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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masao Okuno, Wakayama, JP;
Michael Caird, Ayrshire, GB;
Assignee:
Shima Seiki Manufacturing, Ltd., Wakayama, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04B / ; D04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
6617 / ; 66 64 ; 66175 ; 66176 ;
Abstract
Each stitch of the last course of a front knitted fabric of a tubular knitted fabric is overlapped with a stitch, one stitch interior, of an immediately preceding course of the front knitted fabric. Each stitch of the last course of a back knitted fabric is overlapped with a stitch, one stitch interior, of an immediately preceding course of the back knitted fabric. Prolongations of each stitch of the last course of the front knitted fabric crosses with prolongations of a stitch of the last course of the back knitted fabric.