EP0368865A1

EP0368865A1 - Top transport device for sewing machines

Info

Publication number: EP0368865A1
Application number: EP88904218A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Kurt Klundt
Original assignee: Pfaff Industriemaschinen GmbH
Current assignee: Pfaff Industriemaschinen GmbH
Priority date: 1987-07-27
Filing date: 1988-05-13
Publication date: 1990-05-23
Also published as: BR8807627A; JPH02504346A; US5113773A; DE3724788C2; DE3724788A1; ES2008513A6; KR890701823A; WO1989001068A1

Abstract

Bei bekannten Obertransporteinrichtung ist eine Übertragungsschwinge für den Hebeantrieb des Obertransportfußes direkt an dem Trageelement des Tragsystems gelagert. Dadurch ergibt sich eine gleichförmige Hebebewegung des Obertransportfußes. Bei der neuen Anordnung soll dieser Bewegungsablauf verbessert werden. Zur Verkleinerung der Bewegungskomponente des Obertransportfußes in dessen Aufsetzphase besteht das Lenkergetriebe aus einem Lenkerpaar (16, 28), dessen Verbindungsgelenk (17) an einer auf dem Tragelement (20) gelagerten Schwinge (18) drehbar befestigt ist. Die Lagerung der Schwinge (18) ist dabei so angeordnet, daß die Schwinge (18) im Aufsetzbereich des Obertransportfußes (6) im wesentlichen parallel zu dem zwischen ihr und dem Obertransportfuß (6) angeordneten Lenker (28) verläuft. Abstract In known top transport devices, a transmission rod for raising the top transport foot is mounted directly on the support element of the support system. This results in a uniform upward movement of the top transport foot. In the new arrangement, the execution of this movement is improved. To reduce the components of motion of the top transport foot in its contact phase, the guide rod drive consists of a pair of guide rods (16, 28) interconnected by a hinge (17) rotatably connected to a rocker (18) mounted on the support element (20) of the support system. The rocker (18) is mounted in such a way that in the contact region of the top transport foot (6) the rocker (18) runs essentially parallel to the guide rod (28) located between the rocker (18) and the top transport foot (6).In the known upper transport device, a transmission rocker for the lifting drive of the upper transport foot is mounted directly on the carrying element of the carrying system. This results in a uniform lifting movement of the top feed foot. With the new arrangement, this movement sequence is to be improved. In order to reduce the movement component of the upper transport foot in its mounting phase, the handlebar gear consists of a pair of handlebars (16, 28), the connecting joint (17) of which is rotatably attached to a rocker (18) mounted on the support element (20). The mounting of the rocker (18) is arranged so that the rocker (18) in the mounting area of the upper transport foot (6) runs essentially parallel to the handlebar (28) arranged between it and the upper transport foot (6). Abstract In known top transport devices, a transmission rod for raising the top transport foot is mounted directly on the support element of the support system. This results in a uniform upward movement of the top transport foot. In the new arrangement, the execution of this movement is improved. To reduce the components of motion of the top transport foot in its contact phase, the guide rod drive consists of a pair of guide rods (16, 28) interconnected by a hinge (17) rotatably connected to a rocker (18) mounted on the support element (20) of the support system. The rocker (18) is mounted in such a way that in the contact region of the top transport foot (6) the rocker (18) runs essentially parallel to the guide rod (28) located between the rocker (18) and the top transport foot (6).

Description

Top feed device on sewing machines

The invention relates to an upper transport device according to the preamble of patent claim 1.

In a known upper transport device of this type (DE-PS 20 31 437), a transmission rocker for the lifting drive of the upper transport foot is mounted on the supporting element of the support system, so that the upper transport foot is carried upwards when the support system is raised.

The lifting drive has a largely sinusoidal motion course in this arrangement. As a result, the upper transfer foot reaches its maximum speed when placed on the sewing material, so that vibrations can occur at high speeds of the sewing machine

The invention has for its object to change the sequence of movements of the upper transport foot in the generic upper transport device in such a way that the relative speed of the upper transport foot is significantly reduced in the mounting phase.

This object is achieved in an upper transport device according to the preamble of claim 1 by its characterizing features.

As a result of the arrangement according to the invention, the vertical movement component acting on the upper transport foot in its mounting phase from the lifting drive is significantly reduced compared to the normal sinusoidal movement sequence, while the vertical one Movement component is increased outside the touchdown phase. In this way, the duration of the mounting phase of the upper transport foot is increased and the forces to be absorbed by the compression springs are reduced.

There are already arrangements for delaying the mounting and lifting movements of the upper transport foot in upper transport devices of other basic training, e.g. B. DE-PS 23 37 966 known. However, these arrangements are very complex compared to the proposed solution and, above all, require a different basic design of the top transport device.

Further advantageous embodiments of the invention result from the subclaims.

In the drawing, an embodiment of an upper transport device according to the invention is shown.

Show it:

Fig. 1 is a side view of a sewing machine with a

Top conveyor, partially cut;

Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic representation of the

Drive parts for the top conveyor and its adjustment;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the transmission elements for the upper feed foot, partially cut and

Fig. 4 is a side view of the parts shown in Fig. 3, partially in section. Fig. 1 shows a side view of a sewing machine, in the housing of a presser foot (2) carrying a presser foot (1) and a needle bar (4) mounted in a needle bar carrier (3), the thread-guiding needle (5) of which is shown with a gripper (not shown) works together. To advance the layers of material to be connected to one another, the sewing machine has an upper feed foot (6) which interacts with a lower fabric slide (not shown).

A main shaft (7) (FIG. 2) which is driven in a known manner and which drives the needle bar (4) via a crank (8) and a link (9) is also mounted in the housing of the sewing machine. The handlebar (9) is mounted on a pin (10) fastened in the crank (8).

On the pin (10) there is also an intermediate member (11) which is connected to a pin (12) which is rotatably mounted in the housing axially to the main shaft (7) and on which an eccentric (13) is fastened. This is encompassed by an eccentric rod (14) which is connected to an angle lever (15) which consists of two lever arms (15a, 15b) which are fastened on a shaft (15c) mounted in an extension of the housing. The lever arm (15b) of the angle lever (15) (Fig. 1) is connected via a link (16) to a pin (17) which is carried by a rocker (18). This is mounted on a pin (19) which is attached to a support element (20). The support element (20) is fastened on a rod (21) which is part of a support system (23). This is fastened in the housing of the sewing machine and carries the vertically movable rod (21) which is also vertical movable presser bar (2). A more detailed description of the function of the support system (23) including its connection to the two rods

(2 and 21) is contained in DE-OS (patent application .........).

On the pin (17) a handlebar (28) (Fig. 1) is pivotally mounted, the other end of which is articulated to a support (29) for the upper feed foot (6). The support element (20) also carries a pin (30) on which a telescopic rod (31) is mounted, which is also connected to the carrier (29) via a joint pin (32).

The upper feed foot (6) is driven by a stitch actuator (40) (FIG. 2) which is connected to an eccentric (41) attached to the main shaft (7). The stitch regulator (40) has an adjusting shaft (42) mounted in the housing, which is fixedly connected to a bracket (43), between the arms of which a further bracket (44) is rotatably supported by pins (45). The arms of the bracket (44) are connected by a bolt (46) to which an eccentric rod (47) is articulated. The eccentric (41), which is enclosed by the eccentric rod (47), gives the bolt (46) oscillating movements around the pins (45).

A handlebar (49) engaging on one end on the bolt (46) is articulated on the other end on a lever arm (51) which is parallel to one end of one in the housing

Main shaft (7) mounted oscillating shaft (52) is attached. A lever arm (53) is connected to the other end of the oscillating shaft (52) and engages on an oscillating lever (55) via a link (54). This is on an oscillating shaft (56) mounted in the shoulder of the housing (Fig. 1) attached, which carries a further rocker arm (57) which is connected via a link (58) to the pin (32) of the carrier (29).

A lever arm (60) is attached to the adjusting shaft (42) (Fig. 2) of the stitch actuator (40) and is connected via a link (61) to a crank (63) attached to an adjusting shaft (62).

A control crank (64) is clamped onto the control shaft (62) mounted in the housing and is connected via an intermediate member (65) and a further control crank (66) to an intermediate shaft (67) mounted in the housing. A lever (68) is attached to this. The lever (68) is connected via a ball pull rod (69) to one end of a rocking lever (70) which can be pivoted about an axis (71) fixed to the housing. The still free end of the rocker arm (70) has a spherical projection (72) and projects into a positioning curve (73) of a lockable setting wheel

(74), which is arranged on a housing-fixed axis (75). The positioning curve (73) in the setting wheel (74) is so spiral to its axis (75) that it allows stitch lengths of, for example, 1 to 6 mm to be set on the upper feed foot (6). A spring (76) which surrounds the intermediate shaft (67) and is fastened at one end in the housing holds the shoulder (72) of the rocking lever (70) in constant contact with one of the side walls of the positioning curve (73).

The adjusting shaft (62) is connected in a known manner to the lower fabric slide, not shown, so that when the adjusting wheel (74) is adjusted, both the upper feed foot (6) and the lower fabric slide are adjusted synchronously with one another. The telescopic rod (31) arranged between the support element (20) (FIGS. 3 and 4) and the carrier (29) for the upper transport foot (6) is divided into an upper fork (80) and a lower fork (81). The lower fork (81) is connected to a bolt piece (82) and the upper fork (80) to a socket piece (83), which are pushed into each other and held together by a screw (84) screwed into the bolt piece (82). A disc spring (85) is inserted between the head of the screw (84) and the upper fork (80) and a disc spring assembly (86) is inserted between the bushing piece (83) and the lower fork (81). The preload of the plate spring assembly (86) can be changed by means of a nut (87) which is screwed onto the threaded bushing piece (83).

The facility works as follows:

The setting of the feed size of the

Upper feed foot (6) (FIGS. 1 and 2) is made by turning the setting wheel (74), whereby the positioning curve (73) rotates the intermediate shaft (67) via the rocker arm (70) accordingly.

The intermediate shaft (67) adjusts the adjusting shaft (62) via the intermediate member (65) and the adjusting shaft (42) via the link (61) and the lever arm (60). This arrangement ensures that when adjusting the setting wheel (74) the feed adjustment of the upper feed foot (6) is synchronized with the

Feed setting of the lower feed pusher is changed via the adjusting shaft (62). The movement derived from the eccentric (41) is controlled via the drive connection - eccentric rod (47), bolt (46), handlebar (49), lever arm (51), rocker shaft (52), lever arm (53), handlebar (54), rocker arm ( 55 and 57), handlebar (58), pivot pin (32) and carrier (29) - transferred to the upper feed foot (6), which thereby executes a corresponding feed movement.

Synchronous with the feed movement of the

Upper transport foot (6), the movement, which is derived from the intermediate member (11) driven eccentric (13), via the drive connection - eccentric rod (14), angle lever (15), intermediate member (16), pin (17) and lever (28 ) - transferred to the carrier (29) and thus to the upper feed foot (6) as a lifting motion. The top feed foot rises and falls in the correct rhythm with its feed movement.

When the angle lever (15) swings out (see also FIG. 3), the rocker (18) moves between the positions (A, B) in a working area which is selected such that the movement transmission on the bolt (17) is in the area of the position (A) relatively slowly, in the area of position (B), however, takes place relatively quickly. Thus, the lifting movement transmitted by the handlebar (16) to the carrier (29) is delayed by the rocker (18) in the area between the positions (M 'and A') and accelerated in the area between the positions (M 'and B') . Accordingly, the upper transport foot (6) moves slowly in the area where it is placed on the material to be sewn, but quickly in the area where it is lifted off, so that bouncing phenomena when placing it on the material to be sewn are largely avoided.

The telescopic rod (31) shortens during the work process while increasing the spring tension of the plate spring assembly (86) and returns to its original length when unloaded. The plate spring assembly (86) thus takes up the remaining stroke as well as the stroke movement of the lower fabric slide above the needle plate after the upper feed foot (6) has been placed on the sewing material.

Claims

1. Upper transport device on sewing machines with a support system for a presser foot and an upper transport foot which is connected via a connecting linkage to a slide and a lifting drive, which is connected via a handlebar arrangement to a support element fastened to the lower end of the support system and under the action of a spring is, the drive connection between the lifting drive and the upper transport foot via a steering gear mounted on the support element, characterized in that the steering gear consists of a pair of links (16, 28), the connecting joint (17) of which is mounted on the support element (20) Swing arm (18) is rotatably attached.

2. Top transport device after. Claim 1, characterized in that the mounting of the rocker (18) is arranged so that the rocker (18) in the mounting area of the upper transport foot (6) runs essentially parallel to the link (28) arranged between it and the upper transport foot (6) .

3. Upper transport device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the handlebar arrangement between the support element (20) and the upper transport foot is designed as a bilaterally sprung telescopic rod (31).