METHOD FOR FORMING, IN A SINGLE UNINTERRUPTED OPERATION A KNITTED GARMENT, SUCH AS A PANTY HOSE, BRIEFS OR SHORTS, WITHOUT ASSEMBLING SEAMS

摘要

In sequence the following steps are performed: formation of a first leg piece (1); formation of a first side portion (3) of the body piece, with gradual reduction (decrements) in the rows of stitches until processing with the needles of a partial arc is terminated, with reduction of one needle at each end every four rows; finishing and movement away of the end (3A); formation of a central band (7) of fabric along the "crutch" with the needles of the residual arc, with a desired plurality of rows which extend along the line of the crutch, and with loose stitches, the stitches (5) of a row being fastened to each of the stitches of the first row of said central band (7) every four rows of the side portion (3); formation of a second side portion (9) of the body piece, with increments (8) by means of renewed operation of a needle every four rows; formation of the second leg piece (10) with all the needles.