CN104630980A

CN104630980A - Wire absorption equipment for needle dial group of circular weft knitting machine

Info

Publication number: CN104630980A
Application number: CN201410123107.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: T·洛纳蒂; E·洛纳蒂; F·洛纳蒂
Original assignee: Santoni SpA
Current assignee: Santoni SpA
Priority date: 2013-11-11
Filing date: 2014-03-28
Publication date: 2015-05-20
Also published as: ITBS20130163A1; BR102014028152A2

Abstract

The invention provides wire absorption equipment (1) for the needle dial group of a circular weft knitting machine. The wire absorption equipment is provided with a lower bottom (3), an absorption opening (14) and a wire absorption space (20). The lower bottom (3) defines an inlet (4). The inlet is defined as an inlet for one or more wires in the wire absorption equipment. The absorption opening is arranged above an air absorption source and is connected with the air absorption source. The wire absorption space is configured to extend between the inlet and the wire absorption opening. The wire absorption equipment comprises at least one wire separation element (50) or named grommet.

Description

For the line absorption equipment of the dials group of knitting circular knitting machine

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of line absorption equipment of the dials group for knitting circular knitting machine, for one group of line absorption equipment and the method achieving the line absorption equipment for knitting circular knitting machine of knitting machine.The invention still further relates to a kind of line absorption equipment for knitting circular knitting machine, described line absorption equipment comprises the particular element for separating of the line in absorption equipment.

The present invention relates to the technical field of the knitting circular knitting machine for knitwear, seamless fabric, hosiery etc.

In describing the invention, term " knitting machine " is often referred to for the production of fabric and the knitting circular knitting machine with multiple line feed point, and wherein said line is supplied to the pin of described machine.Described knitting machine can be exemplified as single bed-type or double bed type.Knitting circular knitting machine comprises the yarn feeder of variable number, such as 2,4,6,8 or more yarn feeders.

In describing the invention, the part of statement " dials group " pointer loom, described dials group is provided with needle bearing element up and has other element and equipment, other element and equipment can with the pin of knitting machine together with the line in yarn feeder collaborative work can fabric be produced.

In the technical field of knitting circular knitting machine, dials group typically comprises fixed support ring, described dials group to be installed to the load-carrying members of knitting machine, also comprise the transmission of line and shearing elements (being called cut-off knife in the art) and multiple pneumatic equipment be positioned on described support ring, the transmission of wherein said line and shearing elements are installed in the outside of described support ring can rotate around described support ring.

Multiple pneumatic equipment generally includes at least one hook control group and multiple pneumatic actuator, hook control group described in actuator comprises one or more control cam can interact with the hook of knitting machine, and described pneumatic actuator can activate described control cam.

In addition, multiple pneumatic equipment can comprise clip group, and described clip group is quantitatively typically equal with the yarn feeder of knitting machine; Each clip group comprises one or more moveable clip and pneumatic actuator, thus described one or more moveable clip can keep or hinder pin line being supplied to knitting machine, and described pneumatic actuator is used for mobile described clip.

Dials group also comprises shearing equipment (or line shearing device), and each shearing equipment comprises the shearing elements of pneumatic activation, and described shearing elements can with cut-off knife collaborative work to realize cutting off with the line of cut-off knife by transmission.

In addition, dials group can comprise line-absorption equipment, and described line-absorption equipment can absorb the line of one or more feed unit and relevant fine hair.

Background technology

The line absorption equipment of known type typically has hollow conduit structure and extends to upper shed under shed.Upper shed is connected with absorption conduit, to produce absorption at lower opening, meanwhile, the bottom defining the line absorption equipment of under shed is installed in the gripper shoe of dials group of knitting machine.In addition, line absorption equipment abutted to the cable guiding device group of knitting machine up mode with entrance is placed in described dials group, and line is supplied to the pin of syringe to realize having the target of the fabric determining characteristic by described line absorption equipment alternatively.

At the duration of work of knitting machine, syringe rotates many lines used and will be got rid of from knitting operation or be prevented from (not namely being associated with pin), and after this turns back to knitting operation (being namely associated with pin) again.When line is got rid of from knitting operation, described line can be cut off: the free part that this generates the line on cable guiding device.In order to stop this part line to form obstacle in the parts of knitting machine, to guarantee that described line was cut off in bottom before being reinserted into knitting operation, known line absorption equipment can be absorbed by the mode of absorption of air and maintain the free part of the line of its inside.Under shed mentioned above can complete the absorption of line.In the position of the freely part of cutting line, this part line (dying on) is absorbed completely by line absorption equipment and is discharged from knitting head by absorbing opening, line is placed in advance the point that returns knitting process for target and perform the cut-out of the freely part to line.

Applicant finds that the line absorption equipment of known type has multiple shortcoming, and can be modified in many ways, particularly can be modified in its structure with the validity of the absorbed line of process.

The exemplary shortcomings of known solution is the complexity of structure and/or the difficult point in different knitting circular knitting machines in absorption equipment use.

Another shortcoming of known line absorption equipment is its high cost, especially needs to supply different line absorption equipment groups to different knitting machines, and each line absorption equipment group needs the size characteristic of applicable different knitting machine.

Another shortcoming of known line absorption equipment is lower to the resistivity of the wearing and tearing in maintenance operation and/or difficulty.

Another shortcoming of known line absorption equipment to be absorbed into and the line be limited in equipment more trends towards knotting, to tangle and connected to each other; This can cause in knitting operation, producing fault and produce mistake in fabric being produced.

Summary of the invention

Object of the present invention in the case (is also at all of the present invention, it is present in many aspects of the present invention and/or embodiment) be open a kind of line absorption equipment for knitting circular knitting machine, described line absorption equipment can avoid one or more pointed shortcoming.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of line absorption equipment, and the feature of described line absorption equipment is for having innovation and rational structure.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of line absorption equipment, and the feature of described line absorption equipment is can easily adapt to different knitting circular knitting machines.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of line absorption equipment, and described line absorption equipment can absorb and maintain many supply lines of its inside in an efficient way.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of line absorption equipment, and described line absorption equipment can maintain the Absorption Line of its inside, stop or restraining line between knotting, tangle and/or link.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of line absorption equipment, and the feature of described line absorption equipment is have the function of high reliability and/or less mistake and failure prone.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of line absorption equipment, and the realization of described line absorption equipment and assembling are simple and/or fast.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of line absorption equipment, and described line absorption equipment can improve the knitting performance of knitting circular knitting machine.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of line absorption equipment, and the feature of described line absorption equipment is that relative performance and quality have optimum manufacturing cost.

These targets, and other target in addition, fully can highlight from following description process, and substantially by according to the line absorption equipment of one or more claim and/or one group of line absorption equipment and/or realize the method for the line absorption equipment being used for knitting circular knitting machine and realize.Each of described claim by (subordinate relation without relevant) individually or can be considered with other claim with being combined, also can be combined with hereinafter each side and/or embodiment, also can carry out different combinations from claim mentioned above.

In a first aspect, the present invention relates to a kind of line absorption equipment for knitting circular knitting machine, described equipment comprises:

The main body of-line absorption equipment, described main body has lower surface and upper surface, described lower surface is by the gripper shoe being installed to the dials group of knitting circular knitting machine and define at least one entrance in the mounting structure to described gripper shoe, and described entrance is configured to be the entrance that one or more line enters line absorption equipment.Described upper surface comprises bonding part, and described bonding part defines the boundary of the access portal of upper surface.

-mouthpiece, described mouthpiece is different from the main body of described line absorption equipment, described mouthpiece has generic tubular structure and extends between the lower end and upper end of opening, the lower end of described opening define with the engagement configurations complementation of described main body, the mounting portion of described mouthpiece, described upper end comprises absorption opening, described absorption opening will be connected with air suction device so that the air pressure producing described line absorption device interior declines, and realizes one or more line to suck described line absorption equipment via entrance.

In an aspect, mouthpiece is installed in the main body of this mouthpiece in the following manner up: the mounting portion of mouthpiece is corresponding with the bonding part of line absorption equipment body, and the body interior of described mouthpiece and line absorption equipment defines the absorption space of line, described absorption space extends between entrance and absorption opening.

In an aspect, main body overall line absorption equipment defining integration in mutual installment state of described mouthpiece and described line absorption equipment, what described line absorption equipment was configured to absorb its inside feeds to one or more line of knitting machine, and is remained on by described one or more line and absorb in space.

In an aspect, described line absorption equipment will be placed in the dials group of knitting machine, and is arranged to absorption one or more line and relevant fine hair.

In an aspect, absorb opening to be connected with air suction device by absorbing conduit.

In an aspect, lateral edges along described equipment body defines described entrance, along with described equipment is placed in the gripper shoe of dials group in Install and configure, described lateral edges will be placed in a part for gripper shoe peripheral edge, align with shearing elements (or " cut-off knife ") to transmit with line up by this mode, described line transmission is rotatably installed in the outside of gripper shoe with shearing elements.

In an aspect, the lateral edges of the main body of described line absorption equipment has arc structure, it is characterized by and has fixed radius of curvature and fixed extending transversely, described radius of curvature and extending transverselyly to define " equipment size ".Described equipment size is directly related with the diameter of the cylinder of knitting loom that described line absorption equipment is mounted thereon.

In an aspect, the semidiameter of cylinder of knitting loom that is mounted thereon with described line absorption equipment of the fixed radius of curvature of the lateral edges of the main body of described line absorption equipment is equal or proportional substantially.

In an aspect, the distance between the fixed yarn feeder adjacent with two of knitting machine substantially extending transversely of the lateral edges of line absorption equipment or line feed point is equal.

In an aspect, the increase of the syringe diameter of the knitting machine that the said equipment size is mounted thereon along with the main body of absorption equipment and increasing, in particular, radius of curvature and/or the meeting extending transversely of described lateral edges increase thereupon.

In an aspect, above-mentioned mouthpiece, especially the profile of mounting portion and size, structurally measured and constructed in a singular fashion, and without the need to the diameter of the syringe of considering the knitting machine that line absorption equipment is mounted thereon, the main body of line absorption equipment that simultaneously described mouthpiece is mounted thereon selects from multiple possible line absorption equipment body, described multiple possible line absorption equipment body all has the shape and size of common bonding part, the shape complementarity of wherein said bonding part and mounting portion, when considering the size of line absorption equipment, described multiple possible line absorption equipment is different, described line absorption equipment does not need just can be selected through the size of amendment structure and/or mouthpiece.

In an aspect, entrance is configured under absorption, decide one or more line and is introduced in described line absorption equipment, wherein said line is limited to one for line being fed the equipment to the pin of knitting machine or cable guiding device group at the distributing point of correspondence, and wherein said line is cut off in the distribution point away from correspondence and freely enters into described line absorption equipment.

In an aspect, when described line do not work in knitting machine pin but be limited to one by described line feed give to the equipment of the pin of knitting machine time, described line absorption equipment is configured in absorption space (under absorption) and keeps a part for every bar line, and this part upwards arrives free upper end from the distributing point that described line is corresponding.When line return the mode of operation that enters on the pin of knitting machine and the corresponding part of every bar line be sheared equipment cut off time, line absorption equipment be also configured to from absorb opening absorb individually before be inhaled into the corresponding part of the every bar line absorbing space and discharged.

In an aspect, described line absorption equipment will be installed in knitting circular knitting machine (being preferably seamless-type), described knitting circular knitting machine has syringe, and the diameter of described syringe is preferably between 4 inches to 40 inches and/or between 10 inches to 22 inches.

In an aspect, the present invention relates to a kind of dials group of knitting circular knitting machine, described dials group will comprise above the syringe being installed in knitting machine:

-gripper shoe, described gripper shoe is firmly limited to the load-carrying members of knitting machine and coaxial with syringe;

The transport of-line and shearing elements (or cut-off knife), this element is rotatably mounted the outside of described gripper shoe;

-multiple equipment, described multiple equipment is installed in described gripper shoe;

-multiple line absorption equipment according to one or more aspect and/or one or more claim;

Wherein each line absorption equipment comprises respective mouthpiece and respective line absorption equipment body, and described main body has the size selected by the diameter of the syringe of knitting machine.

In an aspect, the present invention relates to a kind of knitting circular knitting machine, it comprises:

-load-carrying members;

-at least one needle bearing element or syringe, described syringe to be rotatably mounted in described load-carrying members and to have corresponding diameter;

-multiple pin, described multiple pin is supported by syringe and is parallel to the rotating shaft of syringe movably to produce knitted fabric;

-dials group, described dials group is connected to described load-carrying members and described dials group is installed in above syringe.

One independently in, the present invention relates to a kind of line absorption equipment group for knitting circular knitting machine, described equipment group comprises:

-multiple line absorption equipment body, each main body is for realizing respective line absorption equipment, each main body of described equipment has lower surface and upper surface, described lower surface is by the gripper shoe being installed to the dials group of knitting circular knitting machine and define at least one entrance in the Install and configure to described gripper shoe, described entrance is configured to be the entrance that one or more line enters line absorption equipment, described upper surface comprises bonding part, described bonding part defines the boundary of the access portal of upper surface, and wherein each line absorption equipment body has respective entrance, described entrance limit by the lateral edges of the main body along respective line absorption equipment, along with described line absorption equipment is placed in the gripper shoe of dials group in Install and configure, described lateral edges will be placed in a part for gripper shoe peripheral edge, align with shearing elements (or " cut-off knife ") to transmit with line up, described line transmission and shearing elements are rotatably installed in the outside of gripper shoe, and wherein the lateral edges of the main body of line absorption equipment has arc structure and it is characterized by and has fixed radius of curvature and fixed extending transversely, described radius of curvature and extending transverselyly define equipment size, described equipment size is directly related with the diameter of the cylinder of knitting loom that described line absorption equipment is mounted thereon,

-multiple mouthpiece, each mouthpiece is for realizing respective line absorption equipment, each mouthpiece has generic tubular structure and extends between the lower end and upper end of opening, the lower end of described opening defines the mounting portion with the engagement configurations complementation of the main body of line absorption equipment, described upper end comprises absorption opening, described absorption opening will be connected with air suction device so that the air pressure producing described line absorption device interior declines, and realizes one or more line to suck described line absorption equipment via entrance.

In an aspect, the size of the bonding part of all line absorption equipment of multiple equipment body and configuration are identical and corresponding with the size of the mounting portion of the total interface pipe of multiple mouthpiece.

In an aspect, each mouthpiece is configured to the top of arbitrary main body that can be installed to line absorption equipment, described arbitrary main body belongs to the main body of multiple line absorption equipment, therefore, the mounting portion of each mouthpiece corresponds to the re-spective engagement part of the main body of line absorption equipment, and the corresponding main body of each mouthpiece and line absorption equipment together form line absorption equipment when assembling with the form of single main body.

Substantially, total interface pipe in multiple mouthpiece is structurally measured and is constructed in a singular fashion, the size of each line absorption equipment body simultaneously in described multiple line absorption equipment body is selected from multiple possible size, and each size in described multiple possible size is relevant to the diameter value of the cylinder of knitting loom that the main body of mouthpiece is mounted thereon.That is, the total interface pipe in multiple mouthpiece is mutually the same.

In an aspect, described equipment group comprises:

At least one first group of-multiple line absorption equipment, described first group is made up of the line absorption equipment of the first quantity, each line absorption equipment comprises any one mouthpiece in described multiple mouthpieces and has the main body of line absorption equipment of the first measured value, this main body selects from the main body of described multiple line absorption equipment, and described first group of multiple line absorption equipment to be configured to be installed in the knitting circular knitting machine with syringe and to it is characterized by and have the first corresponding diameter value;

At least one second group of-multiple line absorption equipment, described second group from described first group different, described second group is made up of the line absorption equipment of the second quantity, each line absorption equipment comprises any one mouthpiece in described multiple mouthpieces and has the main body of line absorption equipment of the second measured value, this main body selects from the main body of described multiple line absorption equipment, and described second group of multiple line absorption equipment to be configured to be installed in the knitting circular knitting machine with syringe and to it is characterized by and have corresponding Second bobbin diameter value.

The first and second described measured values are selected from the multiple possible measured value of the main body of line absorption equipment.

In an aspect, the first and second diameter values of described syringe are preferably between 4 inches to 40 inches.

In an aspect, described equipment group comprises multiple line absorption equipment, and described multiple line absorption equipment has line absorption equipment body any one of above-mentioned aspect and/or claim and mouthpiece.

In an aspect, line absorption equipment is configured to the line of simultaneously stability some, and described quantity is 1 or is greater than 1 and/or 2 or be greater than 2 and/or 4 or be greater than 4 and/or 8 or be greater than 8 and/or 12 or be greater than 12.

One independently in, the present invention relates to a kind of method realizing line absorption equipment for knitting circular knitting machine, described method comprises the steps:

-realize the main body of at least one mouthpiece, described main body has lower surface and upper surface, described lower surface is by the gripper shoe being installed to the dials group of knitting circular knitting machine and define at least one entrance in the Install and configure to described gripper shoe, described entrance is configured to be the entrance that one or more line enters line absorption equipment, and described upper surface comprises bonding part, described bonding part defines the boundary of the access portal of upper surface, and wherein the main body of line absorption equipment has respective entrance, described respective entrance limit by the lateral edges of the main body of absorption equipment along the line, along with mouthpiece is placed in the gripper shoe of dials group in Install and configure, described lateral edges will be placed in a part for gripper shoe peripheral edge, align with shearing elements (or " cut-off knife ") to transmit with line up, described line transmission and shearing elements are rotatably installed in the outside of gripper shoe, and wherein the lateral edges of the main body of line absorption equipment has arc structure, and it is characterized by there is fixed radius of curvature and fixed extending transversely, described radius of curvature and extending transverselyly define equipment size, described equipment size is directly related with the diameter of the cylinder of knitting loom that described line absorption equipment is mounted thereon,

-realize at least one mouthpiece, described mouthpiece has generic tubular structure and extends between the lower end and upper end of opening, the lower end of described opening defines the mounting portion with the engagement configurations complementation of line absorption equipment body, described upper end comprises absorption opening, described absorption opening will be connected with air suction device so that the air pressure producing described line absorption device interior declines, and realizes one or more line to suck described line absorption equipment via entrance;

-mouthpiece is installed to the top of line absorption equipment body, so that the mounting portion of mouthpiece is corresponding with the bonding part of line absorption equipment body, and the body interior of described mouthpiece and line absorption equipment defines the absorption space of line, described absorption space extends between entrance and absorption opening, main body overall line absorption equipment defining integration in mutual installment state of described mouthpiece and described line absorption equipment.

In an aspect, realizing at least one line absorption equipment body and realizing in the step of at least one mouthpiece, the size of the bonding part of at least one described line absorption equipment and configuration are single and correspond to the size of the mounting portion of at least one described mouthpiece, described mouthpiece is structurally measured and is constructed in a singular fashion, and without the need to the diameter of the syringe of considering the knitting machine that line absorption equipment is mounted thereon.

In an aspect, the step realizing at least one line absorption equipment body comprises the size selecting at least one described line absorption equipment from multiple possible size, and each size in described multiple possible size is relevant to the diameter value of the cylinder of knitting loom that line absorption equipment body is mounted thereon.

Said method comprising the steps of in an aspect:

-realizing multiple main bodys of multiple line absorption equipment, each main body will realize respective line absorption equipment:

-realizing multiple mouthpiece, each mouthpiece will realize respective line absorption equipment;

-by the mode of multiple installation steps, realize at least one first group of line absorption equipment, described first group is made up of the line absorption equipment of the first quantity, each line absorption equipment comprises any one mouthpiece in described multiple mouthpieces and has the main body of line absorption equipment of the first measured value, this main body is selected from multiple line absorption equipment body, and first group of described line absorption equipment to be configured to be installed in the knitting circular knitting machine with syringe and to it is characterized by has the first corresponding diameter value;

-by the mode of multiple installation steps, realize at least one second group of line absorption equipment, described second group from described first group different, described second group is made up of the line absorption equipment of the second quantity, each line absorption equipment comprises any one mouthpiece in described multiple mouthpieces and has the main body of line absorption equipment of the second measured value, this main body is selected from multiple line absorption equipment body, and second group of described line absorption equipment to be configured to be installed in the knitting circular knitting machine with syringe and to it is characterized by has corresponding Second bobbin diameter value;

The first and second wherein said measured values select from the multiple possible measured value of the main body of line absorption equipment.

In an aspect, described method comprises the step of other group realizing the 3rd group of line absorption equipment and/or the 4th group of line absorption equipment and/or line absorption equipment.In an aspect, each line absorption equipment first group, second group and/or the 3rd group line absorption equipment comprising respective quantity (quantity is any).In an aspect, the step realizing at least one line absorption equipment body comprises casting or some metal materials of die casting, thus realizes the main body of described line absorption equipment.

In an aspect, the step realizing at least one mouthpiece comprises molding (being preferably injection) some plastics and/or polymeric material, thus realizes described mouthpiece.

In an aspect, knitting circular knitting machine is seamless-type.

Another independently in, the present invention relates to a kind of line absorption equipment for knitting circular knitting machine, described line absorption equipment comprises:

-lower bottom part, described lower bottom part will be installed to the gripper shoe of the dials group of knitting circular knitting machine, and described lower bottom part is defining at least one entrance in the Install and configure of gripper shoe, and described entrance is configured to the entrance of one or more line being used as line absorption equipment;

-absorbing opening, described absorption opening to be placed in above air suction device and to be connected to this air suction device so that the air pressure producing line absorption device interior declines and realizes one or more line to be drawn in line absorption equipment via described entrance;

The absorption space of-described line, extends between the inner described entrance of the online absorption equipment in described absorption space and described absorption opening,

Wherein line absorption equipment is configured to absorb feeding to line for one or more of knitting machine of its inside, and feeds described one or more to maintain to line and absorb in space.

In an aspect, line absorption equipment comprises at least one line resolution element or " grommet ", described line resolution element or " grommet " are placed in and absorb in space and be inserted between described entrance and described absorption opening, this absorption space is blocked by transverse direction or horizontal cross-section that described resolution element is absorbing space

Wherein said resolution element defines multiple base, and when line is when absorbing interior volume, each base is configured to internally to comprise at least one and feeds to line.

In an aspect, multiple base is configured to remain resident in the separation absorbing other many lines in space, thus stops and to interlink and/or stop between different lines knotting between different lines and tangle.

In an aspect, the resolution element of line can hold the line of the knitting machine of variable number, and/or can comprise one or more line in each pan, and/or only in some bases, comprises line.

In an aspect, each base in multiple bases of resolution element will internally comprise one and is only corresponding feeding to line, such as, or one or more bases in multiple bases of resolution element are fed comprising many of being positioned at wherein to line, feed to line for two.Multiple bases of resolution element comprise at least 2 different bases and/or at least 4 different bases and/or at least 8 different bases and/or at least 12 different bases in an aspect.

In an aspect, resolution element blocks the cross section absorbing space and is in transverse plane, is preferably perpendicular to the absorption direction of line, and described line is directed to absorption opening from entrance in absorption space.

In an aspect, resolution element is embodied as separation main body and is inserted in line absorption equipment and absorbs in space, and is fixed on the precalculated position of line absorption equipment.

In an aspect, resolution element has circular structure, or the structure of part ring and comprising:

-upper surface, described upper surface is towards absorption opening;

-lower surface, described lower surface is relative with upper surface and towards entrance;

-outer wall, described outer wall is associated with the inner surface of line absorption mouthpiece;

-access portal, described access portal is between described upper surface and described lower surface, and pass being fed by one or more of knitting machine to line, wherein multiple bases of resolution element are limited in described access portal,

Wherein one or more line will pass access portal from lower surface to upper surface under the effect absorbed, so that this one or more line is placed in multiple base, preferably each independent base comprises independent feeding to line, so that every bar line limitedly moves in respective base, stays in base and at least do not contact with other line through resolution element at access portal place between absorption phase.

In an aspect, the completely different each other and each base of multiple base each defines the independently through hole between lower surface and upper surface, and resolution element is assumed to the structure with separates walls in this instance, and described separates walls is provided with multiple hole.

In an aspect, resolution element comprises multiple projection, and described projection is outstanding and launch access portal from wall individually, to limit an independent base between often pair of adjacent projection.

In an aspect, each base limited between often pair of adjacent protrusions partially opens and is connected with access portal described in this in the access portal of resolution element.

In an aspect, access portal is concerning being preferably single whole resolution element and by moulding to limit above-mentioned projection and to realize multiple different base, described in this example, multiple different base constitutes the some parts of access portal.

In an aspect, the wall of resolution element contacts with the inner surface of line absorption equipment, integrally to be blocked in the cross section mentioned above absorbing space.

In an aspect, line absorption equipment comprises:

The main body of-described line absorption equipment, described main body has lower surface and defines entrance above-mentioned;

-mouthpiece, described mouthpiece has generic tubular structure, and the main body being placed on described line absorption equipment is firmly restricted to described main body, and described mouthpiece is provided with absorption opening up,

The main body of wherein said mouthpiece and described line absorption equipment with the stated integer mutually installed constitute the line absorption equipment of integration and whole interior define line absorption space.

In an aspect, resolution element is placed in mouthpiece.

In an aspect, along with mouthpiece is installed to above the main body of line absorption equipment, main body and the mouthpiece of line absorption equipment are made into single-piece, or they are made into two different subjects being mutually installed to each other, to form the line absorption equipment of integration.

Above-mentioned each aspect of the present invention can be taken out separately or be combined with arbitrary claim or other side.

Accompanying drawing explanation

By describing will more fully highlight other Characteristics and advantages to the details of some embodiments, wherein provided by non-exclusive mode according to the preferred embodiment of the line absorption equipment for knitting circular knitting machine of the present invention.Accompanying drawing hereinafter with reference to the example providing indefiniteness carries out this description, wherein:

-Fig. 1 is the stereogram of the possible embodiment according to the line absorption equipment for knitting circular knitting machine of the present invention;

-Fig. 2 is the side view of the line absorption equipment of Fig. 1;

-Fig. 3 is the plane of the line absorption equipment from lower observation Fig. 1;

-Fig. 4 is the plane of the line absorption equipment from upper observation Fig. 1;

-Fig. 5 is the exploded perspective view of the line absorption equipment of Fig. 1;

-Fig. 6 is the partial perspective view cut open by the line absorption equipment VI-VI along the line of Fig. 1;

-Fig. 7 is the top isometric view of the embodiment of resolution element for line absorption equipment according to the present invention;

-Fig. 8 is the plane of the resolution element of Fig. 7;

-Fig. 9 is the stereogram of the resolution element from lower observation Fig. 7;

-Figure 10 is the example of the dials group of knitting machine, and it comprises multiple according to line absorption equipment of the present invention.

Detailed description of the invention

With reference to accompanying drawing, Reference numeral 1 represents according to complete line absorption equipment of the present invention, and Reference numeral 100 represents the complete dials group of knitting machine simultaneously.In general, the same reference numerals comprised in many embodiment: is used to same or analogous element.

Fig. 1-6 shows the possible embodiment according to line absorption equipment of the present invention, and Figure 10 shows and comprises multiple dials group according to line absorption equipment of the present invention simultaneously.The other parts of the bottom of knitting machine, the part comprising disposable plates, the knitting head comprising needle bearing element, pin and knitting machine are not shown specifically, in the accompanying drawings this is because they are known type and traditional type.From the visual angle of knitting machine industry, do not describe the function (the such as function of knitting head, the cooperation etc. between pin and line) of whole knitting machine in detail, this is known to one skilled in the art.

The described line absorption equipment 1 for knitting circular knitting machine comprises the main body 2 of described absorption equipment, described main body 2 has lower surface 3, described lower surface 3 will be installed to the gripper shoe 90 of the dials group 100 of knitting circular knitting machine and in the Install and configure to described gripper shoe, define at least one entrance 4, and described entrance 4 is configured to be the entrance that one or more line enters line absorption equipment.Fig. 1,2 and 6 schematically illustrates described Install and configure, therefrom can observe out from described main body 2 to described gripper shoe 90 is how to install and to support, and can limit a slit between described lower surface 3 and described gripper shoe 90, described slit constitutes entrance 4 above-mentioned.

The main body 2 of described line absorption equipment also has upper surface 5, and described upper surface 5 comprises bonding part 6, and described bonding part 6 defines the boundary (described opening is high-visible in Figure 5) of the access portal 7 of upper surface.Described line absorption equipment 1 also comprises mouthpiece 10, described mouthpiece 10 is different from the main body of described line absorption equipment, described mouthpiece 10 has generic tubular structure and extends between the lower end 11 and upper end 13 of opening, the lower end 11 of described opening define with bonding part 6 shape complementarity of described main body, the mounting portion 12 of described mouthpiece, described upper end 13 comprises and absorbs opening 14.Described absorption opening 14 will be connected so that the air pressure producing described line absorption device interior declines with air suction device (known type, not shown), and realize one or more line to suck described line absorption equipment via entrance 4.In essence, presetting of this vertical absorption towards described absorption opening 14 place achieves described line absorption device interior air pull upwards, then determines the assimilation effect at entrance 4 place from outside.Described absorption opening is connected with air suction device by absorbing conduit (not shown).

Mouthpiece 10 is installed in the main body 2 of this mouthpiece 10 in the following manner up: the mounting portion 12 of mouthpiece is corresponding with the bonding part 6 of line absorption equipment body, and the body interior of described mouthpiece and line absorption equipment defines the absorption space 20 of line, described absorption space 20 is at entrance 4 and absorb extension between opening 14.

Main body 2 overall line absorption equipment 1 defining integration in mutual installment state of described mouthpiece 10 and described line absorption equipment, what described line absorption equipment 1 was configured to absorb its inside feeds to one or more line of knitting machine, and is remained on by described one or more line and absorb in space 20.

Note, as shown in Figure 10, described line absorption equipment 1 will be placed in the dials group 100 of knitting machine, for absorbing one or more line and relevant fine hair.In more detail, described entrance 4 is configured under absorption mentioned above, decide the entrance that one or more line is introduced in described line absorption equipment: described line is limited to one for line being fed the equipment to the pin of knitting machine or cable guiding device group at the distributing point of correspondence, and wherein said line is cut off in the distribution point away from correspondence and freely enters into described line absorption equipment.

In essence, every bar line has drift when not working, and described drift extends as one section of variable-length on the cable guiding device of correspondence associated with it.This drift of every bar line is substantially from the distributing point of correspondence and in the cut-off of the described place of upper end freely.

In this case, when described line does not work in the pin of knitting machine, but be limited to and feed to during to the equipment of the pin of knitting machine (cable guiding device) by described line, described line absorption equipment can keep the free part of every bar line absorbing (under absorption) in space.When line prepares to return the mode of operation entered on the pin of syringe, described freely part will be cut off, to prune described line and to form new stitch by not having the described line of drift to place in advance.

With this target, when described line returns the work on the pin of knitting machine and the length of correspondence is cut off by the shearing equipment (or " cutter ") with cutting tool cooperation, be inhaled into the part of the correspondence of the every bar line absorbed in space before described line absorption equipment can absorb, and discharge the part of described correspondence from described absorption opening individually.

Referring to figs. 1 to Fig. 6, lateral edges 8 along described equipment body 2 defines described entrance: along with described equipment is placed in the gripper shoe 90 of dials group 100 in Install and configure, described lateral edges will be placed in a part for gripper shoe peripheral edge, align with shearing elements (or " cutter ") to transmit with line up by this mode, described line transmission and shearing elements are rotatably installed in the outside of gripper shoe.

The lateral edges 8 of the main body 2 of described line absorption equipment preferably has arc structure, it is characterized by and has fixed radius of curvature and fixed extending transversely, described radius of curvature and extending transverselyly to define " equipment size ".Described equipment size is preferably directly related with the diameter of the cylinder of knitting loom that described line absorption equipment is mounted thereon.

One semidiameter of the cylinder of knitting loom that the radius of curvature of the lateral edges 8 of the main body 2 of described line absorption equipment is preferably mounted thereon with described line absorption equipment is equal or proportional substantially.

Distance between fixed preferably adjacent with two of the knitting machine substantially yarn feeder extending transversely of lateral edges 8 or line feed point is equal, or equal with a yarn feeder substantially.

The increase of the syringe diameter of the knitting machine that the said equipment size is preferably mounted thereon along with the main body of absorption equipment and increasing, in particular, radius of curvature and/or the meeting extending transversely of described lateral edges increase thereupon.

The profile of described mouthpiece 10, especially mounting portion 12 and size, preferably structurally measured and constructed in a singular fashion, and without the need to the diameter of the syringe of considering the knitting machine that line absorption equipment is mounted thereon.On the contrary, the main body 2 of line absorption equipment that described mouthpiece 10 is mounted thereon selects from multiple possible line absorption equipment body.Described multiple possible line absorption equipment body all has the shape and size of common bonding part 6, the shape complementarity of wherein said bonding part 6 and mounting portion 12, when considering the relative dimensions of line absorption equipment, described multiple possible line absorption equipment is different, and described line absorption equipment just can be selected without the size of amendment structure and/or mouthpiece 10.

Main body 2 and the mouthpiece 10 of described equipment are preferably made up of different materials.The main body of described line absorption equipment is preferably complete to be made up of homogenous material, and described mouthpiece is made up of the material that another kind is independent completely.The main body 2 of described line absorption equipment is made up of metal material, is preferably iron, zinc, aluminium, cast iron, steel or its alloy (such as diecasting alloys, kirsite and aluminium).

Described mouthpiece 10 is preferably made up of plastic material, be more preferably polymeric material and/or the plastic material comprising certain proportion carbon (or other analogous element or glass fibre), in weight, the ratio of the carbon ratio be preferably at least 10% and/or 20% and/or 30%(weight refers to the percentage of carbon in the gross weight being used to make mouthpiece).

The main body 2 of described line absorption equipment preferably includes containing nickel or the surface coating that have passed through Nickel Plating Treatment, and described surface coating covering at least a part of outer surface of line absorption equipment body, preferably covers the whole outer surface of line absorption equipment body.

As shown in example in figure, line absorption equipment preferably includes at least one potted component 18, described potted component 18 is inserted between the bonding part 6 of the mounting portion 12 of mouthpiece 10 and the main body 2 of line absorption equipment, and contacts with described mounting portion 12 and described bonding part 6.When line absorption equipment is mounted, described potted component 18 is configured to ensure the aeroseal between mouthpiece and line absorption equipment body.Be inserted between main body 2 and mouthpiece 10 in the assembling process of the online absorption equipment of described potted component 18.Described potted component is preferably packing ring, such as rubber washer.

The entrance 4 of line absorption equipment body 2 preferably includes end absorption portion at the side of this line absorption equipment, and along with mouthpiece is installed to the gripper shoe of dials group, described end absorption portion is also by the shearing equipment (or " cut-off knife ") near dials group.Described end absorption portion preferably has " nozzle " shape and is configured to maximize the absorption at cut-off knife place.Described end absorption portion advantageously can be online freedom part effectively absorbed by cut-off knife cut-off part: in this way, once perform cut, line absorption equipment can from nozzle-like end absorption portion effectively Absorption Line be sheared part.

Line absorption equipment 1 preferably includes assembling tool 30, and described assembling tool 30 is configured to the main body 2 mouthpiece 10 being preferably installed to removedly line absorption equipment, thus mounting portion 12 is connected with bonding part 6.Described assembling tool 30 comprises one or more screw 31(as shown in figure example) or one or more hook or welding point or adhesive etc.

Line absorption equipment 1 preferably can comprise at least one entrance 35 for compressed air stream, described entrance launches between ingate 36 and hand-hole 37, the online absorption equipment outside opening in described ingate 36 and be pneumatically connected to compressed air source by the mode of (such as) conduit, described hand-hole 37 is at absorption space 20 inner opening, thus described compressed air stream is injected into absorption space, create the extra absorption of air of the absorption opening 14 of docking port pipe and/or create the air movement (preferably, turbulent flow) absorbed in space.Described air intake 35 can transmit air stream in absorption interior volume, and alternatively, air stream can clash into the line in absorption space and impel the discharge of line, and this just prevents tangling and tiing a knot between line.Described opening 35 can also realize the cleaning to absorbing space when needed.

Ingate 36 and hand-hole 37 are preferably being formed in mouthpiece 10.The main body of mouthpiece 10 and/or line absorption equipment preferably includes internal pipeline 38, and ingate 36 is communicated to hand-hole 37 by described internal pipeline 38.Quick connector 39 or (in general for air-pressure duct) jockey is preferably included at ingate place for the entrance 35 of air stream.

Absorption space 20 is preferably formed to be convenient to inner being directed to from entrance 4 by line along bending path of online absorption equipment and absorbs opening 14; The edge that described bending path does not tilt substantially or fast-changing place, and it is characterized by there is profile continuous and/or coherent substantially.

Line absorption equipment body 2 preferably has a height, described height draws by calculating the vertical range of (or between entrance 4 and access portal 14) between lower surface 3 and upper surface 5, mouthpiece 10 has another height, and another height described draws by the vertical range calculated between the lower end 11 of mouthpiece and absorption opening 14.The feature of line absorption equipment 1 is have overall height, the height of described entirety draws by calculating the maximum vertical size or size that absorb (or absorbing between opening 14 and entrance 4) between opening 14 and lower surface 3, another highly sum of the height that the height of described entirety equals line absorption equipment body 2 and mouthpiece.The height of line absorption equipment body 2 is preferably less than 50% or 40% or 30% or 20% or 10% of whole height.

When online absorption equipment is mounted, the mounting portion 12 of mouthpiece 10 matches with the bonding part 6 of line absorption equipment body 2, and preferably defines the mid-plane of line absorption equipment.Described mid-plane preferably keeps level and/or parallel with absorption opening 14, and/or with lower surface 3 keeping parallelism.Mid-plane is preferably located in has a distance between the lower surface 3 of line absorption equipment body 2, and this distance is less than the distance of the absorption opening 14 from described mid-plane to mouthpiece.Mid-plane is preferably located in has a distance between the lower surface 3 of line absorption equipment body 2, certain value between this distance and 5% to 50% of whole height is equal, and have another distance between the absorption opening 14 of described mid-plane and mouthpiece 10, this another distance and certain between 95% to 50% of whole height are worth equal.

In an aspect, the main body of line absorption equipment has unitary construction, and described unitary construction is tabular substantially and mainly launches on the horizontal level.

In an aspect, mouthpiece has overall funnel-like configuration, there is the top of tubulose, define described absorption opening up, and bottom is preferably firmly restricted to described top with the form of monolithic and is ended at described mounting portion, and described bottom has cone shape and broadens gradually towards described mounting portion from described top.

In an aspect, absorption opening (and preferably, the described top of mouthpiece 10) there is circular cross-section roughly, the diameter of described circular cross-section is between 5mm to 100mm and/or between 10mm to 70mm and/or between 20mm to 50mm.

Line absorption equipment of the present invention will be installed in knitting circular knitting machine (being preferably seamless-type), and described knitting circular knitting machine has syringe, and the diameter of described syringe is preferably between 4 inches to 40 inches and/or between 10 inches to 22 inches.

Line feed point (or yarn feeder) place or (as shown in example in Figure 10) that are installed to knitting machine are shared by the main body 2 of line absorption equipment between the yarn feeder that two or more are adjacent.

The present invention also comprises the dials group of knitting circular knitting machine, comprises above the syringe that described dials group is installed in knitting machine:

-gripper shoe 90, described gripper shoe 90 is firmly limited to the load-carrying members (not shown) of knitting machine and coaxial with syringe;

The transport of-line and shearing elements (or cut-off knife) 91, this element is rotatably mounted the outside of described gripper shoe 90;

-multiple according to line absorption equipment 1 of the present invention;

The invention still further relates to a kind of line absorption equipment group (or assembly) for knitting circular knitting machine, described equipment group comprises:

-multiple line absorption equipment body, each main body is for realizing respective line absorption equipment, each main body of described equipment has above-described type and as shown in figures 1 to 6, wherein each main body 2 has respective absorption mouth size, described size is by fixed radius of curvature and fixed extending transverselyly to limit, and wherein said equipment size is directly related with the diameter of the cylinder of knitting loom that line absorption equipment is mounted thereon;

-multiple mouthpiece, each mouthpiece is for realizing respective line absorption equipment, and each mouthpiece has above-described type and as shown in figures 1 to 6.

Inner in described equipment group, the size of the bonding part 6 of all main bodys 2 of the main body of multiple line absorption equipment mentioned above and structure are identical and corresponding with the size of the mounting portion 12 of the total interface pipe of multiple mouthpiece mentioned above.In addition, each mouthpiece is configured to the top of arbitrary main body that can be installed to line absorption equipment, described arbitrary main body belongs to the main body of multiple line absorption equipment, therefore, the mounting portion of each mouthpiece corresponds to the re-spective engagement part of the main body of line absorption equipment, and the corresponding main body of each mouthpiece and line absorption equipment together form line absorption equipment when assembling with the form of single main body.

In essence, the total interface pipe of described equipment group in a singular fashion (namely they are mutually the same) is structurally measured and is constructed, the size of each line absorption equipment body of described equipment group is selected from multiple possible size simultaneously, and each size in described multiple possible size is relevant to the diameter value of the cylinder of knitting loom that line absorption equipment body is mounted thereon.

In a first embodiment, described equipment group comprises line absorption equipment, and described line absorption equipment is installed to the single knitting machine with syringe, and described syringe has fixed diameter.

In a possible embodiment, described equipment group comprises:

At least one first group of-multiple line absorption equipment, described first group is made up of the line absorption equipment of the first quantity, each line absorption equipment comprises any one mouthpiece in described multiple mouthpieces and has the main body of line absorption equipment of the first measured value, and this main body selects from the main body of described multiple line absorption equipment; Described first group of multiple line absorption equipment to be configured to be installed in the knitting circular knitting machine with syringe and to it is characterized by and have the first corresponding diameter value;

At least one second group of-multiple line absorption equipment, described second group from described first group different, described second group is made up of the line absorption equipment of the second quantity, each line absorption equipment comprises any one mouthpiece in described multiple mouthpieces and has the main body of line absorption equipment of the second measured value, and this main body selects from the main body of described multiple line absorption equipment; Described second group of multiple line absorption equipment to be configured to be installed in the knitting circular knitting machine with syringe and to it is characterized by and have corresponding Second bobbin diameter value.

The first and second described measured values select from the multiple possible measured value of the main body of line absorption equipment.

In essence, described equipment group comprises at least two line absorption equipment groups (each group has respective quantity).All line absorption equipment (without the need to distinguishing the group belonging to this line absorption equipment) in described equipment group have identical mouthpiece, and namely mouthpiece can not change between the line absorption equipment belonging to different group.On the contrary, the main body of described line absorption group is identical in same group, but is different a line absorption equipment group from the size of described main body between another group.

In this instance, described equipment group comprises First Line absorption equipment group is installed to the first knitting machine (described first knitting machine comprises the syringe with the first diameter), and the second line absorption equipment group is installed to the second knitting machine (described second knitting machine comprises the syringe with Second bobbin diameter) simultaneously.

The invention still further relates to a kind of method realizing line absorption equipment for knitting circular knitting machine; Line absorption equipment group described in described method realizes by following steps:

-realizing the main body of multiple line absorption equipment, each main body will realize respective line absorption equipment:

-realizing multiple mouthpiece, each mouthpiece will realize respective line absorption equipment, and total interface pipe is mutually the same;

-first group of line absorption equipment is realized by multiple mouthpiece-line absorption equipment body, described first group is made up of the line absorption equipment of the first quantity, each line absorption equipment comprises any one mouthpiece in multiple mouthpiece and has the main body of line absorption equipment of the first measured value, the described main body with the line absorption equipment of the first measured value selects from the main body of described multiple line absorption equipment

-other series installation the step that connected by docking port pipe-line absorption equipment body realizes at least one second group of line absorption equipment, described second group from described first group different, described second group is made up of the line absorption equipment of the second quantity, each line absorption equipment comprises any one mouthpiece in multiple mouthpiece and has the main body of line absorption equipment of the second measured value, the described main body with the line absorption equipment of the second measured value selects from the main body of described multiple line absorption equipment

The first and second wherein said measured values select from the multiple possible measured value of the main body of line absorption equipment above-mentioned.

Another embodiment according to line absorption equipment of the present invention hereafter composition graphs 3 to Fig. 9 is described.

Described line absorption equipment comprises:

-lower bottom part 3, described lower bottom part 3 will be installed to the gripper shoe of the dials group of knitting circular knitting machine, described lower bottom part 3 is defining at least one entrance 4 in the Install and configure of gripper shoe, and described entrance 4 is configured to the entrance of one or more line being used as line absorption equipment;

-absorbing opening 14, described absorption opening 14 to be placed in above air suction device and to be connected to this air suction device so that the air pressure producing line absorption device interior declines and realizes one or more line to be drawn in line absorption equipment via described entrance;

The absorption space 20 of-described line, extends between the described absorption space 20 inner described entrance of online absorption equipment and described absorption opening;

Wherein line absorption equipment comprises at least one line resolution element 50 or " grommet " 50, described line resolution element 50 or " grommet " 50 are placed in and absorb in space 20 and be inserted between described entrance and described absorption opening, and this absorption space 20 is blocked by transverse direction or horizontal cross-section that described resolution element is absorbing space 20.

Described resolution element 50 defines multiple base 51, and when feeding to line when absorbing interior volume, each base 51 is configured to internally to comprise at least one and feeds to line.

Multiple base 51 is configured to remain resident in the separation absorbing other many lines in space, thus stops and to interlink and/or stop between different lines knotting between different lines and tangle.

(namely the resolution element 50 of described line can be comprised in the line absorption equipment of the above-mentioned type, the line absorption equipment of the above-mentioned type refers to have both the different from each other and mouthpiece be assembled together and line absorption equipment body) or, advantageously, described resolution element 50 can be added to the line absorption equipment (the line absorption equipment of such as single piece) of known type.The resolution element 50 of described line can hold the line of the knitting machine of variable number; The resolution element 50 of such as described line can comprise one or more line in each pan, and/or in some bases, only comprise line (inside of some bases does not comprise any line in the present case).

Multiple bases 51 of resolution element preferably include at least 2 different bases and/or at least 4 different bases and/or at least 8 different bases and/or at least 12 different bases.Embodiment as shown in Figure 7 to 9, can distinguish 9 different bases 51.

Cross section mentioned above (being blocked in absorption space 20 at this section resolution element 50) is preferably in transverse plane, is preferably perpendicular to the absorption direction of line, and described line is directed to absorption opening from entrance in absorption space.

As shown in the figure, resolution element 50 is preferably embodied as separation main body and is inserted in line absorption equipment 1 and absorbs in space 20, and is fixed on the precalculated position of line absorption equipment.

Resolution element 50 preferably has circular structure, or the structure of part ring and comprising:

-upper surface 52, described upper surface 52 is towards absorption opening 14;

-lower surface 53, described lower surface 53 is relative with upper surface and towards entrance 4;

-outer wall 54, described outer wall 54 is associated with the inner surface 40 of line absorption mouthpiece;

-access portal 55, described access portal 55, between described upper surface and described lower surface, is passed being fed by one or more of knitting machine to line.Multiple bases 51 of resolution element are limited in described access portal 55.

One or more line will from lower surface 53 to upper surface 52 through access portal 55 under absorption, so that this one or more line is placed in multiple base, preferably each independent base comprises independent feeding to line, so that every bar line limitedly moves in respective base, stays in base and at least do not contact with other line through resolution element at access portal 55 place between absorption phase.

In (unshowned) embodiment, the completely different each other and each base of base each defines the independently through hole between lower surface and upper surface, and resolution element is assumed to the structure with separates walls in this instance, and described separates walls is provided with multiple hole.

As shown in the figure (especially Fig. 7, Fig. 8 and Fig. 9), resolution element 50 preferably includes multiple projection 56(i.e. outstanding, embossment or protrusion), described projection 56 is outstanding and launch access portal 55 from wall 54 individually, to limit an independent base 51 between often pair of adjacent projection 56.

The each base 51 limited between often pair of adjacent protrusions preferably partially opens and is connected with access portal described in this 55 in the access portal 55 of resolution element.

Access portal 55 is preferably single to whole resolution element 50 and by moulding to limit projection 56 mentioned above and to realize multiple different base 51, described in this example, multiple different base constitutes the some parts of access portal 55.

The projection 56 launched in access portal 55 is preferably given prominence at the diverse location place of the wall 54 of resolution element, described different position along wall the ring section whole annular expansion of wall (or along) and angularly distribute.The ringwise distribution in access portal in this way of multiple base.

Outer wall 54 is preferably continuous print, is also more preferably similar to and forms complete ring or be interrupted an angle thus form a part of ring.

The wall 54 of resolution element 50 preferably contacts with the inner surface 40 of line absorption equipment, integrally to be blocked in the cross section mentioned above absorbing space 20.

Can see from accompanying drawing, multiple projection 56 integrally assumes that " comb " or " rake " constructs, and described structure is given prominence to from the wall 54 of point class component 50 and opens access portal 55.The projection 56 of giving prominence to from wall preferably circumferentially the cardinal principle ring-type in cross section or arcuation ground continuous spreading.

Each projection 56 preferably extends a corresponding expansion in access portal 55 inside, and the expansion of described correspondence is concerning being preferably variable and optional each projection.In particular as shown in Figure 8, the projection be arranged in along the centre position in described cross section is preferably rendered as has larger expansion than the projection of the initial end and end end that are positioned at described cross section.

As can be seen from Fig. 6, Fig. 7 and Fig. 9, projection 56 is preferably tapered from the upper surface 52 of resolution element to lower surface 53, namely the cross section that described projection represents reduces from described upper surface gradually to described lower surface, that is, the size of described projection upper surface in access portal 55 is greater than the size of lower surface.

At the lower surface of projection 56, the size of described projection is preferably substantially zero in access portal.

In essence, projection, on lower surface place " inclined-plane ", starts line to be inserted in base at described lower surface place: this has impelled the insertion of line, and prevents broken string part to tangle lower surface before being discharged absorption opening 14 when being discharged by the line of cut-out.If resolution element 50(is implemented as the main body different from line absorption equipment and is inserted in this line absorption equipment) the online absorption equipment of instrument 60 fixing (preferably can be removed) that is fixed is inner, and described setting tool 60 comprises formation-Connection Element (such as bolt or pin) and/or one or more screw and/or one or more hook and/or welding point and/or adhesive etc.

To describe embodiment now, described embodiment comprises mouthpiece and has the combination of the line absorption equipment of line resolution element (be installed to be and be convenient to form independent line absorption equipment).In this instance, as shown in FIG., especially shown in Fig. 5 and Fig. 6, line absorption equipment comprises:

The main body 2 of-described line absorption equipment, described main body 2 has lower surface 3 and defines entrance 4 above-mentioned, and described lower surface 3 is consistent with described bottom 3;

-mouthpiece 10, described mouthpiece 10 has generic tubular structure, and the main body being placed on described line absorption equipment is firmly restricted to described main body, and described mouthpiece is provided with up and absorbs opening 14,

The main body of wherein said mouthpiece and described line absorption equipment with the stated integer mutually installed constitute the line absorption equipment of integration and whole interior define line absorption space 20.In this embodiment, described resolution element is placed in mouthpiece.

In this instance, described setting tool 60 comprises groove and projection, described groove is recessed at the inner surface of mouthpiece, described projection is outstanding from the wall outside of resolution element, described projection is configured to insert removedly in described groove, so that resolution element is installed to this mouthpiece by the fixed angle orientation relevant to mouthpiece.As replacement (as shown in the figure), described groove can realize on the outer wall of resolution element, and described projection realizes on the inwall of mouthpiece.

(not shown) in a further embodiment, line resolution element can be made into single workpiece together with mouthpiece, and multiple projection is given prominence to from the inwall of mouthpiece and launched absorption space.Alternatively, line resolution element can be made into single workpiece together with the main body of line absorption equipment, and multiple projection is given prominence to from the inwall of line absorption equipment body and launched absorption space.

The function of line resolution element comprises once every bar line is inhaled in line absorption equipment, then described every bar line will to be placed in corresponding base 51 (typically being arbitrary base) and (to carry out movement among a small circle and can not leave this base) keeping the freedom part until line to be sheared in this base and till being absorbed opening discharge from top.

The conceivable the present invention of being is easy to carry out multiple modifications and variations, and these modifications and variations all fall in the scope of concept of the present invention, and the parts quoted can be replaced by the element of other technology equivalence.

The invention provides important advantage.First the present invention at least can eliminate some shortcomings in first technology.In addition, the present invention has the line absorption equipment being easy to adapt to different demand, is especially adapted to the knitting machine with different syringe diameter.There is the main body of mouthpiece and absorption equipment, described absorption equipment comprises bonding part and mounting portion, described bonding part and described mounting portion are always grouped together, the main body of absorption equipment has the size relevant to the diameter of the knitting machine that described absorption equipment is mounted thereon, simultaneously mouthpiece is unique and removable, without the need to considering the size of absorption equipment, this can advantageously use modular member and reduce cost, and described cost is relevant from the realization of the different line absorption equipment for differing needles loom.

The realization of multiple mouthpiece only needs a mould, and described multiple mouthpiece will be used for the knitting machine with different characteristic (especially size characteristic), this is because described mouthpiece is " general " and is adapted to different line absorption equipment.The main body of mouthpiece and absorption equipment be separated from each other and be also convenient to attended operation, this is because each part all can be replaced separately, the main body of wherein said absorption equipment includes the necessity of specific dimensions.

Then, resolution element can realize important advantage.First, the line absorption equipment with described resolution element can avoid there is air swirl in space and the typical line knotting problem that produces owing to absorbing.In addition, the fault time of the machine caused due to the line knotting in line absorption equipment can be eliminated or reduce to the line absorption equipment with described resolution element.

Further, resolution element can keep absorbed line in absorption equipment to be separated, and improves the quality of fabric and the knitting performance of machine of output.In addition, the feature of line absorption equipment of the present invention is competitive cost and reasonable and modular structure.

Claims

1., for the line absorption equipment (1) of knitting circular knitting machine, described equipment comprises:

-lower bottom part (3), described lower bottom part is installed to the gripper shoe of the dials group of knitting circular knitting machine, described lower bottom part is defining at least one entrance (4) in the Install and configure of gripper shoe, and described entrance is configured to the entrance of one or more line be used as in described line absorption equipment;

-absorb opening (14), described absorption opening is placed in the top in absorption of air source and is connected to this absorption of air source, so that the air pressure producing described line absorption device interior declines and realizes one or more line to be drawn in described line absorption equipment via described entrance (4);

The absorption space (20) of-described line, described absorption space (20) is extending between entrance (4) and described absorption opening (14) described in described line absorption device interior, wherein said line absorption equipment is configured to absorb one or more of its inside and feeds to line, and maintains feeding to line for one or more of knitting machine in described absorption space.

Described line absorption equipment comprises at least one line resolution element (50), or " grommet ", described line resolution element or " grommet " to be placed in described absorption space (20) and to be inserted between described entrance (4) and described absorption opening (14), this absorption space is blocked by the transverse direction of described resolution element in this absorption space or horizontal cross-section, wherein said resolution element defines multiple base (51), when feeding to line when the inside in this absorption space (20), each base (51) is configured to internally to comprise at least one and feeds to line.

2. line absorption equipment (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein said multiple base (51) is configured to the separation keeping other the many lines absorbed in space (20), thus stop and to interlink and/or stop between different lines knotting between different lines and tangle

And/or the resolution element of described line (50) can hold the line of the knitting machine of variable number,

And/or in each base (51), comprise one or more line,

And/or only in some bases, comprise line,

And/or multiple bases (51) of wherein said resolution element comprise at least 2 different bases and/or at least 4 different bases and/or at least 8 different bases and/or at least 12 different bases,

And/or wherein said resolution element blocks the cross section absorbing space and is positioned at transverse plane, is preferably perpendicular to the absorption direction of line, and described line is directed to described absorption opening (14) from described entrance (4) in absorption space (20).

3. line absorption equipment (1) as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein said resolution element (50) is embodied as separation main body and is inserted in described line absorption equipment and in described absorption space (20), and be fixed on the precalculated position of described line absorption equipment

And/or wherein said resolution element (50) has the structure of circular structure or a part of ring, and described resolution element (50) comprising:

-upper surface (52), described upper surface is towards described absorption opening (14);

-lower surface (53), described lower surface is relative with described upper surface and towards described entrance (4);

-outer wall (54), described outer wall is associated with the inner surface (40) of described line absorption mouthpiece (10);

-access portal (55), described access portal is positioned between described upper surface (52) and described lower surface (53), is fed pass to line by one or more of described knitting machine,

Wherein, multiple bases (51) of described resolution element are limited in described access portal (55), wherein one or more line will pass described access portal (55) from described lower surface to described upper surface under absorption, so that described one or more line is placed in multiple base, preferably each independent base comprises independent feeding to line, so that every bar line limitedly moves in corresponding base, stays in base and at least do not contact with other line through described resolution element at described access portal place between absorption phase.

4. the line absorption equipment (1) according to aforementioned arbitrary claim, wherein said resolution element (50) comprises multiple projection (56), described projection is given prominence to from described wall (54) individually and is launched described access portal (55), to limit a base (51) between often pair of adjacent projection, and/or wherein each base (51) limited by a pair adjacent protrusions (56) partially opens and is connected with described access portal (55) in the access portal (55) of described resolution element.

5. the line absorption equipment (1) as described in aforementioned arbitrary claim, wherein said access portal (55) concerning whole resolution element (50) for single and be formed for limiting described projection (56) and realizing multiple different base (51), described different base constitutes the some parts of described access portal

And/or the multiple projections (56) wherein launched in the described access portal (55) are given prominence at the diverse location of the wall (54) of described resolution element, the annular section of described diverse location along wall or the whole annular expansion portion along wall and angularly distribute,

And/or wherein said outer wall (54) is continuous print

And/or wherein said outer wall (54) is closed to form complete annular or described outer wall (54) being interrupted an angle to form part annular.

6. the line absorption equipment (1) as described in aforementioned arbitrary claim, the wall (54) of wherein said resolution element (50) contacts with the inner surface (40) of described line absorption equipment, described absorption space (20) is integrally blocked,

And/or wherein multiple projection (56) integrally has comb or rake structure, and described structure is given prominence to from the wall of described resolution element and opens described access portal,

And/or wherein from projection (56) circumferentially cross section ring-type or the arcuation ground continuous spreading substantially that described wall is outstanding.

7. the line absorption equipment (1) as described in aforementioned arbitrary claim, wherein each projection (56) extends a corresponding expansion in the inside of described access portal (55), the expansion of described correspondence concerning being preferably variable and optional each projection,

And/or the projection being wherein positioned at the centre position in circumferentially cross section is rendered as has larger expansion than the projection of the initial end and end end that are positioned at described circumferential section,

And/or wherein said projection (56) is tapered from the upper surface (52) of described resolution element (50) to lower surface (53), or the cross section that described projection represents reduces from described upper surface gradually to described lower surface, or the size of described projection upper surface in access portal (55) is greater than the size of lower surface.

8. the line absorption equipment (1) as described in aforementioned arbitrary claim, wherein said resolution element (50) is fixed instrument (60) fixing (preferably can be removed) at described line absorption device interior, described setting tool (60) comprises formation-Connection Element (such as bolt or pin) and/or one or more screw and/or one or more hook and/or welding point and/or adhesive etc.

And/or wherein said setting tool (60) comprises groove and projection, described groove is recessed at the inner surface (40) of described line absorption equipment, described projection is outstanding from wall (54) outside of described resolution element, described projection is configured to insert removedly in described groove, so that described resolution element (50) is installed to described line absorption equipment (1) by fixed angle orientation.

9. the line absorption equipment (1) according to aforementioned arbitrary claim, described equipment comprises:

The main body (2) of-described line absorption equipment (1), described main body has lower surface (3), and defines above-mentioned entrance (4);

-mouthpiece (10), described mouthpiece has generic tubular structure, and the main body (2) being placed on described line absorption equipment goes up and is firmly restricted to this main body (2), and described mouthpiece is provided with up and absorbs opening (14),

The main body (2) of wherein said mouthpiece (10) and described line absorption equipment with the stated integer mutually installed constitute the line absorption equipment (1) of integration and whole interior define line absorption space (20), and/or wherein said resolution element (50) is placed in described mouthpiece (10).

10. the line absorption equipment (1) as described in aforementioned arbitrary claim, wherein along with described mouthpiece is installed in the main body of described line absorption equipment, main body (2) and the described mouthpiece (10) of described line absorption equipment are made into single-piece, namely the main body that their two of being made into install each other are different, to form the line absorption equipment of integration.

And/or wherein said line resolution element (50) is made into single-piece together with described mouthpiece (10), described multiple projection (56) is given prominence to from the inwall of described mouthpiece and is launched described absorption space (20).