FIELD: personal use articles.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a machine for knitting articles of clothing such as underpants, tights and other similar articles. The method involves stages of knitting of at least one part of the body piece by way of reciprocal movement of the two cylinders of a double cylindrical machine. The leg pieces knitting is performed by way of continuous circular movement of the two cylinders; the first leg piece is knit by the first of the said cylinders while the second leg piece is knit by the second of the said cylinders. According to the invention, the gore zone needle arc remains temporarily inactive on each of the said two cylinders during knitting of the said at least one part of the body piece by way of reciprocal movement. It is additionally envisaged that the temporarily inactive needles must come into operation when knitting of the said at least one part of the body piece by way of reciprocal movement comes to an end which results in formation of an interknitting line in the gore zone for connection of the both leg pieces; then knitting is continued by way of continuous circular movement with all the needles of the both cylinders.
EFFECT: method and machine are aimed at enhancement of the product strength characteristics and use convenience.
40 cl, 22 dwg
