Needle selection sinker
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of for being arranged in the needle selection sinker (Auswahlplatine) of the knitting mechanism of knitting machine neilsbed needle tray, this sinker is arranged in the needle tray of knitting mechanism with longitudinal movement, and can by the magnet of knitting machine needle selecting system, be applied power by escapement face (Ankerfl che).
Background technology
This needle selection sinker is for example known by EP 1 275 762 A1.This known sinker is arranged in needle tray swingably, and by the magnet of needle selecting system, is unclamped in needle selection situation, and utilizes elastic force to be rocked to needle selection position.Next, this sinker is pushed ahead by triangle by vertical transmission foot in needle tray.When needle selection sinker is pushed ahead, an additional needle-bar insert is engaged.
This needle selection sinker is because transmission foot vertically has long length.In knitting system, must move to arrange each triangle for pushing ahead with rollback of needle selection sinker in addition, improve thus triangle manufacturing cost.
Summary of the invention
The object of the invention is to, provide a kind of length needle selection sinker short, simple in structure, it can also simplify the structure of triangle.
According to the present invention, described object realizes with following measure by the needle selection sinker of type described in the beginning part, this needle selection sinker has the front pushing surface (Vortriebsfl che) of the knitting needle substrate that is substantially perpendicular to needle tray, this front pushing surface does not protrude from escapement face, by this front pushing surface, can to this needle selection sinker, apply power by driving member, to push ahead in needle tray.
In order to realize, push ahead, needle selection sinker of the present invention is without the transmission foot of the projection that makes progress.The pushing ahead thereby needn't be undertaken by triangle of needle selection sinker.Or rather, sinker, by acting on the driving member in front pushing surface, moves forward in needle selection situation in needle tray, to for example make knitting needle directly or by middleware, can engage with the triangle of knitting system.
According to a kind of preferred design, front pushing surface can form the terminal surface below of needle selection sinker.So can apply power to this needle selection sinker by the driving member of effect on needle tray is longitudinal, push ahead to realize.
Further advantageously, front pushing surface and escapement face are adjacent to be arranged in the end section of needle selection sinker.Take this measure can further shorten the length of needle selection sinker.
Here, end section at least can limitedly swingingly be arranged on needle selection sinker.End section thereby can be in non-needle selection situation swing towards the magnet of needle selecting system, and at the next magnet that is swung away from of needle selection situation.
In order to guarantee that in needle selection situation escapement face departs from reliably in magnet, in addition advantageously, end section is arranged in the elastic segments of needle selection sinker.In non-needle selection situation, end section overcomes elastic force by attraction.In needle selection situation, elastic segments makes end section move away magnet, thereby can to front pushing surface, apply power by driving member.
But end section also can be arranged in longitudinal contact pin of rigidity of needle selection sinker, and needle selection sinker can be arranged in needle tray, and can overcome the power of elastic component and swing.According to this design, the needle selection sinker that is Anti-bending structure except elastic component swings towards the magnet of needle selecting system as a whole, and is swung away from this magnet.Here, once the magnet of needle selecting system has unclamped sinker, just by elastic component, realize and move to needle selection position equally.Elastic component and needle selection sinker are preferably constructed integratedly, and this has simplified the structure of needle selection sinker, and then has reduced manufacturing cost.
Needle selection sinker can have the backstop for the oscillating motion of confinement end section, can realize other advantage thus.The end position of needle selection sinker is accurately limited thus.
In addition advantageously, needle selection sinker has for applying the front contact-making surface of power to knitting mechanism or middleware.If needle selection sinker is pushed ahead, it can will front push moving being delivered on knitting mechanism by means of its contact-making surface.
Needle selection sinker rollback moves to its original position or is undertaken by knitting mechanism, if utilize triangle that this knitting mechanism is moved backward in needle tray, the actuating pin that protrudes from needle-bar by least one carries out, and this actuating pin is for causing rectilinear motion backward.
According to another preferred embodiment, if this needle selection sinker is maintained by the magnet of needle selecting system by its escapement face, can be by needle selection sinker the axial location locking in needle tray.After being unclamped by magnet, needle selection sinker has the axial location of regulation in the Background Region of needle tray, thereby this needle selection sinker can apply power reliably by its front pushing surface transmission part.
In order to realize this axial restraint, this needle selection sinker can have breach, and the lock piece being arranged in needle-bar can be embedded in this breach, if needle selection sinker is with its escapement, the magnet facing to needle selecting system swings.When latch design part, can consider to adopt various scheme.A kind of dog-cheap solution is, lock piece is a kind of wire rod, and this wire rod runs transverse through needle tray along needle-bar in the region of needle selection magnet.So for whole needle selection sinkers of needle-bar, only a unique lock piece need be set.
Depending on needle selecting system, be arranged on top or the below of needle-bar, being inserted into needle selection sinker in needle tray can be towards needle-bar end face, or towards needle-bar bottom surface, so that this needle selection sinker can be maintained by the magnet of needle selecting system.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Next, contrast accompanying drawing is introduced the preferred embodiment of needle selection sinker of the present invention in detail.
Specifically illustrate:
Fig. 1 a-1e is the sectional elevation in the needle tray region of needle-bar, and it is with the first needle selection sinker;
Fig. 2 is the sectional elevation in the needle tray region of needle-bar, and it is with the second needle selection sinker;
Fig. 3 a-3e is the sectional elevation in the needle tray region of needle-bar, and it is with the 3rd needle selection sinker;
Fig. 4 is the sectional elevation in the needle tray region of needle-bar, and it is with the 4th needle selection sinker;
Fig. 5 a, 5b are the sectional elevation in the needle tray region of needle-bar, and it is with the 5th needle selection sinker of the axial locking of quilt;
Fig. 6 a, 6b are the sectional elevation in the needle tray region of needle-bar, and it is with the 6th needle selection sinker of the axial locking of quilt;
Fig. 7 a, 7b are the sectional elevation in the needle tray region of needle-bar, and it is with the 7th needle selection sinker;
Fig. 8 a, 8b are the sectional elevation in the needle tray region of needle-bar, its band be useful on below the 8th needle selection sinker of the needle selecting system that arranges;
Fig. 9 a, 9b are the sectional elevation in the needle tray region of needle-bar, its with by axial locking and with knitting mechanism form fit the 9th needle selection sinker that is connected.
The specific embodiment
All accompanying drawing is the cutaway view in needle tray 110 regions of needle-bar 100, in this needle tray, as the knitting mechanism 120 that needs to be selected, is mounted with knitting needle.Knitting needle 120 has transmission foot 130, and this transmission foot can be applied power by the triangle not being shown specifically of knitting system, to knitting needle 120 can be vertically moved in needle tray 110.Knitting needle 120 also has end section 140, and this end section is the power that longitudinally applies along knitting mechanism 120 by corresponding needle selection sinker.All accompanying drawing also illustrates needle selecting system 150, and this needle selecting system has the magnet 160 for corresponding needle selection sinker.
The first needle selection sinker 10 shown in Fig. 1 a-Fig. 1 e has end section 11, and this end section is placed in the elastic segments 12 of needle selection sinker 10.On the end face of end section 11, be provided with escapement face 13, this escapement face can be applied power by magnet 160, as shown in Figure 1 b.Be adjacent to pushing surface 14 conducts terminal surface below before being provided with in end section 11 with escapement face 13.This front pushing surface is for pushing ahead needle selection sinker 10 at needle tray 110.Front pushing surface 14 towards the knitting needle substrate 170 that is substantially perpendicular to needle-bar 100.In addition, sinker 10 has contact-making surface 15 at its front end, utilizes this contact-making surface to apply power to the end section 140 of knitting needle 120.
If mention end section 11 towards the direction of arrow 16, the power that escapement face 13 overcomes elastic component 12 is remained on needle selecting system 150, as shown in Figure 1 b by magnet 160.In needle selection situation, magnet 160 free end sections 11, this end section is left needle selecting system 150 by elastic segments 12 tractives, next rests in knitting needle substrate 170.In this position, the driving member that this end section can be shown specifically here towards the direction of arrow 17 is along the power that longitudinally applies of needle tray 110, make thus needle selection sinker 10 move forward, and then also make knitting needle 120 move forward in needle tray 110 by contact-making surface 15.So just make the transmission foot 130 of knitting needle 120 engage with triangle, as shown in Fig. 1 c.
Next, sinker 10 keeps its original position, and the transmission foot 130 of knitting needle 120 moves through triangle, and this is shown in Fig. 1 d.
Fig. 1 e illustrates knitting needle 120 in rollback motion, and wherein this knitting needle also makes needle selection sinker 10 return back to it in the original position shown in Fig. 1.One power is applied on transmission foot 130 towards the direction of arrow 18, causes thus this rollback motion.
Fig. 2 illustrates a kind of needle selection sinker 20 of alternate design, the needle selection sinker 10 of its structure and Fig. 1 is basic identical, but do rollback motion in order to make sinker, this needle selection sinker has the pin 21 of actuating, by means of this actuating pin, can make needle selection sinker 20 in its original position, and that knitting needle 120 still push before doing is moving.
Fig. 3 a-3e illustrate in difference in functionality position and with the 3rd needle selection sinker 30 of knitting needle 120 mating reactions.Needle selection sinker 30 also has end section 31, and this end section is provided with escapement face 33 and front pushing surface 34.But the end section 31 is here placed in the contact pin 36 of rigidity, this contact pin has for apply the contact-making surface 35 of power to knitting needle 120 at its front end.This needle selection sinker is also provided with elastic component 32, and this elastic component is fixed in contact pin 36, and with its free end, is supported on the cover rail 37 of needle-bar.If a power is applied in end section 31 towards the direction of arrow 38, sinker 30 will be maintained by the magnet 160 of needle selecting system by escapement face 33.The power that contact pin 36 overcomes elastic component 32 upwards swings, as shown in Figure 3 b.
Situation shown in Fig. 3 c is, end section 31 is left magnet 160 by elastic component 32 tractives, and sinker 30 is pushed ahead towards the direction of arrow 39 by front pushing surface 34.Before this, push moving in, sinker 30 drives knitting needles 120, and the transmission foot 130 of this knitting needle is engaged with triangle.Next, needle selection sinker remains on residing position, and knitting needle moves through triangle, and Fig. 3 d shows this situation.Utilize the rollback motion of knitting needle 120, also make needle selection sinker also return back in the original position shown in Fig. 3 a, Fig. 3 e shows this situation.
Another kind of needle selection sinker 40 shown in Fig. 4, its structure is most of identical with needle selection sinker 30, just also has for making needle selection sinker 40 return back to the footing 41 of its original position.Needle selection sinker 40 can return back to original position thus, and knitting needle still moves through triangle.
Fig. 5 a, 5b illustrate another kind of needle selection sinker 50, and it is also very similar to needle selection sinker 30, also have the end section 51 with escapement face 53 and front pushing surface 54, and wherein this end section 51 is placed in contact pin 56, and can overcome the power of elastic component 52 and swing.Yet contrary with end section 31, end section 51 has breach 57, when end section 51 upwards presses against on magnet 160 by power 58, axial lock piece 180(is the wire rod extending longitudinally along needle-bar 100 here) can be embedded in this breach, as shown in Figure 5 b.In this position, wire rod 180 makes needle selection sinker 50 locking in the axial direction.In needle selection situation, the face 59 of breach 57 needle tray longitudinally on form the border of needle selection sinker so that the driving member that before guaranteeing, pushing surface 54 is not shown specifically is clamped (Erfassen) reliably, as shown in Figure 5 a.
Fig. 6 a, 6b illustrate another kind of by the needle selection sinker 60 of axial locking.Needle selection sinker 60 is structurally similar to the needle selection sinker 10 of Fig. 1, and has the end section 61 in elastic segments of being placed in 62, and this end section is also provided with breach 67, and this breach is for holding the wire rod 180 as lock piece.If end section 61 moves towards magnet 160 along the direction of arrow 68, wire rod 180 will with breach 67 interlocking, and then needle tray longitudinally on by needle selection sinker 60 lockings, as shown in Figure 6 b.
Fig. 7 a, 7b illustrate another kind of needle selection sinker 70, and its structure is similar to the needle selection sinker 10 of Fig. 1.It has end section 71, and this end section is provided with escapement face 73 and front pushing surface 74, and is placed in the elastic segments 72 of needle selection sinker 70.In order to limit the oscillating stroke of elastic segments 72, on two resistant to bending limit legs 75,76 of sinker 70, be provided with backstop 77,78.In Fig. 7 a, elastic segments 72 abuts in backstop 78, and in position shown in Fig. 7 b, that end section 71 is raised (end section is remained on this position by magnet), elastic segments 72 abuts in backstop 78. Backstop 77,78 is for restriction and support elastic section 72, to improve the security that prevents from occurring when section 72 from pushing away before by face 74 bending.
Fig. 8 a, 8b are the sectional elevation of needle-bar 100`, its have be arranged in needle-bar 100` below, with the needle selecting system 150` of needle selection magnet 160`.According to Fig. 8 a, the needle selection sinker 80 that is suitable for this needle-bar 100` has end section 81, and this end section utilizes elastic segments 82(end section to be placed in this elastic segments) elastic force be pressed against on the cover rail 115` of needle-bar 100`.Towards the direction of arrow 87, oppress end section 81 downwards, the power that makes thus end section 81 overcome elastic segments 82 is remained on non-needle selection position by magnet 160`.
Finally, Fig. 9 a, 9b show a kind of needle selection sinker 90, it by movable joint 98 form fit be connected with knitting needle 120`.The end section 91 of needle selection sinker 90 has breach 97, and when the power that the end section 91 on being placed in contact pin 96 overcomes elastic component 92 upwards swings, the axial lock stop member 180 of wire-form can be embedded in this breach, as shown in Fig. 9 b.In this position, end section 91 is maintained by magnet 160.