EP1143053B1

EP1143053B1 - Weft insert subnozzle

Info

Publication number: EP1143053B1
Application number: EP01105821A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Toru Nakagawa; Toshiaki Tanaka; Toshikazu Takematsu
Original assignee: Tsudakoma Industrial Co Ltd
Current assignee: Tsudakoma Corp
Priority date: 2000-04-04
Filing date: 2001-03-08
Publication date: 2004-07-14
Anticipated expiration: 2021-03-08
Also published as: DE60104232T2; DE60104232D1; CN1120255C; KR20010094956A; EP1143053A1; KR100470685B1; CN1316558A; JP2001288644A

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

This invention relates to a weft insert subnozzle for air-jet loom.

2. Description of the Prior Art

One of subnozzles of this type is disclosed in JP-A-61 174444 wherein the subnozzle has a dent on the outer surface on the side opposite to weft inserting side of a front end portion, forming a jet hole in the dent and prevents warps from being damaged by contacting the edge of the jet hole in reed beating motion and shedding motion.
With the above-mentioned conventional subnozzle, however, the inner surface of the subnozzle is formed with a convex projection by the dent, so that the air flow within the subnozzle is disturbed by the projection, thereby increasing fluid resistance and lowering air ejection speed.
In a weft insert subnozzle of an air-jet type loom, it is important to improve the air ejection speed from a jet hole.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The weft insert subnozzle of the air jet loom relative to the present invention comprises a convex portion which forms a spherical projected surface inside the jet hole near its front end, and an air jet hole with its center located closer to the front end side rather than to the center of the convex portion.
If the convex portion formed inside the subnozzle is a spherical surface, the air flowing inside the subnozzle flows at the front end portion of the subnozzle along the convex portion uniformly from its entire periphery with less resistance.
Further, when the convex portion formed inside the subnozzle is a spherical surface, the portion nearer the front end side confronts closer to the inner wall of the front end, and therefore, since the center of the jet hole is located nearer the front end side than the center of the convex portion, the air, after reflected from the inner wall of the front end of the subnozzle, enters the jet hole immediately at high speed at a greater angle toward the front end side. Accordingly, the reflected air from the inner wall of the front end of the subnozzle enters the jet hole efficiently.
As a result, the air ejection speed from the jet hole is improved.
The convex portion can be formed by pressing the spherical surface against one of the side faces near the front end.
In a preferred embodiment, when a diameter of the convex portion is D, a diameter of the jet hole is d, the distance between the center of the convex portion and the center of the jet hole is L in the convex portion and the jet hole, there is a relation that L < (D - d)/2. Also, the front end portion where the convex portion is formed has a flat sectional shape.
At least the front end portion of the subnozzle may be formed by butting and joining a jet hole member where the jet hole is formed and a non-jet hole member where no jet hole is formed. And both members may be formed by pressing.
The invention will now be described in detail with respect to the accompanying drawings which make up a part of this specification and include:

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Fig. 1 shows an embodiment of the subnozzle according to the present invention, wherein (A) is a plan view and (B) is a sectional view taken along the line1B-1B in (A).
Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the front end portion of the subnozzle indicated in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 3-3 in Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line 4-4 in Fig. 2.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION

Referring to Figs. 1 through 4, a subnozzle 10 is used as a weft insert subnozzle in an air-jet loom. The subnozzle 10 is formed by butting and joining a jet hole member 12 located opposite to a weft insertion side with a non-jet hole member 14 located on the weft insertion side.
The subnozzle 10 has a cylindrical shape with closed front end and open rear end. The subnozzle 10 is formed, however, by a flat front end zone, an intermediate zone following this flat front end zone to have such a sectional shape as to become circular toward the rear end side., and a base zone following this intermediate zone and having a circular sectional shape.
The sectional shape of the front end zone is approximately ellipsoidal in which both flat side faces in the direction of the short axis are flat and both faces in the direction of the long axis are arc-shaped. The front end portion of the subnozzle 10 is more flattened as its side faces converge toward the front end.
Both jet hole member 12 and non-jet hole member 14 extend in the axial direction of the subnozzle 10 and can be formed by press-fabricating a thin plate-like metal material. The jet hole member 12 has a hemispherical convex portion 16 with the inside of its front end portion projected as well as an air jet hole 18 within the convex portion 16.
The convex portion 16 can be formed by press-fabrication to press a press die having a spherical surface 22 against the outer surface of the front end portion of the jet hole member 12, forming a concave portion on the outer surface of the jet hole member 12, and pressing a portion corresponding to the concave portion inward. The boundary portion (the periphery of the convex portion) between a convex face 20 of the convex portion 16 thus formed and the flat side face of the jet hole member 12 becomes circular on both inside and outside.
An air jet hole 18 can be formed by stamping fabrication of pressing or by boring of drilling or the like, simultaneously with or after the formation of the convex portion 16. The center axis of the convex portion 16 and the air jet hole 18 is perpendicular to the flat side face.
The center of the air jet hole 18 is made eccentric by L toward the front end side against the center of the convex portion 16. The amount of the eccentricity L between the convex portion 16 and the air jet hole 18 and the diameter D of the convex portion 16 and the diameter d of the air jet hole 18 have such a relationship as L < (D - d)/2, and the air jet hole 18 is formed on the inside of the convex portion 16.
The subnozzle 10 is disposed in a loom such that the jet hole member 12 faces the side opposite to the weft insert side and that the non-jet hole member 14 faces the weft insert side. With the subnozzle 10 disposed in the loom, at least the front end portion of the subnozzle 10 is made to enter a warp shed by expanding the space between the warps, following beating motion of the reed and shedding motions of the warps.
In weft inserting, compressed high-pressure air is supplied into the subnozzle 10 at a predetermined timing. The high-pressure air supplied to the subnozzle 10 passes through the subnozzle 10 to be ejected from the air jet hole 18 in the direction of the side opposite to the weft insertion and exerts running force to the running weft.
Since the convex surface 20 of the convex portion 16 is spherical, the high-pressure air passing through the subnozzle 10 uniformly flows along the convex surface 20 from the entire circumference without being subjected to great resistance of the convex portion 16.
Further, in the subnozzle 10, since the convex surface 20 of the subnozzle 10 is spherical and the center of the air jet hole 18 is positioned closer to the front end side than to the center of the convex portion 16, a portion closer to the convex portion 16, more particularly, to the front end side of the convex surface 20 more confronts the inner wall of the front end of the subnozzle 10, and more air tends to be ejected from the air jet hole 18. Consequently, the high-pressure air supplied to the subnozzle 10, after being reflected from the inner surface 24 of the front end wall of the subnozzle 10, immediately enters vigorously the closer air jet hole 18, and the closer to the front end side, with a larger angle. As a result, the air reflected at the inner surface 24 of the front end wall of the subnozzle 10 enters the air jet hole 18 efficiently.
As a result of the above, the air ejection speed from the air jet hole 18 is improved. An example of the flow of the high-pressure air in the front end portion of the subnozzle 10 is indicated in Fig. 2 by arrows 26. In the above embodiment, both members 12 and 14, being made of a metal material, can be butted and joined by welding , adhesion or the like. Both members 12 and 14, however, may be made of other materials such as molded synthetic resin. In such a case, both members can be joined by adhesion.
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments and can be varied and modified within the scope of the claims.

Claims

A weft insert subnozzle (10) for an air jet loom comprising a convex portion (16) inside the vicinity of the front end portion of said subnozzle, and an air jet hole (18) formed within said convex portion (16), characterised in that
the convex portion (16) forms a spherical convex surface (20) and the center of the air jet hole (18) is positioned closer to the front end side than the center of said convex portion.
A weft insert subnozzle according to claim 1, wherein said convex portion (16) is formed by pressing the spherical surface against one side surface in the vicinity of said front end portion.