PROCÉDÉ POUR FOURNIR DES ARTICLES MANUFACTURÉS TUBULAIRES SEMI-FINIS À FERMER PAR COUTURE AU NIVEAU D'UNE EXTRÉMITÉ AXIALE DE CEUX-CI POUR LA PRODUCTION DE CHAUSSETTES, ET ARTICLE MANUFACTURÉ TUBULAIRE SEMI-FINI OBTENU AVEC LE PROCÉDÉ

摘要

A method for providing semi-finished tubular manufactured articles to be closed by stitching at an axial end thereof for the production of socks, comprising a step of providing the body of the tubular manufactured article and a step of providing an end portion of the tubular manufactured article which comprises: —a step of providing an intermediate band connected to the body of the manufactured article and thinner than the thickness at least of the rows of knitting of the body of the manufactured article which are connected to the intermediate band; —a step of providing an end edge thicker than the thickness of the intermediate band; the height of the intermediate band, proximate to the regions that constitute the lateral ends of the two flaps of the end portion to be overlapped in order to stitch the axial end to be closed of the tubular manufactured article, is lower than the height of the remaining part of the intermediate band.