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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2003
Kazuyoshi Okamoto, Wakayama, JP;
Kazuyoshi Okamoto, Wakayama, JP;
Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd., Wakayama, JP;
Abstract
A tubular knitted fabric () having a first knitted fabric and a second knitted fabric joined together continuously at both ends thereof and a laminating part () formed in the first knitted fabric at which the knitted fabric is partly laminated in two or more layers is knitted by the method comprising the step of forming the tubular knitted fabric via a full-gauge loop arrangement, the knitting width widening step (s) of shifting loops of wale where the laminating part () is formed and loops of wale positioned closer to a side end of the knitted fabric than the wale where the laminating part () is formed, to provide a half-gauge loop arrangement wherein empty needles for stitch transfer are arranged between needles used for forming the loops of the wale where the laminating part () is formed, and the step (s) of knitting the first knitted fabric and the second knitted fabric, while the loops of wale where the laminating part () is formed are formed to be fine in size so that when the knitting is ended, the loops of wale where the laminating part () is formed can be substantially equal in size to the loops in other region than the loops of wale where the laminating part () is formed. This can prevent texture differences between the respective knitted fabric parts including the laminating part () at which the knitting fabric is partly laminated in multilayer.