Summary of the invention
The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of flatbed knitting machine, it can advantageously be made by cost, wherein in pin triangle (Nadelschloss), should avoid by key technology and completely three steps technology should be possible.
This purpose realizes that through a kind of flatbed knitting machine that has at least one needle-bar with at least one needle tray it comprises:
First element that a) can move along needle tray, it has at least two supporting surfaces that are arranged on the differing heights;
Second element that b) can move along needle tray, it has the locating surface on of the supporting surface that is used for being positioned at alternatively first element, and wherein locating surface can overcome elastic force about the height and position of the needle tray base portion of needle tray and regulates,
C) be arranged in the driving pin at the second element place, wherein locating surface can overcome elastic force and lifts about the needle-bar base portion.
In other words, this means that because elastic force, the locating surface of second element is attempted downwards the direction of needle tray base portion (promptly to) all the time and moved.The height of the driving pin of second element depends on how the locating surface of second element locatees.If this locating surface places on first supporting surface of first element, then the driving pin of second element does not protrude from needle-bar.If instead this locating surface places second, on the darker supporting surface, then the driving pin of second element displays from needle-bar fully.Also it is also conceivable that other intermediate altitude,, drive ground, foot section and from needle-bar, reveal for intermediate altitude.Second element can be lifted away from from first element fully in addition, makes locating surface not be on any one in the supporting surface.Can be configured to pin at this first element, and second element can be configured to sinker, especially selects sinker.For flatbed knitting machine according to the present invention, need be in the pin triangle by key technology.It can realize three steps technology completely.In needle tray, can only be provided with first element and second element, make in needle tray, only to have a spot of insert.This makes and can use short needle-bar.Flatbed knitting machine has the possibility of the tuck of not kinking.Can in triangle, make the pin kinking (hand pick (Splitten)) of barring-on in addition, and make the not kinking of pin (intersection hand pick) of adapter ring, wherein the card clothing of barring-on puts forwardly that needle-bar still is inessential in the needle-bar of rear portion.
Particularly preferably be, second element is supported on the needle tray base portion through flexible member.Simplify thus and install, and the quantity of different parts reduces.Different with the prior art that is provided with independent flexible member (it yet must be individually fixed in the zone of needle tray), one-tenth second element arranged according to the present invention self has integrated flexible member.Apply elastic force through this flexible member, locating surface can overcome the elastic force motion.
Additional advantage is; The clinch
that is provided with the portion's section that is used for second element at the first element place is through this measure, and the driving pin of second element can guarantee not avale when it reveals from needle-bar fully.Especially reliably, this can cause thus first element and second element can be each other locking releasably.For this purpose, at least one in the element has the locking element of hook-type.The locking element of hook-type can be arranged in the coupled position place of first element and second element.During they can be bonded on each other, clamping especially each other, and also can unclamp simply once more.
Can be arranged to according to a preferred form of implementation, supporting surface is arranged to highly constant.Especially first element can be arranged in highly unchangeably in the needle tray and be removable.Supporting surface has height and position preset, that limit all the time thus.Especially supporting surface can not move towards needle tray base portion direction downwards.Through the location of locating surface on supporting surface of second element, produce the position of qualification of driving pin of position but also second element of the not only qualification of locating surface thus.The pin compared among file DE 42 41 906 A1 of first element can make up more simply in addition.
According to a design of the present invention, especially the translot of partial restriction can be arranged in the needle-bar in the zone of the driving pin of second element.Do not protrude in needle-bar although drive pin, this translot allows some triangle part (Schlossteil) to promote second element forward, and other triangle part for example sitch cam (Abzugsteil) can be to the not influence of second element.
First element can have one or two and drive pin.Motion can import in first element in different positions and through different triangle parts thus.Can know that by foregoing first element and second element have different relative positions.This different relative positions also can be called different coupled position.During the triangle stroke, can conversion back and forth between each coupled position.The motion parts ground of first element passes through the driving pin of rigidity and partly imports through knitting cam at the driving pin place of second element at this element place.
Three-legged structure is simplified thus: be provided with the knitting cam of nothing by key technology.Second element especially need not be pressed in the needle tray in the zone of its locating surface, drives pin so that lift it.Be pressed in the needle tray and realize automatically based on elastic force.
Advantageously, knitting cam is configured to three step triangles (Dreiwegeschloss).Three step triangles especially can be configured to following process: do not weave-tuck of the lopping-kinking of kinking or do not weave-adapter ring of the barring-on-not kinking of kinking.This knitting cam can repack three step triangles of other function through the replacement of triangle part in design of the present invention; For example repack the three step triangles that are used for following process into: do not weave-tuck of the lopping-not kinking of kinking, or do not weave-adapter ring of the barring-on-not kinking of kinking.This repacking can realize through changing four triangle parts simply.
Can be provided with five step triangles (F ü nfwegeschloss) in addition, be used for following process: not weave-tuck of the tuck-not kinking of the lopping-kinking of the lopping-not kinking of kinking or do not weave-adapter ring of the adapter ring-not kinking of the barring-on-kinking of the barring-on-not kinking of kinking.Five step triangles can have two chosen positions and triangle middle part another chosen position afterwards before the triangle middle part for each glide direction.The chosen position that chosen position after the triangle middle part is compared before the triangle middle part can be positioned on other the track (Spur).Although chosen position is positioned on the different pin rails, be preferably to be configured to select the identical plane on second element of sinker to contact all the time with chosen position.In order to keep less system's spacing, insert part (Anbieteteil) and may be embodied to according to glide direction and can laterally move.
Description of drawings
According to the accompanying drawing that shows material particular of the present invention, from the following explanation of embodiments of the invention with in the accessory rights requirement, draw other features and advantages of the present invention.Each characteristic can be individually or a plurality of combination in any ground in modification of the present invention, realize.
Preferred embodiment of the present invention is schematically illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and next further sets forth with reference to accompanying drawing.Wherein:
Fig. 1 illustrates the sectional view of needle-bar, and wherein the locating surface of second element places on first supporting surface of needle tray first element;
Fig. 2 illustrates the view corresponding to Fig. 1, and wherein this locating surface places on second supporting surface of first element;
Fig. 3 illustrates the view corresponding to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, wherein first element and second element locking each other;
Fig. 4 illustrates the view corresponding to Fig. 1, and wherein second element is lifted away from from first element fully;
Fig. 5 illustrates the view corresponding to Fig. 4, and wherein second element is not as be lifted away from from first element among Fig. 4 so far;
Fig. 6 illustrates the vertical view of triangle, is used for the process that function " does not weave " to explain first element and second element;
Fig. 7 illustrates the vertical view of triangle, is used for the process of function " lopping " to explain first element and second element;
Fig. 8 illustrates the vertical view of triangle, is used for the process of function " tuck " to explain first element and second element;
Fig. 9 illustrates the vertical view of triangle, is used for the process of function " barring-on " to explain first element and second element;
Figure 10 illustrates the vertical view of triangle, is used for the process of function " adapter ring " to explain first element and second element;
Figure 11 illustrates the vertical view of triangle, is used for the process of function " tuck of not kinking " to explain first element and second element;
Figure 12 illustrates the vertical view of five step triangles.
The specific embodiment
The sectional view that has the needle-bar 10 of needle tray 11 shown in Fig. 1.In needle tray 11, especially on pin base portion 12, first element 13 and second element 14 be arranged to can needle tray 11 vertically on move.In shown embodiment, first element 13 is configured to pin, and second element 14 is configured to sinker, especially is configured to select sinker.First element 13 has pinhock 15 at its front end, and this pinhock 15 is arranged in sley bar (Kammgleiche).Drive pin 16 and protrude in needle-bar 10 and can catch by the triangle part that is set, so as needle tray 11 vertically on import and move in first element 13.In its back-end, first element 13 has two supporting surfaces 17,18, and it not only is in different height about first element 13 but also about pin base portion 12.On the direction perpendicular to the bearing of trend of needle tray 11, first element 13 is not removable.Especially, it is held in place through cover rail (Abdeckschiene) 19 on this direction.Therefore first element 13 only is arranged to that the position can change on a dimension.
In addition, in needle tray 11, be furnished with second element 14.
Second element 14 has locating surface 20, and it can place on first supporting surface or second supporting surface 17,18 alternatively to utilize locating surface 20.In Fig. 1, locating surface 20 places on the supporting surface 17.
Second element 14 remains in this position, and this is because it has the flexible member 21 that is supported on pin base portion 12 places.Flexible member 21 is arranged in the below of the motion limiter part 22 that is configured to metal wire (Draht).The flexible member 21 and
second element 14 are configured to one, are the integrated part of second element 14.The motion limiter part is used for the path restriction of
second element 14 on it is vertical.Above motion limiter part 22, be furnished with the manipulation swing component
23 of second element 14.Handling the driving pin 24 that swing component 23 places are provided with second element 14.Remain in the needle tray 11 through drive track 25,26, the second elements 14.
Second element 14 is arranged to both in needle tray 11, can vertically move, again can be around support 27 swings.
Below the positioned opposite of first element shown in Fig. 1 and second element 13,14 (locating surface 20 place on the supporting surface 17 and the driving pin 24 of second element does not reveal in needle-bar 10) therein, be called " state 1 ".Only overcoming elastic force locating surface 20 could be lifted away from from supporting surface 17, and elastic force is through flexible member 21 effects.On the other hand, locating surface 20 remains positioned on the supporting surface 17 through flexible member 21.
For the situation shown in Fig. 2 (below be referred to as " state 2a "), locating surface 20 is on the supporting surface 18.Locating surface 20 correspondingly is positioned at lower height and position with respect to Fig. 1, makes swing component 23 upwards swing, and reveals in needle-bar 10 and drive pin 24.
In a kind of situation shown in Fig. 3, below be referred to as " state 2b ".First element 13 is pushed forward with respect to state 2a.First element and second element 13,14 locking each other in this state.The driving pin 24 of second element 14 can correspondingly no longer sink in the needle-bar 10.In state shown in Figure 3, second element 14 stops the backswing of second element thus, and stops avaling of driving pin 24 thus through clinch 30 overlap joints of first element 13.Especially can see that first element and second element 13,14 are configured to hook-type in its attachment areas 31,32, producing releasable locking thus maybe.
At state shown in Fig. 4, below be referred to as " state 3a ".Second element 14 is lifted away from from first element 13 fully, and provides to selective system.Driving pin 24 sinks to fully in needle-bar 10.The elastic force that overcomes flexible member 21 realizes that second element 14 is rocked to the state that is lifted away from.Can see that in addition second element 14 utilizes seamed edge 33 to abut to cover rail 26 places.Limit the motion of pulling back of second element 14 thus.
In a kind of situation shown in Fig. 5, below be referred to as " state 3b ".Second element 14 is lifted away from from first element 13.Driving pin 24 sinks in needle-bar 10 has only special triangle part could arrive this driving pin 24 through joining in the translot 34 in the needle-bar 10.First element 13 shifts out forward.
At triangle shown in Fig. 6 50, " do not weave " with explanation function.On the left side on triangle 50 next doors in order to explain the layout that first element 13 and second element 14 among the state 2a are shown once more.Triangle 50 moves on the direction of arrow 51 through the layout of first element and second element 13,14.Dotted line 52 shows, drives pin 16 and from needle-bar 10, gives prominence to also and can be caught by triangle 50.Correspondingly, dotted line 53 shows that the driving pin 24 of second element 14 protrudes in needle-bar 10 and can be caught by triangle 50.Dotted line 54 shows that driving pin 24 sinks to needle-bar 10 fully and can not catch through triangle part.When the combination of first element and second element 13,14 is positioned at the position of line A-A, occupy state 2a.In corresponding to the position of line B-B, realize transforming among the state 3a, wherein in this state, the driving pin 24 of second element 14 sinks.Online C-C place realizes transforming to once more among the state 2a.
Fig. 7 shows, drives some roads that pin 16,24 passes triangle 50, so that lopping.In position, occupy state 2a corresponding to line A-A.In position corresponding to line B-B, realize transforming among the state 3a, drive pin 24 thus and sink.In location, realize transforming to once more among the state 2a corresponding to line C-C.Driving pin 24 correspondingly rises from needle-bar once more.Drive thus pin 24 can with triangle part 55 actings in conjunction.Second element 14 is at the direction of arrow 56 superior displacements.Abut in stop surface 41 places (seeing Fig. 2,3) of first element 13 through the stop surface (Anschlagflaeche) 40 of second element 14, first element 13 is also at the direction of arrow 56 superior displacements thus.Realizing transforming among the state 2b corresponding to the position of line D-D.First element and second element 13,14 locking each other in this state.Driving pin 24 moves until the position corresponding to line E-E along triangle part 57,58,59.Through first element and second element 13,14 locking each other, first element 13 is followed the motion of second element 14.Especially, first element and second element 13,14 are pulled in contrast to the direction of arrow 56 once more.Online E-E place realizes transforming among the state 2a.
Triangle stroke in function shown in Fig. 8 " tuck ".Online A-A place, the combination of first element and second element 13,14 is among the state 2a.Online B-B place realizes transforming among the state 3a.Driving pin 24 keeps sinking up to line C-C.Realize there transforming among the state 2a.This means, between position B-B and C-C, the not motion on the direction of arrow 56 of first element and second element 13,14.Online C-C place drives pin 24 and lifts, and makes it protrude in needle-bar 10.Therefore drive pin 24 and triangle part 65 actings in conjunction, element 14 drives first element 13 on the direction of arrow 56 thus.Realizing transforming among the state 3b corresponding to the position of line D-D.In this case, first element and second element 13,14 are removed connection each other, and the element 13 of winning can be carried out and 14 some the different motion of second element, and this draws from process 52,53.Online E-E place realizes transforming among the state 2a once more, and locating surface 20 places on the supporting surface 18 in state 2a.Online F-F place realizes transforming among the state 2b, first element and second element 13,14 locking each other in state 2b.First element 13 is driven through second element 14 in contrast to the direction of arrow 56, and this is to move and therefore be pulled along triangle part 59 because it utilizes it to drive pin 24.Online G-G place realizes transforming among the state 2a once more.
Fig. 9 illustrates the triangle stroke that is used for function " barring-on ".Online A-A place, first element and second element 13,14 are among the state 2a.Online B-B place realizes transforming among the state 3a, and second element 14 is lifted away from from first element 13 in state 3a, and drives pin 24 sinking in needle-bar 10 fully.Online C-C place realizes transforming among the state 2a, and locating surface 20 places on the supporting surface 18 in state 2a.Has less relative motion between first element and second element 14.Therefore the portion's section between line 52,53 online C-C and the D-D is not accurately to extend in parallel.The position that drives pin 24 is through triangle part 55 influences, and the position of driving pin 16 is through 61 influences of triangle.Online D-D place realizes transforming among the state 2b.In this case, second element 14 is driven through first element 13, and it moves through triangle part 61,62,63,64 and confirms.Online E-E place realizes transforming among the state 2a.First element and second element 13,14 be locking no longer correspondingly.Therefore they are motion independently of one another between online E-E and the F-F.Online F-F place realizes transforming among the state 2b.First element and second element 13,14 be locking once more correspondingly, makes the element 13 of winning follow the motion of second element 14.The triangle part 57 to 59 that moves through of second element 14 is confirmed.Online G-G place realizes transforming among the state 2a once more.
Figure 10 illustrates the triangle stroke that is used for function " adapter ring ".Online A-A place occupies state 2a.Online B-B place realizes transforming among the state 3a.Drive pin 24 and in needle-bar, sink, and therefore be not in and engage with triangle 50 until line C-C.Online C-C place realizes transforming among the state 2a.The motion of first element 13 confirms through second element 14 that at first it utilizes it to drive pin and moves along 65 of triangles.When driving pin 16 was run into triangle part 66, the further motion of first element 13 on the direction of arrow 56 was prevented from.This also stops the further motion of second element 14 on the direction of arrow 56.Online D-D place realizes transforming among the state 3b.Drive pin 24 and triangle part 67 actings in conjunction.First element 13 does not move.Online E-E place realizes transforming in the state 1, has only the pin 16 of driving to project upwards in needle-bar.Online F-F place realizes transforming among the state 2a.
Figure 11 illustrates the triangle stroke that is used for function " tuck of not kinking ".Online A-A place occupies state 2a.Online B-B place realizes transforming among the state 3a.Online C-C place realizes transforming among the state 2a.Online D-D place realizes transforming among the state 3b, and online E-E place realizes transforming in the state 1.Online F-F place realizes transforming among the state 2a.Be that with the difference of Fig. 8 triangle part 67 passes through 68 replacements of triangle, and second element 14 is further moved on the direction of arrow 56.When online thus E-E place second element 14 descended, the locating surface 20 of second element 14 contacted (state 1) with the locating surface 17 of first element 13, and the driving pin 24 of second element 14 keeps sinking in needle-bar 10 and influenced by triangle part 59 thus.
With the interchangeable triangle part of numeral 1 to 4 mark.Replacement through triangle part 1 to 4 can not weave from being used for function-and three step triangles of the adapter ring of the barring-on-not kinking of the tuck of the lopping-kinking of kinking or do not weave-kinking repack into and have function and do not weave-three step triangles of the adapter ring of the barring-on-not kinking of the tuck of the lopping-not kinking of kinking or do not weave-kinking.
Figure 12 illustrates five step triangles 80.First element and second element 13,14 can be directed along first path, are used for function and " do not weave ".Online A-A place occupies state 2a for this reason.Online B-B place realizes transforming among the state 3a, and online C " C " locates to realize transforming among the state 2a.
For the kinking of lopping, element 13,14 can adopt second path.Online A-A place, element 13,14 occupies state 2a.Online B-B place realizes transforming among the state 3a.Online C-C place realizes transforming among the state 2a; Online D-D place realizes transforming among the state 2b; Online E-E place realizes transforming among the state 2a, and online F-F place realizes transforming among the state 3b, and online G-G place realizes transforming among the state 2a; Online H-H place realizes transforming among the state 2b, and online J-J place realizes transforming among the state 2a.
For the lopping of not kinking, element 13,14 can adopt the Third Road footpath.Online A-A place occupies state 2a.Online B-B place realizes transforming among the state 3a.Online C-C place realizes transforming among the state 2a; Online D-D place realizes transforming among the state 2b, and online E-E place realizes transforming among the state 2a, and online F-F place realizes transforming among the state 3b; Online G '-G ' locates to realize transforming in the state 1, and online H '-H ' locates to realize transforming among the state 2a.
Can adopt the 4th path to be used for the tuck of kinking.Online A-A place occupies state 2a.Online B-B place realizes transforming among the state 3a.Online C '-C ' locates to realize transforming among the state 2a, and online F-F place realizes transforming among the state 3b, and online G-G place realizes transforming among the state 2a, and online H-H place realizes transforming among the state 2b, and online J-J place realizes transforming among the state 2a.
Adopt the 5th path to be used for the tuck of not kinking of function.Online A-A place occupies state 2a.Online B-B place realizes transforming among the state 3a.Online C-C place realizes transforming among the state 2a, and online F-F place realizes transforming among the state 3b, and online G '-G ' locates to realize transforming in the state 1, and online H '-H ' locates to realize transforming among the state 2a.
Therefore can realize very short needle-bar through arrangement according to the invention, it has two inserts (first element and second element 13,14).Should arrange the special cost of practicing thrift thus.Weaving function completely can realize in three steps technology or five step technology.The simple repacking of triangle can be used for the modification (for three steps technology) of the tuck of not kinking.Do not need key component at the triangle place.Reduce wear thus.The hand pick that intersects is possible, promptly can be in triangle the pin (hand pick) of kinking barring-on, and the pin of not kinking adapter ring (intersection hand pick), wherein the card clothing of barring-on puts forwardly that needle-bar still is that the rear portion needle-bar is inessential.The design of first element 13 has advantage in addition: drive pin 16 and on it is vertical, can not avale under the load of first element 13.