CN220619314U - Efficient and stable flat knitting machine cam plate - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a high-efficiency stable flat knitting machine cam which comprises a plurality of knitting systems and knitting needle assemblies matched with the knitting systems, wherein the knitting systems sequentially comprise a needle selecting area, a station plate area and a knitting cam area from bottom to top, the station plate area is provided with a non-knitting press sheet and three movable press plates, the knitting cam area is provided with a looping needle turning cam and two stitch cams.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the field of flat knitting machines, in particular to a high-efficiency stable flat knitting machine cam plate.
Background
The flat knitting machine is a knitting machine with high stability and has wide application in the field of knitting product production. The existing flat knitting machine can be roughly divided into a multi-stage needle selecting system, a single-stage multi-stage needle selecting system and a direct-selecting straight needle jack system according to a needle selecting mode, and the mechanical part of the existing flat knitting machine mainly comprises a cam plate triangle system, a needle bed assembly, a needle selector, a roller, corresponding control system components and corresponding yarn feeding system components.
The cam for knitting the cam plate of the flat knitting machine consists of a loop transferring cam, a loop transferring and blocking cam which work on the butt of the long needle, and a needle lifting cam, a loop connecting cam, a loop forming cam and a stitch cam which work on the butt of the long needle. The loop transferring triangle and the loop forming triangle are in linkage triangle design, and one triangle does not work when the other triangle works.
The defects of the prior design are that different cams are required to push the upper butt and the lower butt in sequence in one knitting process, so that the working speed of pushing the butt of a long needle by the knitting cams of a mountain plate in the knitting process cannot be improved, and the defects of unstable knitting, firing pin and the like are easily caused. In view of the above problems, a solution is proposed below.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims to provide a high-efficiency stable flat knitting machine cam plate, which has the advantages of reducing actions required by upper and lower butts, preventing the upper and lower butts from pushing against each other and improving knitting efficiency.
The technical aim of the utility model is realized by the following technical scheme:
an efficient and stable flat knitting machine cam plate comprises a plurality of knitting systems and knitting needle components matched with the knitting systems for use,
the knitting system sequentially comprises a needle selecting area, a station board area and a knitting triangle area from bottom to top, the station board area is provided with a non-knitting pressing sheet and three movable pressing plates,
the knitting cam area is provided with a looping needle turning cam and two stitch cams, the two stitch cams are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the looping needle turning cam, the knitting cam area is symmetrically provided with two inclined slide ways, and the two stitch cams are respectively positioned in the two slide ways and are in sliding fit with the slide ways;
the stitch transfer needle lifting rail is arranged on the stitch cam, the lower part of the stitch transfer needle lifting cam is provided with the loop connecting rail, the middle part of the stitch transfer needle lifting cam is provided with the loop forming rail, the upper part of the stitch transfer needle lifting cam is provided with the loop transfer rail, and the loop transfer rail is connected with the loop transfer needle lifting rail;
the knitting needle assembly sequentially comprises a needle selecting piece, a needle fork, a long needle and a knitting needle from bottom to top, the needle selecting piece is matched with a needle selecting area, the needle fork is provided with a needle fork butt, the needle fork butt and a movable pressing plate are at the same height, the movable pressing plate is used for adjusting the position of the needle fork butt, the long needle is connected with the long needle, and the long needle butt is used for adjusting the height of the long needle so as to realize the adjustment of the position of the knitting needle.
Preferably, an upper cam and a needle clearing cam are arranged on one side, far away from the adjacent knitting systems, of the knitting system at the edge, the upper cam is positioned above the needle clearing cam, and the long needle butt passes through the space between the upper cam and the needle clearing cam and enters into a knitting cam area; the needle forking butt moves along the bottom of the needle clearing triangle and enters the station plate area.
Preferably, the two stitch cams are respectively a front stitch cam and a rear stitch cam, the front stitch cam is a stitch cam on the entering side of the long butt during operation, the rear stitch cam is a stitch cam on the moving-out side of the long butt during operation, one side edge of the front stitch cam abuts against one side edge of the upper cam, and the upper cam is used for limiting the moving slope of the front stitch cam.
Preferably, when the front stitch cam is positioned at the uppermost end of the slideway, the bottom surface of the front stitch cam is higher than the height of the long butt so that the long butt passes below the front stitch cam;
when the front stitch cam is positioned at the lowest end of the slideway, the long butt is positioned at the height between openings of the transfer needle lifting track, so that the long butt can enter the transfer needle lifting track.
Preferably, an upper middle cam is arranged between the plurality of knitting systems, one side of the upper middle cam is propped against the rear stitch cam of one of the knitting systems, the other side of the upper middle cam is propped against the front stitch cam of the other knitting system, a needle clearing cam is also arranged below the upper middle cam, and a long needle butt moved out of the previous knitting system passes through the position between the upper middle cam and the needle clearing cam and enters the next knitting system.
Preferably, the two sides of the movable pressing plate are respectively provided with a first inclined plane, the two sides of the nonwoven pressing plate are respectively provided with a second inclined plane, and the first inclined plane and the second inclined plane are respectively used for guiding the movement of the forked needle butt.
Preferably, both ends of the loop track are provided with third inclined surfaces for guiding the movement of the long butt.
Preferably, the upper end of the long connecting needle is connected with the knitting needle, the lower end of the long connecting needle is suspended, the upper end of the needle fork is positioned at the outer side of the long connecting needle and props against the long connecting needle, a lug is arranged on one side of the needle selection sheet, the lower end of the needle fork is positioned at the upper end face of the lug, and the needle selection sheet is used for adjusting the height of the needle fork.
The beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows: the stitch transferring cam, the needle lifting cam, the stitch connecting cam and the stitch forming cam in the existing design are replaced by a stitch forming and stitch turning cam, the stitch lifting cam, the three movable pressing plates and the non-woven pressing plate which are two movable stitch cams are isomorphic to carry out position adjustment on the needle forking butt and the long butt on the knitting needle assembly, wherein the long butt follows the needle forking butt to act, the two butts move in the vertical direction independently, and the two butts cannot influence each other, so that the long butt cannot be separated from a given track when in use, and the knitting efficiency is increased.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the construction of a single braiding system of an embodiment;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing the structure of a knitting needle assembly according to the embodiment;
FIG. 4 is a trace of a trace showing no knitting;
FIG. 5 is a trace of a needle for showing loop knitting in an embodiment;
FIG. 6 is a trace of a trace needle for demonstrating tuck knitting in an embodiment;
FIG. 7 is a trace of a trace used to demonstrate loop transfer knitting according to an embodiment;
fig. 8 is a trace of a trace showing loop knitting according to an embodiment.
Reference numerals: 1. a needle selecting area; 2. a station plate area; 3. knitting a triangular area; 31. a mountain protection triangle is arranged; 32. needle cleaning triangle; 33. the upper middle mountain protection triangle; 4. looping and needle overturning triangles; 41. a loop connecting track; 42. a looping track; 43. a loop transfer rail; 5. stitch triangles; 51. a loop transfer needle lifting track; 52. front stitch triangle; 53. a rear stitch cam; 6. a slideway; 7. a needle assembly; 71. selecting a needle sheet; 72. a fork needle; 73. connecting a long needle; 74. knitting needles; 75. forking needle butts; 76. a long needle butt; 8. a nonwoven sheet; 9. a movable pressing plate.
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The following description is only of the preferred embodiments of the present utility model, and the scope of the present utility model should not be limited to the examples, but should be construed as falling within the scope of the present utility model. Wherein like parts are designated by like reference numerals. It should be noted that the words "front", "back", "left", "right", "upper" and "lower" used in the following description refer to directions in the drawings, and the words "bottom" and "top", "inner" and "outer" refer to directions toward or away from, respectively, the geometric center of a particular component.
As shown in fig. 1 to 8, a high-efficiency stable flat knitting machine cam plate comprises a plurality of knitting systems and knitting needle assemblies 7 matched with the knitting systems. The knitting system sequentially comprises a needle selecting area 1, a station board area 2 and a knitting triangular area 3 from bottom to top. The knitting needle assembly 7 includes, in order from bottom to top, a selector 71, a fork 72, a connecting long needle 73 and a knitting needle 74. The upper end of the connecting long needle 73 is connected with the knitting needle 74, the lower end of the connecting long needle 73 is suspended, and the long needle can rotate around the top end by pressing the long needle. The needle 72 is provided with a needle-inserting butt 75, and the connecting long needle 73 is provided with a long butt 76. When the long butt 76 moves in the knitting cam zone 3, the long butt 75 is pushed out by the station plate zone 2 to the outside, so that the long needle 73 is pressed and connected by the needle 72, the long butt 76 is driven by the long needle 73 to also shift to the outside, and after the long butt 76 shifts to the outside, the long butt 76 is not contacted with the knitting cam zone 3 any more, namely, the long butt does not move along the track in the knitting cam zone 3 any more.
Selector jack 71 cooperates with selector jack 1, selector jack 71 and selector jack 1 being of existing design, selector jack 1 and selector jack 71 not being modified in this application.
The station board area 2 is provided with a non-woven pressing sheet 8 and three movable pressing plates 9, the movable pressing plates 9 and the non-woven pressing sheet 8 are horizontally arranged, and the three movable pressing plates 9 are positioned on the upper end face of the non-woven pressing sheet 8 and distributed along the length direction of the non-woven pressing sheet 8. The two sides of the three movable pressing plates 9 are respectively provided with a first inclined plane, and the two sides of the non-woven pressing plate 8 are respectively provided with a second inclined plane. Namely, the two sides of the non-woven pressing sheet 8 and the three movable pressing plates 9 are inclined planes. When the nonwoven sheet 8 or the movable platen 9 protrudes outward, the butt of the needle 72 can be moved along the inclined surface onto the side surface of the nonwoven sheet 8 or the movable platen 9.
The knitting cam zone 3 is provided with a looping and needle turning cam 4 and two stitch cams 5, two inclined slide ways 6 are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the looping and needle turning cam 4, and the two stitch cams 5 are respectively positioned in the two slide ways and are in sliding fit with the slide ways 6. The stitch cam 5 can slide along the slide way 6, when the stitch cam 5 slides to the uppermost end of the slide way 6, the position at the moment is called the uppermost position of the stitch cam 5, and when the stitch cam 5 slides to the lowermost end of the slide way 6, the position at the moment is called the lowermost position of the stitch cam 5.
The stitch transfer needle lifting rail 51 is arranged on the stitch cam 5, the lower part of the stitch transfer needle lifting cam 4 is provided with the loop connecting rail 41, the middle part of the stitch transfer needle lifting cam 4 is provided with the stitch transfer rail 42, the upper part of the stitch transfer needle lifting cam 4 is provided with the stitch transfer rail 43, and the stitch transfer rail 43 is connected with the stitch transfer needle lifting rail 51.
The two stitch cams 5 can be divided into a front stitch cam 52 and a rear stitch cam 53 according to the direction of the knitting process flow. The front stitch cam 52 is the stitch cam 5 in the area where the long butt 76 passes first.
On a complete flat knitting machine cam plate formed by combining a plurality of knitting systems, an upper cam 31 and a needle clearing cam 32 are arranged on the outer side edges of the two knitting systems at the extreme edge, and the upper cam 31 is positioned above the needle clearing cam 32. The front stitch cam 52 on the first knitting system abuts against the side edge of one of the upper stitch cams 31 and the rear stitch cam 53 on the last knitting system abuts against the side edge of the other upper stitch cam 31. A gap is reserved between the upper cam 31 and the needle clearing cam 32, and the long butt 76 passes through the gap between the upper cam 31 and the needle clearing cam 32 and enters the knitting cam zone 3; the butt of the needle 72 moves along the bottom of the needle clearing cam 32 and enters the station plate area 2.
When the front stitch cam 52 is located at the uppermost position, the bottom surface of the front stitch cam 52 will be higher than the height of the moving position of the long butt 76, so that the long butt 76 will pass under the front stitch cam 52; when the front stitch cam 52 is located at the lowest position, the opening of the transfer needle raising rail 51 is located at the position in the moving direction of the long butt 76, and the long butt 76 enters the transfer needle raising rail 51.
The butt 75 moves in the station plate area 2, and the long butt 76 moves in synchronization with the butt 75 immediately above the butt 75. When the needle butt 75 is pushed outward in the station plate area 2, the long needle butt 76 can be moved out of the existing movement rail. The third inclined surfaces are respectively arranged at the two ends of the loop connecting track 41, the loop connecting track 41 is arranged on the loop forming needle turning cam 4, the two ends of the loop connecting track 41 do not penetrate through the side wall of the loop forming needle turning cam, namely, a drop is formed between the two ends of the loop connecting track 41 and the loop forming needle turning cam 4, and the third inclined surfaces can smooth the drop, so that the long butt 76 does not have any pause when moving into or moving out of the loop connecting track 41.
An upper middle cam 33 is arranged between two adjacent knitting systems, one side of the upper middle cam 33 is propped against a rear side stitch cam 53 of one knitting system, and the other side of the upper middle cam 33 is propped against a front side stitch cam 52 of the other knitting system. A needle clearing cam 32 is also provided below the upper middle cam 33, and the long butt 76 removed from the previous knitting system passes through a position between the upper middle cam 33 and the needle clearing cam 32, and enters the next knitting system.
The technical problems, technical solutions and advantageous effects solved by the present utility model have been further described in detail in the above-described embodiments, and it should be understood that the above-described embodiments are only illustrative of the present utility model and are not intended to limit the present utility model, and any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. within the spirit and principle of the present utility model should be included in the scope of protection of the present utility model.
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1. The high-efficiency stable flat knitting machine cam plate is characterized by comprising a plurality of knitting systems and knitting needle assemblies (7) matched with the knitting systems,
the knitting system sequentially comprises a needle selecting area (1), a station board area (2) and a knitting triangle area (3) from bottom to top, the station board area (2) is provided with a non-woven pressing sheet (8) and three movable pressing plates (9),
the knitting cam area (3) is provided with a looping and needle turning cam (4) and two stitch cams (5), the two stitch cams (5) are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the looping and needle turning cam (4), the knitting cam area (3) is symmetrically provided with two inclined slide ways (6), and the two stitch cams (5) are respectively positioned in the two slide ways (6) and are in sliding fit with the slide ways (6);
a loop transferring and needle lifting track (51) is arranged on the stitch cam (5), a loop connecting track (41) is arranged at the lower part of the loop forming and needle turning cam (4), a loop forming track (42) is arranged at the middle part of the loop forming and needle turning cam (4), a loop transferring track (43) is arranged at the upper part of the loop forming and needle turning cam (4), and the loop transferring track (43) is connected with the loop transferring and needle lifting track (51);
the knitting needle assembly (7) sequentially comprises a needle selecting piece (71), a needle fork (72), a connecting long needle (73) and a knitting needle (74), wherein the needle selecting piece (71) is matched with a needle selecting area (1), the needle fork (72) is provided with a needle fork butt (75), the needle fork butt (75) and a movable pressing plate (9) are arranged at the same height, the movable pressing plate (9) is used for adjusting the position of the needle fork butt (75), the connecting long needle (73) is provided with a long needle butt (76), and the long needle butt (76) is used for adjusting the height of the long needle so as to realize the adjustment of the position of the knitting needle (74).
2. The efficient and stable flat knitting machine cam according to claim 1, characterized in that an upper cam (31) and a needle clearing cam (32) are arranged on one side of the knitting system at the edge, which is far away from the adjacent knitting system, the upper cam (31) is positioned above the needle clearing cam (32), and the long butt (76) passes between the upper cam (31) and the needle clearing cam (32) and enters into the knitting cam zone (3); the needle forking needle (72) moves along the bottom of the needle clearing triangle (32) and enters the station plate area (2).
3. The efficient and stable flat knitting machine cam plate according to claim 2, characterized in that the two stitch cams (5) are a front stitch cam (52) and a rear stitch cam (53), respectively, the front stitch cam (52) is the stitch cam (5) on the entry side of the active long butt (76), the rear stitch cam (53) is the stitch cam (5) on the removal side of the active long butt (76), one side edge of the front stitch cam (52) abuts against one side edge of the upper stitch cam (31), and the upper stitch cam (31) is used for limiting the moving slope of the front stitch cam (52).
4. A high efficiency and stable flat knitting machine cam according to claim 3, characterized in that when the front stitch cam (52) is located at the uppermost end of the slideway (6), the bottom surface of the front stitch cam (52) is higher than the long butt (76) so that the long butt (76) passes under the front stitch cam (52);
when the front stitch cam (52) is positioned at the lowest end of the slideway (6), the long needle butt (76) is positioned at the height between the openings of the transfer needle lifting track (51), so that the long needle butt (76) can enter the transfer needle lifting track (51).
5. A high-efficiency stable flat knitting machine cam according to claim 3, characterized in that an upper middle cam (33) is provided between several knitting systems, one side of the upper middle cam (33) is abutted against a rear cam (53) of one of the knitting systems, the other side of the upper middle cam (33) is abutted against a front cam (52) of the other knitting system, a needle clearing cam (32) is also provided below the upper middle cam (33), and a long butt (76) removed from the previous knitting system passes through a position between the upper middle cam (33) and the needle clearing cam (32) and enters the next knitting system.
6. The efficient and stable flat knitting machine cam according to claim 1, characterized in that both sides of the movable pressing plate (9) are provided with a first inclined plane, both sides of the non-woven pressing plate (8) are provided with a second inclined plane, and both the first inclined plane and the second inclined plane are used for guiding the movement of the needle butt of the fork needle (72).
7. The efficient and stable flat knitting machine cam plate as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that both ends of the tucking path (41) are provided with a third inclined surface for guiding the movement of the long butt (76).
8. The efficient and stable flat knitting machine cam plate according to claim 1, characterized in that the upper end of the connecting long needle (73) is connected with a knitting needle (74), the lower end of the connecting long needle (73) is suspended, the upper end of the fork needle (72) is located at the outer side of the connecting long needle (73) and abuts against the connecting long needle (73), a bump is arranged on one side of the needle selecting piece (71), the lower end of the fork needle (72) is located at the upper end face of the bump, and the needle selecting piece (71) is used for adjusting the height of the fork needle (72).
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