CN102199839B - Main roller pressure regulating mechanism for computerized flat knitting machine - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a main roller pressure regulating mechanism for a computerized flat knitting machine, which belongs to the technical field of computerized flat knitting machines. The computerized flat knitting machine comprises a machine base. The main roller pressure regulating mechanism comprises a front roller arranged on the machine base, and is characterized by also comprising a regulating frame, a connecting sheet shaft, a group of connecting sheets and a group of regulating mechanisms, wherein the regulating frame is fixed on the machine base and corresponds to one side of the length direction of the front roller; the connecting sheet shaft is supported on the regulating frame and corresponds to a place above the length direction of the front roller; the group of connecting sheets are arranged at intervals; the upper ends of the connecting sheets are pivoted and sleeved on the connecting sheet shaft, the middle parts of the connecting sheets are pivoted and sleeved on the roller shaft of the roller, and the lower ends of the connecting sheets extend to the regulating frame; and the group of regulating mechanisms are arranged on the regulating frame at intervals and correspond to the lower ends of the connecting sheets. The main roller pressure regulating mechanism can eliminate the unbalance influences on the drawing force of the fabric due to flexibility.
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Technical field
The invention belongs to the computer plain flat knitter technical field, be specifically related to a kind of main roller pressure adjustmenting mechanism of computer plain flat knitter
Background technology
particularly are equipped with auxiliary roller mechanism and main roller mechanism on the computer plain flat knitter usually at controlled flat knitting machine; Auxiliary roller mechanism the particular location on the computer plain flat knitter corresponding to a pair of center that is the needle-bar that splayed distributes substantially below; And approach tube port position as much as possible, that is to say to require the as close as possible nozzle in its position.Can be about the notion of nozzle referring to the description of the 7th page the 3rd section in the specification of CN101225576A and Fig. 2 of this patent application.Main roller mechanism is positioned at the below of auxiliary roller mechanism, by auxiliary roller mechanism braided fabric is in to draw downwards under the state of seizing on both sides by the arms and gives main roller mechanism, is drawn by main roller mechanism.
can be known that by above-mentioned explanation auxiliary roller mechanism is the indispensable transition mechanism between the knitting mechanism of computer plain flat knitter and main roller mechanism, why say that auxiliary roller mechanism is indispensable; Be because main roller mechanism was owing to both received the restriction of needle-bar; Receive the restriction of self structure again and can't approach to aforesaid nozzle, only if before weaving formal braiding, knit out one section useless fabric, so that by main roller mechanism traction by the refuse yarn line in entering; Yet; So disposal had both influenced the efficient that gets into formal braiding, wasted the refuse yarn line again, and main is problematic in that: owing to directly draw braided fabric by main roller mechanism; The uniformity of pulling force can't ensure so; Promptly can't finally influence the normal knitting of knitting mechanism, even braiding can't be carried out guaranteeing traction fabric under the desirable moderate tension.Auxiliary roller mechanism is no lack of in the Chinese patent document and is seen in, and as except aforesaid CN101225576A, also has CN100554556C, CN2910975Y, CB1928182A and CN2905846Y or the like.
main roller mechanism particularly also can be seen in the Chinese patent document in document; Although also having, the title of patent application is called secondary roller device; But its mechanism of action has been main roller effect, and is typical in CN101215756A (roller connecting device of controlled flat knitting machine auxiliary roller mechanism) and CN2905846Y (the secondary roller device of controlled flat knitting machine) or the like.The more typical horizontal volume machine of the computer master roller of recommending like CN201372347Y.
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main roller mechanism comprises the roller of paired configuration, i.e. front roller and rear roller, such as industry the reason of knowledge; Because a pair of roller (forward and backward roller) of main roller mechanism is comparatively tediously long; In the use of reality, be prone to produce amount of deflection, and amount of deflection can influence the gap between the forward and backward roller, makes braided fabric be difficult to obtain the balanced power of clamping; Influence the effect of drawing of braided fabric, and then influence the traction effect of main roller mechanism braided fabric.
Amount of deflection for the forward and backward roller that reduces main roller mechanism as much as possible; Industry often concentrates on design philosophy the material of roller; But facts have proved that effect is better than nothing, to this, the applicant has done time consuming exploration and trial; Found the way of dealing with problems, the technical scheme that will introduce below produces under this background
Summary of the invention
task of the present invention is to provide a kind of fiting effect that helps to eliminate amount of deflection and use between the forward and backward roller of guarantee to make braided fabric obtain the main roller pressure adjustmenting mechanism of the computer plain flat knitter of balanced tractive force.
task of the present invention is accomplished like this; A kind of main roller pressure adjustmenting mechanism of computer plain flat knitter, described computer plain flat knitter comprises support, described main roller pressure adjustmenting mechanism comprises a front roller that is arranged on rotationally on the said support; Be characterised in that: said main roller pressure adjustmenting mechanism also includes an adjustment rack, a connecting piece axle, one group of brace and one group of guiding mechanism; Adjustment rack is fixed on the said support, and corresponding to a side of the length direction of described front roller, connects bobbin and be bearing on the adjustment rack; And top corresponding to the length direction of front roller; One group of brace is provided with at interval, and the upper end of each brace pivots to be nested with and connecting on the bobbin, and the middle part pivots and is nested with on the roller shaft of roller; And the lower end of brace is stretched over described adjustment rack, and one group of guiding mechanism is arranged on the adjustment rack with the interval state and is corresponding with the lower end of said brace.
are in a concrete embodiment of the present invention; Described adjustment rack comprises an adjustment crossbeam and a baffle plate; The bottom of the length direction of adjustment crossbeam and constitute an adjustment crossbeam flanging towards the direction of baffle plate; And the bottom of the length direction of baffle plate and constitute a baffle plate flanging towards the direction of adjustment crossbeam, baffle plate flanging and adjustment crossbeam fixed to one another connection of flanging, and constitute haptic element adjusting chamber between adjustment crossbeam and the baffle plate; The lower end of described brace is extended with forward and backward position-limit foot and haptic element; Haptic element is between forward and backward position-limit foot; And probe into aforesaid haptic element and regulate in the chamber, the front limit pin is corresponding to the outside of said adjustment crossbeam, and then position-limit foot is corresponding to the outside of said baffle plate; Described one group of guiding mechanism matches with said haptic element, wherein: on said adjustment crossbeam and at the position corresponding to said haptic element, offer the actuating trepanning.
are in another concrete embodiment of the present invention; Described one group of guiding mechanism comprises that respectively spring socket sleeve, haptic element with cavity volume activate cover, spring and adjustment screw rod; Spring socket sleeve and said adjustment crossbeam are fixed, and the said cavity volume of this spring socket sleeve is corresponding with described actuating trepanning, and the adjustment screw rod matches with spring socket sleeve; One end of this adjustment screw rod is positioned at cavity volume and is fixed with a spring base at this end of adjusting screw rod; The other end of adjustment screw rod is positioned at outside the cavity volume and is fixed with an adjustment knob, and haptic element activates cover and spring is placed in the cavity volume, wherein: an end of spring contacts with described spring base; And the other end and haptic element activate an end in contact of cover, and the other end that haptic element activates cover contacts corresponding to described actuating trepanning and with described haptic element.
in another concrete embodiment of the present invention, described connection bobbin is provided with spacer, and the upper end of described brace pivots and is nested with on spacer.
technical scheme provided by the invention can be by being arranged on one group of guiding mechanism on the adjustment rack selectively to the brace effect; Drive front roller by brace; Front roller is reclined towards the direction of rear roller, influence thereby can eliminate the traction force unbalance that produces fabric because of amount of deflection.
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can be expressly understood technical spirit of the present invention and beneficial effect more for the auditor that the makes Patent Office especially public; The applicant general elaborates with the mode of embodiment below; But the description to embodiment all is not the restriction to the present invention program, any according to the present invention design done only for pro forma but not substantial equivalent transformation all should be regarded as technical scheme category of the present invention.
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; Provided the support 1 of computer plain flat knitter; In Fig. 1; Though the applicant has only provided the front roller 2 of main roller pressure adjustmenting mechanism; But can know fully that according to the patent documentation that known technology is for example mentioned in the background technology hurdle according to the applicant main roller pressure adjustmenting mechanism also has rear roller, front roller 2 with the rear roller same function and will by the knitting mechanism braiding of computer plain flat knitter and pull out by the braided fabric that auxiliary roller mechanism is drawn.
are as the key points in design of technical scheme provided by the invention; Aforesaid main roller pressure adjustmenting mechanism also include an adjustment rack 3, a connecting piece axle 4, one group of brace 5 and one group of guiding mechanism 6; The two ends of adjustment rack 3 are fixed on the support 1; That is to say that adjustment rack 3 is fixed between the two ends of support 1; And corresponding with a side of the length direction of front roller 2, an alleged here side is meant a side (back to a side of rear roller) of front roller 2 outwards under user mode.Adjustment rack 3 preferably but not the structure that definitely is limited to is following; Comprise an adjustment crossbeam 31 and a baffle plate 32; Adjustment crossbeam 31 is fixing with support 1 with baffle plate 32; Constitute an adjustment crossbeam flanging 311 in the bottom of adjustment crossbeam 31 and towards the bending of the direction of baffle plate 32, and spaced apart being provided with activates trepanning 312 on adjustment crossbeam 31.The bottom of baffle plate 32 and be bent into a baffle plate flanging 321 towards the direction of adjustment crossbeam 31, this baffle plate flanging 321 is fixing with adjustment crossbeam flanging 311 by screw 3211.Preferably, can on adjustment crossbeam flanging 311 and/or baffle plate flanging 321, offer the adjustment groove, it is fixing with baffle plate flanging 321 to adjust crossbeam flanging 311 by screw 3211 at the position of adjustment groove.The adjustment groove can help the haptic element between adjustment crossbeam 31 and the baffle plate 32 to regulate chamber 33 width.Also preferably, the height of the aspect ratio baffle plate 32 of adjustment crossbeam 31 is high.
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aforesaid one group of brace 5 does not receive the restriction of diagram quantity (being illustrated as three pieces); And be arranged spaced, the upper end of each brace 5 pivots to be nested with and connecting on the bobbin 4, and by being located at jump ring 43 blocks that connect on the bobbin 4; The middle part pivot of brace 5 is nested with on the roller shaft 21 of front roller 2; And the lower end of brace 5 constitutes forward and backward position-limit foot 51,52 and haptic element 53, and haptic element 53 is at forward and backward position-limit foot 51, between 52, and haptic element 53 is regulated chamber 33 corresponding to aforesaid haptic element; Front limit pin 51 is corresponding to the outside of adjustment crossbeam 31; Also promptly corresponding to the side of adjustment crossbeam 31 back to baffle plate 32, back position-limit foot 52 is corresponding to the outside of baffle plate 32, also promptly corresponding to the side of baffle plate 32 back to adjustment crossbeam 31.When current position-limit foot 51 contacts with the outer wall of adjustment crossbeam 31; The promotion of the 6 pairs of haptic elements 53 of guiding mechanism that will describe below then showing reaches capacity; Vice versa, that is to say, the clockwise or counterclockwise range of movement of haptic element 53 is controlled at the width range that haptic element is regulated chamber 33.
are because the quantity of one group of brace 5 is three pieces; Therefore; Corresponding one group of guiding mechanism 6 also is three covers, and each guiding mechanism 6 comprises that spring socket sleeve 61, haptic element activate cover 62, spring 63 and adjustment screw rod 64, and spring socket sleeve 61 has a cavity volume 611; When the spring socket sleeve 61 adjustment crossbeam 31 through one group of dog screw 612 and aforesaid adjustment rack 3 fixedly the time, then cavity volume 611 is corresponding to the aforesaid actuating trepanning of adjusting on the crossbeam 31 312 that is opened in.Adjustment screw rod 64 and spring socket sleeve 61 threaded engagement, an end of this adjustment screw rod 64 is positioned at cavity volume 611 and is fixed with a spring base 641, and the other end of adjustment screw rod 64 is positioned at outside the cavity volume 611 of spring socket sleeve 61, and be fixed with an adjustment knob 642.Haptic element activates cover 62 and spring 63 is contained in the cavity volume 611, and an end bearing of spring 63 is on aforesaid spring base 64, and the other end is bearing in the haptic element actuating and overlaps on 62, and haptic element actuating cover 62 probes into haptic element adjusting chamber 33 through actuating trepanning 312 and matches with haptic element 53.
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are asked for an interview Fig. 2 and are continued to combine Fig. 1; When the situation to the traction effect of braided fabric occurring influencing because of amount of deflection between front roller 2 and the rear roller (not shown); That is to say; When parallel clearance changes between front roller 2 and the rear roller, can adjust each guiding mechanism 6 selectively or fully so.Specifically: regulate through 642 pairs of adjustment of adjustment knob screw rod 62; For example when adjustment screw rod 62 is done the clockwise direction rotation; Spring base 641 promotes spring 63, by spring 63 power is imposed on haptic element and activates cover 62, and haptic element activates cover 62 and acts on haptic element 53; Make brace 5 drive front rollers 2 and recline, thereby can eliminate the amount of deflection of Yin Luola and the influence that produces the balanced tractive force of braided fabric towards the rear roller direction
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1. the main roller pressure adjustmenting mechanism of a computer plain flat knitter; Described computer plain flat knitter comprises support (1); Described main roller pressure adjustmenting mechanism comprises a front roller (2) that is arranged on rotationally on the said support (1), it is characterized in that: said main roller pressure adjustmenting mechanism also includes an adjustment rack (3), a connecting piece axle (4), one group of brace (5) and one group of guiding mechanism (6), and adjustment rack (3) is fixed on the said support (1); And a side corresponding to the length direction of described front roller (2); Connect bobbin (4) and be bearing on the adjustment rack (3), and corresponding to the top of the length direction of front roller (2), one group of brace (5) is provided with at interval; The upper end of each brace (5) pivots to be nested with and is connecting on the bobbin (4); The middle part pivots and to be nested with on the roller shaft (21) of roller (2), and the lower end of brace (5) is stretched over described adjustment rack (3), and one group of guiding mechanism (6) is arranged at the interval state that adjustment rack (3) is gone up and is corresponding with the lower end of said brace (5).
2. the main roller pressure adjustmenting mechanism of computer plain flat knitter according to claim 1; It is characterized in that described adjustment rack (3) comprises an adjustment crossbeam (31) and a baffle plate (32); The bottom of the length direction of adjustment crossbeam (31) and constitute an adjustment crossbeam flanging (311) towards the direction of baffle plate (32); And the bottom of the length direction of baffle plate (32) and towards the adjustment crossbeam (31) direction constitute a baffle plate flanging (321); Baffle plate flanging (321) and adjustment fixed to one another connection of crossbeam flanging (311), and constitute haptic element adjusting chamber (33) between adjustment crossbeam (31) and the baffle plate (32); The lower end of described brace (5) is extended with forward and backward position-limit foot (51,52) and haptic element (53); Haptic element (53) is positioned between the forward and backward position-limit foot (51,52); And probeing into aforesaid haptic element regulates in the chamber (33); Front limit pin (51) is corresponding to the outside of said adjustment crossbeam (31); Then position-limit foot (52) is corresponding to the outside of said baffle plate (32), and described one group of guiding mechanism (6) matches with said haptic element (53), wherein: on said adjustment crossbeam (31) and at the position corresponding to said haptic element (53), offer and activate trepanning (312).
3. the main roller pressure adjustmenting mechanism of computer plain flat knitter according to claim 2; It is characterized in that described one group of guiding mechanism (6) comprises that respectively spring socket sleeve (61), haptic element with cavity volume (611) activate cover (62), spring (63) and adjustment screw rod (64); Spring socket sleeve (61) is fixing with said adjustment crossbeam (31); And the said cavity volume (611) of this spring socket sleeve (61) is corresponding with described actuating trepanning (312); Adjustment screw rod (64) matches with spring socket sleeve (61); One end of this adjustment screw rod (64) is positioned at cavity volume (611) and is fixed with a spring base (641) at this end of adjusting screw rod (64); The other end of adjustment screw rod (64) is positioned at outside the cavity volume (611) and is fixed with an adjustment knob (642), and haptic element activates cover (62) and spring (63) is placed in the cavity volume (611), wherein: an end bearing of spring (63) is on described spring base (641); The other end is bearing in the haptic element actuating and overlaps on (62), and haptic element actuating cover (62) probes into described haptic element adjusting chamber (33) through actuating trepannings (312) and matches with said haptic element (53).
4. the main roller pressure adjustmenting mechanism of computer plain flat knitter according to claim 1 is characterized in that described connection bobbin (4) is provided with spacer (41), and the upper end of described brace (5) pivots and is nested with on spacer (41).
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