JP3120217U - Sinker for knitting pile knitted fabric and circular knitting machine having the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A plating resistance is to provide a novel sinker over in order to obtain a good knitted fabric.
A sinker having the following configurations (a) to (f). (A) The length (B) of the sinker nose is 3.8 to 4.2 mm. (B) The length (C) of the first horizontal portion at the lower part of the sinker throat is 3.0 to 3.5 mm. (C) The length (B) of the sinker nose is longer than the length (C) of the first horizontal portion. (D) The inclination angle (D) of the downwardly inclined first inclined portion extending outward from the first horizontal portion is 10 ° to 20 °. (E) The height (F) of the sinker is a distance from the first horizontal portion to the upper end portion, and is 2.0 mm> F. (F) The distance (G) from the back end of the sinker throat to the protrusion vertical wall of the sinker nose is +0.15 mm to -0.15 mm with respect to the sinker height (F).
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Description

  The present invention relates to a sinker and sinker cam for knitting pile fabric, and a circular knitting machine having these. In particular, the present invention relates to a sinker and a sinker cam used for knitting a knitted fabric having a pile length of 2.2 mm or less, and a circular knitting machine having these.

Conventionally, as a sinker used for a pile knitted fabric, for example, a plating pile sinker responsible for the formation of a sinker loop, the “Plating pile sinker in a single knit circular knitting machine” filed by the present applicant himself (the following patent) There is literature 1). Also, in a sinker in which the nose portion is inclined in the same direction as the sinker tilting motion, the pile position restricting portion is substantially horizontal and the sinker top has a downward inclination angle. There is also a manufacturing method of a tingpile knitted fabric and a sinker used therefor (Patent Document 2 below).
Shokai 60-37094 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-242953

  In the idea of Patent Document 1 (Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 60-37094), when using a sinker having a sinker height (F) of 2.2 mm or less, which is the distance between the Nitting face (sinker top) and the upper edge of the sinker nose. If the ground yarn that is originally fed to the sinker throat sways due to changes in the yarn feeding tension, etc. ). If the yarn is fed in such a manner, when the latch of the knitting needle is closed, the ground yarn is pinched by the latch, which may cause a knitting flaw due to yarn breakage of the ground yarn. In order to prevent this "grand yarn straddling the upper part of the sinker nose", the winding tension must be higher than usual, but if it is increased, the ground yarn and the pile yarn are fed into the hook of the knitting needle. In this case, the positional relationship between the ground yarn and the pile yarn is disturbed, which causes the plating property of the knitted fabric to deteriorate.

  Further, when the locus of the sinker cam runs sideways at the position (k) where the old loop knocks over from the needle hook as shown in FIG. 6, the protrusion of the sinker nose is projected by the protrusion vertical wall (i) of the sinker nose. The pile loop formed on the vertical wall (i) is not sufficiently tensioned. For this reason, when the old loop consisting of a pile loop and a ground loop engaged with the pile loop knocks over from the needle, the ground old loop first knocks under the pile old loop where the loop has loosened, Next, the pile old loop knocks over, and knocks over in the reverse order to normal, resulting in poor plating performance (see FIG. 7).

  In the invention of Patent Document 2 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-242953), the sinker is attached to the upper end portion of the knitting cylinder so as to make a tilting motion, and the sinker string is inclined downward to the inside of the cylinder. Since this apparatus requires complicated machining, the manufacturing cost is higher than that of a normal sinker string.

  The present invention prevents a ground yarn from straddling the upper part of the sinker nose when manufacturing a knitted fabric having a pile length of 2.2 mm or less, and is stable in a state where the positional relationship between the ground yarn and the pile yarn is separated. The purpose is to organize the plating pile.

The sinker used for knitting the plating pile according to the present invention has the following configuration.
(A) The length (B) of the sinker nose is the distance from the back end of the sinker throat to the tip of the sinker nose, but is 3.8 to 4.5 mm.
(B) The length (C) of the first horizontal portion at the lower part of the sinker throat is 3.0 to 4.0 mm.
(C) The length (B) of the sinker nose is longer than the length (C) of the first horizontal portion.
(D) The inclination angle (D) of the downwardly inclined first inclined portion extending outward from the first horizontal portion is 10 ° to 20 °.
(E) The height (F) of the sinker is a distance from the first horizontal portion to the upper end portion. 2.2 mm> F.
(F) The distance (G) from the back end of the sinker throat to the protrusion vertical wall of the sinker nose is +0.15 mm to -0.15 mm with respect to the sinker height (F).

  The sinker cam used for knitting the plating pile of the present invention is a sinker cam that controls a sinker having a protrusion vertical wall (I) and an L-shaped corner on the sinker nose, From the position just before knocking over (K) to the position where the knocked-over old loop is stable (M), acting on the sinker while applying tension to the pile loop formed at the L-shaped corner It is characterized by having a cam shape that can be gradually pushed out.

  A circular knitting machine for knitting a pile knitted fabric of the present invention includes the sinker and the sinker cam.

  The sinker of the present invention is not fed with the ground yarn straddling the upper part of the sinker nose, but is fed to the sinker throat as usual and knits a good knitted fabric without the occurrence of knitting scratches. I can do it.

  Furthermore, according to the sinker cam of the present invention, even when the old loop knocks over, an appropriate tension can be applied to the old loop, and the looseness of the pile loop can be eliminated. Accordingly, when an old loop composed of a pile loop and a ground loop engaged with the pile loop is knocked over from the needle, the pile old loop is first knocked over, and then the ground old loop is knocked over. As a result, the positional relationship between the ground yarn and the pile yarn is stabilized, and the knitted fabric has good plating properties.

  Also, according to the circular knitting machine of the present invention, the winding tension can be adjusted normally, so that the positional relationship between the ground yarn and the pile yarn is stable when the ground yarn and the pile yarn are fed into the hook of the knitting needle. In addition, the plating property of the knitted fabric is improved.

The effects of the sinker shape of the present invention are shown in [Table 1]. As for the knitting conditions, a pile circular knitting machine (30 inches, 20 gauge, number of needles 1860) of Fukuhara Seiki Seisakusho Co., Ltd. was used, and according to the method described in the above-described embodiment, polyester 110 decitex 48 filaments were used as the ground yarn. The pile knitted fabric was knitted with 30 count cotton yarn as the pile yarn, 39.5 course per inch, 250 g / m ² basis weight and 191 cm knitting width. Example 1 used the sinker of the present invention, and Comparative Example 1 used a conventional sinker (FIG. 3).

  [Table 2] shows the effect of the plating property on the change due to the shape of the sinker cam of the present invention. As for the knitting conditions, a pile circular knitting machine (30 inches, 20 gauge, number of needles 1860) of Fukuhara Seiki Seisakusho Co., Ltd. was used, and according to the method described in the above-mentioned embodiment, polyester 110 decitex 48 filaments were used as the ground yarn. A pile knitted fabric was knitted using 30 yarn cotton yarn as the pile yarn. The sinker cam of the present invention was used in Example 2, and the conventional sinker cam (FIG. 3) was used in Comparative Example 2. The sinker of Example 1 was used for both Example 2 and Comparative Example 2.

  The sinker is further provided with a second horizontal portion extending outward from the first inclined portion, an upwardly inclined second inclined portion extending outwardly therefrom, and a ridge portion that forms a tip portion of the sinker following the second horizontal portion. It is preferable that the height of the raised portion is higher than that of the first horizontal portion.

  Regarding the sinker cam, the pusher angle (α) of the sinker cam is 5 from “the position just before the old loop knocks over from the needle hook (K)” to “the position where the old loop knocked over is stable (M)”. It is preferable to set it as -15 degrees, and most preferable is 5-9 degrees.

The sinker and sinker cam of the present invention are effective even when used alone, but by combining both, a synergistic result as shown in the following table can be obtained.

(Sinker shape)
FIG. 1 is a side view of a sinker 1 of the present invention, and FIG. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the sinker 1 has a rear part 2 that slides in a sinker groove (not shown) and a front part 3 that rides on a sinker string (not shown) and participates in knitting of a knitted fabric.

The rear portion 2 has a bat 2a that engages with the sinker cam to control the sinker 1.
At the tip of the sinker upper end 3a of the front part 3, there is a protruding part 3b protruding like a hump, from which the vertical wall 3c extends downward and reaches the L-shaped corner 3d. A sinker nose 3e extends horizontally from the L-shaped corner 3d. The upper edge of the sinker nose 3e is slightly lowered downward, but the lower edge of the sinker nose is parallel to the sinker top first horizontal portion 3f positioned below. A sinker throat 3g is formed between the lower edge of the sinker nose and the sinker top first horizontal portion. The inner end 3h of the sinker throat has a bulge close to an arc.

  The sinker top first horizontal portion 3f reaches the second horizontal portion 3j via the first inclined portion 3i that descends, and reaches the raised portion 3L via the second inclined portion 3k that rises therefrom. Since the level of the knitted fabric can be increased by the raised portion 3L, the pile yarn loop formed in the previous process to the sinker nose can be easily scooped up.

This sinker has the following structural features.
(A) The length (B) of the sinker nose 3e is the distance from the back end 3h of the sinker throat to the tip of the sinker nose, but is 3.8 to 4.5 mm.
(B) The length (C) of the first horizontal part 3f at the lower part of the sinker throat 3g is 3.0 to 4.0 mm.
(C) The length (B) of the sinker nose is longer than the length (C) of the first horizontal portion 3f.
(D) The inclination angle (D) of the downwardly inclined first inclined portion 3i extending outward from the first horizontal portion 3f is 10 ° to 20 °.
(E) a second horizontal portion 3j extending outward from the first inclined portion 3i, an upwardly inclined second inclined portion 3k extending outward from the first inclined portion 3i, and a raised portion 3L that forms the tip of the sinker following the second inclined portion 3k And the height of the raised portion 3L is higher than that of the first horizontal portion 3f.
(F) The height (F) of the sinker is a distance from the first horizontal portion 3f to the upper end portion 3a, and 2.2 mm> F.
(G) The distance (G) from the back end 3h of the sinker throat to the protrusion vertical wall 3c of the sinker nose is +0.15 mm to -0.15 mm with respect to the sinker height (F).

  FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a knitting portion of a knitting machine using a modified example (Example 2) of a sinker. For the convenience of drawing, the knitting needle is omitted. In the second embodiment, (e) is missing from the constituent features of the sinker described in [0023]. Also in this embodiment, the knitted fabric lifting ring 4 is attached to the inside of the knitting cylinder 5 by support legs (not shown), and the knitted knitted fabric 6 is lifted to a position higher than the second horizontal portion. The same effect as 1 is obtained.

(Sinker cam shape)
A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. From the “position just before the old loop knocks over the needle hook (K)” to the “position where the old loop knocked over is stable (M)” in FIG. By gradually pushing out the pile loop formed on the corner 3d, tension is applied to the pile loop and the looseness of the pile loop is eliminated (FIG. 5). Accordingly, when an old loop composed of a pile loop and a ground loop engaged with the pile loop is knocked over from the needle, the pile old loop is first knocked over, and then the ground old loop is knocked over. If tension is not applied to the pile loop, this order is reversed and the plating property is poor.

  Preferably, the pusher angle (α) of the sinker cam is from 5 to 15 from “the position just before the old loop knocks over from the needle hook (K)” to “the position where the old loop knocked over is stable (M)”. Most preferred is 5-9 °.

  The circular knitting machine having the knitting portion provided with the sinker 1 of the first embodiment and the sinker cam of the second embodiment has already been described in the second embodiment. Other configurations of the circular knitting machine not described here are the same as those of the prior art. For example, a pile circular knitting machine manufactured by Fukuhara Seiki Seisakusho Co., Ltd. can be used.

It is a side view of the sinker of this device. It is a side enlarged view of the sinker which provided the sinker nose of this device. It is a side view of the sinker of a prior art (comparative example 1). It is an operation | movement diagram of a needle | hook and a sinker which shows the knitting process using the sinker cam (Example 3) of this invention. It is K section sectional drawing of FIG. FIG. 10 is an operation diagram of a needle and a sinker showing a knitting process of a comparative example 2 using a conventional sinker cam. However, the sinker used here is that of the present invention. It is k section sectional drawing of FIG. It is knitting part sectional drawing of the knitting machine which uses the modification (Example 2) of a sinker.

Explanation of symbols

1 sinker 2 sinker rear part 2a butt 3 sinker front part 3a upper end part 3b protrusion 3c vertical wall 3d L-shaped corner 3e sinker nose 3f first horizontal part 3g sinker throat 3g
3h Deep end portion of sinker throat 3i First inclined portion 3k Second inclined portion 3L Raised portion 4 Knitting fabric lifting ring H = Sinker cam locus I = Sinker nose protrusion vertical wall J = Sinker nose protrusion Trajectory of vertical wall (I) K = Position just before the old loop knocks over from the needle hook L = Position where knock over M = Position where the knocked over old loop is stable N = Pile loop α = Extrusion angle

Claims (5)

A sinker characterized by having the following configurations (a) to (f).
(B) The length (B) of the sinker nose (3e) is the distance from the back end (3h) of the sinker throat to the tip of the sinker nose, but is 3.8 to 4.5 mm.
(B) The length (C) of the first horizontal portion (3f) at the lower part of the sinker throat (3g) is 3.0 to 4.0 mm.
(C) The length (B) of the sinker nose (3e) is longer than the length (C) of the first horizontal portion (3f).
(D) The inclination angle (D) of the downwardly inclined first inclined portion (3i) extending outward from the first horizontal portion (3f) is 10 ° to 20 °.
(E) The height (F) of the sinker is a distance from the first horizontal portion (3f) to the upper end portion (3a), and is 2.2 mm> F.
(F) The distance (G) from the back end (3h) of the sinker throat to the protrusion vertical wall (3c) of the sinker nose is +0.15 mm to -0.15 mm with respect to the sinker height (F). . A sinker characterized by having the following configurations (a) to (g).
(B) The length (B) of the sinker nose (3e) is the distance from the back end (3h) of the sinker throat to the tip of the sinker nose, but is 3.8 to 4.5 mm.
(B) The length (C) of the first horizontal portion (3f) at the lower part of the sinker throat (3g) is 3.0 to 4.0 mm.
(C) The length (B) of the sinker nose (3e) is longer than the length (C) of the first horizontal portion (3f).
(D) The inclination angle (D) of the downwardly inclined first inclined portion (3i) extending outward from the first horizontal portion (3f) is 10 ° to 20 °.
(E) A second horizontal portion (3j) extending outward from the first inclined portion (3i), an upwardly inclined second inclined portion (3k) extending outward from the first inclined portion (3i), and a leading end portion of the sinker formed there The height of the raised portion (3L) is higher than that of the first horizontal portion (3f).
(F) The height (F) of the sinker is a distance from the first horizontal portion (3f) to the upper end portion (3a), and 2.2 mm> F.
(G) The distance (G) from the back end (3h) of the sinker throat to the protrusion vertical wall (3c) of the sinker nose is +0.15 mm to −0.15 mm with respect to the sinker height (F). . A sinker cam that controls a sinker (1) having a protrusion vertical wall (I) and an L-shaped corner on the sinker nose, from “the position just before the old loop knocks over from the needle hook” (K) to “knock” It can be pushed out gradually while acting on the sinker (1) and applying tension to the pile loop formed at the L-shaped corner (3d) until it reaches the position where the overrun old loop is stable (M). A sinker cam having an extrusion angle (α) as described above. The pusher angle (α) of the sinker cam is 5 to 15 ° from the position just before the old loop knocks over the needle hook (K) to the position where the knocked-over old loop is stable (M). Item 3. The sinker cam according to Item 2. A circular knitting machine for knitting a pile knitted fabric, comprising the sinker (1) according to claim 1 or 2 and the sinker cam according to claim 3 or 4.