A circular knitting machine includes a needle cylinder rotating around a vertical axis and a sinker ring rotating with the needle cylinder. The needle cylinder has in its outer edge portion vertically controllable tip needles with needle hooks opened downwards as loop-forming elements, and for each tip needle, a surrounding sinker supporting the loop-formation is held movable in the radial direction on the sinker ring. Further, for each tip needle on the needle cylinder, a press sinker is kept on the sinker ring horizontally in radial direction, to close the hook tip of the tip needle by pressing the needle tip to the needle shaft. The press sinkers are each disposed on the sinker ring between two adjacent surrounding sinkers. The circular knitting machine allows needle wear to be reduced and a selection between weft knitting and warp knitting as loop-forming techniques is enabled in a single machine.

A circular knitting machine includes a needle cylinder rotating around a vertical axis and a sinker ring rotating with the needle cylinder. The needle cylinder has in its outer edge portion vertically controllable tip needles with needle hooks opened downwards as loop-forming elements, and for each tip needle, a surrounding sinker supporting the loop-formation is held movable in the radial direction on the sinker ring. Further, for each tip needle on the needle cylinder, a press sinker is kept on the sinker ring horizontally in radial direction, to close the hook tip of the tip needle by pressing the needle tip to the needle shaft. The press sinkers are each disposed on the sinker ring between two adjacent surrounding sinkers. The circular knitting machine allows needle wear to be reduced and a selection between weft knitting and warp knitting as loop-forming techniques is enabled in a single machine.

A method for knitting a double-sided cloth comprising cut-pile fabrics with a circular knitting machine, wherein the double-sided cloth is composed of a first surface layer and a second surface layer. The method includes: operating by one of the needle beds to knit the first surface layer; then operating another one of the needle beds to knit a bottom yarn texture and a plurality of loops connected to the bottom yarn texture, and driving a plurality of trimmers disposed on the same needle bed to cut the plurality of loops to form the plurality of cut-pile fabrics, and constituting of the second surface layer by the plurality of cut-pile fabrics and the bottom yarn texture; and finally operating the two needle beds simultaneously, and connecting the first surface layer with the second surface layer by a plurality of connecting yarns to knit the double-sided cloth comprising the cut-pile fabrics.

A method for knitting a double-sided cloth comprising cut-pile fabrics with a circular knitting machine, wherein the double-sided cloth is composed of a first surface layer and a second surface layer. The method includes: operating by one of the needle beds to knit the first surface layer; then operating another one of the needle beds to knit a bottom yarn texture and a plurality of loops connected to the bottom yarn texture, and driving a plurality of trimmers disposed on the same needle bed to cut the plurality of loops to form the plurality of cut-pile fabrics, and constituting of the second surface layer by the plurality of cut-pile fabrics and the bottom yarn texture; and finally operating the two needle beds simultaneously, and connecting the first surface layer with the second surface layer by a plurality of connecting yarns to knit the double-sided cloth comprising the cut-pile fabrics.

A circular knitting machine knitting structure for knitting a double-sided cloth comprising a cut-pile fabric is provided, disposed corresponding to a gap of a circular knitting machine and including a first knitting group provided with a plurality of knitting bearded needles, and a second knitting group including a plurality of intarsia sinkers, two intarsia bearded needles disposed between any two intarsia sinkers, and a shearing bearded needle disposed between the two intarsia bearded needles. The shearing bearded needle includes a first yarn hooking section facing the gap and comprises a second needle latch, a yarn cutting section extending from the first yarn hooking section to form a cutter, and a first control section extending from the yarn cutting section to form at least one first butt. Through the foregoing knitting structure, the double-sided cloth with the cut-pile fabric on one side is knitted by the circular knitting machine.