METHOD FOR PROVIDING SEMI-FINISHED TUBULAR MANUFACTURED ARTICLES TO BE CLOSED BY STITCHING AT AN AXIAL END THEREOF FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SOCKS, AND SEMI-FINISHED TUBULAR MANUFACTURED ARTICLE OBTAINED WITH THE METHOD

摘要

A method for providing semi-finished tubular manufactured articles to be closed by stitching at an axial end thereof for the production of socks, and a semi-finished tubular manufactured article obtained with the method. The present method comprises a step of providing the body (1a) of the tubular manufactured article (1) and a step of providing an end portion (1b) of the tubular manufactured article (1) which is intended to be removed during the subsequent stitching operation in order to close an axial end of the tubular manufactured article (1). The step of providing the end portion (1b) comprises: - a step of providing an intermediate band (8) connected to the body (1a) of the manufactured article and thinner than the thickness at least of the rows of knitting of the body (1a) of the manufactured article which are connected to the intermediate band (8); - a step of providing an end edge (9) thicker than the thickness of the intermediate band (8). In the present method, the height of the intermediate band (8), proximate to the regions that constitute the lateral ends of the two flaps of the end portion (1b) to be overlapped in order to stitch the axial end to be closed of the tubular manufactured article (1), is lower than the height of the remaining part of the intermediate band (8).