Method and device for knitting tubular articles provided with an elastic yarn and thereby manufatured article

摘要

A knitted article (9) for wear on the hand or foot has at least two sections (910 - 915) that are knitted directly in tubular shape from a number of yarns, including a basic (36) yarn and an elastic (37) yarn of natural or artificial rubber, or a material with similar elasticity and deformation capacity, knitted in under a constant tension. The elastic yarn can be incorporated in certain sections of the article along, and the knit has a gauge of 3 - 16 needles per inch and can be a jersey or similar stitch. The knitting machine has a feeder (7) for the elastic yarn containing a retaining element (72) that responds to changes in tension.