JP2011137271A - Knitting yarn gripping device of flatbed knitting machine and method of controlling the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a knitting yarn gripping device of a flatbed knitting machines and a method of control for the flatbed knitting machine, with its inside gripping device capable of standing-by while gripping a knitting yarn, while, even if its outside gripping device is lifted, no breakage of yarn or no yarn cast-off can be generated. <P>SOLUTION: A controller 31 sets, at least with respect to the inner gripping mechanism 11a, a stand-by position at a location above the lowest limit of the rise and fall stroke of the inner gripping mechanism 11a, the stand-by being carried out with a gripping portion 12a closed for gripping the end of a knitting yarn 6a. The gripping mechanism 11a, when re-rising, as is inverted, after it has descended further down than the stand-by position, opens the gripping portion 12a, while if it rises directly from the stand-by position, it keeps the gripping portion 12a closed. It follows then that when the outside gripping mechanism 11b is raised so as for the knitting yarn 6b to be caught by the gripping portion 11b, the gripping mechanism 11a is also made to keep gripping the knitting yarn 6a with the gripping portion 12a while raising the yarn without pulling, thus preventing the occurrence of yarn breakage or yarn cast-off. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a knitting yarn gripping device of a flat knitting machine that is provided on a side of a needle bed and grips a knitting yarn, and a control method thereof.

  Conventionally, in a flat knitting machine 1 as shown in a simplified manner in FIG. 9, at least a pair of needle beds 2 are provided so as to face each other across the tooth opening 3. The tip side of a knitting needle (not shown) advances from the front and back needle beds 2 to the mouth opening 3, and a knitted fabric 4 such as a sweater can be continuously knitted while being formed into a final shape. The knitting yarn 6 is supplied to the knitting needle from the yarn feeder 5 that moves above the tooth mouth 3 to the knitting needle of the needle bed 2. When the use of the knitting yarn 6 for the knitted fabric 4 is finished, the yarn feeder 5 comes out of the needle bed 2. The knitting yarn 6 is inclined and extended from the final loop knitted on the knitted fabric 4 to the yarn feeder 5.

  The cutting device 7 is provided to cut the knitting yarn 6 extending from the knitted knitted fabric 4 to the yarn feeder 5. If the knitting yarn 6 is cut, the knitted fabric 4 is discharged smoothly, and the operation of separating the knitting yarn 6 between the knitted fabrics 4 after the discharge becomes unnecessary. However, only by cutting, the tip of the knitting yarn 6 remaining on the yarn feeder 5 side is in a floating state. The gripping devices 8 a and 8 b are provided on the side of the region where the knitting needle advances and retreats from the front and back needle beds 2 at the tooth opening 3, and even if the knitting yarn 6 extending to the yarn feeder 5 is cut by the cutting device 7, The grips 9a and 9b that can be opened and closed can be closed and captured and held while being held (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In the holding state, the gripping devices 8a and 8b lower the gripping portions 9a and 9b to the lower limit of the stroke. When the gripping portions 9a and 9b are raised from the lower limit to the upper limit of the stroke, the gripping portions 9a and 9b can be opened halfway. While rising to the upper limit of the stroke, the knitting yarns 6a, 6b are captured by the open gripping portions 9a, 9b, and the gripping portions 9a, 9b are closed at the upper limit of the stroke, and the knitting yarns 6a, 6b are gripped and closed. The holding portions 9a and 9b can be lowered to continue holding the knitting yarns 6a and 6b. When the next knitted fabric 4 is knitted, the yarn feeders 5a and 5b move above the tooth mouth 3, and the knitting yarn that grips the ends with the gripping portions 9a and 9b on the knitting needle that advances and retreats to the tooth mouth 3 6a and 6b can be supplied. When the knitting yarns 6a and 6b are knitted into the knitted fabric 4, the gripping portions 9a and 9b can be opened to finish gripping the ends with the knitting yarns 6a and 6b.

  The gripping of the knitting yarns 6a, 6b by the gripping devices 8a, 8b is performed not only when waiting for the next use but also for temporarily lowering the positions of the knitting yarns 6a, 6b. For example, when the knitted fabric 4 such as a sweater is knitted into a cylindrical shape, the body 4a is knitted in the body knitting region 2a, and the sleeve 4b is knitted in the sleeve knitting region 2b on the side of the body knitting region 2a. As shown by the solid line, when the yarn feeder 5b of the knitting yarn 6 used in the knitting of the body 4a is once taken out of the needle bed 2 and the sleeve 4b is knitted in this state, the knitting yarn 6 is knitted together. There is a risk that. In such a case, for example, the gripping device 8b is raised as indicated by a solid line, the knitting yarn 6 is captured by an open gripping part 9b, and lowered as indicated by a two-dot chain line to close the gripping part 9b. If the knitting yarn 6b indicated by the chain line is pulled down, there is no possibility of knitting.

Japanese Patent Publication No. 4-74463

  In FIG. 9, while holding the end of the knitting yarn 6a extending from the yarn feeder 5a with the inner gripping device 8a near the needle bed 2, the knitting yarn 6 is temporarily held by the outer gripping device 8b away from the needle bed 2. Assume that the price is lowered. Since the yarn feeders 5a and 5b are arranged so as to feed the knitting yarns 6a and 6b near the center of the tooth mouth 3, a gripping device for opening the gripping portion 9b and capturing and holding the knitting yarn 6 is provided. When 8b is raised, the knitting yarn 6a grasped by the grasping device 8a is also pulled up as indicated by a two-dot chain line. In the process of pulling up, the knitting yarn 6a is rubbed up, and depending on the material of the knitting yarn 6a, yarn breakage may occur. Even if the yarn breakage does not occur, the knitting yarn 6a is excessively pulled, and as a result, the tension becomes excessive and the grip portion 9a may come off.

  As a countermeasure against such a defect, when the inner gripping device 8a grips and waits for the knitting yarn 6a, when the outer gripping device 8b is raised and another knitting yarn 6 is captured, the inner gripping device 8a It is conceivable that the gripping device 8a is also raised. However, even if the gripping part 9a of the gripping device 8a is closed and waiting, the gripping part 9a opens in the middle of ascending and releases the gripped knitting yarn 6a. When the knitting yarn 6b between the grip portion 9b and the knitted fabric 4 is cut by the cutting device 7 and the end of the knitting yarn 6b is first held by the outer gripping device 8b and is waiting, the inner gripping device Even if 8a is raised, the knitting yarn 6b is not pulled up, but the use of the gripping devices 8a and 8b is restricted.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a flat knitting machine that can wait while gripping a knitting yarn with an inner gripping device, and can prevent thread breakage or yarn removal even when the outer gripping device is raised. A knitting yarn gripping device and a control method thereof are provided.

The present invention provides a plurality of gripping mechanisms provided at the upper end with gripping portions for gripping a knitting yarn extending from a yarn feeder in a flat knitting machine, between the moving position of the yarn feeder to the side of the needle bed and the needle bed. In the knitting yarn gripping device of a flat knitting machine that is arranged in sequence, with the floor side on the inside and the movement position side on the outside,
Each gripping mechanism
A mounting plate that is driven up and down between an upper limit and a lower limit of a predetermined stroke, and a gripping part is attached to the upper end part so as to be opened and closed;
An operation plate that is arranged so as to overlap the mounting plate, and that is provided with an operation portion that opens and closes the gripping portion at the upper end portion, and an operation plate that opens the gripping portion when the descending amount with respect to the mounting plate is equal to or greater than an opening reference,
A tension spring provided between the mounting plate and the operation plate and biasing in a direction in which the descending amount of the operation plate with respect to the mounting plate is reduced;
It is provided between the mounting plate and the operation plate. It operates when the lowering amount of the operation plate with respect to the mounting plate exceeds the opening reference within the predetermined lower limit range of the mounting plate, and the lowering amount does not become smaller than the opening reference. An open / close lock mechanism that locks and releases the lock within a predetermined upper limit range of the stroke of the mounting plate;
After the mounting plate is lowered to the lower limit range, the operation plate is locked so that it does not rise. After the mounting plate is raised while the operation plate is locked, the lock by the open / close lock mechanism is started. And an operation lock mechanism to be unlocked,
Including
The lowering position of the mounting plate when capturing or holding the knitting yarn extending from the yarn feeder moved to the moving position by the inner gripping mechanism is held at a predetermined standby position above the lower limit range,
With the outer gripping mechanism, the mounting plate is lowered to the lower limit range and locked with the operation lock mechanism so that the operation plate does not rise, and then lifted to open the gripping part and raise the lock mechanism. When opening and closing according to the opening and closing gripping procedure that unlocks the opening and closing lock mechanism by raising to the upper limit range and catching or gripping the knitting yarn with the closing gripping part and then lowering it, at least with the inner gripping mechanism, Control the mounting plate to be raised and lowered simultaneously from the standby position,
When the inner gripping mechanism captures or grips the knitting yarn, it further includes control means for controlling the mounting plate of the inner gripping mechanism to move up and down according to an opening / closing gripping procedure.
This is a knitting yarn gripping device for a flat knitting machine.

In the present invention, the gripping mechanism may be
Provided at the upper part of the mounting plate, when the lock by the open / close lock mechanism is released, and when the gripping part is closed, the gripping part is locked in the middle of closing, and at the stage of catching before gripping the knitting yarn A holding lock mechanism that releases the lock in the middle of lowering the mounting plate to the standby position, closes the holding portion and holds the knitting yarn,
It is further characterized by including.

The present invention also has a guide groove for guiding the displacement of the mounting plate and the operation plate, and unlocks the open / close lock mechanism at the bottom surface of the lower end of the guide groove, and the grip lock mechanism at the upper end of the guide groove. A support block having an inclined surface for releasing the lock;
Included in the grip lock mechanism and supported by the grip portion so as to be able to swing and displace, a lock portion that protrudes upward from the support portion and locks in the middle of closing the grip portion, and below the support portion When the mounting plate is lowered, the lock is released when the mounting plate is lowered. A lock lever having a portion,
It is further characterized by including.

Furthermore, the present invention is provided with a plurality of gripping mechanisms provided at the upper end with a gripping part for gripping a knitting yarn extending from the yarn feeder in a flat knitting machine, between the moving position of the yarn feeder to the side of the needle bed and the needle bed. In the control method of the knitting yarn gripping device of the flat knitting machine that is sequentially arranged with the needle bed side as the inside and the movement position side as the outside,
Each gripping mechanism
It is driven up and down between the upper and lower limits of the predetermined stroke,
Within the predetermined lower limit range of the stroke, it is locked with the gripping part opened,
Within the predetermined upper limit range of the stroke, the lock is released, the gripping part is closed and the knitting yarn is captured.
Aside,
In the inner gripping mechanism, the lowered position when capturing or gripping and holding the knitting yarn extending from the yarn feeder moved to the lateral movement position of the needle bed is held at a predetermined standby position above the lower limit range. Every
With the outer gripping mechanism, it is lowered to the lower limit range and locked when the gripping part is open, lifted to the upper limit range, unlocked and closed, and the knitting yarn is captured or gripped by the gripping part and then lowered. When raising and lowering according to the opening and closing gripping procedure, at least control the inner gripping mechanism to be lifted and lowered simultaneously from the standby position,
When the knitting yarn is captured and gripped by the inner gripping mechanism, the inner gripping mechanism is controlled to move up and down according to an opening / closing gripping procedure.
This is a control method for a knitting yarn gripping device of a flat knitting machine.

Further, the present invention lowers the height at which the inner gripping mechanism is lifted from the standby position by a predetermined difference with respect to the height at which the outer gripping mechanism is lifted according to the opening / closing gripping procedure to open the gripping portion.
It is characterized by that.

According to the present invention, the knitting yarn gripping device of the flat knitting machine drives the mounting plate up and down between an upper limit and a lower limit of a predetermined stroke, and opens and closes the gripping portion according to the descending amount of the operation plate with respect to the mounting plate. . A gripping portion is attached to the upper end of the mounting plate so as to be openable and closable, and an operation plate for opening and closing the gripping portion is disposed so as to overlap the mounting plate. The attachment plate and the operation plate are pulled by a tension spring and can be locked by an open / close lock mechanism so that the gripping portion is opened. In order to open the grip portion, the mounting plate is lowered to the lower limit range, the operation plate is locked by the operation lock mechanism, and then the mounting plate is raised. When the mounting plate rises to the upper limit range, the lock of the open / close lock mechanism is released, and the gripping portion is closed, and the knitting yarn can be captured or gripped. The mounting plate is lowered to a predetermined standby position above the lower limit range. According to such an opening / closing gripping procedure, the gripping portion can be lifted and closed and opened, and the knitting yarn can be captured or gripped.
The control means uses the outer gripping mechanism to raise and lower the mounting plate according to the opening / closing gripping procedure, and when the gripping part captures or grips the knitting yarn, the inner gripping mechanism simultaneously lifts the mounting plate from the standby position. Control to lower. Even if the inner gripping mechanism is lifted from the standby position, the gripping part will not be opened, so it will rise while gripping the knitting yarn, and the tension of the knitting yarn will be excessive, so that yarn breakage and yarn removal will not occur. Can be.

  Further, according to the present invention, even when the lock by the opening / closing lock mechanism is released, the gripping lock mechanism locks the gripping part in the middle of closing, and the captured knitting yarn is not gripped. It can be replenished from the yarn mouth to prevent the tension of the knitting yarn from becoming excessively high, and the stitches on the knitted fabric side can be prevented from being clogged or broken.

  According to the present invention, even if the lock release portion of the lock lever is brought into contact with the inclined surface of the upper end of the guide groove of the support block to release the lock by the grip lock mechanism, the lock release portion is lowered in the guide groove. The mounting plate can be further lowered. After unlocking the grip lock mechanism, it is possible to take a stroke to lower the mounting plate, so that when the control lock mechanism is lowered to the standby position where the operation plate is not locked, the gripper will not be opened even if it is lifted. Can do. If the operation lock mechanism is lowered until the operation plate is locked, the gripping portion can be opened by ascending according to the opening / closing gripping procedure.

  Further, according to the present invention, when the knitting yarn extending from the yarn feeder moving to the side of the needle bed is gripped by the inner gripping mechanism and the outer gripping mechanism is raised to capture the knitting yarn, The inner gripping mechanism is also raised at the same time. Excessive tension is not applied to the knitting yarn gripped by the inner gripping mechanism, and thread breakage and thread dropout can be prevented. Since gripping by the inner gripping mechanism is performed at a predetermined standby position above the lower limit range, gripping is continued if it is lifted as it is, and the gripping part is opened if it is followed by opening and closing gripping procedures that are lowered and then lifted Can be used as needed.

  According to the present invention, the height at which the inner gripping mechanism is lifted from the standby position is lowered by a predetermined difference with respect to the height at which the outer gripping mechanism is lifted according to the opening / closing gripping procedure to open the gripping portion. If this difference is determined so that the upper end of the inner closed gripping part does not interfere with the operation of capturing and gripping the knitting yarn with the gripping part opened on the outer side, the knitting yarn can be securely fed with the outer gripping part. Can be captured and gripped. Even if the outer gripping part captures the knitting yarn gripped by the gripping part of the inner gripping mechanism, if both gripping mechanisms are lowered to the standby position at the same height, the knitting yarn between the gripping parts Is loosened, and one of the gripping portions can be lowered to prevent excessive tension from acting on the knitting yarn when the gripping portion is opened according to the opening / closing gripping procedure.

FIG. 1 is a partial front view of a flat knitting machine schematically showing a schematic configuration of a knitting yarn gripping apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a front view and a partial rear view showing a state in which the gripping mechanism 11 of the knitting yarn gripping apparatus 10 of FIG. 1 is lowered to the lower limit of the stroke and the gripping portion 12 is closed. FIG. 3 shows the knitting yarn gripping device 10 of FIG. 1, even if the mounting plate 18 is raised, the operation plate 22 is locked by the operation lock mechanism 24 to stop the raising, and the holding portion 12 is opened to open / close the lock mechanism 19. FIG. 6 is a front view, a left side view, a plan view, and a partial rear view showing a state of being locked by the motor. 4 is a front view and a partial rear view showing a state in which the lock of the open / close lock mechanism 19 is released and the grip lock mechanism 50 is locked while the grip portion 12 is closed in the knitting yarn gripping apparatus 10 of FIG. FIG. FIG. 5 is a front view showing a state in which the attachment plate 18 is lowered to the standby position and the locks of the open / close lock mechanism 19, the operation lock mechanism 24, and the grip lock mechanism 50 are all released in the knitting yarn gripping apparatus 10 of FIG. FIG. 3 is a partial rear view. FIG. 6 is a front view and a left side view showing configurations of the mounting plate 18, the hook member 20 a, the operation plate 22, and the swinging claw 26 as parts of the knitting yarn gripping apparatus 10 of FIG. 1. FIG. 7 is a plan view, a left side view, and a front view showing the configuration of the support block 40 as a part of the knitting yarn gripping apparatus 10 of FIG. FIG. 8 is a left side view showing the configuration of the nip claws 13, 14, 15, the lock lever 51, the rod 16, the nip shaft 17a, the operation shaft 17b, and the rod shaft 17c as parts of the knitting yarn gripping apparatus 10 of FIG. They are a front view, a plan view showing the configuration of the wire spring 52, a left side view, and a front view. FIG. 9 is a partial front view showing a simplified configuration of the flat knitting machine 1 including the conventional gripping device 8.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the embodiment, portions corresponding to the portions described in FIG. 9 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted. Moreover, in the description of FIGS. 1 to 8, overlapping description may be omitted with respect to the portions given the same reference numerals as those described above. 2 to 8, A added to the reference numeral indicates a front configuration, B indicates a partial rear configuration, C indicates a left side configuration, and D indicates a planar configuration. However, the front direction corresponds to the side direction for a flat knitting machine.

  FIG. 1 schematically shows a schematic configuration of a knitting yarn gripping apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention as a part of a front view of a flat knitting machine 30. The knitting yarn gripping device 10 includes two gripping mechanisms 11a and 11b having a configuration basically the same as that of the gripping device 8 of FIG. A similar configuration can be provided on the other side of the needle bed 2. The gripping mechanisms 11a and 11b have gripping portions 12a and 12b at their upper ends, and are driven up and down by controlling a drive unit 32 with a controller 31 that is a control means for controlling the flat knitting machine 30.

  The controller 31 sets the standby position where at least the inner gripping mechanism 11a waits by closing the gripping portion 12a and gripping the end of the knitting yarn 6a to be higher than the lower limit of the lifting stroke of the gripping mechanism 11a. . The height of the standby position is set in a range where no trouble occurs when the carriage reciprocates along the needle bed 2. When the carriage is provided with a mechanism for pushing the knitted fabric downward with the mouth 3 such as a stitch presser, the standby position is set so as not to hinder the operation.

  The gripping mechanism 11a opens the gripping portion 12a when the gripping mechanism 11a is lifted after being lowered from the standby position. When the gripping mechanism 11a is lifted directly from the standby position, the gripping portion 12a is kept closed. Therefore, when the outer gripping mechanism 11b is raised and the knitting yarn 6b is captured by the gripping portion 12b, the gripping mechanism 11a can also be lifted while continuing to grip the knitting yarn 6a by the gripping portion 12a. It is not necessary to raise the outer gripping mechanism 11b when the gripping portion 12a of the inner gripping mechanism 11a is lifted, and the knitting yarn 6a is captured and lowered to perform the gripping operation. Only the mechanism 11a is operated alone.

  As described above, when the inner gripping portion 12a is gripping the end of the knitting yarn 6a at the standby position, when the outer gripping portion 12b is raised to capture and grip the knitting yarn 6b, The inner gripping portion 12a is also raised. At this time, if the gripping portion 12a is raised to the same height as the gripping portion 12b, the gripping portion 12a is closed, so that the knitting yarn 6b is pushed up at the upper end, and the knitting yarn 6b can be captured by the gripping portion 12b. It becomes difficult. Further, the knitting yarn 6a held by the holding part 12a is also held by the holding part 12b. Therefore, the rising position of the inner gripping portion 12a is set lower than the rising position of the outer gripping portion 12b by a difference H, and the trouble of capturing and gripping the knitting yarn 6b with the gripping portion 12b opened on the outside is obstructed. Do not become. The height difference H is, for example, about 10 mm. By providing the difference H, when both of the gripping portions 12a and 12b gripping the knitting yarn 6a are lowered to the standby position at the same height, the knitting yarn 6a between the gripping portions 12a and 12b becomes loose. With this loosening, even if only one of the gripping portions 12a and 12b is lowered from the standby position, reversed and raised, and the knitting yarn 6a is released, it is possible to prevent excessive tension from being applied to the knitting yarn 6a. .

Similarly, when three or more gripping mechanisms 11 are arranged, the inner gripping mechanism may be raised simultaneously with the outer gripping mechanism. Further, the raising of the inner gripping mechanism accompanying the lifting of the outer gripping mechanism may always be performed regardless of whether the knitting yarn is gripped inside.
FIG. 2 shows a state where the gripping mechanism 11 is lowered to the lower limit of the stroke and the gripping part 12 is closed. The grip portion 12 includes three nip claws 13, 14, 15, and the two outer nip claws 13, 15 are interlocked to open and close the tip with the inner nip claw 14. The three nip claws 13, 15; 14 swing and displace about a common nip shaft 17a, and open and close the front end side. The lower ends of the two rods 16 are connected by an operation shaft 17b. The nip claws 13 and 15 and the upper end of the rod 16 are connected by a rod shaft 17c. The nip claw 14 and the upper end of the rod 16 are connected by a rod shaft 17d. The nip claws 13 and 15 and the nip claw 14 and the rod 16 form a link mechanism that opens and closes between the tips according to the distance between the nip shaft 17a and the operation shaft 17b.

  The nip shaft 17 a is fixed near the upper end of the mounting plate 18. The mounting plate 18 is generally plate-shaped extending vertically, and a long hole 18a is formed in the middle. A rack 18 b is formed on one side of the mounting plate 18. A cam recess 18 c is formed on the other side of the mounting plate 18. A hook 20 of an opening / closing lock mechanism 19 is attached near the lower end of the attachment plate 18. The hook 20 is generally L-shaped, and the tip of the long side is supported by the hook shaft 20a so as to be able to swing and displace. The long side of the hook 20 is pressed by the pressing spring 21 from the side, and is urged so as to protrude toward the tip 20b side of the short side.

  The operation shaft 17 b is attached near the upper end of the operation plate 22. The operation plate 22 is connected to the mounting plate 18 via a tension spring 23. The tension spring 23 is accommodated in a space formed by a long hole 22 a formed in the middle of the operation plate 22 and a long hole 18 a of the mounting plate 18. The operation plate 22 is disposed so as to overlap the mounting plate 18, and a notch 22 b is formed on the side of the mounting plate 18 where the cam recess 18 c is formed. The cam recess 18 c and the notch 22 b are provided to operate the swinging claw 26 that can be swingably displaced around the swinging shaft 25 by the operation lock mechanism 24. When the roller 27 attached to the swinging claw 26 is guided by the cam recess 18c and the claw portion 26a at the tip of the swinging claw 26 is fitted into the notch portion 22b, the operation plate 22 rises following the mounting plate 18 ascending. Locked not to. Locking between the mounting plate 18 and the operation plate 22 is also performed by the hook 20 of the opening / closing lock mechanism 19.

  In the mounting plate 18, the side rack 18 b meshes with the pinion 28. The mounting plate 18 and the pinion 28 are main components of the drive unit 32 of FIG. When the rotation shaft 29 of the pinion 28 is rotationally driven by a motor, the mounting plate 18 can be displaced up and down. When the mounting plate 18 is raised and lowered, the gripping mechanism 11 is raised and lowered correspondingly. Since the tension spring 23 biases the operation plate 22 toward the mounting plate 18, the grip portion 12 is biased in the closing direction via the link mechanism.

  The mounting plate 18 and the operation plate 22 are moved up and down so as to slide relative to the support block 40. The support block 40 is attached to the side frame of the needle bed with a flat knitting machine. The support block 40 also supports the swing shaft 25 and the rotation shaft 29 of the swing claw 26. The lower portion of the support block 40 is provided with a contact portion 40a. When the tip 20b of the hook 20 contacts the contact portion 40a, the locked state between the mounting plate 18 and the operation plate 22 by the hook 20 is released. .

  The knitting yarn gripping device 10 includes a gripping lock mechanism 50 that locks the link mechanism in a state in which the gripping portion 12 is being closed, and holds it at the stage of capturing before gripping the knitting yarn. The grip lock mechanism 50 includes a lock lever 51 and a wire spring 52. The lock lever 51 is biased by the wire spring 52 in the counterclockwise direction in the front configuration 10A. The lock lever 51 is supported by a rod shaft 17 d that connects the nip claw 14 and the upper end of the rod 16 so as to be swingable. In order to release the lock of the link mechanism by the lock lever 51, an inclined surface 40 b is provided on the upper portion of the support block 40. The contact portion 40a and the inclined surface 40b are respectively provided at the lower and upper portions of the guide groove 40c that accommodates the mounting plate 18 and the operation plate 22 in a stacked state.

  FIG. 3 shows a state in which the mounting plate 18 is lifted from the state of FIG. 2 and the gripping part 12 is opened and locked by the open / close lock mechanism 19. When the mounting plate 18 is raised from the state of FIG. 2, the operation plate 22 is also raised by the urging force of the tension spring 23. The swinging claw 26 is urged by a leaf spring (not shown) so that the claw portion 26 a is pressed to the side of the operation plate 22. Further, since the roller 27 provided on the swinging claw 26 is fitted in the cam recess 18c of the operation plate 18, the claw part 26a of the swinging claw 26 can be fitted in the notch 22b. It has become. When the notch 22b reaches the position of the claw 26a of the swinging claw 26 as the operation plate 22 is raised, the claw 26a is engaged with the notch 22b, and the operation plate 22 is locked so as to stop the ascending. When the raising of the operation plate 22 is stopped and the attachment plate 18 is raised, the operation plate 22 is lowered relative to the attachment plate 18. Since the gap between the nip shaft 17a at the upper end portion of the mounting plate 18 and the operation shaft 17b at the upper end portion of the operation plate 22 is opened, the grip portion 12 is opened. When the lowering amount is equal to or higher than the opening reference where the contact portion 22c at the lower end of the operation plate 22 is lower than the intermediate portion 20c between the long side and the short side of the L-shaped hook 20, The hook 20 swings so that the part 20c becomes the upper part of the contact part 22c.

  When the mounting plate 18 is further raised, the roller 27 is removed from the cam recess 18c, and the swinging claw 26 is swung clockwise, so that the claw portion 26a is removed from the notch 22b of the operation plate 22. As a result, the lock on the operation plate 22 by the operation lock mechanism 24 is released, and the operation plate 22 is lifted by the biasing force of the tension spring 23 so that the descending amount with respect to the mounting plate 18 is reduced. However, when the abutting portion 22 c abuts against the intermediate portion 20 c of the hook 20, the ascent is stopped and the locked state by the open / close lock mechanism 19 is established. When the mounting plate 18 is raised until the locked state is released, the operation plate 22 is also raised, and the grip portion 12 continues to be in an open state.

  The support block 40 also has a guide groove similar to the guide groove 40c on the back side. A similar gripping mechanism 11 can be accommodated in the guide groove on the back side and driven up and down. However, the pinion 58 and the rotation shaft 59 are provided at positions different from the pinion 28 and the rotation shaft 29 for driving on the back side. In this way, for one support block 40, the knitting yarn gripping apparatus 10 of FIG. 1 includes two gripping mechanisms 11a and 11b.

  FIG. 4 shows a state in which the lock of the open / close lock mechanism 19 is released and the grip lock mechanism 50 is locked while the grip portion 12 is being closed. As shown in FIG. 3, when the attachment plate 18 and the operation plate 22 are locked by the opening / closing lock mechanism 19 and the attachment plate 18 is raised, the tip 20 b of the hook 20 is brought into contact with the contact portion 40 a at the lower part of the support block 40. Abut. As a result, the hook 20 swings in the clockwise direction, and the intermediate portion 20c is disengaged from the contact portion 22c of the operation plate 22 and the lock is released. Since the operation plate 22 is urged by the tension spring 23 so that the relative lowering amount from the mounting plate 18 is reduced, the operation plate 22 is lifted. As a result, the gap between the nip shaft 17a and the operation shaft 17b is narrowed, and the grip portion 12 is closed.

  In this embodiment, a grip lock mechanism 50 is provided so that the grip portion 12 is not completely closed. In the lock lever 51 of the grip lock mechanism 50, the lock portion 51b protrudes obliquely upward from the support portion 51a supported by the rod shaft 17d. When the lock portion 51b comes into contact with the step portion 15b of the nip claw 15, the grip portion 12 is locked so as not to be completely closed. When the grip lock mechanism 50 is not used, when the lock of the open / close lock mechanism 19 is released, the grip portion 12 is completely closed.

  A catching space 50a is formed between the tips of the nip claws 13 and 15 and the nip claws 14 that are locked by the gripping lock mechanism 50, and can be pulled down without being gripped even when the knitting yarn is captured. Since the grip portion 12 does not grip the knitting yarn, the knitting yarn can be replenished by moving the catching space 50a from the yarn feeder into the section from the grip portion 12 to the knitted fabric even during pulling. Since excessive tension is not applied between the gripping portion 12 and the knitted fabric, the stitches are prevented from clogging or thread breakage even after the gripping portion 12 is lowered and closed to grip the knitting yarn. be able to.

  FIG. 5 shows a state where the mounting plate 18 is lowered to the standby position, and the locks of the open / close lock mechanism 19, the operation lock mechanism 24, and the grip lock mechanism 50 are all released. The gripping lock mechanism 50 in the locked state in FIG. 4 releases the lock when the unlocking portion 51 c provided at the lower end of the lock lever 51 contacts the inclined surface 40 b of the support block 40. The lock lever 51 swings around the rod shaft 17d of the support portion 51a in the direction in which the lock release portion 51c is inserted into the guide groove 40c. As a result, the lock portion 51b is disengaged from the step portion 15b of the nip claw 15, and the grip portion 12 can be completely closed to grip the knitting yarn.

  As described above, when the mounting plate 18 is lowered to a lower limit range that includes the lower limit shown in FIG. 2 and can be locked by the operation lock mechanism 24 so that the operation plate 22 does not rise, as shown in FIG. It is possible to lock the open / close lock mechanism 19 by opening the gripping portion 12 during the ascent. The lock of the open / close lock mechanism 19 is released by raising the upper limit range as shown in FIG. 4, and the knitting yarn 6 is captured by the closing grip 12. When the grip lock mechanism 50 is not provided, the knitting yarn 6 is gripped by the grip portion 12 by releasing the lock of the open / close lock mechanism 19. With such an opening / closing gripping procedure, the gripping portion 12 can be lowered while the knitting yarn 6 is captured or gripped.

  If the mounting plate 18 is lifted from the standby position without following the opening / closing gripping procedure, the operation lock mechanism 24 does not lock the operation plate 22, so that the gripping portion 12 can be lifted. Further, if the lowering of the mounting plate 18 is kept above the standby position within a range where the lock of the grip lock mechanism 50 by the inclined surface 40b is not released, the grip portion 12 is completely closed as in FIG. Instead, it is possible to wait in a capturing state that leaves the capturing space 50a. When the mounting plate 18 is raised from this state, the grip portion 12 can be raised in a state where the capture space 50a is formed. In other words, even if the knitting yarn is held by holding or gripping, it is possible to keep the holding state even if the knitting yarn is held and then lifted from the standby.

  FIG. 6 shows the configuration of the mounting plate 18, the hook 20, the operation plate 22, and the swinging claw 26 as parts of the knitting yarn gripping apparatus 10. The mounting plate 18 is provided with a screw hole 18d for mounting the nip shaft 17a at the upper end. Below the screw hole 18d, an attachment hole 18e for spring engagement for supporting the upper end of the tension spring 23 is provided in the upper part of the long hole 18a. A screw hole 18f for attaching the hook shaft 20a of the hook 20 is provided below the long hole 18a. A spring receiving projection 18 g that receives the side of the pressing spring 21 is provided at the lower end of the mounting plate 18. An elongated hole 18h is provided between the screw hole 18d and the attachment hole 18e at the upper part of the attachment plate 18.

  A step for accommodating the rod 16 is formed at the upper end of the operation plate 22 and a screw hole 22d for attaching the operation shaft 17b is provided. The long hole 18h of the mounting plate 18 is provided in order to prevent the tip of the threaded portion of the operating shaft 17b that attaches the two rods 16 to the screw hole 22d from projecting to the back surface side. At the lower part of the long hole 22a, a spring mounting hole 22e for supporting the lower end of the tension spring 23 is provided. A space 22f for accommodating the unlocking portion 51c of the lock lever 51 is provided on the side of the upper end portion. A support portion 22g for supporting the wire spring 52 is provided at the upper end.

  The hook 20 is provided with an insertion hole 20d for the hook shaft 20a and an insertion hole 20e for receiving the side of the push spring 21. The swinging claw 26 is also provided with an insertion hole 26 b for the swinging shaft 25.

  FIG. 7 shows the configuration of the support block 40 as a part of the knitting yarn gripping apparatus 10. An insertion hole 40d of the rotation shaft 29 is provided on one side of the guide groove 40c, and an insertion hole 40e of the swing shaft 25 is provided on the other side. A guide groove 40f is also provided on the back side of the guide groove 40c. A gripping mechanism similar to the gripping mechanism 11 can be formed using the guide groove 40f.

  FIG. 8 shows the configuration of the nip claws 13, 14, and 15, the lock lever 51, the rod 16, the nip shaft 17a, and the rod shafts 17c and 17d as parts of the knitting yarn gripping device 10. The configuration of the operation shaft 17b is similar to the nip shaft 17a. The nip claws 13, 14, 15 are provided with insertion holes 13a, 14a, 15a of the nip shaft 17a, respectively. The nip claws 13 and 15 are provided with mounting holes 13c and 15c for the rod shaft 17c, respectively. The nip claw 14 is provided with an insertion hole 14c for the rod shaft 17d. The support 51a of the lock lever 51 is provided with a mounting hole 51d for the rod shaft 17d. A spring receiving portion 51e that receives the end of the wire spring 52 is also provided between the support portion 51a and the lock release portion 51c. The wire spring 52 is provided with a biasing portion 52a that is inserted into the spring receiving portion 51e of the lock lever 51 and biased, and a base portion 52b that is inserted into the support portion 22g at the upper end of the operation plate 22 and receives support. The rod 16 is provided with an operation shaft 17b and insertion holes 16a and 16b through which the rod shafts 17c and 17d are inserted.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Knitting yarn gripping device 11 Grip mechanism 12 Grip portion 13, 14, 15 Nip claw 18 Mounting plate 19 Open / close lock mechanism 20 Hook 22 Operation plate 23 Tension spring 24 Operation lock mechanism 26 Swing claw 28 Pinion 30 Flat knitting machine 31 Controller 40 Support block 50 Grip lock mechanism 51 Lock lever

Claims (5)

Plural gripping mechanisms with gripping parts at the upper end that grip the knitting yarn extending from the yarn feeder in the flat knitting machine, the needle bed side is the inner side between the needle feeder's lateral position and the needle bed In the knitting yarn gripping device of the flat knitting machine that is sequentially arranged with the moving position side as the outside,
Each gripping mechanism
A mounting plate that is driven up and down between an upper limit and a lower limit of a predetermined stroke, and a gripping part is attached to the upper end part so as to be opened and closed;
An operation plate that is arranged so as to overlap the mounting plate, and that is provided with an operation portion that opens and closes the gripping portion at the upper end portion, and an operation plate that opens the gripping portion when the descending amount with respect to the mounting plate is equal to or greater than an opening reference,
A tension spring provided between the mounting plate and the operation plate and biasing in a direction in which the descending amount of the operation plate with respect to the mounting plate is reduced;
It is provided between the mounting plate and the operation plate. It operates when the lowering amount of the operation plate with respect to the mounting plate exceeds the opening reference within the predetermined lower limit range of the mounting plate, and the lowering amount does not become smaller than the opening reference. An open / close lock mechanism that locks and releases the lock within a predetermined upper limit range of the stroke of the mounting plate;
After the mounting plate is lowered to the lower limit range, the operation plate is locked so that it does not rise. After the mounting plate is raised while the operation plate is locked, the lock by the open / close lock mechanism is started. And an operation lock mechanism to be unlocked,
Including
The lowering position of the mounting plate when capturing or holding the knitting yarn extending from the yarn feeder moved to the moving position by the inner gripping mechanism is held at a predetermined standby position above the lower limit range,
With the outer gripping mechanism, the mounting plate is lowered to the lower limit range and locked with the operation lock mechanism so that the operation plate does not rise, and then lifted to open the gripping part and raise the lock mechanism. When opening and closing according to the opening and closing gripping procedure that unlocks the opening and closing lock mechanism by raising to the upper limit range and catching or gripping the knitting yarn with the closing gripping part and then lowering it, at least with the inner gripping mechanism, Control the mounting plate to be raised and lowered simultaneously from the standby position,
When the inner gripping mechanism captures or grips the knitting yarn, it further includes control means for controlling the mounting plate of the inner gripping mechanism to move up and down according to an opening / closing gripping procedure.
A knitting yarn gripping device for a flat knitting machine. The gripping mechanism is
Provided at the upper part of the mounting plate, when the lock by the open / close lock mechanism is released, and when the gripping part is closed, the gripping part is locked in the middle of closing, and at the stage of catching before gripping the knitting yarn A holding lock mechanism that releases the lock in the middle of lowering the mounting plate to the standby position, closes the holding portion and holds the knitting yarn,
The knitting yarn gripping device for a flat knitting machine according to claim 1, further comprising: The guide plate has a guide groove for guiding the up-and-down displacement of the mounting plate and the operation plate, unlocks the open / close lock mechanism at the bottom surface of the lower end of the guide groove, and unlocks the grip lock mechanism at the upper end of the guide groove. A support block having an inclined surface;
Included in the grip lock mechanism and supported by the grip portion so as to be able to swing and displace, a lock portion that protrudes upward from the support portion and locks in the middle of closing the grip portion, and below the support portion When the mounting plate is lowered, the lock is released when the mounting plate is lowered. A lock lever having a portion,
The knitting yarn gripping device for a flat knitting machine according to claim 2, further comprising: Plural gripping mechanisms with gripping parts at the upper end that grip the knitting yarn extending from the yarn feeder in the flat knitting machine, the needle bed side is the inner side between the needle feeder's lateral position and the needle bed In the control method of the knitting yarn gripping device of the flat knitting machine that is sequentially arranged with the moving position side as the outside
Each gripping mechanism
It is driven up and down between the upper and lower limits of the predetermined stroke,
Within the predetermined lower limit range of the stroke, it is locked with the gripping part opened,
Within the predetermined upper limit range of the stroke, the lock is released, the gripping part is closed and the knitting yarn is captured.
Aside,
In the inner gripping mechanism, the lowered position when capturing or gripping and holding the knitting yarn extending from the yarn feeder moved to the lateral movement position of the needle bed is held at a predetermined standby position above the lower limit range. Every
With the outer gripping mechanism, it is lowered to the lower limit range and locked when the gripping part is open, lifted to the upper limit range, unlocked and closed, and the knitting yarn is captured or gripped by the gripping part and then lowered. When raising and lowering according to the opening and closing gripping procedure, at least control the inner gripping mechanism to be lifted and lowered simultaneously from the standby position,
When the knitting yarn is captured and gripped by the inner gripping mechanism, the inner gripping mechanism is controlled to move up and down according to an opening / closing gripping procedure.
A control method for a knitting yarn gripping device of a flat knitting machine. The height at which the inner gripping mechanism is lifted from the standby position is lowered by a predetermined difference with respect to the height at which the outer gripping mechanism is lifted according to the opening / closing gripping procedure to open the gripping portion.
The method of controlling a knitting yarn gripping apparatus for a flat knitting machine according to claim 4.

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