JP2013040411A5 - Multi-layered knitting method and flat knitting machine used therefor - Google Patents

Description

The flat knitting machine of the present invention includes at least one needle bed, and a space that extends from the needle bed tip to the opposite side of the needle bed is a tooth mouth that forms a stitch by a needle that protrudes from the needle bed. A multi-layer knitted fabric comprising a plurality of yarn carriers that move along the line and supply knitting yarns or inlay yarns from the tip yarn feeder to the tooth mouth and supply means for supplying warp yarns to the tooth mouth is freely knitted. In the flat knitting machine according to the present invention, at least one yarn carrier is protruded from the yarn carrier toward the mouth side closer to the base of the yarn carrier than the yarn feeder, and the warp yarn passing through the mouth is viewed from the mouth. A guide member for guiding to the opposite side of the carrier is provided. The flat knitting machine of the present invention can be used for knitting that supplies only warp and knitting yarn and does not supply inlay yarn. In that case, not a multi-layer knitted fabric but a knitted fabric composed of warp and knitting yarn is obtained.

In the present invention, a pipe that is supported by a flat knitting machine so as to freely swing within a vertical plane and through which a warp passes is provided, and the pipe is swung in a direction to avoid the yarn carrier by the guide member. In this way, warp can be warped without being damaged.
Preferably , a member for biasing the pipe is provided so that the pipe is vertically downward. In this way, when the yarn carrier has passed, the pipe automatically returns vertically downward.

Claims (8)

The warp is supplied from the tip of the needle bed to the mouth of the space that extends to the opposite side of the needle bed by the supply means, and the inlay yarn from the tip of the yarn carrier for the inlay yarn that moves along the mouth is used as the mouth. The knitting yarn is supplied from the yarn feeder at the tip of the yarn carrier for the knitting yarn that moves along the mouth to the tooth mouth, and the stitches are formed from the knitting yarn by the needles of the needle bed to form the warp layer and the inlay. In the knitting method of the multi-layer knitted fabric that joins the yarn layers,
At least one yarn carrier is provided with a guide member that protrudes from the yarn carrier toward the mouth side closer to the base of the yarn carrier than the yarn feeder,
Guide the warp yarn directly or indirectly by the guide member to the opposite side of the yarn carrier as seen from the mouth ,
Supplying the warp through a pipe swingable in a vertical plane;
A method for knitting a multi-layer knitted fabric, characterized in that the pipe is swung in a direction to avoid the yarn carrier by the guide member . A yarn carrier for inlay yarn and a yarn carrier for knitting yarn are arranged so as to face each other on the left and right sides of the mouth, and the guide member is provided only on one of the yarn carrier for inlay yarn and the yarn carrier for knitting yarn. And
By supplying the warp to the yarn carrier provided with the guide member from the center of the tooth opening with the supply means, the interference between the yarn carrier not provided with the guide member and the warp is eliminated. The knitting method of a multilayer knitted fabric according to claim 1 . At least one needle bed is provided, and the space extending from the needle bed tip to the opposite side of the needle bed is used as a tooth opening for forming a stitch by a needle protruding from the needle bed. In a flat knitting machine capable of knitting a multi-layer knitted fabric, comprising a plurality of yarn carriers for supplying knitting yarns or inlay yarns from a yarn mouth to a tooth mouth, and a supply means for supplying warp yarns to the tooth mouth.
At least one yarn carrier is guided closer to the base of the yarn carrier than the yarn feeder, and protrudes from the yarn carrier to the mouth side, and guides the warp passing through the mouth to the side opposite to the yarn carrier when viewed from the mouth. together and a guide member,
A flat knitting machine , further comprising a pipe that is swingably supported in a vertical plane and that passes the warp, and the pipe is swung in a direction to avoid the yarn carrier by the guide member . The flat knitting machine according to claim 3 , further comprising a member that urges the pipe so that the pipe is vertically downward. 4. The flat knitting machine according to claim 3 , wherein the yarn carriers are arranged on both the left and right sides of the tooth knives in a side view of the flat knitting machine, and the height of the guide member is different between the left and right yarn carriers. A yarn carrier for inlay yarn and a yarn carrier for knitting yarn are arranged so as to face each other on the left and right sides of the mouth, and the guide member is provided only on one of the yarn carrier for inlay yarn and the yarn carrier for knitting yarn. 5. The flat knitting machine according to claim 3 or 4 , wherein the supply means is configured to supply the warp yarn to the side of the yarn carrier provided with the guide member while being biased from the center of the tooth opening. . The guide member includes a straight portion parallel to the longitudinal direction of the tooth opening at the center, and guide portions that guide warp yarns to the straight portion on both the left and right sides of the straight portion . 5 or 6 flat knitting machine. The flat knitting machine according to any one of claims 3, 5, and 7, wherein the guide portion has a shape in which the guide of the warp is started from a position farther from the tooth opening than the yarn carrier.