EP1115933A1 - Betätigungsvorrichtung - Google Patents
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- EP1115933A1 EP1115933A1 EP99952462A EP99952462A EP1115933A1 EP 1115933 A1 EP1115933 A1 EP 1115933A1 EP 99952462 A EP99952462 A EP 99952462A EP 99952462 A EP99952462 A EP 99952462A EP 1115933 A1 EP1115933 A1 EP 1115933A1
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- linear motor
- presser
- sewing
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D05—SEWING; EMBROIDERING; TUFTING
- D05B—SEWING
- D05B29/00—Pressers; Presser feet
- D05B29/02—Presser-control devices
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- the present invention relates to an actuating device provided for a sewing device or sewing machine, comprising a presser device for holding down the material during stitch formation and the transport of the sewing material, as an actuating element for the presser device, at least one linear motor, its drive rod for controlling the presser force, which the presser device applies to the sewing material exercises, is in connection with the presser device.
- the presser device of a sewing machine (hereinafter the term “sewing machine” also includes sewing devices, the present invention relating both to sewing devices and to sewing machines) serves to fix the position of the sewing material when the needle is inserted and a pressing force on the sewing material in the transport phase exercise through which a transport device can push the material.
- a sewing machine is known from US Pat. No. 5,551,361, in which the presser device is intended to exert a constant pressure force on the material to be sewn, which is unaffected by the action of the cloth pusher.
- the presser bar is connected to a force sensor, which is used to determine the current presser force.
- These measurement signals are converted into control signals for a linear motor, which is attached to the sewing machine housing, the presser bar also forming the drive rod of the linear motor.
- the presser rod is connected directly to the drive rod of the linear motor or that both rods form a common component. Since this rod also carries a coil or the moving parts of the linear motor, there is an overall very large mass to be moved. To control the corresponding inertia forces, very high forces must be applied by the linear motor, especially at high speeds of the sewing machine, so that the presser foot does not lift off the cloth pusher. The high forces to be applied in turn cause strong vibrations of the sewing machine.
- the present invention is based on the object of designing a generic actuating device in such a way that the force is transferred to the presser device in an immediate, mechanically simple, yet precise manner.
- Coupling element is connected and in which the
- the presser device can be moved between a raised position and a lowered position by the linear motor.
- the drive rod for controlling the presser force which the presser device exerts on the material is connected to the presser device, the force transfer to the presser device takes place in an immediate, mechanically simple and yet precise manner . Since the force applied to the linear motor depends on the direction of current flow, the presser device is raised in one direction of current flow and depressed in the other direction of current flow, so that the presser device according to the teaching of the present invention is movable between a raised position and a lowered position by the linear motor .
- the linear motor is suitable as a direct control element for the presser device in a particularly convincing manner, which differs from the solution that was widespread in the past, namely the generation of the contact pressure by means of spring preload, in that the latter is a technically traditional solution for lifting the presser device an additional control element, for example an electromagnet, is required.
- the linear motor serves at of the present invention is not only used to generate the presser force, but is also used to raise and lower the presser device.
- the drive rod is connected to the presser device via at least one resilient, low-mass coupling element.
- the drive rod of the linear motor is decoupled from the presser device, so that the masses to be moved are kept low.
- DE-A-32 17 826 discloses a hollow presser bar in which a correspondingly designed shaft of the presser foot is slidably received.
- a spring located in the presser bar presses on the shaft and is supported on an adjustable bar.
- the shaft of the presser foot is accommodated in a somewhat larger slot in the hollow presser rod by means of a mounting plate, whereby a limited vertical displacement movement of the presser foot relative to the hollow presser rod is possible.
- a second, stronger spring exerts an adjustable compressive force on the hollow presser bar via a guide part fastened to the hollow presser bar, the spring travel of which is limited by a collar fastened to it, which is supported on a fixed guide bush.
- This construction to reduce the moving Mass is tailored to a presser device with two springs and is unsuitable because of the measures for limiting the spring travel for the presser device according to the present invention with only one resilient, freely movable coupling element. This construction could therefore not give the person skilled in the art any suggestion for developing the actuating device according to the present invention.
- the coupling element is a coil spring
- Presser device is arranged; and or
- the coupling element is a leaf spring
- the drive rod is offset to the side
- Presser device is arranged; and or
- the linear motor is designed in such a way that the presser device is held in an upper position when the current flow almost disappears; and or the presser device can be switched under program or button control without power; and or
- the linear motor is essentially ironless; and or
- the linear motor has at least two permanent magnets; and or
- the permanent magnets are rectangular or ring-shaped; and or
- the material of the permanent magnets is based on iron, neodymium and boron; and or
- the magnetic connection within the linear motor takes place via a housing, a center piece and an air gap with a coil; and or
- the annular permanent magnets are arranged at a distance from one another and that the magnetization of one annular permanent magnet is directed counter to the magnetization of the other annular permanent magnet;
- the position of the annular permanent magnets in the housing of the linear motor is predetermined by spacer rings; and or
- the coil is divided into at least two sub-coils wound in opposite directions; and or
- the middle piece has an opening in which an iron piece or a pin designed as a sliding block is guided;
- the iron piece or pin is connected to the drive rod;
- the opening is provided centrally in the center piece;
- the opening and / or the piece of iron are rectangular in shape;
- the protruding part is made of steel; and or
- the iron piece for transmitting the driving force to the drive rod is connected to the coil via a coil carrier;
- the opening is elongated and the pin is round;
- the pin is made of steel; and or
- the drive rod is biased by at least one spring element; and or at least two spring elements are provided; and or
- the spring elements are arranged on both sides of the center piece; and or
- the linear motor in the de-energized state presses the presser device by means of the at least one spring element with a force against a needle plate of the sewing device or sewing machine which is approximately one third of the maximum force of the presser device;
- the direction and / or the strength of the current flow in the linear motor can be controlled by at least one microprocessor; and or
- the movement of the presser device is time-controlled by the linear motor;
- the force of the linear motor can be controlled by means of the angular position of the main shaft of the sewing device or sewing machine; and or
- the linear motor applies a force which counteracts the force acting on the drive rod via the coupling element; and or the force of the linear motor and the force acting on the drive rod via the coupling element are approximately equal in magnitude; and or
- the coupling element has an increased pretension at high speeds of the sewing device or sewing machine;
- the current flow in the linear motor has a direct current component at high speeds of the sewing device or sewing machine;
- the direct current component of the current flow can be changed as a function of time and / or as a function of the speed of the sewing device or sewing machine; and or
- the functional dependence of the current flow on the speed of the sewing device or sewing machine can be stored in the sewing device or sewing machine after the initial determination;
- the switch-on point of the current flow can be advanced by an angle at high speeds of the sewing device or sewing machine;
- the switch-on point of the current flow can be advanced depending on the speed of the sewing device or sewing machine; and or the presser device is switched off when the first stitch is formed.
- the coupling element according to the teaching of the present invention is advantageously a coil spring. In this way, on the one hand the drive rod of the linear motor is decoupled from the presser device, on the other hand the desired direct connection between the drive rod of the linear motor and the presser device is ensured.
- the drive rod is arranged above the presser device.
- the power transmission from the drive rod of the linear motor to the presser device takes place in a mechanically particularly simple and yet precise manner.
- the coupling element can also be designed in the form of a leaf spring.
- Such an embodiment is particularly useful when the drive rod is expediently offset laterally from the presser device, for example for design reasons.
- the presser device which is expediently switchable in a program-controlled or button-controlled manner, preferably has a presser bar and a presser foot.
- Embodiment of the present invention designed so that the presser device is held in an upper position when the current flow is almost zero.
- the linear motor is essentially ironless. This has the not inconsiderable advantage that no additional magnetic forces act on the moving parts of the linear motor, as is undesirably the case with linear motors with iron parts.
- the linear motor has at least two preferably ring-shaped permanent magnets with which the magnetic field is generated.
- the material of the permanent magnets can be based on iron, neodymium and boron, since very high energy densities can be achieved with these magnetic materials under inexpensive conditions. With such very high energy densities, the force required for the presser device can also be easily generated in a direct manner.
- the linear motor expediently has, inter alia, a housing, a center piece and an air gap with a coil.
- the magnetic circuit can be inside of the linear motor can be conveniently closed using the housing, the center piece and the air gap with the coil.
- the annular permanent magnets are arranged at a distance from one another, the magnetization of one annular permanent magnet advantageously being directed against the magnetization of the other annular permanent magnet and / or the position of the annular permanent magnets in the housing of the linear motor preferably being predetermined by spacer rings is.
- the coil can advantageously be divided into at least two oppositely wound partial coils, the total inductance of the coil due to this type of winding being significantly smaller than the inductance of a partial coil, so that a small electrical time constant of the linear motor is ensured; this enables angularly synchronous control of the motor force, and the linear motor can be controlled very quickly.
- a force is generated in the coil, which is preferably divided into two chambers, as soon as electrical current flows through the coil.
- This force is proportional to the current and independent of the location of the coil as long as the coil is in the homogeneous part of the magnetic field; the direction of force is of course dependent on the direction of the current flow, the direction and / or the strength of the current flow in the linear motor being recommended by at least one Microprocessor is controllable.
- the movement of the presser device can be time-controlled by the linear motor.
- the drive rod is guided in the center piece via at least two bearing bushes.
- the middle piece can have a preferably centrally provided opening, in which an iron piece designed as a sliding block is guided, which is advantageously connected to the drive rod.
- the opening and / or the piece of iron are / are optionally rectangular.
- the purpose of this piece of iron is, on the one hand, to secure the drive rod against rotation; on the other hand, the driving force of the coil is to be transmitted to the drive rod via the iron piece.
- a protruding, magnetic attraction generating part made of ferromagnetic material, preferably made of steel, is arranged at one end of the iron piece.
- this piece of iron can be connected to the coil via a coil carrier for transmitting the driving force to the drive rod.
- the middle piece can preferably be central have intended opening in which a pin made of steel is expediently guided, which is advantageously connected to the drive rod.
- the opening is optionally designed as an elongated hole and the pin is optionally round. The purpose of this pin is to secure the drive rod against rotation on the one hand; on the other hand, the driving force of the coil is to be transmitted to the drive rod via the pin.
- the abovementioned properties and features are convincingly suitable for a presser drive, since this enables the presser force to be adjusted as a function of the speed of the sewing machine.
- the pressure force required for the presser device is relatively high, so that a direct drive, as is the case with this invention, would require larger dimensions of the linear motor.
- the drive rod is biased by at least one spring element according to a particularly inventive development of the actuating device.
- At least two spring elements are provided, these spring elements are preferably arranged on both sides of the center piece in order to reliably prevent additional torque generation.
- the linear motor in the de-energized state, should press the presser device with a force against one by means of the at least one spring element Press the throat plate of the sewing machine and against a fabric pusher that protrudes with its teeth over the top of the throat plate in the transport phase, which is preferably approximately one third of the maximum force of the fabric presser device.
- this pressure force of the at least one spring element is used for sewing, wherein this pressure force can be reduced if necessary by sending a corresponding current through the linear motor in a negative direction.
- the current flow through the linear motor can preferably be measured in the negative direction in such a way that the force of the at least one spring element is compensated and the presser force consequently disappears.
- Such a de-energizing of the presser device is particularly important for sewing technology when the seam runs at an angle.
- the sewing machine stops in the position in which the needle is down.
- the presser device is then expediently switched off so that the sewing material can be rotated in the desired direction in a comfortable manner.
- this disengagement of the presser device can be done here either program-controlled or key-controlled.
- the pressure force exerted by the fabric presser device can be increased.
- the transport time is correspondingly shorter. Since the transport path is constant, the accelerations acting at higher speeds of the sewing machine increase in a non-proportional manner.
- the linear motor In order to brake this movement and to generate the force on the sewing material in a fraction of the transport phase, the linear motor would have to produce considerably more force than the spring in the conventional systems known from the prior art. For this reason, the drive rod is connected to the presser device via at least one resilient coupling element. By decoupling the drive rod of the linear motor from the presser device by the resilient coupling element, the masses to be moved can be kept small. The drive rod of the linear motor presses the presser foot against a throat plate via the coupling element.
- the presser device moves upwards at the beginning of the transport phase. This movement compresses the coupling element so that the force increases in accordance with the hardness of the coupling element.
- the drive rod of the linear motor would be accelerated by this difference in force;
- the mass of the moving parts of the linear motor is relatively large compared to the presser bar and there is also a certain amount of friction, it can be assumed that the drive rod of the linear motor does not move out of its rest position at the higher speeds of the sewing machine.
- the moving parts of the linear motor are preferably of low mass, a relatively small force of the linear motor is sufficient to bring the presser device into the initial position in a short time.
- the linear motor When the presser device is raised, the linear motor must overcome the pretensioning force of the optionally provided, at least one spring element, by means of which the drive rod is pretensioned. With an upward movement of the presser device, this at least one spring element is tensioned, so that the pretensioning force increases with the stroke of the presser device.
- the linear motor has to apply at least one force equivalent to the spring force.
- the presser device is first raised with the maximum current and then the current is lowered so far that the presser device is held in its upper position.
- this holding current can be significantly reduced by providing at the upper point the self-holding mechanism already set out above in the form of the protruding part which generates a magnetic attraction force and is made of ferromagnetic material.
- this protruding part has no effect. However, when the presser device approaches its upper end position, the protruding part comes into the effective range of the permanent magnets. Part of the magnetic field lines then runs over the protruding part, so that an attractive force arises in the direction of the permanent magnets; consequently, the direction of this attractive force is in the opposite direction to the force of the prestressing by the spring elements.
- the magnitude of the attraction depends on the mechanical structure:
- the maximum force of attraction occurs when the protruding part which generates the magnetic force of attraction is in the uppermost position of the presser device on the edge of the homogeneous magnetic field.
- the dimensioning of this unit should be chosen so that the magnetic attraction and the force of the bias are almost canceled by the spring elements.
- the linear motor is supplied with the maximum current in such a way that the drive rod of the linear motor experiences a downward force direction. After a short distance, the magnetic attraction disappears, and the drive rod is strongly accelerated downwards by the force of the linear motor and the force of the preload by the at least one spring element, which would result in an undesirably strong impact of the presser foot on the throat plate.
- a reversal of the current direction in the linear motor is expediently provided shortly before reaching the raised position or shortly before reaching the lowered position, i.e. the current flow of the linear motor can be short in a time-controlled manner before reaching the lower position for a certain time in the opposite direction and thus the presser device are braked.
- the time of the reversal of the direction of the current flow and the duration of the braking phase must be adapted to the mechanical conditions.
- the force of the linear motor is particularly inventive Further development of the present actuating device can be controlled by means of the angular position of the main shaft of the sewing machine.
- the force of the linear motor can be controlled with the angle of the main shaft of the sewing machine in such a way that the linear motor exerts a force in the transport phase of the cloth pusher, in which the cloth pusher protrudes with its teeth over the top of the needle plate counteracts the coupling element acting on the drive rod.
- the change in travel via the coupling element with the spring constant creates a force effect on the drive rod. If the force of the linear motor and the force acting on the drive rod via the coupling element are preferably approximately the same in magnitude, the drive rod remains in its rest position.
- the current flow in the linear motor is preferably reduced, which at the same time keeps the heating of the coil or the partial coils low.
- the coupling element has an increased pretension at high speeds of the sewing machine according to a further development of the present actuation device which is essential to the invention.
- This can be accomplished, for example, in that the Current flow in the linear motor has a direct current component at high speeds of the sewing machine, as a result of which a constant force component of the linear motor is brought about.
- the direct current component of the current flow can be changed as a function of time and / or as a function of the speed of the sewing machine.
- the force component expediently increases with the speed, the dependence of the current change on the speed being determined by the design of the sewing machine; For this reason, the functional dependence of the current flow on the speed of the sewing machine can be stored in the sewing machine after it has been determined for the first time.
- the switch-on point of the current flow at high speeds of the sewing machine can preferably be advanced by an angle, expediently depending on the speed of the sewing machine. This ensures that the linear motor can achieve the required counterforce at the beginning of the movement of the presser device, in particular the presser foot.
- the thread start after cutting has conventionally been placed on the fabric presser device in the direction of the seamstress by a wiper device. If instead the thread end was pinched by the presser device, the amount of thread required for loop formation would be deducted from the thread supply, so that the pinched thread end remains visible.
- the presser device in particular the presser foot, is switched off according to an embodiment of the present actuation device essential to the invention when the first stitch is formed, for example by compensating the force of the at least one spring element with the force of the linear motor. If, at the start of sewing, the end of the needle thread is below the presser device, the end of the needle thread is no longer held by the presser device and can consequently be pulled down during the first stitch formation as if it were on the presser device. After the first stitch formation, the linear motor is then preferably switched over to the normal sewing area.
- Figure 1 shows a first embodiment of an actuator according to the present invention
- Figure 2 shows a second embodiment of an actuator according to the present invention
- Figure 3 shows a first embodiment of the
- Linear motor from the actuator according to the present invention in longitudinal section;
- FIG. 4 shows the linear motor from FIG. 3, as seen from the line IV-IV in FIG. 3;
- Figure 5 shows a second embodiment of the
- Linear motor from the actuator according to the present invention in longitudinal section;
- Figure 6 is a sectional view of a
- FIG. 7 shows a diagram of the size of the actual stitch length L as a function of the speed n of the sewing machine; and Figure 8 is a diagram of the motor current I as a function of the angle of rotation ⁇ of the main shaft of the sewing machine.
- Identical reference numerals refer to elements or features of the same or similar design in FIGS. 1 to 8.
- Figure 1 shows a first embodiment of an actuator according to the present invention.
- the actuating device provided for a sewing machine (hereinafter the term “sewing machine” also includes sewing devices, the present invention relating both to sewing devices and to sewing machines) has a presser device 3 for holding down the sewing material during stitch formation and the sewing material transport.
- the linear motor 1 presses the fabric presser device 3 with a force against a needle plate 4 of the sewing machine and against a fabric slide 5 which protrudes with its teeth over the top of the needle plate 4 in the transport phase.
- the presser device 3 has a presser rod 31 and a presser foot 32, the pusher 5 abutting the underside of the presser foot 32 in the raised position shown in FIG. 1 (see also FIG. 2).
- the actuating device has an actuator for the presser device 3, a linear motor 1, the drive rod 10 for Control of the presser force exerted by the presser device 3 on the material to be sewn is connected to the presser device 3 via a resilient, low-mass coupling element 2. In this way, the drive rod 10 of the linear motor 1 is decoupled from the presser device 3, so that the masses to be moved are kept low.
- the first exemplary embodiment of an actuating device shown in FIG. 1 is a helical spring.
- the drive rod 10 is arranged above the presser 3.
- the power transmission from the drive rod 10 of the linear motor 1 to the presser device 3 takes place in a mechanically particularly simple and yet precise manner.
- FIG. 2 shows a second exemplary embodiment of an actuating device according to the present invention.
- This second exemplary embodiment differs from the first exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 1 essentially in that the coupling element 2 is designed in the form of a leaf spring. Such an embodiment is particularly useful then when the drive rod 10, for example for constructional reasons, is laterally offset from the presser device 3, as shown in FIG.
- FIG. 3 shows in longitudinal section a first exemplary embodiment of the linear motor 1, which can be assigned to the actuating device from FIG. 1 or the actuating device from FIG. 2;
- FIG. 4 shows the linear motor 1 from FIG. 3 in a top view along the line IV-IV in FIG. 3.
- linear motor 1 is essentially ironless has the not inconsiderable advantage that no additional magnetic forces act on the moving parts of the linear motor 1.
- the linear motor 1 has two rectangular permanent magnets 11a, 11b with which the magnetic field is generated.
- the material of the permanent magnets 11a, 11b is based on iron, neodymium and boron, since very high energy densities can be achieved with these magnetic materials under inexpensive conditions. With such very high energy densities, the force required for the presser device 3 can also be readily generated in a direct manner.
- the linear motor 1 also has, among other things, a housing 12, a center piece 13 and an air gap with the coil 14.
- the magnetic circuit within the linear motor 1 can be closed via the housing 12, the center piece 13 and the air gap with the coil 14.
- a force is generated in the coil 14 as soon as electrical current flows through the coil 14.
- This force is proportional to the current and regardless of the location of the coil 14, as long as the coil 14 is in the homogeneous part of the magnetic field; the direction of force is naturally dependent on the direction of the current flow, the direction and / or the strength of the current flow in the linear motor 1 being controllable by a microprocessor (not shown in the drawing for reasons of clarity).
- the drive rod 10 is guided in the center piece 13 via two bearing bushes 15a, 15b.
- the middle piece 13 has a centrally provided opening 13a, in which an iron piece 16 designed as a sliding block is guided, which is connected to the drive rod 10.
- the opening 13a and the iron piece 16 are rectangular.
- this piece of iron 16 is to secure the drive rod 10 against rotation on the one hand; on the other hand, the driving force is to be transmitted to the drive rod 10 via the iron piece 16.
- This piece of iron 16 is connected to the coil 14 via a coil carrier 17 for transmitting the driving force to the drive rod 10.
- FIG. 5 shows in longitudinal section a second exemplary embodiment of the linear motor 1, which can be assigned to the actuating device from FIG. 1 or the actuating device from FIG. 2;
- FIG. 6 shows a sectional illustration of a cable bushing in the linear motor from FIG. 5.
- the second exemplary embodiment of the linear motor 1 shown in FIG. 5 has two annular, radially magnetized and spaced-apart permanent magnets 11a, 11b, with which the magnetic field is generated and whose position in the housing of the linear motor 1 is predetermined by spacer rings 18a, 18b, 18c.
- the direction of magnetization of the two permanent magnets differs here: if, for example, the inner surface of one annular permanent magnet 11a magnetically has the south pole and the outer surface magnetically has the north pole, the direction of magnetization of the other annular permanent magnet 11b is reversed.
- the coil 14 is divided into two oppositely wound partial coils 14a and 14b, the total inductance of the coil 14 being significantly smaller than the inductance of a partial coil 14a, 14b due to this type of winding, so that the linear motor 1 can be controlled very quickly .
- the partial coils 14a, 14b are wound on a coil carrier 17 made of non-magnetic material.
- This coil carrier 17 is fixedly connected to the drive rod 10 with the aid of a pin 26.
- the drive rod 10 is hollow.
- the coil 14 with the coil carrier 17 is the movable part of the linear motor 1, the power supply to the movable coil 14 being disconnected according to the invention in accordance with FIG. 6, which illustrates a sectional view of a cable bushing in the linear motor 1 from FIG. 5:
- An electrical, for example two-wire connection line 21 for the coil 14 is guided through a recess 13b of the middle piece 13 and through the hollow drive rod 10 to the outside. Since the coil carrier 17 is fixedly connected to the drive rod 10 by means of the pin 26, no tensile forces act on the electrical connecting line 21 during the movement of the coil 14. The end of the connecting line 21 is connected to a plug 20, which also includes the strain relief of the mating connector.
- the first exemplary embodiment of the linear motor 1 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 and that in FIGS Figures 5 and 6 illustrated second embodiment of the linear motor 1 has in common that the drive rod 10 out over two bearing bushes 15a, 15b in the center piece 13.
- the center piece 13 has a centrally provided opening 13a, in which a pin 26 made of steel is guided, which is connected to the drive rod 10.
- the opening 13a is designed as an elongated hole and the pin 26 is round.
- this pin 26 is - just as with respect to the iron piece 16 according to the first exemplary embodiment of the linear motor 1 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 - to secure the drive rod 10 against rotation on the one hand; on the other hand, the drive force is to be transmitted to the drive rod 10 via the pin 26.
- the drive rod 10 in the first exemplary embodiment of the linear motor 1 illustrated with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 is prestressed by two spring elements 19a, 19b which are arranged on both sides of the middle piece 13 in order to generate additional torque in a reliable way to prevent;
- the drive rod 10 in the second exemplary embodiment of the linear motor 1 illustrated with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6 is prestressed by a spring element 19.
- the linear motor 1 presses the fabric pusher device 3 by means of the spring elements 19a, 19b (cf. FIGS. 3 and 4) or by means of the spring element 19 (cf. FIG. 5) with a force against the needle plate 4 (cf. figures 1 and 2) of the sewing machine, which is approximately one third of the maximum force of the presser device 3.
- this pressure force is used to sew the spring elements 19a, 19b (see FIGS. 3 and 4) or the spring element 19 (see FIG. 5), this pressure force being able to be reduced if necessary by using a corresponding current in the negative direction the linear motor 1 is sent.
- the current flow through the linear motor 1 in the negative direction can be measured in such a way that the force of the spring elements 19a, 19b (see FIGS. 3 and 4) or of the spring element 19 (see FIG. 5) is compensated and the presser force consequently disappears.
- Such a de-energizing of the presser device 3 is particularly important for sewing technology if the seam runs at an angle. At the corner of the seam, the sewing machine stops in the position in which the needle is down.
- the presser device 3 is then switched off so that the sewing material can be rotated in the desired direction in a comfortable manner.
- This de-energizing of the presser device 3 can either program-controlled or key-controlled.
- the known transport mechanism of the sewing machine presses the presser foot 32 upwards by the distance ⁇ s (see FIGS. 1, 2 and 8), the teeth of the fabric slide 5 capturing the material to be sewn. Then, depending on the set stitch length, there is a linear movement in the transport direction. Then the fabric pusher 5 is lowered.
- the drive rod 10 of the linear motor 1 makes the movement of the presser foot 32 at slow speeds n of the sewing machine. This means that when the presser foot 32 goes up by the distance ⁇ s, the drive rod 10 also moves up by the same distance ⁇ s because the time of the transport phase is long enough.
- the actual stitch length L remains constant in a lower speed range from ng to n ⁇ _ of the sewing machine (cf. FIG. 7, in which a diagram of the size of the actual stitch length L as a function of the speed n of the sewing machine is shown).
- the up and down movement of the drive rod 10 causes vibrations and noises.
- the spring-mass system has the effect that in a medium speed range from n ⁇ _ to n2 of the sewing machine (cf. FIG. 7) the pressure force on the presser foot 32 becomes smaller, whereby the presser foot 32 can even lift off the material for a short time; due to the reduced pressure force on the presser foot 32, the actual stitch length L is reduced in the middle speed range from n ⁇ _ to ⁇ .2 of the sewing machine (see FIG. 7).
- the opposite direction of winding of the partial coils 14a, 14b ensures a small electrical time constant of the linear motor 1, so that the above-described angle-synchronous control of the motor force is possible.
- the motor current is reduced (see FIG. 8, in which a diagram of the motor current I as a function of the angle of rotation ⁇ of the main shaft of the sewing machine is shown), which at the same time keeps the heating of the partial bobbins 14a, 14b (see FIG. 5) low becomes.
- the pretensioning of the coupling element 2 must be increased. This is achieved by means of a constant force component of the linear motor 1 by means of a DC component I Q which can be varied as a function of the speed (cf. FIG. 8). This force increases with the speed n of the sewing machine, the dependence of the current change ⁇ l on the speed n being determined by the design of the sewing machine; For this reason, this functional dependency is determined once and saved.
- L ⁇ _ shows the curve of the actual stitch length L without control corrections
- L2 shows the curve of the actual stitch length L in which the "dent”, that is the temporary decrease in the actual stitch length L in the middle speed range from n ⁇ _ to n3 of the sewing machine by applying the The counterforce explained above has been eliminated and in which the drop in the curve of the actual stitch length L "to the right", that is to say shifted to a higher speed range n> n3 of the sewing machine, due to the direct current component Ig (cf. FIG. 8); in the curve L3, the drop in the curve of the actual stitch length L compared to curve L2 is further “to the right", that is to say shifted to an even higher speed range n> n3 of the sewing machine due to an increased direct current component Ig.
- the electrical time constant of the linear motor 1 has a disadvantageous effect on the current build-up.
- the time in which the fabric pusher 5 moves the fabric presser foot 32 becomes shorter than the time for the current increase in the linear motor 1.
- the switch-on angle ⁇ of the current is advanced by ⁇ as a function of the speed at high speeds n> n3 of the sewing machine (cf. FIG. 8). This ensures that the Linear motor 1 can reach the required counterforce at the start of movement of the presser foot 32.
- the thread start after cutting has conventionally been placed on the presser foot in the direction of the seamstress by a wiper device. If instead the thread end was pinched by the presser foot 32, the amount of thread required for loop formation would be subtracted from the thread supply, so that the pinched thread end remains visible.
- the presser foot 32 is switched to no force at the first stitch by compensating the force of the spring elements 19a, 19b (see FIGS. 3 and 4) or the spring element 19 (see FIG. 5) with the force of the linear motor 1. If the needle thread end now lies under the presser foot 32 at the start of sewing, the needle thread end is no longer held by the presser foot 32 and can consequently do the same at the first stitch formation as if it were lying on the presser foot 32. After the first stitch formation, the linear motor 1 is then switched over to the normal sewing area.
- the linear motor 1 When the presser device 3 is raised, the linear motor 1 must overcome the pretensioning force of the spring elements 19a, 19b (cf. FIGS. 3 and 4) or of the spring element 19 (cf. FIG. 5), by means of which the drive rod 10 is preloaded. When the presser device 3 moves upwards, these spring elements 19a, 19b or this spring element 19 are tensioned, so that the pretensioning force increases with the lifting of the presser device 3. When the presser device 3 has reached its upper position and is to be held in this upper position for some time, the linear motor 1 has to apply at least one force equivalent to the spring force.
- the presser device 3 is first raised with the maximum current and then the current is lowered so far that the presser device 3 is held in its upper position.
- this holding current can be significantly reduced by providing the self-holding mechanism already described above in the form of the protruding part 16a of ferromagnetic material which generates a magnetic attraction.
- this protrudes part 16a no effect.
- the projecting part 16a comes into the effective range of the permanent magnets 11a, 11b.
- a part of the magnetic field lines then runs over the projecting part 16a, so that an attractive force arises in the direction of the permanent magnets 11a, 11b; consequently, the direction of this attractive force is in the opposite direction to the force of the prestress by the spring elements 19a, 19b (cf. FIGS. 3 and 4).
- the magnitude of the attraction depends on the mechanical structure.
- the maximum attractive force occurs here when the protruding part 16a generating the magnetic attractive force is in the uppermost position of the presser device 3 on the edge of the homogeneous magnetic field.
- the dimensioning of this unit should be chosen so that the magnetic attraction and the force of the prestress are almost canceled out by the spring elements 19a, 19b (cf. FIGS. 3 and 4).
- the linear motor 1 is supplied with the maximum current in such a way that the drive rod 10 of the linear motor 1 experiences a downward force direction.
- the drive rod 10 is strongly accelerated downwards under the action of the force of the linear motor 1 and the force of the pretension by the spring elements 19a, 19b (see FIGS. 3 and 4) or by the spring element 19 (see FIG. 5), which would result in an undesirably strong blow of the presser foot on the throat plate 4 (see FIGS. 1 and 2).
- a reversal of the current direction in the linear motor 1 is provided shortly before reaching the raised position or shortly before reaching the lowered position, i.e.
- the current flow of the linear motor 1 is timed shortly before Reaching the lower position switched in the opposite direction for a certain time and thus the presser device 3 braked.
- the time of the reversal of the direction of the current flow and the duration of the braking phase must be adapted to the mechanical conditions.
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