FIELD: textile and paper.
SUBSTANCE: elongating device for elongating length of a stitch made of a weft joining two rows of loops of warps during manufacturing of a net in a Raschel knitting machine by controlling travelling of stitch during dragging of rows of loops, comprising an oblong, flexible object with a surface for positioning stitch during dragging of rows of loops and with an abutment portion for pressing against an abutment element during a reciprocating motion of object; and an attachment means for attaching a driving means for causing reciprocating motion. Elongating device is configured for moving surface of object towards stitch during reciprocating motion.
EFFECT: method, an elongating device, a Raschel knitting machine comprising elongating device for producing nets with elongated stitches and a net comprising elongated stitches is described.
20 cl, 10 dwg
