Claims
- 1. A method of knitting a garment blank by rotary knitting upon the circle of needles of a circular knitting machine including the steps of operating the circle of needles for rotary knitting of suitable yarn thereon to form wales and courses of a seamless, knitted tubular portion, for said blank, discontinuing knitting upon spaced groups of the needles, operating other spaced groups of needles of the circle of needles for rotary knitting of suitable yarn thereon thereby to form the wales and courses of spaced, seamless, knitted non-tubular first and second panels for the blank in continuation of the body portion, and cutting the last-named yarn after the knitting of each course of the panels, such yarn cutting resulting in each course of each of the panels being formed of an individual length of yarn during the knitting of the panels.
- 2. A method of knitting as in claim 1 in which the rotary knitting is carried out in a single direction of knitting.
- 3. A method of knitting as in claim 2 in which courses and wales of a seamless knitted tubular welt for the blank is made of suitable yarn upon the circle of needles by rotary knitting in the single direction of knitting, the body portion of the blank being formed integrally with and in continuation of the welt.
- 4. A method of knitting as in claim 1 in which the yarn is cut and clamped after the knitting of each course of the panels.
Parent Case Info
The present application is a division of my application Ser. No. 650,443, filed Jan. 19, 1976, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,010,627, issued Mar. 8, 1977.
US Referenced Citations (2)
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3479844 |
Silvain |
Nov 1969 |
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3985004 |
Johnson et al. |
Oct 1976 |
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Foreign Referenced Citations (1)
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1,243,506 |
Aug 1971 |
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Divisions (1)
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650443 |
Jan 1976 |
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