JP2008068005A - Sewing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sewing machine by which cut bobbin thread can be properly grasped. <P>SOLUTION: A thread cutting device 100 has a cutting knife 2 which has a knife point 2a, is rotatably supported on a hook saddle 1 and moves to an initial position and to a thread cutting position, a moving knife 9 which rotates above the hook saddle 1, is transferred to an initial position, to a thread catching position and to a thread cutting position and cuts needle thread T1 and bobbin thread T2 in cooperation with the cutting knife 2, a clamp spring 29 which is fixed to the hook saddle 1 and can hold the cut bobbin thread T2. The bobbin thread T2 is prevented from falling and can be properly grasped after cutting by providing a U-shaped thread scooping part 29b for the end of the clamp spring 29. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a sewing machine, and more particularly, to a sewing machine including a clamp spring that holds a thread cut by cooperation of a moving knife and a cutting knife.

Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 27, after the thread is cut by the cooperation of the moving knife 204 that rotates horizontally in the sewing machine bed and the fixed knife 208, the outer surface of the moving knife 204 and the outer side of the moving knife 204 are removed. There is known a sewing machine including a thread cutting device that holds a lower thread after cutting until the next sewing time by a clamp spring 219 in contact with a side surface (for example, see Patent Document 1).
According to such a thread cutting device for a sewing machine, the moving knife 204 moves back in the direction of arrow A where the moving knife 204 moves away from the needle hole 2A of the feed dog 2C. It is drawn in between the clamp spring 219 and held in a state of being retracted to the standby position.
JP 2003-117281 A

  However, in the conventional sewing machine disclosed in Patent Document 1, both the moving knife 204 and the clamp spring 219 are arranged almost horizontally, but they are bent so that they both warp in opposite directions. For this reason, the area of the clamping parts that are in contact with each other is small, and there is a difference in the height between the lower thread outlet of the middle hook (not shown) that feeds the lower thread and the thread catching part. If the lower thread is not properly guided to the clamping part where the moving knife 204 and the clamp spring 219 are in contact with each other, it cannot be said that there is no risk of a lower thread clamping failure after cutting. There was a problem.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a sewing machine that can appropriately grasp a lower thread after cutting.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 has a hook shaft base of a horizontal hook attached to the lower surface of the sewing machine bed, and a sword tip that is rotatably supported by the hook shaft base and crawls the upper thread loop. The outer hook, the inner hook that is rotatably supported by the outer hook, and the bobbin around which the lower thread is wound is mounted, and has a blade portion and is rotatably supported by the hook shaft base, A cutting knife that moves from the initial position to the needle cutting position side, and a thread catching position that rotates on the shuttle shaft and advances from the initial position, and the thread catching position. It is moved to the thread cutting position that is further retracted, and it is fixed to the hook shaft base and the moving knife that cuts the thread in cooperation with the cutting knife at the thread cutting position, and can hold the lower thread after cutting A sewing machine comprising a clamping spring, wherein the clamping spring A thread scooping section that picks up the lower thread from below the thread catching section of the moving knife when retreating, and a clamping section that clamps the lower thread end portion in cooperation with the inner surface of the moving knife after thread cutting It is characterized by that.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the stringing portion is formed in a U shape.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the clamp spring is characterized in that the stringing portion and the clamping portion are made of different members.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the certainty of the capturing operation for capturing the lower thread after cutting can be improved by the clamp spring having the yarn scooping part and the clamping part. Thereby, the entanglement defect of the upper thread and the lower thread at the next sewing can be prevented, and the productivity can be improved.

  According to the invention described in claim 2, the same effect as that of the invention described in claim 1 can be obtained with a simple configuration by the string-like portion formed in a U-shape.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, the same effect as that of the invention described in claim 1 or claim 2 can be obtained by the clamp spring having the stringing portion and the clamping portion made of different members.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. However, although various technically preferable limitations for implementing the present invention are given to the embodiments described below, the scope of the invention is not limited to the following embodiments and illustrated examples. In the present embodiment, the direction of each part of the sewing machine is determined based on the XYZ axes shown in the drawings. In a state where the sewing machine is installed on a horizontal plane, the Z-axis direction indicates the vertical direction that is the vertical direction, the Y-axis direction indicates the left-right direction that coincides with the longitudinal direction of the sewing machine arm (not shown), the X-axis direction is horizontal and the Y-axis direction The front-rear direction orthogonal to is shown.

(overall structure)
In the present embodiment, a general feed sewing machine will be described as an example of the sewing machine. An integrated feed sewing machine (hereinafter simply referred to as a sewing machine), for example, synchronizes the up and down movement of the sewing needle by the needle up / down movement mechanism and the needle movement by the needle movement mechanism in order to prevent the displacement of the sewing product accompanying the feed operation. The sewing machine performs feeding while the sewing needle 24 is pierced into a thick sewing object (for example, skin) by synchronizing the needle feeding operation with the feeding operation by the upper feeding mechanism and the lower feeding mechanism.
Such a sewing machine includes a sewing machine frame (not shown) that incorporates each of the following mechanisms, a needle driving mechanism that applies a reciprocating vertical movement and a needle swinging operation to the sewing needle 24 at the end of the arm of the sewing machine frame, and a bed on the sewing machine frame. A hook mechanism that forms a seam by cooperating with a feed mechanism (bottom feed mechanism) that feeds the work to be sewn placed on the needle plate 25 from the inside of the bed and feeds it in the horizontal direction, and sewing And a yarn cutting device 100 for cutting the upper yarn T1 and the lower yarn T2 after completion. The sewing machine is provided with various other mechanisms necessary for sewing, but these are the same as those conventionally known and will not be described in detail in this embodiment.

(Sewing frame)
The sewing machine frame includes a bed portion (sewing bed) having a horizontal bed surface on which a cloth to be sewn is placed, a vertical trunk portion erected upward from one end of the bed portion, and an upper portion of the vertical trunk portion And an arm portion (sewing arm) extending substantially parallel to the bed portion, and has a known shape that is substantially U-shaped in a side view. A needle drive mechanism is built in the tip of the arm part, and a hook mechanism, a feed mechanism, and a thread cutting device 100 are built in the bed part. A needle plate 25 is fixed on the upper surface of the bed portion below the sewing needle 24 that moves up and down by a needle driving mechanism (see FIG. 13B). The needle plate 25 is provided with an opening through which the feed dog 26 of the feed mechanism appears and disappears. Further, an inner hook guide 25a for restricting the rotation of the inner hook by engaging with an inner hook protrusion 23a provided on the inner hook 23 of the hook mechanism described later is provided on the lower surface side of one end edge of the needle plate 25. (See FIG. 13 (b) and FIG. 14).

(Needle drive mechanism)
The needle drive mechanism includes an upper shaft (not shown) as a main shaft of a sewing machine (not shown) that is rotatably extended in the arm portion and is connected to a sewing machine motor, a rotary weight fixed to the tip of the upper shaft, and an upper end that is an eccentricity of the rotary weight. It has a known configuration including a crank rod that is rotatably connected to the portion, a needle bar that is connected to the lower end of the crank rod, and a sewing needle 24 that is supported on the lower end. When the upper shaft is rotated by driving the sewing machine motor, the rotation is converted into a vertical movement through the rotary weight and the crank rod, and the rotation of the upper shaft is converted into a swinging motion by a needle swing mechanism (not shown). It is transmitted to the needle bar. As a result, the needle bar performs a needle feed operation that combines the reciprocating vertical movement and the needle swing, and feeds the cloth in the feed direction in synchronization with the feed dog 26 described later when the sewing needle 24 is lowered. In the present embodiment, the needle 24 drops into the needle hole 26b of the feed dog 26 by the reciprocating vertical movement of the needle bar, and the needle drop position and the center of the needle are located inside the needle hole 26b. A drop core 32 is positioned (see FIG. 12).

(Feeding mechanism)
The feed mechanism includes a feed dog 26 that moves in and out on the needle plate 25 from inside the bed portion, a vertical feed mechanism (not shown) that applies a feed operation in the vertical direction to the feed dog 26, and a feed dog 26 And a horizontal feed mechanism (not shown) for providing a horizontal feed operation. The sewing machine also has an upper feed foot and a presser foot (not shown) that move up and down alternately in synchronization with the rotation of the upper shaft, and one upper feed foot swings in synchronization with the sewing needle 24 and the feed dog 26. Move and feed the cloth in the feed direction.
The feed dog 26 is fed from the lower shaft interlocked with the upper shaft (sewing machine main shaft) through the vertical feed mechanism and the horizontal feed mechanism, and the bed from the opening of the needle plate 25 near the top dead center of the substantially elliptical orbit. Invade the department and feed the cloth in the feed direction. The feed dog 26 is formed with a needle hole 26b through which the sewing needle 24 drops. As shown in FIGS. 13A and 13B, a support portion 26 a is formed on the lower surface of the feed dog 26 only on the side opposite to the horizontal hook around the needle drop core 32. In other words, the feed dog 26 in the present embodiment has the needle hole 26b and the lower surface on the outer hook 22 side of the needle hole 26b open, so that a space 33 is formed below the needle plate 25. ing.

(Hook mechanism)
The shuttle mechanism can be adjusted in the horizontal direction and is fixed to the lower surface in the bed portion (see FIG. 1), and the interior of the shuttle spindle 1 along the Z-axis direction (vertical direction). A hook shaft (not shown) that is rotatably supported, an outer hook 22 that is rotatably supported in a horizontal plane by being pivotally supported by the hook shaft, and a middle that is rotatably supported in the outer hook 22. A horizontal hook having a hook 23.
The outer hook 22 is provided with a sword tip (not shown) that turns an upper thread loop formed below the needle plate 25 by the rotation of the outer hook 22 when the sewing needle 23 rises from the bottom dead center.
A bobbin around which the lower thread T2 is wound is mounted inside the inner hook 23. Further, a part of the upper outer peripheral edge of the inner hook 23 is provided with an inner hook protrusion 23a for restricting the rotation of the inner hook 23 by being engaged with the inner hook guide 25a on the lower surface of the needle plate 25 described above. ing.
Further, the depth of the inner hook 23 in the present embodiment is increased to a height close to the lower surface of the needle plate 25 as compared with the conventional inner hook (see FIG. 13B), and the inner hook 23 is mounted inside. It is possible to increase the yarn amount of the lower yarn T2 wound around the bobbin.
Then, when the lower shaft rotates in the bed portion in conjunction with the upper shaft, the hook shaft and the outer hook 22 rotate via a hook shaft gear (not shown), and sewing is performed to move up and down with the rotating outer hook 22. A seam is formed in cooperation with the needle 24.

(Thread cutting device)
Next, the configuration of the yarn cutting device 100 in the present embodiment will be described in detail.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the yarn cutting device 100, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the main configuration of the yarn cutting device 100.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the yarn cutting device 100 has a blade edge 2a (see FIG. 3) as a blade portion and is rotatably supported by the shuttle shaft base 1, and has an initial position (see FIG. 9). The cutting knife 2 that moves from the initial position to the thread cutting position 32 (see FIG. 16) advanced to the needle drop position 32 side, and the initial position (see FIG. 9) and the initial position by rotating on the hook shaft base 1 The thread is moved to a further thread catching position (see FIG. 11) and a thread cutting position retracted from the thread catching position (see FIG. 16). The upper thread T1 and lower thread are moved in cooperation with the cutting knife 2 at the thread cutting position. The moving knife 9 for cutting the thread T2, the air cylinder 6 as an actuator for rotating the cutting knife 2, and the cutting knife 2 and the moving knife 9 by rotating the cutting knife 2 from the initial position to the thread cutting position. The moving mechanism is an engaging portion that is connected and rotates the moving knife 9 in the rotation direction. A drive pin 21, a thread trimming cam 15 that rotates in conjunction with the upper shaft (the main spindle of the sewing machine), a cam roller 13 that rotates integrally with the moving knife 9 and can engage with the thread trimming cam 15 (see FIG. 6), A clamp spring 29 fixed to the shuttle shaft base 1 and capable of holding the lower thread T2 after cutting. Further, the yarn cutting device 100 includes a yarn guide 31 that prevents the upper yarn T1 and the lower yarn T2 from being cut at positions other than the yarn cutting position. Hereinafter, each part will be described in detail.

(Cutting knife)
As shown in FIG. 3, the cutting knife 2 is attached to one end of the cutting knife base 3 having a blade part 2 a at the tip (one end) and a base end (the other end) that can be attached and detached with a screw. The cutting knife base 3 has a support portion 3a at its tip extending to the vicinity of the root of the cutting knife 2, and has a shape that firmly supports the cutting knife 2 (see FIG. 12). As a result, the rigidity can be ensured with a thickness equivalent to that of the prior art without making the cutting knife 2 thicker than before, and accordingly the thickness of the moving knife 9 is made thicker than before and the rigidity is improved. Is possible. Further, when the cutting knife 2 in the present embodiment is arranged at the thread cutting position by driving an air cylinder 6 described later, the cutting edge 2a that is the tip of the cutting knife 2 extends to the vicinity of the needle drop core 32 below the needle plate 25. (See FIG. 12).
The other end of the cutting knife base 3 is fastened and fixed to the upper end of a hollow cutting knife shaft 4 rotatably supported by the shuttle shaft base 1 (see FIG. 1). One end of the scalpel drive arm 5 is fastened and fixed. Further, a moving knife shaft 11 serving as a rotation center of a moving knife 9 described later is inserted into the cutting knife shaft 4 so as to be rotatable along the Z-axis direction. That is, the cutting knife 2 and the moving knife 9 in the present embodiment are arranged such that their rotation centers are opposite to the needle drop position 32 across the rotation center of the outer hook 22.
The other end of the cutting knife driving arm 5 is connected to a cylinder connecting body 7 attached to a rod tip 6a, which is an operating portion of an air cylinder 6 fixed to the shuttle shaft base 1, by a step screw 8 so as to be rotatable. Yes. Then, when the rod tip 6a moves back and forth in the direction of arrow A1 or B1 shown in FIG. 3, the cutting knife base 3 is swung around the cutting knife shaft 4, and the cutting knife 2 provided at the tip of the rod 6 is moved to the arrow. Advancing and retreating in the A2 direction or B2 direction.

(Air cylinder)
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the air cylinder 6 is fixed to the lower portion of the shuttle shaft base 1 via a cylinder mounting plate 16, and a rod tip 6a, which is an operating portion of the air cylinder 6, is arranged in the horizontal direction. It is provided so that it can move forward and backward. One end of a guide shaft 17 provided substantially parallel to the rod tip 6a is fixed to the lower portion of the cylinder mounting plate 16. The guide shaft 17 is slidably inserted into the cylinder coupling body 7, and a nut 18 and a stopper washer 19 are attached to the other end of the guide shaft 17 in the horizontal direction (arrow A 1 or B 1 shown in FIG. 4 or FIG. 5). A stopper that defines one swinging end (left end in FIG. 4) of the cylinder coupling body 7 that moves in the direction) is formed. The air cylinder 6 is supplied with compressed air from an air supply source (not shown).
Then, air is always supplied to the air cylinder 6 and the rod tip 6a is arranged in the direction of arrow B1 (left direction in FIG. 4), and the cylinder coupling body 7 is a stopper for preventing rotation defined by a nut and a stopper washer 19. (See FIG. 4). In this embodiment, in the initial state, the cutting knife 2 is disposed at the last retracted position (see FIG. 9), which is the initial position, and the initial position is regulated. On the other hand, when air is supplied to the air cylinder 6 and the rod tip 6a is moved in the arrow A1 direction (right direction in FIG. 5), the cylinder coupling body 7 is moved along the guide shaft 17 in the arrow A1 direction. Then, the stopper bolt 27 provided on the cutting knife base 3 is brought into contact with the stopper plate 28 fixed to the shuttle shaft base 1, whereby the thread cutting position (see FIGS. 10 and 16) of the cutting knife 2 is defined. It has come to be.

(Connection structure of cutting knife and moving knife)
The moving knife shaft 11 shown in FIG. 6 has a smaller diameter than the above-described cutting knife shaft 4 and is longer than the cutting knife shaft 4, and rotates through the hollow cutting knife shaft 4 vertically. It is inserted freely. In other words, the cutting knife 2 and the moving knife 9 can be separately pivoted around the concentric shaft by the cutting knife shaft 4 and the moving knife shaft 11 having a double shaft structure. 1 is supported.
One end of the moving knife base 10 is fixed to the upper end of the moving knife shaft 11 so as to be orthogonal to the moving knife shaft 11. A base end portion of a moving knife 9 which will be described later is detachably fixed to the upper portion of the moving knife table 10 with a screw, and the lower surface of the other end of the moving knife table 10 is engaged downwardly according to the present invention. A moving knife drive pin 21 as a part is protruded.
Then, the cutting knife 2 and the cutting knife table 3 are rotated in the direction of the arrow A2 by driving the air cylinder 6, and one end of the cutting knife table 3 is brought into contact with the moving knife drive pin 21 provided on the moving knife table 10. Then, the cutting knife 2 and the moving knife 9 are connected, and both are integrally rotated in the arrow A2 direction (see FIG. 2). That is, the moving knife 9 is swung in the arrow A2 direction around the moving knife shaft 11 as the cutting knife 2 swings.
Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, one end of the moving knife driving arm 12 is fixed to the lower end of the moving knife shaft 11 by hugging. The moving knife driving arm 12 extends in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the moving knife shaft 11, and a cam roller 13 is rotatable at a lower side of the other end portion via a cam roller shaft 14 along the Z-axis direction. It is connected. This cam roller 13 moves the other end of the moving knife driving arm 12 by moving along the cam portion of the thread trimming cam 15 described later after the rod tip 6a moves in the direction of arrow A1 by driving the air cylinder 6. It swings in the direction of the arrow A3 or B3 and applies rotational force to the moving knife shaft 11 and the moving knife 9. The moving knife 9 is moved to the thread cutting position of the cutting knife 2 together with the cutting knife 2 by the driving force of the air cylinder 6 and then moved forward from the initial position by the turning force of the thread cutting cam 15. The reciprocating movement from the yarn catching position to the retracted yarn cutting position is performed.
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 7, a moving knife return plate 20 having a hook-shaped tip 20a in a plan view is fixed to the lower portion of the cylinder coupling body 7. For this reason, when the rod tip 6a of the air cylinder 6 moves in the arrow B1 direction, one end of the moving knife driving arm 12 is pushed back by abutting against the tip 20a, so the other end of the moving knife driving arm 12 is moved in the arrow B3 direction. Is swung. The cylinder coupling body 7 is held in the initial state shown in FIG. 4 so that the initial position of the moving knife 9 is defined.

(Thread trimming cam)
The thread trimming cam 15 is attached to an opener shaft (not shown) that rotates at a ratio of 1: 1 with the upper shaft in synchronization with the rotation of the upper shaft. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the thread trimming cam 15 is disposed below the shuttle shaft base 1 in the bed portion, and is provided so as to be rotatable in a horizontal plane around an opener shaft along the Z-axis direction. It has been. The thread trimming cam 15 in this embodiment is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 8 as the upper shaft rotates.
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 8, on the upper surface of the thread trimming cam 15, there is a standby section 15 a on the outer peripheral side, and a cam roller 13 from the standby section 15 a through the vicinity of the rotation center of the thread trimming cam 15 to the opposite side. A cam portion is provided that includes a guiding groove section 15b and an open section 15c formed on the terminal end side of the groove section 15B. That is, the standby section 15a, the groove section 15b, and the release section 15c serve as the original section of the thread trimming cam 15 that guides the cam roller 13 that is a follower.
When the cutting knife 2 is moved to the thread cutting position by driving the air cylinder 6, the moving knife driving arm 12 is moved through the cutting knife base 3, the moving knife drive pin 21, the moving knife base 10 and the moving knife shaft 11 as shown in FIG. And it is rotated in the arrow A3 direction shown in FIG. As a result, the cam roller 13 is moved to a standby section 15a, that is, a position where the cam roller 13 can be engaged with the thread trimming cam 15. Thereafter, the thread trimming cam 15 is operated in accordance with the rotation of the upper shaft, whereby the moving knife 9 is moved to the sewing machine main shaft. It is rotated in conjunction with (upper shaft).

(Moving knife)
Next, the configuration of the moving knife 9 in this embodiment will be described in detail.
As shown in FIG. 6, the moving knife 9 is attached to the moving knife base 10 with its base end (one end) being detachable by a screw, and the middle part has a curved part and extends in the horizontal direction. The tip (the other end) has a sharp acute shape.
The moving knife 9 is provided so as to be swingable in the directions of arrows A2 and B2 around the moving knife shaft 11, and avoids the upper portion of the inner hook 23 throughout the moving operation, and the tip thereof is the outer periphery of the inner hook 23. More than the needle drop position 32 side (see FIGS. 9 to 12, 14 and 16). As shown in FIGS. 12 and 14, the moving knife 9 in this embodiment can move forward and backward through a space 33 provided below the needle plate 25.

As shown in FIGS. 6, 17, and 21, a thread catching portion 9 d that catches the upper thread T <b> 1 and the lower thread T <b> 2 at the time of retraction, and a cutting provided on the distal end side of the moving knife 9 as shown in FIGS. 6, 17, and 21. A blade portion 9c that cuts the yarn in cooperation with the blade portion 2a of the knife 2, and groove-like upper and lower yarns for releasing the upper yarn T1 and the lower yarn T2 from the yarn catching position to the cutting portion on the outer side surface thereof An escape portion 9b and an upper yarn escape portion 9a for preventing the upper thread T1 cut at the yarn cutting position from being gripped by the moving knife 9 and a clamp spring 29 described later are provided. Further, the moving knife 9 is substantially formed in a prismatic shape from the base end to the tip, and the tip angle θ _{1 on the} upper surface and the tip angle θ _{2 on the} outer side are 25 to 30 degrees, respectively. It is set so as to be within the range (see FIGS. 15A, 15B and 21).

As shown in FIG. 17, the thread catching portion 9d is in the vicinity of the distal end portion of the moving knife 9, and is on the inner peripheral surface side of the moving knife 9 curved in the horizontal plane, that is, the side surface close to the outer periphery of the inner hook 23. Is provided at the lower end portion. The yarn catching portion 9d is slightly protruded in the backward movement direction of the moving knife 9 that moves forward and backward, and an upper thread escape portion 9a is formed from the yarn catching portion 9d to the upper surface of the moving knife 9. ing.
As shown in FIG. 17, the upper yarn escape portion 9a is a retreat space in which only the upper yarn T1 of the upper yarn T1 and the lower yarn T2 captured by the yarn capturing portion 9d at the yarn capturing position can be retracted. After the moving knife 9 is retracted to the thread cutting position and the upper thread T1 and the lower thread T2 are cut, the upper thread T1 remaining on the sewing needle 24 side can be easily pulled out above the cloth.
As shown in FIGS. 15 (a), 15 (b), 21 and 23, the upper and lower thread escape portions 9b pass from below the thread catching portion 9d toward the distal end side of the outer periphery of the moving knife 9. Is formed. The upper and lower thread escape portions 9b serve as a retreat space in which the upper thread T1 and the lower thread T2 captured by the thread capturing section 9d can be retracted inward from the outer surface of the moving knife 9. A boundary portion between the groove portion of the upper and lower thread escape portion 9b and the outer surface of the moving knife 9 is an edge 9e.
As shown in FIGS. 21 and 23 to 25, the blade portion 9 c is provided on the outer peripheral surface side in the vicinity of the distal end portion of the moving knife 9 so as to be continuous with the upper and lower thread escape portions 9 b. When the moving knife 9 moves back and forth from the thread catching position in the forward and backward movement of the moving knife 9, the blade part 9c cooperates with the blade edge 2a of the cutting knife 2 described above at the thread cutting position to move the upper thread T1 and the lower thread. It cuts T2. The blade portion 9c in the present embodiment is configured such that the movement locus thereof passes through the needle drop core 32 of the sewing needle 24, as shown in FIGS.

(Clamp spring)
As shown in FIGS. 9 to 11 and FIGS. 16 to 19, the clamp spring 29 has a base end portion disposed between the moving knife 9 and the cutting knife 2 in the vertical direction (Z-axis direction). The clamp spring base 30 attached to the shuttle shaft base 1 is fixed to the upper surface with screws. Further, the distal end of the clamp spring 29 extends in the forward movement direction of the moving knife 9 along the inner side surface of the moving knife 9 (the hatched portion shown in FIG. 20A).
The clamp spring 29 has a lower thread clamp portion 29a that is bent so as to be slightly convex toward the moving knife 9 in the middle of the extension portion, and a bifurcated U-shape at the tip of the extension portion. And a formed stringing portion 29b. That is, the clamp spring 29 in the present embodiment is formed by integrally forming the lower thread clamp portion 29a and the thread scooping portion 29b, and the tip of the lower thread clamp portion 29a is extended to provide the thread scooping portion 29b at the tip. (See FIG. 17).
The clamp spring 29 is made of a spring material and is urged so as to press the inner surface of the moving knife 9. At least the lower thread clamp portion 29 a of the moving knife 9 moves through the entire moving operation of the moving knife 9. It comes in sliding contact with the inner surface.
The lower thread clamp portion 29a clamps the end of the lower thread T2 in cooperation with the inner surface of the moving knife 9 (the hatched portion shown in FIG. 20A) after the thread is cut, It is a clamping part (holding part) of the present invention that holds the thread T2. The lower thread clamp part 29a includes the height of the lower thread T2 captured by the thread capturing part 9d within the range of the width in the vertical direction.
The thread scooping portion 29b scoops the lower thread T2 from below the thread catching portion 9d of the moving knife 9 when the moving knife 9 moves backward. That is, after the lower thread T2 is captured by the thread catching part 9d, the thread scooping part 29b is pulled out from the inner hook 23 and pulled to the thread catching part 9d via the lower side of the middle hook protrusion 23a. The lower thread T2 passes through the lower side of the lower thread T2 and intersects the moving knife 9 side with respect to the lower thread T2. As a result, the threading portion 29b prevents the lower thread T2 captured by the thread capturing portion 9d from falling off the threading portion 29b and reliably guides the lower thread T2 to the lower thread clamping portion 29a. Is possible.

(Thread guide)
As shown in FIGS. 23 to 25, the thread guide 31 is detachably attached to the cutting knife 2 near the cutting edge 2a with a screw. The thread guide 31 is attached to the cutting knife 2 from the side opposite to the moving knife 9 with the cutting knife 2 interposed therebetween, and one end side thereof (the right side in FIGS. 23 and 24) is the entire cutting edge 2a of the cutting knife 2. It is bent to the moving knife 9 side so as to cover, and extends to the front side (right side in FIGS. 23 and 24) from the blade edge 2a. One end of the thread guide 31 extends so that the upper end extends further along the outer surface of the moving knife 9 (see FIGS. 23 and 24), and the needle of the feed dog 26 extends from the thread catching section 9d. The thread hook 31a prevents the upper thread T1 and the lower thread T2 sewn on the cloth through the hole 26b from coming into contact with the upper edge 9e of the groove of the upper and lower thread escape section 9b. That is, the thread guide 31 can hook the upper thread T1 and the lower thread T2 near the tip of the cutting edge 2a of the cutting knife 2, and the upper thread T1 and the lower thread T2 captured by the moving knife 9 at the thread capturing position are By guiding so as not to contact the edge 9e, the upper thread T1 and the lower thread T2 are protected from being guided between the edge 9e and the cutting edge 2a of the cutting knife 2.

  Further, in the sewing machine according to the present embodiment, the moving knife 9 rotates with the cutting knife 2 by driving the air cylinder 6, and the cam roller 13 moves to a position where the cam roller 13 can engage with the thread trimming cam 15, and then the thread trimming cam. 15 includes a control unit (not shown) as control means for controlling the air cylinder 6 and a sewing machine motor that drives the sewing machine main shaft so that the moving knife 9 rotates in conjunction with the sewing machine main shaft (upper shaft). Yes.

(Description of operation of embodiment)
Next, the operation of the sewing machine having the above configuration will be described.
First, during sewing, the rod tip 6a of the air cylinder 6 protrudes in the direction of the arrow B1, and the cylinder coupling body 7 is disposed at the initial position shown in FIG. For this reason, both the cutting knife 2 and the moving knife 9 are in a state of being arranged at the initial position which is the last retracted position in the direction of the arrow B2 (see FIG. 9).
Next, when a thread trimming signal is input to a control unit (not shown) by stepping on a sewing pedal (not shown), air is injected into the air cylinder 6 and the rod tip 6a moves in the direction of arrow A1. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 5, the cylinder coupling body 7 is moved in the direction of the arrow A1, and the cutting knife base 3 is rotated in the direction of the arrow A2 via the cutting knife driving arm 5 and the cutting knife shaft 4 (see FIG. 5). 2). Further, when the sewing pedal is stepped on, the sewing machine motor starts rotating.
When the cutting knife table 3 is rotated in the direction of the arrow A2, the cutting knife table 3 is also engaged with the moving knife drive pin 21 fixed to the lower surface of the moving knife table 10, so that the moving knife table 10 is also moved. It is rotated in the direction of arrow A2. As the cutting knife 2 rotates to the thread cutting position in the direction of arrow A2, the moving knife driving arm 12 is rotated in the direction of arrow A3 shown in FIG. Is engaged with the standby section 15a of the thread trimming cam 15, and the rotation of the cutting knife base 3 is once stopped.

While the cam roller 13 moves along the waiting section 15a of the thread trimming cam 15 shown in FIGS. 8A to 8C, the moving knife 9 and the cutting knife 2 are waiting in the vicinity of the needle drop position (see FIG. 10). As shown in FIG. 14, the outer hook 22 winds the upper thread T1 at its sword and the upper thread T1 forms a triangle, and then reaches the maximum hook thread absorption as shown in FIG. 8 (d). Sometimes the cam roller 13 passes the final point of the waiting section 15a. Thereafter, when the cam roller 13 is guided along the groove section 15b, the moving knife driving arm 12 is swung in the arrow A3 direction, and the moving knife 9 further moves forward in the arrow A2 direction. Further, when the cam roller 13 is guided from the standby section 15a shown in FIGS. 8A to 8C to the groove section 15b shown in FIG. 8D, the cutting knife base 3 starts to rotate again. Then, when the stopper bolt 27 attached to the cutting knife base 3 is locked to the stopper plate 28, the rotation of the cutting knife base 3 is restricted, and the cutting knife 2 is arranged at the thread cutting position (see FIG. 10). ). In this state, the cutting edge 2a which is the tip of the cutting knife 2 is extended to the vicinity of the needle drop core 32 below the needle plate 25 (see FIG. 12).
At this time, as shown in FIGS. 10 to 12 and 14, the tip of the moving knife 9 is attached to the needle plate 25 and the feed dog 26, which are on the side of the needle drop core 32 relative to the inner hook protrusion 23 a and the inner hook guide 25 a. It is moved so as to pass through the lower space 33 and enters the triangle of the upper thread T1.
When the thread trimming cam 15 further rotates and the cam roller 13 moves to the moving knife most advanced position shown in FIG. 8E, the moving knife 9 returns to the thread catching position slightly retracted from the most advanced position shown in FIG. .
Thereafter, the moving direction of the moving knife driving arm 12 is reversed in the direction of the arrow B3 by the groove section 15b, and the upper and lower threads T1, T2 are captured by the thread capturing portion 9d of the moving knife 9 that retreats in the arrow B2 direction (FIG. 17). And FIG. 22).
At this time, on the outer peripheral side of the moving knife 9, the upper thread T1 and the lower thread T2 are hooked on the thread hooking portion 31a of the thread guide 31 as shown in FIG. On the inner peripheral side of the moving knife 9, as shown in FIGS. 17 and 22, the upper thread T1 is retracted to the upper thread escape portion 9a of the moving knife 9.

When the thread trimming cam 15 further rotates and the cam roller 13 is guided to the thread cutting position shown in FIG. 8F, the moving knife 9 moves back to the thread cutting position (see FIG. 16). Then, after the lower thread T2 is wound on the thread scooping portion 29b of the clamp spring 29, the upper thread T1 and the lower thread T2 are cut by the cooperation of the blade edge 2a of the cutting knife 2 and the blade section 9c of the moving knife 9. (See FIG. 18). Further, the cam roller 13 is released to the outer periphery of the thread trimming cam 15 through the open section 15c of the thread trimming cam 15, and the engagement with the groove section 15b is released (see FIG. 8G).
Here, as shown in FIG. 12, the blade portion 9 c of the moving knife 9 rotates through the needle drop core 32, and the blade edge 2 a approaches and stands by near the needle drop core 32. Yes. For this reason, when the threads T1 and T2 are cut by the cooperation of the moving knife 9 and the cutting knife 2, the distance from the needle drop core 32 to the blade edge 2a is significantly shortened compared to the conventional technique.
Then, after the upper thread T1 and lower thread T2 are cut, as shown in FIG. 19, the upper thread T1 comes out of the upper thread escape portion 9a and becomes free, and the lower thread T2 is gripped by the lower thread clamp portion 29a. .
Also, as shown in FIG. 16, when the moving knife 9 passes the thread cutting position, the control unit stops the sewing machine motor and the sewing needle 24 is stopped at the upper position (upper stop position). At the same time, a thread trimming return signal is output from the control unit, and the rod tip 6a of the air cylinder 6 moves in the direction of arrow B1 in accordance with the output signal. Thereby, the cutting knife 2 and the moving knife 3 return to the initial positions shown in FIG. At this time, as shown in FIG. 8, the groove section 15b of the thread trimming cam 15 is until the end of the cutting of the upper thread T1 and the lower thread T2, and when the sewing machine stops at the upper stop position after the cutting, Since the moving knife 3 moves to the open section 15c, the moving knife 3 does not hinder the movement of the moving knife 3 when it returns to the initial position.

(Effect of embodiment)
As described above, according to the sewing machine according to the present embodiment, the moving knife 9 has a tip that can pass through the needle drop position 32 side of the outer periphery of the inner hook 23, so that the thread cutting position is set to the needle cutting position compared to the conventional case. It can be made to approach the dropping position 32 side. Thereby, the remaining end length of the thread remaining on the sewing product can be shortened while using the conventional inner hook guide and the needle plate. Accordingly, the time required for post-processing such as thread picking can be shortened, and the production efficiency can be improved.
Further, since the moving knife 9 avoids the upper portion of the inner hook 23 throughout the moving operation, the upper surface of the inner hook 23 can be brought close to the needle plate 24. As a result, the amount of the lower thread T2 wound around the bobbin mounted in the inner hook 23 can be increased, and the number of bobbin replacements can be reduced, thereby improving the production efficiency.
Further, by driving one air cylinder 6, it is possible to realize both the operation of rotating the cutting knife 2 and the moving knife 9 and the operation of interlocking the moving knife 9 with the upper shaft. The score can be suppressed, and the cost can be reduced.
Further, since the movement locus of the blade 9c of the moving knife 9 passes through the needle drop core 32, the thread cutting position can be made closer to the needle drop position 32. Accordingly, the remaining end length of the thread remaining on the sewing product can be further shortened, so that productivity can be improved.
Moreover, by making the moving knife 9 into a prismatic shape, for example, the rigidity of the moving knife 9 can be improved as compared with a moving knife formed in a conventional plate shape. Thereby, it becomes possible to cut a thread thicker than the conventional one in cooperation with the cutting knife 2, and the degree of freedom of the thread used for sewing is improved.

Further, the upper thread escape portion 9 a provided on the moving knife 9 can prevent the end of the upper thread T <b> 1 after being cut from being gripped by the moving knife 9. As a result, the upper thread T1 remaining on the sewing needle 24 after thread cutting can be quickly pulled out from the cloth, so that the cloth after sewing can be easily taken out and productivity can be improved.
Further, the point angle theta ₂ of the tip angle theta ₁ and the outer surface of the upper surface of the moving knife 9 by both was 30 degrees or less, to push the needle thread T1 or lower thread T2 in the forward movement direction of the animal female 9 And can quickly enter the upper thread loop. Therefore, since the yarn catching operation at the yarn catching position can be executed smoothly, the reliability of the sewing operation can be improved. Further, by setting both the tip angle θ _{1 on} the upper surface of the moving knife 9 and the tip angle θ ₂ on the outer side to 25 degrees or more, the moving knife 9 does not have an unnecessarily long tip length. It is possible to ensure a wide width of 9. Therefore, the above-described effects can be obtained while suppressing the space and moving distance of the moving knife 9 in the bed portion.
In addition, since all the members related to thread trimming are mounted on one shuttle shaft 1, the space in the bed can be saved, and for example, the present invention can be applied to a two-needle sewing machine. Is also possible.

Further, by providing the yarn guide 31, it is possible to prevent the upper yarn T1 and the lower yarn T2 from coming into contact with the edge 9e. Thus, the upper thread T1 and the lower thread T2 captured when the moving knife 9 moves backward from the thread capturing position to the thread cutting position is not guided to the cutting knife 2 side by the edge 9c, and the edge 9c and the cutting knife 2 Thus, the upper thread T1 and the lower thread T2 can be prevented from being cut. That is, since the cutting position of the upper thread T1 and the lower thread T2 can be set only to the normal thread cutting position by the cooperation of the moving knife 9 and the cutting knife 2, the remaining end length of the thread remaining on the cloth is shortened. In addition, the upper thread T1 and the lower thread T2 remaining on the sewing needle 24 or the inner hook 23 side can be set to a predetermined appropriate length. In addition, this makes it possible to prevent the remaining end processing of the thread on the side to be sewn and to prevent the entanglement failure between the upper thread and the lower thread during the next sewing, thereby improving productivity.
Further, since the thread guide 31 is detachably attached to the cutting knife 2, for example, the thread guide 31 can be removed and the cutting knife 2 can be re-polished, thereby reducing the cost.

(Other)
In this embodiment, the engaging portion for interlocking the cutting knife 2 and the moving knife 9 is provided with the moving knife drive pin 21 on the lower surface of the moving knife table 10. Or it is good also as a structure provided in a side surface.
Moreover, it is good also as a structure which replaces with the thread trimming cam 15 engaged with the moving knife drive arm 12, and connects an air cylinder. In this case, the speed of the air that drives the air cylinder is controlled, or the operation of the moving knife 9 is controlled by controlling the rotational speed of the sewing machine motor from a control unit (not shown). Similar effects can be obtained.
The clamp spring 29 may be provided with the lower thread clamp part 29a and the thread scooping part 29b separately, that is, so as to be formed of different members (see FIG. 26A). With this configuration, it is possible to obtain the same effects as in the above embodiment. Further, the stringing portion 29b at the tip of the clamp spring 29 is inclined downward (see FIG. 26B) toward the tip (see FIG. 26B), or has a stepped portion protruding from the tip only on the lower side (FIG. 26C). Reference).

It is a schematic perspective view which shows the structure of the yarn cutting device in this embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the principal part structure of the yarn cutting device in this embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows schematic structure of the cutting knife periphery in this embodiment. It is a side view which shows the structure (initial state) of the air cylinder periphery in this embodiment. It is a side view which shows the structure (at the time of operation | movement) of the air cylinder periphery in this embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows schematic structure of the moving knife periphery in this embodiment. It is a bottom view which shows the structure of the air cylinder periphery in this embodiment. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of the thread trimming cam in this embodiment. It is a top view which shows operation | movement (initial position) of the yarn cutting device in this embodiment. It is a top view which shows operation | movement (knife standby position) of the thread | yarn cutting device in this embodiment. It is a top view which shows operation | movement (yarn capture position) of the yarn cutting device in this embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the movement locus | trajectory of the moving knife in this embodiment. (A) is a top view which shows the feed dog in this embodiment. (B) is a side view showing the positional relationship between the feed dog, the inner hook and the outer hook. It is the schematic which shows the moving knife at the time of rushing into the upper thread loop in this embodiment. The front-end | tip part shape of the moving knife in this embodiment is shown. (A) is a top view, (b) is a side view. It is a top view which shows operation | movement (thread cutting position) of the thread cutting device in this embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the thread | yarn capture operation | movement by the moving knife (upper thread escape part) in this embodiment. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing which shows the thread | yarn holding | grip operation | movement (at the time of a cutting | disconnection) by the moving knife and clamp spring in this embodiment. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing which shows the thread | yarn holding | grip operation | movement (after a cutting | disconnection) by the moving knife and clamp spring in this embodiment. The moving knife in this embodiment is shown. (A) is a perspective view, (b) is a plan view. It is a perspective view which shows the front-end | tip part shape of the moving knife in this embodiment. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing which shows the thread | yarn capture | acquisition operation | movement by the moving knife in this embodiment. It is a side view which shows the thread | yarn guide in this embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the thread | yarn guide in this embodiment. It is a top view which shows the thread | yarn guide in this embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the other example of the clamp spring in this embodiment. It is a schematic perspective view which shows the conventional thread | yarn cutting device.

Explanation of symbols

1 Hook shaft base 2 Cutting knife 2a Cutting edge (blade)
3 Cutting knife base 3a Support part 4 Cutting knife shaft (hollow shaft)
5 Cutting knife drive arm 6 Air cylinder (actuator)
6a Rod end 7 Cylinder coupling body 8 Step screw 9 Moving knife 9a Upper thread escape 9b Upper and lower thread relief 9c Blade 9d Thread catch 9e Edge 10 Moving knife base 11 Moving knife shaft 12 Moving knife drive arm 13 Cam roller section)
14 Cam roller shaft 15 Thread trimming cam 15a Standby section (cam section, original section)
15b Groove section (cam part, original section)
15c Open section (cam section, original section)
16 Cylinder mounting plate 17 Guide shaft 18 Nut 19 Stopper washer 20 Moving knife return plate 21 Moving knife drive pin (engagement part)
22 Outer pot (horizontal pot)
23 Middle pot (horizontal pot)
23a Center hook protrusion 24 Sewing needle (needle)
25 Needle plate 25a Center hook guide 26 Feed dog 26a Support part 26b Needle hole 27 Stopper bolt 28 Stopper plate 29 Clamp spring 29a Lower thread clamp part 29b Thread scoop part 30 Clamp spring base 31 Thread guide 31a Thread hooking part 32 Needle drop core ( Needle entry position)
33 Space T1 Upper thread T2 Lower thread

Claims (3)

A horizontal shaft mounted on the underside of the sewing machine bed,
An outer hook that is rotatably supported by the hook shaft base and has a sword tip that crawls the upper thread loop;
An inner hook on which a bobbin around which a lower thread is wound is mounted, and is rotatably supported by the outer hook;
A cutting knife that has a blade portion and is rotatably supported by the shuttle shaft, and moves between an initial position and a thread cutting position advanced from the initial position to the needle drop position side;
It is moved in turn to an initial position, a thread catching position advanced from the initial position, and a thread cutting position retracted from the thread catching position. A moving knife that cuts the thread through cooperation;
In a sewing machine having a clamp spring fixed to the shuttle shaft base and capable of holding a lower thread after cutting,
The clamp spring has a lower thread end portion in cooperation with a thread scooping section that scoops the lower thread from below the thread catching section of the moving knife when the moving knife is retracted and an inner surface of the moving knife after thread cutting. A sewing machine having a clamping part for clamping the sewing machine.   The sewing machine according to claim 1, wherein the stringing portion is formed in a U-shape.   The sewing machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the clamp spring includes a stringing portion and a clamping portion which are separate members.

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