TWI707074B - Flat knitting machine structure with variable mouth - Google Patents

Abstract

A flat knitting machine structure with a variable mouth, comprising two needle beds and two bevel systems respectively facing one of the needle beds, each needle bed has a plurality of knitting needles and a plurality of knitting needles respectively corresponding to one of the knitting needles Each of the knitting needles has a butt, each of which has a control butt on the same side as each butt, and the two needle beds are arranged at intervals to face each other. Some tines define a mouth, and the distance of the mouth is equal to the distance between the two opposing tines. Each of the horn systems has a knitting needle horn that provides the butt insertion and guides each of the knitting needles for a knitting stroke toward the mouth, and a crown piece horn that provides the control butt insertion, The angle of the tines is controlled to have a displacement stroke that drives the tines to change the size of the mouth.

Description

Flat knitting machine structure with variable mouth

The invention relates to a flat knitting machine structure, in particular to a flat knitting machine structure with a movable tooth piece and a variable mouth size.

The current weaving of three-dimensional fabrics with variable thickness is generally realized by using warp knitting machines, as disclosed in patents such as CN102704180A, CN 102978823A, and CN 105220347A.

However, the problem that the current flat knitting machine is unable to weave the aforementioned fabric is that the mouth of the flat knitting machine is defined by a fixed tine piece, which causes the flat knitting machine to only knit fabrics of a single thickness.

The main purpose of the present invention is to solve the application problem derived from the unchanged mouth of the conventional flat knitting machine.

In order to achieve the above objective, the present invention provides a flat knitting machine structure with a variable mouth, comprising two needle beds and two bevel systems respectively facing one of the needle beds, each needle bed having a plurality of knitting needles and The plural numbers respectively correspond to one of the tines of the knitting needles, each of the knitting needles has a butt, and each of the tines has a control butt arranged on the same side as each butt, and the two needle beds are spaced apart It is arranged to define a mouth with the facing tines, the distance of the mouth is equal to the distance between the two facing tines, each knitting needle defines a knitting needle extension line, each The needle butts are respectively located on one of the extension lines of the knitting needles, each of the control butts are respectively located on the extension lines of the knitting needles corresponding to one of the knitting needles, and each of the tines has an extension formed with the control butt Section, a bending section connecting the extension section, and a hanging loop section connecting the bending section and juxtaposed with one of the front edges of the knitting needle. Each of the horn systems has a provision for the butt insertion and A knitting needle horn that guides each knitting needle toward the mouth for a knitting stroke and a crown piece horn that provides the control butt placement. The crown piece horn is controlled by a moving mechanism to drive the The tooth piece is used to change the displacement stroke of the mouth size.

In one embodiment, each of the tines has a de-ring wire mounting hole in the hanging ring section, and at least one limiting wire mounting hole in the extension section.

In one embodiment, each of the needle beds has a plurality of sliding grooves respectively arranged on a needle bed base, and each of the tines has a hanging ring section and slides when the horns of the tines travel the displacement stroke At the bottom of the chute.

In one embodiment, each of the horns has a first connecting section, a straight section connecting the first connecting section and a second connecting section connecting the straight section. The first connecting section The leading section and the second connecting section are tapered toward the straight section, and the size of the straight section remains unchanged.

In one embodiment, each of the horns of the tines is arranged on the side of one of the horn systems facing the mouth.

According to the foregoing disclosure, compared with the conventional technology, the present invention has the following characteristics: the bevel system in the flat knitting machine structure of the present invention includes the bevel and bevel, so that the bevel can be customized according to knitting requirements Move, and then change the mouth of the flat knitting machine structure, and weave a three-dimensional fabric with different thicknesses.

100: Flat knitting machine structure

10: mouth

101: Spacing

11, 12: Needle bed

13: Mountain corner system

131: Knitting Needle Mountain Corner

132: Sky Gear Mountain Corner

133: Displacement stroke

134: The first link

135: straight section

136: The second connecting section

137: Mountain corner bearing seat

14: Mountain corner system

15: Knitting needle

151: Needle Butt

152: Knitting needle extension thread

153: Knitting stroke

16: Sky tooth piece

161: control heel

162: Extension

163: bending section

164: Hanging ring segment

165: De-ring wire mounting hole

166: limit wire mounting hole

167: bottom

17: Needle bed seat

171: Chute

90: three-dimensional fabric

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a flat knitting machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a needle bed with a small mouth in an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a part of the structure of the needle bed when the mouth is large in an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a sky tooth piece according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of the structural relationship between the sky gear piece and the knitting needle in an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a partially enlarged schematic diagram of the structural relationship between the crown piece and the knitting needle in an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a mountain corner system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of the implementation of a mountain corner system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 9 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the three-dimensional fabric with variable thickness.

The detailed description and technical content of the present invention are described as follows with the drawings:

1 and 9, the present invention provides a flat knitting machine structure 100, the flat knitting machine structure 100 in the weaving process can change the size of a mouth 10 according to the weaving requirements, and then a three-dimensional fabric 90 (also called interval The thickness of the three-dimensional fabric 90 is changed during the weaving process of the fabric (English translation Spacer Fabric). The flat knitting machine structure 100 includes two needle beds 11 and 12 and two mountain angle systems 13 (14) respectively facing one of the needle beds 11 (12). Among them, the two needle beds 11 and 12 are the front and rear needle beds referred to in the industry today. The two needle beds 11 and 12 are respectively arranged at an inclination angle corresponding to each other. The two needle beds 11 and 12 are arranged at intervals and between the two needle beds. A gap is formed. Each needle bed 11 has a plurality of knitting needles 15 and a plurality of tines 16 respectively corresponding to one of the knitting needles 15. The tines 16 of the present invention are not Schenkers, although the tines 16 are It is designed to be movable, but the tines 16 do not move when one of the knitting needles 15 correspondingly arranged moves. Moreover, in the present invention, the mouth 10 is defined by the antennas 16 facing each other in the two needle beds 11, 12, and the distance between the mouth 10 is equal to the distance between the antennas 16 facing each other. (101 as indicated in the picture). Please refer to FIGS. 3 to 6 again. Each of the knitting needles 15 has a needle butt 151, and each of the sprocket 16 has a control butt 161 provided on the same side as each of the needle butts 151. Furthermore, in the present invention, each of the tines 16 is stacked on one of the corresponding knitting needles 15, and the butt 151 is arranged on the side of the knitting needle 15 away from a needle bed base 17. The control heel 161 is arranged on the side of the tine piece 16 away from the needle bed base 17. Please refer to the figure 6. Each of the knitting needles 15 of the present invention can define a knitting needle extension line 152, and the butt 151 on the knitting needle 15 is located on the knitting needle extension line 152 and corresponds to the crown tooth provided by the knitting needle 15 The control butt 161 on the sheet 16 is also located on the needle extension line 152. Furthermore, in order to make the control butt 161 and the needle butt 151 lie on the same needle extension line 152, the length of each day tooth 16 is shorter than the total length of the knitting needle 15.

Please refer to FIGS. 4 and 6 again. In one embodiment, the antenna plate 16 has an extension section 162 formed with the control heel 161, a bending section 163 connected to the extension section 162, and a bending section 163 connected to the extension section 162. The section 163 is also a hanging loop section 164 which is juxtaposed with one of the front edges of the knitting needle 15. Further, the extension section 162 is superimposed on the knitting needle 15, and the bending section 163 makes the hanging loop section 164 and the extension section 162 lie on different extension lines, and makes the hanging loop section 164 and the The knitting needles 15 are arranged in parallel so as to hang the loop when the knitting needle 15 is in motion. Furthermore, each of the tines 16 further has a loop-free wire mounting hole 165 at the hanging ring section 164 and at least one limiting wire mounting hole 166 at the extension section 164. Please refer to Figures 5 and 6, in one embodiment, the antenna plate 16 is implemented in two different thicknesses on the hanging ring section 164. Further, the thickness of the antenna plate 16 on the hanging ring section 164 can be used The thickness of other parts is smaller than the implementation, as shown in Figure 6. 2 and 4 again, each needle bed 11 has a plurality of sliding grooves 171 respectively formed on the needle bed base 17, and each of the tines 16 has a hanging ring section 164 and placed The bottom 167 in the chute 171.

Please refer to Fig. 2, Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 again. On the other hand, each of the mountain angle systems 13 (14) is arranged facing one of the needle beds 11 (12), and each of the mountain angle systems 13 (14) There is a knitting needle horn 131 for the insertion of the needle butts 151, and a crown piece horn 132 for the insertion of the control butts 161. Each of the knitting needle horns 131 and each of the antenna piece horns 132 may be composed of at least one horn unit, and the knitting needle horn 131 has a continuous mountain and a The valley portion is such that the butt 151 arranged therein makes a knitting stroke 153 toward the mouth 10 when each mountain corner system 13 (14) is running. Furthermore, in an embodiment, each of the tines horns 132 has a first connecting section 134, a straight section 135 connected to the first connecting section 134, and a second connecting section 135 connected to the straight section 135. The leading section 136, the first connecting section 134 and the second connecting section 136 respectively taper toward the straight section 135, and the size of the straight section 135 remains unchanged. Furthermore, the first connecting section 134 and the second connecting section 136 are designed to be tapered, so that the control heels 161 can still be guided reliably after the angle 132 of the antler blade is displaced. Furthermore, each of the tines horns 132 is respectively provided on one of the horn systems 13 (14) facing the mouth 10 side.

Continuing, in the present invention, the horn horn 132 determines the position of each horn 16 and then changes the size of the mouth 10. The horn 132 is not like the knitting needle horn 131 which has obvious undulations. As well as the valley, most of the part where the antler horn 132 is used to guide each antler 16 is straight. However, the antler horn 132 of the present invention is controlled to have a displacement stroke 133. In the displacement stroke 133, the horn 132 of the antlers performs a one-dimensional movement relative to a pedestal 137, and at the same time drives the displacement of each tine 16 to change the position of each tine 16 to make the mouth The size of the mouth 10 changes, and the aforementioned displacement of the angle 132 of the tine piece is as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.

In addition, in the present invention, each of the horn 132 can be connected to a moving mechanism, and the moving mechanism can drive the horn 132 to move the displacement 133 according to a control signal received, and the control signal can be generated It is set based on a programming. In this way, during the weaving process of the three-dimensional fabric 90, the thickness of the three-dimensional fabric 90 is changed, and even more so, the three-dimensional fabric 90 can have an uneven structure outside the plane.

In summary, it is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention. When the scope of implementation of the present invention cannot be limited by this, that is, all equal changes and modifications made according to the scope of the patent application of the present invention shall still belong to the present invention. The scope of patent coverage.

10: mouth

101: Spacing

11, 12: Needle bed

13: Mountain corner system

132: Sky Gear Mountain Corner

137: Mountain corner bearing seat

15: Knitting needle

153: Knitting stroke

16: Sky tooth piece

161: control heel

165: De-ring wire mounting hole

166: limit wire mounting hole

167: bottom

17: Needle bed seat

171: Chute

Claims (5)

A flat knitting machine structure with a variable mouth, comprising: two needle beds, each having a plurality of knitting needles and a plurality of teeth pieces respectively corresponding to one of the knitting needles, each knitting needle has a butt, each The sky teeth piece has a control butt arranged on the same side as each of the needle butts, the two needle beds are arranged at intervals to define a mouth by the facing sky teeth pieces, and the distance between the mouth mouth is equal to the two phase faces For the pitch of the teeth, each knitting needle defines a knitting needle extension line, each needle butt is located on one of the knitting needle extension lines, and each control butt is located on one of the corresponding ones of the On the knitting needle extension line of the knitting needle, each of the tines has an extension section formed with the control butt, a bending section connected with the extension section, and a bending section connected with one of the knitting needles The hanging ring segment with the front edge juxtaposed; and two mountain angle systems, each of the mountain angle systems is set facing one of the needle beds, and each of the mountain angle systems has a provision for inserting the needle butts and guiding each The knitting needle horns for a knitting stroke toward the mouth and a crown tine horn that provides the control butt placement. The crown tines are controlled by a moving mechanism and have a drive to drive the crown tines. Change the displacement stroke of the mouth size. The flat knitting machine with variable mouth structure according to claim 1, wherein each of the tines has an off-loop steel wire mounting hole located in the hanging ring section, and at least one limiting wire mounting hole located in the extension section hole. The flat knitting machine structure with a variable mouth as described in claim 2, wherein each needle bed has a plurality of slide grooves respectively arranged on a needle bed base, and each of the top teeth has a hanging ring section And slide on the bottom of the chute when the corner of the tine piece mountain moves the displacement stroke. The structure of a flat knitting machine with a variable mouth as described in claim 1, wherein each tooth Kiashanjiao has a first connecting section, a straight section connecting the first connecting section, and a second connecting section connecting the straight section. The first connecting section and the second connecting section are respectively Taper toward the straight section, and the size of the straight section remains unchanged. The flat knitting machine structure with a variable mouth as described in claim 1 or 4, wherein each of the horns of the tines is provided on the side of one of the mountain angle systems facing the mouth.

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