| 摘要 |
An automatic linking method is carried out by an automatic linking apparatus having a simple construction. In the automatic linking apparatus, a plurality of needling positions are set in a needle moving mechanism having point needles that move along a path, and a fabric guide mechanism guides a first linking portion of a first knitted fabric and a linking portion of a second knitted fabric to the first needling position. The point needles are thrust in the first linking portion of the first knitted fabric and the linking portion of the second knitted fabric, the point needles are moved to move the first and the second fabric hooked thereon to the second needling position below the first needling position with respect to a direction in which the point needles are moved. The point needles are thrust sequentially into a second linking portion of the first knitted fabric so that the linking portion of the second knitted fabric is sandwiched between the first and the second linking portion of the first knitted fabric, and the superposed linking portions of the first and the second knitted fabric are stitched together by a sewing machine at a stitching position.
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