinkable knitted fabric heel or that in a tiptoe part.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for knitting socks and the like. Here, the socks and the like according to the present invention are:
Not only original socks with a cylindrical shape from the toe to the upper part of the ankle, but also two types of tight legs, such as tights, with the upper ends of the legs formed into a tubular shape, and a middle part between the fingertip and the arch. Up to a short "toe cover".

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Socks are generally referred to as so-called conventional "socks" in which five fingers such as thumb, index finger, middle finger, ring finger and little finger are collectively stored in one bag. "Finger socks" are known in which each of the five fingers is placed in a finger pocket or the thumb and other fingers are placed in separate finger pockets.

[0003] When knitting these socks and the like, there are a knitting method of knitting from a toe side portion and a knitting method of knitting from a leg insertion port side portion. In each case, a root portion of the five fingers of a leg, It has a width of a so-called "five body" and is formed in a straight cylindrical shape up to the leg insertion opening.

[0004]

In a general sock, when a tubular portion having a small diameter in a tubular shape, that is, a straight tubular knitted fabric is formed by the number of loops in an arch portion, the number of loops for knitting each finger bag in a finger bag portion. Is insufficient, and each bag is small, it is difficult to wear it tightly. It has also been considered to increase the number of loops of each finger stall by increasing the diameter of each finger bag, and to insert a rubber thread through the portion in order to fit the shank of the arch.

[0005] However, there is a problem that the knitted fabric is loose and loose at the heel portion, and the comfort in this portion is deteriorated. The present invention has been proposed in view of the above problems, to eliminate looseness in the heel portion, so that the socks and the like as a whole fit moderately on the foot, have good comfort, and provide a sock with a high commercial value. It is intended to do so.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a tubular knitted fabric such as a sock according to the present invention is knitted by using a flat knitting machine having at least a pair of needle beds opposed to each other. In a tubular knitted fabric such as socks and the like, while forming an elastic shrink knitted fabric portion by elastic yarn in the arch portion, the wale number of the heel knitted fabric is greater than the wale number of the elastic shrink knitted fabric portion or the toe portion. It is a less organized one.

Further, the method for knitting a tubular knitted fabric such as a sock according to the present invention uses a flat knitting machine having at least a pair of needle beds opposed to each other in a front-rear direction, and extends over the knitting needles of the front and rear needle beds. Knitting of socks, etc. formed by feeding the knitting yarn in a zigzag manner, knitting a finger sack or toe part, and then forming a tubular shape from the finger sack or toe part to the foot insertion port through the arch part by circular knitting. In a method or a knitting method of a sock or the like in which a section from a foot insertion opening to a finger sack or a toe portion via a shank portion through a shank portion is formed into a tubular shape by orbital knitting, an elastic shrink knitted fabric with elastic yarn at the shank portion While forming the part, by reducing or increasing the number of eyes at the heel part from the elastic shrink knitted fabric part, the number of wales forming the heel part is calculated from the number of wales of the elastic shrinkable knitted fabric part or toe part It was organized so eliminated is characterized in.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of a tubular knitted fabric such as a sock and a knitting method thereof according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The flatbed knitting machine used in the present example has a needle bed on which a knitting needle is slidably mounted, which is arranged in front and rear in a “C” shape in a side view in a state in which the teeth are close to each other. A known structure is used in which the knitting needles are moved forward and backward by a carriage that slides and moves on the upper surface, and the front and rear needle beds are relatively movable (racking).

This embodiment is for knitting a sock with a heel formed with a five-finger pouch as shown in FIG.
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a sock with five fingers, and FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the sock.
In the drawing, reference numeral 1 indicates a sock with five fingers as a whole. This sock with fingers 1 feeds a knitting yarn in a zigzag manner over the knitting needles of a needle bed in front and behind of a flat knitting machine to form a thumb finger bag 2 and a forefinger finger bag 3 knitted from a toe portion, respectively. After the respective finger bags of the finger bag 4 for the middle finger are formed, and the three trunks 5 in which the finger bags 2 to 4 are united are knitted in a predetermined course, the finger bag 6 for the ring finger is knitted.

[0010] After the four-body 7 in which the three-body 5 and the finger bag 6 for the ring finger are united is formed into a tubular shape, a finger-bag 8 for the little finger is formed, and the four-body 7 is formed. The five torso 9 of the sock 1 in which the finger bag 8 for the little finger and the finger bag 8 become one are knitted for a predetermined course.
An arch part (elastic shrinkable knitted fabric part) in which a rubber thread is inserted from the five torso body 9 on the toe side and the diameter thereof is narrowed to form a constriction.
10 is formed, and a substantially triangular heel 11 is formed on the back side knitted fabric of the foot.
After the parts are formed, the parts are knitted in a substantially straight cylindrical shape from the part of the ankle 12 to the part of the rib insertion foot 14 into which the rubber thread is inserted through the part of the calf 13.

The rubber thread can be replaced with synthetic fibers having elasticity such as strong spun tex.

Then, the upper end of the foot insertion port portion 14 is subjected to an end treatment such as discard knitting, and is removed from the flat knitting machine. At the upper end of the foot insertion opening portion 14, the end of the discarded knitting portion is folded back, and the end is sewn to the inner surface of the upper end of the calf 13 by scooping, or a process such as release prevention is performed. . Further, the processing of this end portion may be performed with an overlock or a bind-off.

A description will now be given of the portion from the arch 10 to the heel 11 formed in the small diameter. First, the five trunks 9 have a large number of wales due to the formation of each finger sack and have a long perimeter. The portion is rib-knitted while inserting a rubber thread to form a small-diameter arch 10.

Next, the diameter is reduced by the rib knit through which the rubber thread is inserted. Due to the large size, an operation of reducing the number of wale is performed between the arch 10 and the heel 11. The operation for reducing the number of wales is described in FIGS.
As shown in the figure, of the loop that is shaping the arch 10
First, the loop of the knitted fabric on the left side of the position a is moved toward the center of one pitch, and the loop of the knitted fabric on the right side from the position b on the right where the center X of the knitted fabric is line-symmetric is moved toward the center of the pitch. Thus, the knitting needles at the positions a and b are brought into a state where two loops are hooked.

Thereafter, when the loop of the knitted fabric outside the knitting needle having the two loops hooked at the positions a and b is further moved toward the center of one pitch, the knitting needles at the positions a and b are moved. Is in a state where three loops are locked.

Then, the circumference of the arch 10 is reduced by a total of 8 loops in the front and rear needle beds, and the diameter is reduced accordingly. When such operations are further repeated at the c position and the d position, two operations are performed at the a position, the b position, the c position, and the d position, respectively.
Loops, a total of 16 loops, are reduced, and the heel is formed with this reduced number of wales.

In the above embodiment, the number of loops to be reduced at each of the four positions of the knitting needles of each of the front and rear needle beds is reduced by two at each position. It can be more than a loop. Further, the number of locations to be reduced and their positions can be set arbitrarily.

In the above-described embodiment, the knitting is performed from the toe to the toe. However, when knitting from the toe to the toe, the stitch-reducing portion may be replaced with the knot. Needless to say, the present invention can be implemented by increasing the number of eyes. Further, it goes without saying that the present invention can be carried out on a sock type without a finger bag.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, an elastic shrink knitted fabric portion is formed by an elastic yarn at an arch portion, and a heel portion is formed by reducing or increasing eyes at a heel portion from an elastic shrinkable knitted fabric portion. The knitting is performed so that the number of wales to be made is less than the number of wales in the elastically shrinkable knitted fabric. Including
Furthermore, as the small diameter heel part fits the foot exactly with the number of wales less than the number of wrinkles of the elastic shrink knitted fabric part, the knitted fabric does not loosen loosely at the heel part as before, and the product is comfortable and good There is an advantage that high-value socks and the like can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a five-fingered sock according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a bottom view of a five-fingered sock according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Socks with fingers 10 ... Elastic contraction knitted fabric part (arch part) 11 ... Heel part a, b, c, d ... Eye reduction or eye increase position

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A tubular knitted fabric such as a sock knitted by using a flat knitting machine having at least a pair of needle beds opposed to each other back and forth, wherein an elastic shrink knitted fabric portion made of an elastic yarn is formed on an arch portion. A tubular knitted fabric, such as a sock, which is formed and knitted such that the number of wales of a heel portion knitted fabric is smaller than the number of wales of an elastically contracted knitted fabric portion or a toe portion. 2. A weft knitting machine having at least a pair of needle beds facing each other back and forth, feeding a knitting yarn in a zigzag manner over the knitting needles of the front and rear needle beds to knit a finger bag or a toe portion. After that, a knitting method of socks or the like formed by forming a tubular shape by orbital knitting from the finger pouch or toe part to the foot insertion port through the arch part, or the finger pouch or the knitting through the foot arch part from the foot insertion port In a knitting method for a sock or the like in which a portion up to a toe portion is formed in a tubular shape by orbital knitting, an elastic shrink knitted fabric portion is formed by an elastic yarn in an arch portion, and an eye is formed from an elastic shrink knitted fabric portion to a heel portion. Knitting of socks, etc., characterized in that the number of wales forming the heel portion by reducing or increasing the number of eyes is reduced to be less than the number of wales in the elastically contracted knitted fabric portion or the toe portion Law.