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US1965873A
US1965873A US600780A US60078032A US1965873A US 1965873 A US1965873 A US 1965873A US 600780 A US600780 A US 600780A US 60078032 A US60078032 A US 60078032A US 1965873 A US1965873 A US 1965873A
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Wildt Edwin
Holmes Henry Harold
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
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    • D04B1/00—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes
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    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
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    • D04B1/00—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes
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  • This invention consists in improvements in or relating to knitted fabrics and to methods of knitting them and is concerned solely with the production of knitted goods, having what is some- 5 times termed "non-iaddering properties, and
  • non-laddering does not necessarily mean that laddering is wholly prevented but denotes that should a loop of the knitting be broken the stitch or stitches released by the broken loop will not readily run down nor pull out through any considerable length of the knitting.
  • the invention is limited to articles knitted from silk. artificial silk, mercerized cotton or other yarns having similarly smooth surfaces because it is inconnection with goods knitted from such yarns that the problem of preventing 'laddering becomes a particularly important one.
  • the invention is also limited to a knit fabric in which the warp-thread is plated at the rear of the face of the fabric. It is not intended to include so called interlocked fabrics in which the warp-threadis laid below the latch ofthe needles so as to be secured at the back of the fabric. It is to be understood that the plating of warpthread at the rear of the face of the fabric is to include the so called sandwiching of warp-threads .between ground-threads.
  • the invention is applied to nonladderingfabrics knitted from a combination of a ground-thread 0r threads and warp-threads of a similar type, for instance, to those described in prior British Patents Nos. 327,958, 327,987,
  • An object of the invention is to improve the non-laddering properties of the fabrics and also to improve the appearance. of them' so thatthe 3 employment of the Wale-threads does not substantially alter the appearance of the fab. ie from that of a. plain knitted fabric.
  • the ap-r pearance of the resultant fabric has not been that of a plain knitted fabric and particularly in the caseof hose and halfhose this .is objectionable.
  • a The invention described and claimed herein is y to be understood to include fabrics, hose and half-hose when those parts only that are nor;- mally required in the use ofthe article to be lad-v derproof are knitted in the manner and from the yarns above referred to.
  • hose and half-hose it may be preferable to form any or all of the followinglparts, namely, the heel, toe, foot-bottom, welt or ribbed top or portions thereof, and in some instances the highsplice, of the yarns set out above and/or of others not necessarily possessing a smooth surface and some or all of these parts may be knitted in a ladderproof manner or in any other manner.
  • the lower portion of the hose or half-hose comprising essentially heel, toe and foot-bottom need not necessarily be produced on the same machine as the leg portion.
  • wales at the back of the article may be involved in the knitting of a mock seam or a substitute therefor, or wales where clocks or similar special patterns are to be produced, may be knitted in any other manner.
  • the Wale-threads necessary for the ladderproof fabric may be omitted from the needles on which the wales are produced that are to receive the embroidery.
  • articles which are substantially ladderproof owing to being knitted in the manner hereinafter described are not to be deemed outside this invention as described and claimed herein merely -because portions of their lengths so short as not seriously to aflect'the ladderproof quality are knitted in some other manner and/or of some other material.
  • the minimum ratio of the diameter of the ground-thread tothat of the warp-thread has been stated to be 1.4:1, to'be more precise in relation to artificial silk and .the like the equivalent ratio reckoned in yarn counts is 2:1.
  • the minimum ratio of the diameter of the ground thread to that of the warp-thread is 1.6:1 and may be as great as 1.73:1 or even greater.
  • each warpthread it is not necessary that in each wale each warpthreadshould be formed into a; knittedloopin each course as in some courses the warp-threads may be interlocked in a similar manner to that described in prior British specification No. 313,657. g
  • each ground-thread be comprised of a single ground-thread, but that it may also be composed of a pluralityknitted together ineach needle sc also the warm thread may comprise several threads knitted .by' the same needle at one time.
  • the face of the fabric'on which, in accordance with this invention, the ground-thread loops are to appear is that face or surface which will be the outer face or right side of the finished article. In ahose or half-hose the right side of the article is that which is seen when the hose or half hose'is worn and the wrong side or rear face is thatwhich will be next to the skin of the wearer.
  • ground-threads can be employed instead of a single ground-thread and the total thickness of the ground-thread canbe made up by the use, of two or more relatively gfine threads.
  • the warp-threads are knitted-so as to appear on the rear face of the fabric'by to say, the ground-thread willbe supplied to the f needles under a greater tension than the warp- 'threads with the'result. that the ground-thread is laid rearmost in the needle-hook before knocking over and will subsequently come to the face of the g'fabric (i. e.
  • Warp-thread is formefd'in: knitted loop with " Figures so and- 6b diagrammatically illustrate -'portions of therear faces of two pieces of fabric 76 in which, -inFlgureBa; the warp-thread is indi is-inside the needle-circle and it is of impor-- threads as described herein.
  • Figures 7, 8 and 9 are views respectively similar to Figures 1, 2 and 3 showing a latch-needle infioperation instead ,of abearded needle.
  • the ground-thread may be the first to befsupplied to the needles whichare afterwards wrapped with the warp-threads in which case in the u tic illustration-above mentioned it is to be understood that the thread 11 is laid on each needle before it is wrapped 11 with the warp-thread 10.
  • a latch-needle is shown inppration which'may beassumed to be a needlelin a circular machine.
  • thewarp-thread black
  • the white'ground-thread atf 11,.th' i on-rennin; sinker at is' d the'feedei" at 14, It is. thought'to be unnecessary further to describe the operation because except for the'll change from a bearded to a latch-needle the sequence of operations remains the same as that described with reference-to Figures 1 to 3.
  • Figure shows an enlarged view of the knitting obtained microscopically in which the wale A shows the knitting viewed from the front or face of the fabric and the wale B is viewed from the rear. It will be seen at the places indicated by the arrows l2 ground-thread loops as shown 'in Figure 5; but,
  • the rear of the fabric knitted in accordance with this invention presents a much more ridged appearance than the face orfront surface of the fabric which latter isnoticeably smooth.
  • each loop of the ground-thread 11 in aneedle wale is disposed between a warp-thread loop 21 that is formed together with the ground-thread loop in that course and the shanks 22 of the warp-thread of an adjacent course,
  • the ground-thread loop is indicated in dotted lines and is to be understood as lying behind the warp-thread loop 21.
  • shanks 22 of the warp-thread loops appearance is to some extent marred.
  • the form of knitting according to the present invention has many practical advantages amongst which the following are of considerable value, namely:-- i I (a)
  • the face of the fabric presents substantially the appearance of a plain knitted fabric, whereas if the warp-threads are to the front this.
  • the invention is to be understood as existing mainlyin connection with those 29 stitches which are formed by combined knitted loops of warpand ground-threads, but in the case in which a warp-thread is interlocked with ground-thread loops the bight of the warp- I thread will in that case also be at the hacker m fabric.
  • the ground-thread is of a thickness great enough to impart of itself, to the mtted article, the required strength even though the warp-threads 3 are absent.
  • a ground-thread has been employed of 120 denier and a warp-thread of 30 denier.
  • I 12 Knitted fabric comprising in combination round-threads and warp-threads knitted together with the ground-thread loops plated in front of the warp-threadloops, and wherein throughout the major portion of the fabric there 60 is one warp-thread in substantially every knitted Wale, the warp-threads being smaller in diame ter than the ground-threads.
  • Knitted fabric comprising'in'combination ground-threads and wz'irp-threads knitted together with the ground-thread loops plated in front of the warp-thread loops, and wherein throughout the'fabric there is one warp-thread in substantially every knitted wale, the warpthreads being smaller in ,diameterthan the in ground-threads.
  • Knitted fabric comprising in combination ground-threads and warp-threads knitted to- Y gether withthe ground-thread loops plated in 1 front of 'the warp-thread loops, and wherein Wethroughout the major. portion of the fabric there Lemma is one warp-thread in substantially every knitted wale, and the ratio of the ground-thread diameter to-the warp-thread diameter is'at least 1.4:1.
  • Knitted fabric comprising in combination ground-threads and warp-threads knitted tol gether with the ground thread loops plated in front of the warp-thread loops, and wherein throughout the major portion of the fabric there is one warp-thread in substantially. every knitted wale, and-the ratio of the ground-thread diame- 5 ,ter to the warp-thread diameter is at least 1.6: 1.
  • Knitted fabric comprising in combination ground-threads and warp-threads knitted together wherein throughout the major portion of thefabric there is a warp-thread in substantially every knitted wale, and in the major portion of the fabric ground-thread loops are plated in front of the warp-thread loops but in relatively small areas the warp-thread loops are plated in front of the ground-thread loops, the 9 war-p threads being smaller in diameter than the ground-threads;
  • Knitted fabric comprising in combination ground-threads and. warp-threads knitted together wherein throughout the major portion of the fabric there is a warp-thread in substantially every knitted wale, andin the major portion of the fabric ground-thread loops are plated in front of the warp thread loops but inrelativeh small areas the warp-thread loops are plated in front of the ground-thread loops, and the ratio of the ground-thread diameter to the warpthread diameter is at least 1.4:1.
  • Knitted fabric comprising in combination ground-threads and warp-threads knitted together withthe ground-thread loops plated in front of the warp-thread loops wherein throughout the major jortion of the fabric there is one warp-thread in substantially every knitted Wale, the warp-threads being smaller in diameter than the ground threads in most wales, but in the remaining wales the, thickness of the warp thread is increased in order toproduce shadow effects 8.
  • Knitted fabric comprising in combination ground-threads and warp-threads kmtted together with the ground-thread loop plated in front of the warp-thread loops wherein throughout the major portion of the fabric there is at least one Warp thread, and in each knitted wale a plurality of ground-threads is knitted simultaneously, the aggregate diameterof the'groundthreads being greater than the warp-thread diameter.
  • Knitted fabric comprising in combination ground-threads and warp-threads knitted together with the grolmd-thread loops plated in. front of the warp-thread loops wherein throughout the major portion of the fabric there is at least one warp-thread and in each knitted wale a plurality of ground-threads is knitted simultaneously, and the ratio of the aggregate groundthread diameter to the warp-thread diameter is at least.1.6:1.
  • Knitted fabric comprising in combination h plurality of ground-threads knitted together with a plurality of warp-threads with the groundthread loops plated in front of the warp-thread loops, wherein throughout the major portion of the fabric there is a plurality of warp-threads in substantially every knitted wale and the aggregate ground-thread diameter is greater than aggregate warp-thread diameter in each Wale.
  • Knitted fabric comprising in combination a ground-thread lnntted together warpwith threads with the ground-thread loopsplated in 150 front of the warp-thread loops, wherein throughout the major portion of the fabric there is a plurality of warp-threads in substantially every knitted wale, and the ground-thread diameter is greater than the aggregate warp-thread diameter ,in each wale.
  • Knitted fabric comprising in combination a ground-thread knitted together with warpthreads with the ground-thread loops plated in front of the warp-thread loops, wherein throughout of the major portion of the fabric there is a plurality of warp-threads in substantially every knitted Wale, and the ratio of the ground-thread diameter to the aggregate warp-thread diameter in each wale is at least 1.4:1.
  • Circular knittedfabric comprising in combination ground-threads and warp-threads knitted together with each warp-thread loop lying in the rear of the ground-thread loop and wherein throughout the major portionof the fabric there is one warp-thread in substantially every knitted wale, the warp-threads being smaller in diameter than the ground-threads.
  • Circular knitted fabric comprising in combination ground-threads and warp-threads knitted together with each warp-thread loop lying in the rear of the ground-thread loop and wherein throughout the major portion of the fabric there is one warp-thread in substantially every knit ed wale, and the ratio of the ground-thread diameter to the warp-thread diameter is at least 1.6:1.
  • Circular knitted fabric comprising in combination ground-threads and warp-threads knitted together in substantially every wale and in every course of the fabric with each warp-thread loop lying in the rear of the ground-thread loop that is knitted together with it, the ground-thread being of greater diameter than the warp-thread.
  • Circular knitted fabric comprising in combination ground-threads-and warp-threads knitted together in substantially every wale and in every course of the fabric with substantially the whole of each warp-thread loop lying in the rear of the ground-thread loop that is knitted together with it, the ground-thread being of greater di-' ameter than .the warp-thread.

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US2573117A (en) * 1949-01-08 1951-10-30 Interwoven Stocking Co Article of hosiery
US2747389A (en) * 1954-03-15 1956-05-29 Wildt & Co Ltd Seamless article of knitted footwear and in method of producing the same
US3654779A (en) * 1969-04-23 1972-04-11 Juan Rovira Fors Panty type garment and method of knitting the same on a flat knitting machine

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2573117A (en) * 1949-01-08 1951-10-30 Interwoven Stocking Co Article of hosiery
US2747389A (en) * 1954-03-15 1956-05-29 Wildt & Co Ltd Seamless article of knitted footwear and in method of producing the same
US3654779A (en) * 1969-04-23 1972-04-11 Juan Rovira Fors Panty type garment and method of knitting the same on a flat knitting machine

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