A corduroy fabric fabricated by a circular knitting machine

Abstract

The corduroy fabric includes a plurality of transverse weft yarn sect. Each consists of at least three yarns and includes a plurality of pile yarn warp loops consisting of yarns having yarn forming at least one pile end, and a plurality of binding yarn warp loops consisting of at least two yarns. Each of the binding yarn warp loops is located respectively at two sides of a selected number of the pile yarn warp loops and has one common yarn winding a selected number of the pile yarn warp loops to form a binding yarn cross with the pile end. The pile yarn warp loops and the binding yarn warp loops of the transverse weft yarn set are crossly woven consecutively with longitudinal neighboring pile yarn warp stitches and the binding yarn warp loops of a next transverse weft yarn set to form a plurality of longitudinal warp loop pile zones.