EP3640382B1 - Buse auxiliaire pour métier à tisser à jet d'air - Google Patents

Buse auxiliaire pour métier à tisser à jet d'air Download PDF

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EP3640382B1
EP3640382B1 EP19199242.9A EP19199242A EP3640382B1 EP 3640382 B1 EP3640382 B1 EP 3640382B1 EP 19199242 A EP19199242 A EP 19199242A EP 3640382 B1 EP3640382 B1 EP 3640382B1
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Yoshiyuki YONEJIMA
Yuichiro KOBORI
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D03—WEAVING
    • D03D—WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS
    • D03D47/00—Looms in which bulk supply of weft does not pass through shed, e.g. shuttleless looms, gripper shuttle looms, dummy shuttle looms
    • D03D47/28—Looms in which bulk supply of weft does not pass through shed, e.g. shuttleless looms, gripper shuttle looms, dummy shuttle looms wherein the weft itself is projected into the shed
    • D03D47/30—Looms in which bulk supply of weft does not pass through shed, e.g. shuttleless looms, gripper shuttle looms, dummy shuttle looms wherein the weft itself is projected into the shed by gas jet
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  • the present invention relates to a sub-nozzle for an air jet loom, the sub-nozzle including: a cylindrical portion that is open at one end thereof and to be connected to a compressed-air supply source; and a flat portion formed close to another end of the cylindrical portion and having an ejection hole, the flat portion being formed in a hollow tube shape as a result of a front wall portion and a rear wall portion facing each other being connected to each other by a side wall portion, the flat portion including a distal end portion closed by the side wall portion.
  • the sub-nozzle for the air jet loom disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 8-60492 has a configuration in which, for the purpose of improving a weft conveying force, an ejection hole is formed such that the position of the center of the ejection hole is a position deviated from the center axis of the sub-nozzle.
  • the sub-nozzle for the air jet loom disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 8-60492 has a configuration in which, for the purpose of improving a weft conveying force, an ejection hole is formed such that the position of the center of the ejection hole is a position deviated from the center axis of the sub-nozzle.
  • 8-60492 has a configuration in which the position of the center of the ejection hole is closer than the center axis of the sub-nozzle to a reed so that a distance between a weft that travels in a weft guide groove of the reed and the ejection hole is a shorter distance than that in a sub-nozzle having an existing general configuration.
  • EP 1 143 054 A1 discloses a weft insert sub-nozzle for an air jet loom comprising two members joined together, one of which has an air jet hole formed at its front end portion. Each member extends in the axial direction of the jet hole, and the thickness dimension of the one member with the air jet hole is greater than that of the other member.
  • the wall thickness of a section at which the ejection hole is formed is considerably thin, and the wall thickness is 0.5 mm or less in general. Consequently, in the general configuration, the axial-direction length of the ejection hole is short, and a ratio of the axial-direction length to the diameter of the ejection hole is considerably small. Accordingly, in the general configuration, a degree of diffusion of a flow of air jetted from the ejection hole is high, and the weft conveying force with respect to a pressure (hereinafter, referred to as "supply pressure") of compressed air to be supplied is small.
  • supply pressure a pressure
  • the present invention is based on a sub-nozzle for an air jet loom, the sub-nozzle including: a cylindrical portion that is open at one end thereof and to be connected to a compressed-air supply source; and a flat portion formed close to another end of the cylindrical portion and having an ejection hole, the flat portion being formed in a hollow tube shape as a result of a front wall portion and a rear wall portion facing each other being connected to each other by a side wall portion, the flat portion including a distal end portion closed by the side wall portion.
  • the front wall portion of the flat portion is formed to include a distal end-side flat surface portion formed close to the distal end portion at an outer surface of the front wall portion, the distal end-side flat surface portion inclining so as to approach the rear wall portion toward the distal end portion, and the ejection hole is formed across the distal end-side flat surface portion and the side wall portion.
  • the 'distal end-side flat surface portion' mentioned in the present invention is a flat surface section formed close to the distal end portion at the outer surface of the front wall portion.
  • the flat surface section is however not limited to a section simply formed to be a flat surface and may be a section formed to be a curved surface.
  • the flat surface section is a section formed to be a substantially flat surface in which the radius of curvature of the curved surface is sufficiently large compared to that of the other sections (the side wall portion and the like) of the flat portion.
  • the substantially flat surface is the 'distal end-side flat surface portion'.
  • the range of the 'distal end-side flat surface portion' is defined by using flatness in general geometrical tolerance.
  • the range of the 'distal end-side flat surface portion' is a range fits in a space between two flat surfaces that are parallel to each other with a space of 0.02 mm therebetween, which is a range in which the tolerance level of so-called flatness is H.
  • the 'ejection hole' mentioned in the present invention is not limited to an ejection hole formed by a single hole and includes an ejection hole constituted by a group of a plurality of holes formed at a region at which the ejection hole should be formed.
  • the position at which the ejection hole is formed is the region at which the plurality of holes are formed, and the position of the center of the region is the position of the center of the ejection hole.
  • the ejection hole may be formed such that a position of a center thereof is a position closer than a center axis of the sub-nozzle to a reed when the front wall portion is viewed from a front and such that, of a distance from an inner edge, which is a section of an inner surface positioned inside an outer edge of the side wall portion, a distance from a closest section of the inner edge is 0.25 mm or less.
  • the ejection hole may be formed such that the inner circumferential surface thereof includes a tapered portion, which is a section formed to gradually increase a hole diameter toward the inner surface.
  • a ratio of an area of a section of the ejection hole opening at the side wall portion relative to a whole area of an opening portion, which is a section of the ejection hole opening at a surface of the sub-nozzle may be 3% to 20%.
  • the weft conveying force with respect to the same supply pressure is improved compared to the general configuration and the existing configuration.
  • the side wall portion of the sub-nozzle is a section connecting the front wall portion and the rear wall portion to each other, and therefore, the wall thickness direction of the distal end-side flat surface portion at the front wall portion differs from the wall thickness direction of the section of the side wall portion in continuous with the distal end-side flat surface portion.
  • the ejection hole of the sub-nozzle is formed based on (such that the axial direction and the wall thickness direction coincide or substantially coincide with each other) the wall thickness direction of the section of the front wall portion at which the distal end-side flat surface portion is formed.
  • the axis of the thus formed ejection hole forms a larger angle with respect to the wall thickness direction of the aforementioned section of the side wall portion than an angle formed with respect to the wall thickness direction of the aforementioned section of the front wall portion.
  • the axial-direction length of the section of the ejection hole opening at the distal end-side flat surface portion is substantially identical to the wall thickness of the sub-nozzle (the aforementioned section of the front wall portion), as in the case with the existing configuration; however, the axial-direction length of the section opening at the side wall portion is longer than the wall thickness of the sub-nozzle (the aforementioned section of the side wall portion). Consequently, according to such an ejection hole, the dimensions of a portion of the ejection hole in the axial direction is increased compared to the general configuration and the existing configuration, which increases converging of a flow of air jetted from the ejection hole and improves the weft conveying force with respect to the same supply pressure. As a result of this, it becomes possible to obtain a desired weft conveying force with the supply pressure set to a lower pressure, which enables air consumption to be reduced as much as possible.
  • the section of the ejection hole opening at the side wall portion is increased, and, in the ejection hole, the section whose axial-direction length is longer than the wall thickness of the sub-nozzle is increased. Consequently, the aforementioned effect of improving the weft conveying force is achieved by a higher degree, and it is possible to reduce air consumption more effectively.
  • the ejection hole being formed to include the aforementioned tapered portion, when a flow of air passes the aforementioned tapered portion, at which the diameter is gradually reduced toward the outer surface, the flow velocity of the flow of air is increased. Consequently, the flow velocity at the position of a weft travelling in the weft guide groove of the reed is also increased.
  • the weft conveying force with respect to the same supply pressure is improved, and it is possible to reduce air consumption.
  • the ratio of the section of the ejection hole opening at the side wall portion is a predetermined ratio regardless of the size of the hole diameter of the ejection. Consequently, obtaining the aforementioned effect of reducing air consumption is achieved constantly by a desired degree regardless of the configuration of the sub-nozzle.
  • an air jet loom to which a sub-nozzle of the present invention is applied includes a main-nozzle 1 for weft insertion and a plurality of sub-nozzles 2 arranged along a weft travelling passage to assist travelling of a weft delivered out from the main-nozzle 1.
  • the air jet loom includes a reed 3 that performs beating of an inserted weft with respect to a loom front of a woven fabric.
  • the reed 3 is a so-called modified reed and has a configuration in which a large number of modified reed dents 4 each including a recessed portion are arranged.
  • the modified reed 3 itself is a known configuration, and thus, detailed description thereof is omitted.
  • the recessed portion is formed at a substantially center portion thereof in a longitudinal direction.
  • the large number of reed dents 4 are arrayed and integrated together by upper and lower reed channels 5 and 6 to thereby constitute the modified reed 3.
  • the modified reed 3 has a weft guide groove 7 formed by the recessed portion of each of the reed dents 4.
  • the modified reed 3 is attached at the lower reed channel 6 to a reed holder 8 and disposed such that the longitudinal direction (the width direction of the modified reed 3) of the reed channels 5 and 6 coincides with the width direction (loom-width direction) of the loom.
  • the main-nozzle 1 is also attached to the reed holder 8, and the main-nozzle 1 is arranged, on the reed holder 8, on a thread supply side of the modified reed 3.
  • Each of the sub-nozzles 2 is attached to a nozzle holder 9 and arranged, on the front side of the modified reed 3, in a fixed manner with respect to the reed holder 8 as a result of the nozzle holder 9 being attached to the reed holder 8.
  • the plurality of sub-nozzles 2 disposed on the loom (on the reed holder 8) are arranged at equal intervals in the loom-width direction (the width direction of the modified reed 3).
  • each of the sub-nozzles 2 is arranged such that an ejection hole 10 thereof faces the weft guide groove 7.
  • the sub-nozzle 2 is a hollow rod body as a whole and includes a cylindrical portion 11 having a cylindrical shape and opening at one end thereof, and a flat portion 12 formed close to the other end of the cylindrical portion 11 and having a hollow tube shape extending along a center axis 14 of the cylindrical portion 11. Note that, in the following description, the center axis 14 of the cylindrical portion 11 of the sub-nozzle 2 is simply referred to as the "center axis 14".
  • the flat portion 12 has a shape flattened, with respect to the cylindrical portion 11, from two sides in a direction orthogonal to the center axis 14 and is formed such that a sectional shape in the direction orthogonal to the center axis 14 is a substantially-elliptical flat shape.
  • the flat portion 12 includes a closed end portion on a side opposite to the cylindrical portion side in the center axis direction, and the closed portion is a distal end portion.
  • the flat portion 12 includes a rear wall portion 17 at which an inner surface 15 and an outer surface 16 are formed in a flat surface shape, and a front wall portion 18 facing the rear wall portion 17 and at which, as with the rear wall portion 17, the inner surface 15 and the outer surface 16 are formed in a flat surface shape.
  • the flat portion 12 is formed such that the rear wall portion 17 and the front wall portion 18 are connected to each other at the peripheries thereof other than the peripheries close to the cylindrical portion 11 by a side wall portion 19.
  • each of the inner surface 15 and the outer surface 16 is a single flat surface extending in a direction substantially parallel to the center axis 14 of the sub-nozzle 2.
  • a section at which the inner surface 15 and the outer surface 16 are each formed by a single flat surface is the rear wall portion 17.
  • the front wall portion 18 is formed to slightly curve, on a side close to the distal end portion, toward the rear wall portion 17 when viewed in a direction parallel to the width direction of the rear wall portion 17. Consequently, the front wall portion 18 is formed such that the outer surface 16 includes a first flat surface portion 20 close to the cylindrical portion 11, and a second flat surface portion 21 closer than the first flat surface portion 20 to the distal end portion, the second flat surface portion 21 inclining with respect to the first flat surface portion 20.
  • the first flat surface portion 20 is a flat surface substantially parallel to the rear wall portion 17 described above.
  • the second flat surface portion 21 is a flat surface approaching the rear wall portion 17 toward the distal end portion of the sub-nozzle 2.
  • the inner surface 15 is formed substantially parallel to the first flat surface portion 20 and the second flat surface portion 21 positioned on the outer side thereof, and the wall thickness of the inner surface 15 is substantially constant throughout.
  • the side wall portion 19 is a section connecting the periphery of the rear wall portion 17 and the periphery of the front wall portion 18 to each other. More specifically, the side wall portion 19 is formed by a section (side end section) connecting a side end of the rear wall portion 17 and a side end of the front wall portion 18 to each other on each of two sides in the width direction, and a section (distal end section 22) connecting a distal end of the rear wall portion 17 and a distal end of the front wall portion 18 to each other on the distal end portion side in the center axis direction.
  • Each of the sections thereof is formed such that the inner surface 15 and the outer surface 16 each has a substantially circular arc shape protruding outward.
  • the rear wall portion 17 is formed such that the position thereof (an edge close to the distal end portion) is positioned closer than a distal end edge 24 of the front wall portion 18 to the cylindrical portion 11 in the center axis direction. Consequently, the distal end section 22 is formed to extend toward the rear wall portion 17 to connect the two distal end edges to each other.
  • the distal end section 22 is formed such that, when viewed from the front (when viewed in a form facing the first flat surface portion 20 of the front wall portion 18), an outer edge 23 has a circular arc shape.
  • the front wall portion 18 is formed such that, when viewed from the front, the distal end edge 24 has a substantially circular arc shape so as to correspond to the shape of the distal end section 22 of the side wall portion 19.
  • the front wall portion 18 is formed such that, when viewed from the front, the distal end edge 24 is positioned on the inner side of the inner edge 29 of the side wall portion 19.
  • the side wall portion 19 connects the front wall portion 18 and the rear wall portion 17 to each other and is formed such that, as described above, each of the inner surface 15 and the outer surface 16 has a substantially circular arc shape protruding outward. Consequently, the direction of the wall thickness of each section of the side wall portion 19 differs from the direction of the wall thickness of the section of the front wall portion 18 at which the second flat surface portion 21 is formed.
  • a section between the cylindrical portion 11 and the flat portion 12 is an inclined portion 25 at which the inner surface 15 and the outer surface 16 incline with respect to the direction of the center axis 14 in a form connecting the cylindrical portion 11 and the flat portion 12 that have different sectional shapes, as described above, to each other.
  • the sub-nozzle 2 of the present embodiment includes the thus formed inclined portion 25 between the cylindrical portion 11 and the flat portion 12.
  • the ejection hole 10 is formed close to the front wall portion 18 at the flat portion 12. Based on the above, in the present embodiment, the ejection hole 10 is formed, close to the distal end section 22, across the second flat surface portion 21 and the side wall portion 19. In the present embodiment, the second flat surface portion 21 corresponds to the distal end-side flat surface portion of the present invention. Regarding the sub-nozzle 2 of the present invention in which the ejection hole 10 is thus formed, an example thereof, mainly the ejection hole 10, will be described below as a configuration of the present embodiment.
  • upstream side denotes a side close to the inner surface 15 in the direction of an axis 26 of the ejection hole 10 (hereinafter also simply referred to as “axial direction”)
  • downstream side denotes a side close to the outer surface 16 in the axial direction.
  • the ejection hole 10 is formed by a single hole in which the direction of the axis 26 thereof substantially coincides with the direction of the wall thickness of a section (ejection hole formation section) of the front wall portion 18 at which the second flat surface portion 21 is formed.
  • the ejection hole 10 in the sub-nozzle 2 of the present embodiment is formed such that the direction of the axis 26 thereof forms a slight angle with respect to the direction of the wall thickness of the ejection hole formation section.
  • the direction of the axis 26 of the ejection hole 10 is considered to substantially coincide with the direction of the wall thickness of the ejection hole formation section, when forming an angle within a range of approximately 10° with respect to the direction of the wall thickness of the ejection hole formation section.
  • the ejection hole 10 is formed such that an inner circumferential surface 34, which is a section close to the outer surface 16, is constituted by a straight portion 27, which is a section formed parallel to the axis 26, and a tapered portion 28, which is a section closer than the straight portion 27 to the inner surface 15, at which the inner circumferential surface 34 is formed to gradually increase the hole diameter toward the inner surface 15. Consequently, the hole diameter of the ejection hole 10 opening at the outer surface 16 and the hole diameter of the ejection hole 10 opening at the inner surface 15 differ from each other, and the hole diameter on the side (upstream side) close to the inner surface 15 is larger.
  • the ejection hole 10 is formed, close to the distal end portion of the sub-nozzle 2, such that the straight portion 27 is arranged across the second flat surface portion 21 and the side wall portion 19.
  • the ejection hole 10 in the sub-nozzle 2 of the present embodiment is formed such that, when viewed from the front, the straight portion 27 opens, at a position in the outer surface 16 of the sub-nozzle 2, across the second flat surface portion 21 and the distal end section 22 of the side wall portion 19.
  • the ejection hole 10 opens at the inner surface 15 of the sub-nozzle 2 at an upstream side end of the tapered portion 28 and is formed such that, in a positional relation between an inner opening portion 30, which is a section opening at the inner surface 15, and the inner edge 29 of the distal end section 22 of the side wall portion 19, a space (distance) between portions thereof closest to each other is 0.05 mm.
  • the ejection hole 10 is formed such that, when viewed from the front, the position of the center of the hole is a position closer than the center axis 14 to the modified reed 3. More specifically, the sub-nozzle 2 is arranged on the loom (on the reed holder 8) in a state in which, as described above, the ejection hole 10 is directed toward the weft guide groove 7 of the modified reed 3; the direction is a direction in which the ejection hole 10 is directed toward a side opposite to the thread supply side by deviating from the position of the weft guide groove 7 facing the sub-nozzle 2.
  • the ejection hole 10 is formed such that, when the sub-nozzle 2 thus arranged on the loom is viewed from the front, a closest section of an outer opening portion 31, which is a section opening at the outer surface 16 of the straight portion 27, closest to the outer edge 23 of the distal end section 22 parallel to the inner edge 29 is positioned closer than the center axis 14 to the modified reed 3.
  • the straight portion 27 is formed to be a hole whose radius is smaller (substantially half in the illustrated example) than a distance from the aforementioned closest section to an intersection point between the center axis 14 and a straight line (virtual line 32) extending toward the center axis 14 from the aforementioned closest section when the sub-nozzle 2 is viewed from the front, the straight line passing a center 33 of the outer opening portion 31.
  • the ejection hole 10 is formed such that the radius of the outer opening portion 31 is 0.8 mm (the hole diameter is 1.6 mm). Consequently, the ejection hole 10 is formed such that the position of the center 33 of the hole (the outer opening portion 31) is positioned closer than the center axis 14 to the modified reed 3 when the sub-nozzle 2 is viewed from the front.
  • the direction of the axis 26 of the ejection hole 10 substantially coincides with the direction of the wall thickness of the ejection hole formation section.
  • the ejection hole 10 is thus in a state in which the axis 26 forms an angle with respect to the direction of the wall thickness of the distal end section 22 of the side wall portion 19. Consequently, the ejection hole 10 has a shape in which the axial-direction length of the inner circumferential surface 34 of a section formed at the side wall portion 19 is longer than the axial-direction length of the inner circumferential surface 34 of a section formed at the ejection hole formation section.
  • the thus formed ejection hole 10 of the sub-nozzle 2 of the present embodiment is formed such that the inner circumferential surface 34 includes a section having a long axial-direction length compared to an ejection hole formed so as to open only at the second flat surface portion.
  • the ejection hole 10 is formed to include the tapered portion 28 on the upstream side. Consequently, the axial-direction length of the inner circumferential surface 34 of a section of the ejection hole 10 formed at the side wall portion 19 is longer compared to a case in which the ejection hole includes no such a tapered portion. More specifically, as described above, the direction of the axis 26 of the ejection hole 10 forms an angle with respect to the direction of the wall thickness of the side wall portion 19.
  • the position of the inner opening portion 30 in the axial direction is a position on the further upstream side compared to a case in which the ejection hole includes no such a tapered portion. Consequently, the axial-direction length of the inner circumferential surface 34 of the section of the ejection hole 10 formed at the side wall portion 19 is longer compared to a case in which the ejection hole includes no such a tapered portion.
  • the ejection hole 10 is formed such that the outer opening portion 31 is arranged, as described above, across the second flat surface portion 21 and the side wall portion 19, the ejection hole 10 is formed such that a portion of the inner circumferential surface 34 is long in the axial direction, compared to an ejection hole including an outer opening portion formed to open only at the second flat surface portion.
  • the ejection hole 10 being formed to include the tapered portion 28 on the upstream side as described above, the axial-direction length of the inner circumferential surface 34 of the section of the ejection hole 10 formed at the side wall portion 19 is increased as described.
  • the ejection hole 10 is formed such that a distance between the inner opening portion 30, which is a section opening at the inner surface 15 of the tapered portion 28, and the inner edge 29 of the distal end section 22 at the side wall portion 19 is 0.05 mm at a closest section where the inner opening portion 30 and the inner edge 29 are closest to each other. Consequently, the aforementioned effect of improving the weft conveying force is achieved by a higher degree. More details are as follows.
  • Figs. 7A and 7B are graphs each showing, regarding the sub-nozzle 2 in which the ejection hole 10 is formed on the basis of the present invention, a relation between the wind velocity of compressed air jetted from the sub-nozzle 2, the wind velocity considerably relating to the weft conveying force, and a distance (hereinafter referred to as the "shortest distance") at the aforementioned closest section.
  • Fig. 7A shows the relation regarding the sub-nozzle 2 of the present embodiment in which the ejection hole 10 is formed such that the hole diameter of the outer opening portion 31 is 1.6 mm.
  • the graph shows the relation for each of cases in which two different types (0.3 MPa and 0.4 MPa) of the pressures (supply pressures) of compressed air to be supplied to the sub-nozzle 2 are set.
  • the horizontal axis represents the aforementioned shortest distance C; the vertical axis, however, does not represent the aforementioned wind velocity itself but employs a wind velocity ratio as a parameter.
  • the wind velocity ratio is a ratio in which the flow velocity (wind velocity) of a flow of air jetted from an ejection hole of a sub-nozzle for comparison is considered 100 with the same supply pressure. The wind velocity is measured at a predetermined position in a region in which the flow of air acts in the weft guide groove 7 of the modified reed 3.
  • the sub-nozzle for comparison in this case is a sub-nozzle having a so-called general configuration in which an ejection hole is formed such that, when viewed from the front, the position of the center of an outer opening portion is positioned on a center axis and such that the outer opening portion opens only at a second flat surface portion (distal end-side flat surface portion).
  • the wind velocity ratio has a value of 110 or more with each of the supply pressures of the aforementioned two types.
  • the wind velocity ratio is increased by 10% due to the configuration in which the ejection hole 10 is formed such that the shortest distance C is 0.05 mm. Consequently, in the sub-nozzle 2 of the present embodiment, it is possible to achieve the aforementioned effect of improving the weft conveying force by a higher degree.
  • the aforementioned embodiment An embodiment (hereinafter referred to as "the aforementioned embodiment") of the sub-nozzle 2 for the air jet loom according to the present invention has been described above; however, the present invention is not limited to that described in the aforementioned embodiment.
  • the present invention can be carried out in the following another embodiment (modification).
  • the ejection hole is formed such that the hole diameter of the outer opening portion is 1.6 mm.
  • the sub-nozzle of the present invention is however not limited to the sub-nozzle having such a hole diameter of the outer opening portion.
  • the ejection hole may be formed such that the hole diameter of the outer opening portion is a hole diameter differing from that in the aforementioned embodiment, provided that the ejection hole is formed such that the outer opening portion is arranged across the distal end-side flat surface portion and the side wall portion.
  • the sub-nozzle has a configuration in which the ejection hole is formed such that the shortest distance C is 0.05 mm.
  • the sub-nozzle of the present invention is however not limited to the sub-nozzle having such a configuration.
  • the ejection hole may be formed such that the shortest distance C is 0.25 mm or less. Even in the configuration, it is possible to achieve the aforementioned effect of improving the weft conveying force by a higher degree. Details are as follows.
  • the tendency is substantially inverse proportional such that the wind velocity ratio increases as the shortest distance C decreases.
  • a wind velocity ratio is required to be increased by 5% or more. Considering the above, it is read from the graph of Fig. 7A that, when the shortest distance C is 0.25 mm or less, the wind velocity ratio has a value greater than 105 with each of the supply pressures of the aforementioned two types.
  • Fig. 7B is a graph showing, regarding the sub-nozzle of the present invention in which the ejection hole is formed such that the radius of the outer opening portion is 0.85 mm (the hole diameter is 1.7 mm), a relation between the wind velocity ratio and the shortest distance C and shows the aforementioned relation regarding a sub-nozzle in which the hole diameter of the outer opening portion differs from the hole diameter in the aforementioned embodiment.
  • the graph also shows the relation for each of cases in which two different types (0.3 MPa and 0.4 MPa) of the supply pressures are set.
  • the tendency is substantially inverse proportional such that the wind velocity ratio increases as the shortest distance C decreases in each of the cases with the supply pressures of the aforementioned two types. It is read from the graph that, when the shortest distance C is 0.25 mm or less, the wind velocity ratio has a value greater than 105.
  • the wind velocity ratio has a value greater than 105.
  • forming the ejection hole of the sub-nozzle such that the shortest distance C is 0.25 mm or less enables an improvement of the wind velocity ratio by the aforementioned required ratio, which is 5% or more, regardless of the hole diameter of the outer opening portion. Consequently, according to the sub-nozzle, the aforementioned effect of improving the weft conveying force is achieved by a higher degree at which the wind velocity ratio is improved by 5% or more.
  • an arrangement of the ejection hole may be determined based on the area ratio, and the ejection hole is formed on the basis of the arrangement.
  • the sub-nozzle is enabled to achieve the aforementioned effect of improving the weft conveying force by a higher degree constantly regardless of the hole diameter of the outer opening portion. Details are as follows.
  • Fig. 8 is a graph showing, regarding the sub-nozzle in which the ejection hole is formed on the basis of the present invention, a relation between the wind velocity ratio and the area ratio and differs from each of Figs. 7A and 7B in terms of parameter of the horizontal axis being area ratio.
  • the graph of Fig. 8 shows the relation for each of cases in which two types (0.3 MPa and 0.4 MPa) of pressures of compressed air to be supplied to the sub-nozzle are set.
  • the aforementioned area ratio is 7%.
  • the wind velocity ratio increases by 10%, as described in the aforementioned embodiment, and, also in the light of the area ratio (7%), the wind velocity ratio is naturally identical thereto, as understood from the graph of Fig. 8 .
  • the wind velocity ratio is increased by 10%.
  • the ejection hole is formed in an arrangement in which the ejection hole becomes closer to the inner edge of the side wall portion at the distal end section as the area ratio thereof increases.
  • the area ratio of the ejection hole is more than 20%, the arrangement thereof becomes an arrangement in which the ejection hole is excessively close to the inner edge of the side wall portion at the distal end section, which may make processing thereof difficult. Accordingly, considering the difficulty in the processing of the ejection hole, the area ratio thereof is preferably 20% or less.
  • the ejection hole in the sub-nozzle of the aforementioned embodiment is formed such that a section of the outer opening portion close to the side wall portion opens at the distal end section of the side wall portion and formed as a whole to be positioned on the distal-end side of the sub-nozzle.
  • the ejection hole may not be formed such that the aforementioned section close to the side wall portion opens at the distal end section of the side wall portion, provided that the ejection hole is formed closer than the first flat surface portion to the distal end portion.
  • a position at which an ejection hole is formed is not limited to the distal-end side of the sub-nozzle, and, in some of the existing general sub-nozzles, the ejection hole is formed closer to the cylindrical portion 11 than to a portion of the sub-nozzle in the vicinity of the distal end portion. Accordingly, also in the sub-nozzle of the present invention, a position at which the ejection hole is formed is not limited to a position on the distal-end side of the sub-nozzle, such as that in the aforementioned embodiment, and may be a position at which the section of the outer opening portion close to the side wall portion opens closer to the cylindrical portion 11 than to the distal end section of the side wall portion.
  • the ejection hole is formed to include the straight portion close to the outer surface and formed to include the tapered portion on the upstream side thereof.
  • the ejection hole is not limited to the ejection hole thus formed to include the tapered portion on the upstream side and may be formed in a straight shape throughout in the axial direction thereof.
  • the size of the inner opening portion differs from that of the sub-nozzle of the aforementioned embodiment, and the aforementioned shortest distance C is a distance at a closest section where the inner opening portion and the inner edge of the side wall portion are closest to each other in that case.
  • the ejection hole may be formed as a tapered portion whose inner circumferential surface gradually increases the hole diameter toward the inner surface throughout in the axial direction of the ejection hole.
  • the axial-direction length of the inner circumferential surface of a section of the ejection hole formed at the side wall portion is longer compared to that including the straight portion as in the case with the aforementioned embodiment.
  • a step may be generated between the inner circumferential surface of the tapered portion and the inner surface of the distal end of the sub-nozzle, depending on the degree of an increase in diameter of the tapered portion.
  • an inclined surface 35 that has a curved surface shape and that is in continuous with the inner circumferential surface of the tapered portion and the inner surface of the distal end of the sub-nozzle may be formed, as illustrated in Fig. 9 , at a position inside the distal end of the sub-nozzle where the step is generated.
  • the opening portion which is a section that opens at a surface of the sub-nozzle, is formed in a circular shape.
  • the opening portion of the ejection hole may be formed in a shape other than a circular shape.
  • the shape of the outer opening portion at the section formed at the side wall portion is a shape other than a circular shape.
  • the sub-nozzle having such an ejection hole is also the sub-nozzle of the present invention.
  • the sub-nozzle of the present invention is not limited to a sub-nozzle in which a single hole functions as the ejection hole and may be, for example, a sub-nozzle configured such that a plurality of holes are formed at a region where the ejection hole should be formed, and a group of the plurality of holes functions as the ejection hole.
  • the region at which the plurality of holes open is a region corresponding to the outer opening portion of the ejection hole, and the position of the center of the region is a position corresponding to the center of the outer opening portion.
  • the region at which the plurality of holes open is a region corresponding to the inner opening portion, and the aforementioned shortest distance C is a distance at a closest section where the region and the inner edge of the side wall portion are closest to each other.
  • the front wall portion is formed to include, at the outer surface, the first flat surface portion close to the cylindrical portion and the second flat surface portion (distal end-side flat surface portion) closer than the first flat surface portion to the distal end portion.
  • the front wall portion is not limited to the thus formed front wall portion.
  • the front wall portion may be formed to include, as an alternative to the first flat surface portion, a first surface portion that is formed in a curved surface shape.
  • the front wall portion may have a configuration including no first flat surface portion (first surface portion) and may be formed in a shape in which, on the side of the distal end portion of the sub-nozzle, only the distal end-side flat surface portion faces the rear wall portion.
  • the side wall portion is formed such that the inner surface and the outer surface thereof each form a substantially circular arc shape protruding outward.
  • the side wall portion is not limited to the thus formed side wall portion.
  • the side wall portion may be formed such that the section in continuous with the distal end-side flat surface portion is a flat surface inclined with respect to the distal end-side flat surface portion.
  • the inner circumferential surface of the section formed close to the flat surface is formed to be long in the axial direction compared to an ejection hole formed to open only at the distal end-side flat surface portion.
  • the inner surface and the outer surface of the rear wall portion are each formed by a single flat surface.
  • the rear wall portion is not limited to the thus formed rear wall portion.
  • the inner surface and the outer surface of the rear wall portion may be formed to each form a plurality of flat surfaces, or the inner surface and the outer surface may be formed to be curved surfaces.

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  1. Buse auxiliaire (2) pour un métier à tisser à jet d'air, la buse auxiliaire (2) comprenant :
    une partie cylindrique (11) qui est ouverte en une extrémité correspondante et destinée à être reliée à une source d'alimentation en air comprimé ; et
    une partie plate (12) formée à proximité d'une autre extrémité de la partie cylindrique (11) et présentant un trou d'éjection (10), la partie plate (12) étant formée en une forme de tube creux suite au fait qu'une partie de paroi avant (18) et une partie de paroi arrière (17) se faisant face l'une à l'autre sont reliées l'une à l'autre par une partie de paroi latérale (19), la partie plate (12) comprenant une partie d'extrémité distale fermée par la partie de paroi latérale (19),
    la partie de paroi avant (18) de la partie plate (12) étant formée pour comprendre une partie de surface plate côté extrémité distale (21) formée à proximité de la partie d'extrémité distale au niveau d'une surface externe (16) de la partie de paroi avant (18), la partie de surface plate côté extrémité distale (21) s'inclinant de façon à s'approcher de la partie de paroi arrière (17) vers la partie d'extrémité distale,
    caractérisée en ce que la partie de surface plate côté extrémité distale (21) est formée en tant que surface plate ou en tant que surface incurvée présentant une planéité dans une plage qui permet le placement de la partie de surface plate côté extrémité distale (21) entre deux surfaces plates mutuellement parallèles écartées l'une de l'autre de 0,02 mm et
    en ce que le trou d'éjection (10) est formé à travers la partie de surface plate côté extrémité distale (21) et la partie de paroi latérale (19).
  2. Buse auxiliaire (2) pour le métier à tisser à jet d'air selon la revendication 1, le trou d'éjection (10) étant formé de telle sorte que, lorsque la buse auxiliaire (2) est disposée sur le métier à tisser, une position d'un centre du trou d'éjection (10) est positionnée sur un côté de peigne par rapport à un axe central (14) de la buse auxiliaire (2) lorsque la partie de paroi avant (18) est vue depuis un avant ; et
    le trou d'éjection (10) étant formé de telle sorte que, lorsque la partie de paroi avant (18) est vue depuis l'avant, une distance (C) entre une partie d'ouverture interne (30), qui est une partie du trou d'éjection (10) s'ouvrant au niveau d'une surface interne (15) de la partie de paroi avant (18), et un bord interne (29), qui est une partie d'une surface interne (15) positionnée sur un côté interne d'un bord externe (23) d'une partie d'extrémité distale (22) de la partie de paroi latérale (19), est de 0,25 mm ou moins au niveau d'une partie où la distance (C) est la plus petite.
  3. Buse auxiliaire (2) pour le métier à tisser à jet d'air selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 et 2,
    le trou d'éjection (10) étant formé de telle sorte qu'une surface circonférentielle interne correspondante comprend une partie conique (28), la partie conique (28) étant une section formée pour augmenter progressivement un diamètre de trou vers la surface interne (15).
  4. Buse auxiliaire (2) pour le métier à tisser à jet d'air selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3,
    un rapport d'une zone d'une section du trou d'éjection (10) s'ouvrant au niveau de la partie de paroi latérale (19) à une zone entière d'une partie d'ouverture, la partie d'ouverture étant une section du trou d'éjection (10) s'ouvrant au niveau d'une surface de la buse auxiliaire (2), étant de 3 % à 20 %.
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