JP5603592B2 - Weft insertion device for air jet loom - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a weft insertion device for an air jet loom that uses a weft insertion nozzle and an auxiliary nozzle to inject air into a weft guide passage formed by a guide hole of each wing of a deformed kite to perform weft insertion.

  In the air jet loom (hereinafter, sometimes referred to simply as a loom in this specification), many developments have been made for the purpose of first securing the weft insertion stability and secondly increasing the weft insertion speed. Has been made. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a weft insertion device having the following configuration. The back wall surface and other wall surfaces of the guide hole recessed in the front surface of the deformed ridge wing are provided with an inclination to enter the weft insertion passage side in the weft insertion direction. The inclination angle of the wall of the guide hole of the wings arranged in the section near the main nozzle is set to be small, and the inclination angle of the wall of the guide hole of the wings arranged in the section near the main nozzle is the guide hole in the section near the main nozzle It is set larger than the inclination angle of the wall surface.

  Since the jet air from the main nozzle and the jet air from the auxiliary nozzle flow into the weft insertion passage near the main nozzle, the air in the weft insertion passage flows in a large amount from the front opening side of the guide hole. There is a problem that it is easy to do. In order to solve such problems, the inclination angle of the wall of the guide hole in the section near the main nozzle is made zero or small, and the air in the weft insertion passage is leaked from the gap between the wings to the back side of the wings, It is possible to prevent the weft from jumping out from the weft insertion passage, to adjust the flying posture of the weft, and to achieve the stability of the weft insertion.

  Patent Document 1 discloses that the guide hole wall surface in the section on the opposite side to the main nozzle, which is less affected by the jet fluid from the main nozzle, has a large inclination angle, thereby reducing air leakage to the back side of the wings, The reflected air on the wall surface is increased to increase the flow velocity, making up for the drop in the weft speed due to air leakage to the back side of the wings in the section near the main nozzle.

  Thirdly, in recent years, development of energy-saving technology has been promoted in consideration of the environment. In the air jet loom, as disclosed in Patent Document 2, a technique for reducing the air consumption of the auxiliary nozzle constituting the weft insertion device has already been proposed. Patent Document 2 proposes the following weft insertion device based on the technical idea that the air consumption can be reduced by reducing the tunnel (guide hole) formed in the hook that guides the weft. One main nozzle arranged in parallel with the weft insertion direction is arranged on the outer side of the tunnel. If the tunnel is made small in order to reduce the air consumption and the distance between the auxiliary nozzle and the heel is correspondingly reduced, the wefts injected from the main nozzle will not be in the first auxiliary nozzle or the first auxiliary nozzle group. The opportunity to reach an appropriate position increases, and problems such as jumping out of the tunnel arise.

  Usually, the blowout port of the auxiliary nozzle is installed at a position that is appropriately spaced from the edge of the scissors that form the tunnel corresponding to the height of the tunnel. However, in Patent Document 2, in order to solve the above-described problem, the wefts are prevented from jumping out of the tunnel by installing the outlets of the first auxiliary nozzle or the first auxiliary nozzle group at an interval larger than an appropriate interval. doing. After the second auxiliary nozzle or the second auxiliary nozzle group, the height of the tunnel can be reduced sequentially by installing the second auxiliary nozzle or the second auxiliary nozzle group at intervals close to the hammering edge of the tunnel, thereby reducing the overall air consumption. Explain that you can. The height of the tunnel can be reduced by changing the vertical distance between the upper and lower tongues forming the tunnel.

  In Patent Document 2, the distance between the blow-out port and the hammering edge is sequentially reduced as the distance from the main nozzle extends from the first auxiliary nozzle or first auxiliary nozzle group to the last auxiliary nozzle or auxiliary nozzle group.

JP-A-5-86544 JP-A 46-3932

  The weft insertion device disclosed in Patent Document 1 sets the inclination angle of the back wall surface of the guide hole in the section near the main nozzle to be smaller than the inclination angle of the back wall surface of the guide hole in the section near the main nozzle. The stability of the weft insertion in the section closer to the nozzle is ensured, and the speed of the weft insertion in the section closer to the side opposite to the main nozzle is further increased.

  Patent Document 2 aims to reduce the air consumption of the auxiliary nozzles, and the means for achieving this is that the distance from the outlet of the auxiliary nozzles to the hammering edge of the tunnel is the first auxiliary nozzle or the first auxiliary nozzle group. To the last auxiliary nozzle or auxiliary nozzle group. For this reason, when the achievement means of Patent Document 2 is applied to the weft insertion device disclosed in Patent Document 1, the back of the guide hole, particularly in the first half of the section on the side opposite to the main nozzle, where the weft yarn posture is sufficiently stable, is provided. Despite increasing the inclination angle of the wall, the distance between the auxiliary nozzle and the ridge is too large to achieve the desired speed increase, or more air injection flow is required to achieve the desired speed increase. It becomes.

  It is an object of the present invention to reduce the flow rate in a weft insertion device while maintaining the stability and speeding up of the weft insertion.

  The present invention according to claim 1 is a weft guide passage formed by a plurality of weft insertion nozzles including a weft insertion nozzle arranged to be inclined toward the rear of the loom and a plurality of guide holes of the wings. And a plurality of auxiliary nozzles for injecting air into the weft guide passage on the sley, and a back wall forming a part of the guide hole is inclined toward the center of the weft guide passage in the weft insertion direction. In the weft insertion device of the air jet loom having an inclined surface, the weft guide passage is divided into a front section on the weft insertion nozzle side and a rear section on the downstream side in the weft insertion direction from the front section, corresponding to the front section. The inclination angle of the back wall of the wing is smaller than the inclination angle of the back wall of the wing corresponding to the rear section, and the distance between the injection hole of the auxiliary nozzle installed in the front section and the back wall For the rear section Characterized in that that said set small distance between the injection hole and the rear wall of the auxiliary nozzle.

  According to the invention of claim 1, in the front section in which the guide hole in which the inclination angle of the back wall is reduced compared to the rear section and the auxiliary nozzle in which the distance from the back wall is increased, the weft insertion nozzle and The amount of fluid jetted from the auxiliary nozzle is reflected off the back wall and flows out of the guide hole, so that the weft flying posture is stabilized and the weft insertion speed is improved. In the rear section combining the guide hole with the increased inclination angle and the auxiliary nozzle close to the back wall, the flow rate in the weft guide passage is increased while reducing the amount of fluid injected from the auxiliary nozzle, and the weft insertion speed is maintained or The speed can be increased.

  The present invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the auxiliary nozzle is installed so that its position can be adjusted in the longitudinal direction of the loom. Accordingly, the position of the injection hole of the auxiliary nozzle can be adjusted in the longitudinal direction of the loom. For this reason, the difference in distance between the injection hole of the auxiliary nozzle and the back wall of the guide hole in the front section and the rear section can be freely set according to the type of weft used and the rotation speed of the loom, In this case, the fluid consumption of the auxiliary nozzle can be suppressed to the maximum possible range.

  The invention of claim 3 is characterized in that the auxiliary nozzle in the front section is installed such that its injection hole position is lower than the injection hole position of the auxiliary nozzle in the rear section. Therefore, it is possible to substantially match or make the fluid injection directions of the auxiliary nozzles installed in the front section and the rear section substantially the same or as close as possible. It is possible to stabilize the weft insertion by preventing the distortion of the weft posture due to.

  In the present invention of claim 4, the lower wall forming part of the guide hole in the front section is longer in the longitudinal direction of the loom than the lower wall forming part of the guide hole in the rear section. It is formed. Accordingly, the diffusion and outflow of the fluid ejected from the auxiliary nozzle to the outside of the guide hole can be suppressed, and the weft insertion of the weft guide passage in the previous section for stabilizing the weft posture can be stabilized. .

  The present invention can reduce the flow rate in the weft insertion device while maintaining the stability and speeding up of the weft insertion in the air jet loom.

It is a fragmentary sectional top view which shows the outline | summary of the weft insertion apparatus in 1st Embodiment. FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional plan view enlarging a part of FIG. 1. It is a side view which shows a weft insertion apparatus. It is an AA arrow line view of FIG. It is a BB line arrow directional view of FIG. It is a schematic plan view of a fixed block. It is a side view which shows the weft insertion apparatus in 2nd Embodiment. It is a fragmentary sectional top view which shows the weft insertion apparatus of FIG.

(First embodiment)
A weft insertion device for an air jet loom showing a first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In the specification of the present application, in the loom, the woven fabric winding side (the lower side in FIG. 1) is the front, the warp sending side (the upper side in FIG. 1) is the rear, and the left and right sides in FIG. explain.

  The weft insertion apparatus shown in FIG. 1 has two weft insertion nozzles 2 and 3 installed on a sley 1. The weft insertion nozzle 2 is disposed parallel to the weft insertion direction, and the weft insertion nozzle 3 is disposed so as to be inclined toward the rear of the loom. The weft insertion nozzle 2 draws a weft 5 drawn from a yarn supply bobbin (not shown) and stored in the weft length measuring and storing device 4. Further, the weft insertion nozzle 3 is pulled through a weft 7 drawn out from another yarn feeding bobbin (not shown) and stored in the weft length measuring and storing device 6.

  On the downstream side of the weft insertion nozzles 2 and 3 in the weft insertion direction, the slay 1 is provided with a deformation rod 9 composed of a plurality of blades 8A and 8B and a plurality of auxiliary nozzles 10A and 10B. As shown in FIG. 4, the wing 8 </ b> A forms a guide hole 13 that opens forward by an upper jaw 11 and a lower jaw 12 that protrude forward. The guide hole 13 is formed in a concave shape by the back wall 13A, the upper wall 13B on the upper jaw 11 side, and the lower wall 13C on the lower jaw 12 side. Further, the guide hole 13 of each wing 8A forms a weft guide passage 14. As shown in FIG. 2, the back wall 13A is formed with an inclined surface that inclines toward the center of the weft guide passage 14 in the weft insertion direction. The inclined surface of the back wall 13A is formed with a relatively small inclination angle θ1. As shown in FIG. 4, the upper and lower portions of the plurality of wings 8 </ b> A are bundled by an upper frame 15 and a lower frame 16.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the wing 8B is juxtaposed downstream of the wing 8A in the weft insertion direction, and as shown in FIG. 5, a guide hole 20 that opens forward by the upper jaw 18 and the lower jaw 19 is formed. ing. Therefore, the wing 8A and the wing 8B are formed in the same shape in appearance. The guide hole 20 is formed in a concave shape by the back wall 20A, the upper wall 20B on the upper jaw 18 side, and the lower wall 20C on the lower jaw 19 side. The guide hole 20 of each wing 8B forms a weft guide passage 14 together with the guide hole 13 of the wing 8A. As shown in FIG. 2, the back wall 20A of the guide hole 20 is formed with an inclined surface that inclines toward the center of the weft guide passage 14 in the same manner as the back wall 13A of the guide hole 13, but the inclination angle of the back wall 20A θ2 is formed at a larger angle than the inclination angle θ1 of the back wall 13A. As shown in FIG. 5, the upper and lower portions of the plurality of wings 8B are bundled together with the wings 8A by an upper frame 15 and a lower frame 16.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the wing 8A in which the back wall 13A is formed with a small inclination angle θ1 is installed at a certain distance from the weft insertion nozzles 2 and 3 on the upstream side in the weft insertion direction. The region is divided as a previous section L1 in the weft guide passage 14. In addition, the wing 8B formed on the back wall 20A at a large inclination angle θ2 is installed for a distance over the entire weaving width downstream of the wing 8A, and the region between these is a rear section L2 in the weft guide passage 14. It is classified as

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, four auxiliary nozzles 10A are installed in the front section L1 at a predetermined interval in the weft insertion direction, and a plurality of auxiliary nozzles 10B are installed in the rear section L2. The auxiliary nozzles 10A and 10B are both connected to one switching valve that connects four nozzles as a group to an air supply source (not shown). In FIG. 1, when viewed in the weft insertion direction, in order from the weft insertion nozzles 2 and 3, the four auxiliary nozzles 10A are in the first group, the four auxiliary nozzles 10B are in the second group, and the auxiliary nozzles 10B are in units of four. Are displayed separately from the third group, the fourth group, and the Nth group (not shown). Therefore, during the operation of the loom, the switching valves of the first group to the Nth group are operated and controlled in a relay manner, and weft insertion is performed by the air jetted from the corresponding auxiliary nozzles 10A and 10B.

  Since the auxiliary nozzles 10A and 10B have the same structure, the auxiliary nozzle 10A shown in FIG. 4 will be described as a representative (for convenience of explanation, after the numerical symbols of some parts, The description will be made by adding the symbol A for the components and the symbol B for the components of the auxiliary nozzle 10B). The auxiliary nozzle 10A includes a hollow elongated main body 21A, a fixing block 22 to which the main body 21A is attached, a bolt 23 and a nut 24 to which the fixing block 22 is attached to the sley 1. The main body 21A has an injection hole 25A at the upper end, and the lower end is connected to the switching valve by a hose (not shown). The main body 21 </ b> A is inserted through a long hole 26 (see FIG. 6) of the fixed block 22 and fixed by nuts 27 and 28.

  The long hole 26 of the fixed block 22 is formed long in the front-rear direction of the loom and penetrates in the vertical direction of the fixed block. The fixed block 22 is formed in an L shape when viewed from above, and the rear side of the loom is fitted in the mounting groove of the sley 1, and the sley 1 is formed by the bolt 23 and the nut 24 fitted in the dovetail groove 29 formed in the slay 1. Fixed to.

  In the first group of auxiliary nozzles 10A installed in the front section L1, as shown in FIG. 6, the main body 21A is fixed to the front side of the loom of the long hole 26 of the fixed block 22, and from the injection hole 25A to the fixed block 22. Is fixed at a position where the distance becomes Q1 (see FIG. 4). Accordingly, all the auxiliary nozzles 10A in the first group are installed at positions having a distance P1 from the injection hole 25A to the back wall 13A of the wing 8A (see FIG. 4).

  In the second to Nth group auxiliary nozzles 10B installed in the rear section L2, as shown in FIG. 6, the main body 21B is fixed to the loom front side of the long hole 26 of the fixed block 22, and from the injection hole 25B. The distance to the fixed block 22 is fixed at a position where the distance is Q2 (see FIG. 5). Accordingly, the second to Nth group auxiliary nozzles 10B are all installed at positions having a distance P2 from the injection hole 25B to the back wall 20A of the wing 8B (see FIG. 5).

  As is clear from FIGS. 2 and 3, the distance from the injection holes 25A, 25B to the back walls 13A, 20A in the auxiliary nozzles 10A, 10B is set to be ΔP by shifting the main bodies 21A, 21B in the longitudinal direction of the loom. It is installed with a relationship of P1> P2 so that a difference occurs. That is, by attaching the auxiliary nozzle 10A to the loom front side of the long hole 26 of the fixed block 22, the auxiliary nozzle 10A is set to a large distance P1 corresponding to the back wall 13A having a small inclination angle θ1, and separated from the back wall 13A by an appropriate distance. Deploy. By attaching the auxiliary nozzle 10B to the rear side of the long hole 26 of the fixed block 22, the auxiliary nozzle 10B is set to a small distance P2 corresponding to the back wall 20A having a large inclination angle θ2, and is arranged as close as possible to the back wall 20A.

  Further, the injection hole 25A of the auxiliary nozzle 10A set to a large distance P1 has a difference in height of ΔQ from the injection hole 25B of the auxiliary nozzle 10B (the injection hole 25A of the auxiliary nozzle 10A is the same as the auxiliary nozzle 10B). As shown in FIG. 3, the injection directions of the injection holes 25A, 25B in the auxiliary nozzles 10A, 10B can be approximated or matched as shown in FIG. This is a preferable mode because the positions on the wall surfaces of the guide holes 13 and 20 to which the air injected from the injection holes 25A and 25B is directed can be set uniformly. However, if the distance P1 is set to be larger than the distance P2, the auxiliary nozzles 10A and 10B may have a difference of ΔQ of zero.

The first embodiment configured as described above has the following operations and effects.
When weft insertion is performed from the weft insertion nozzle 2 during the operation of the loom, the air injected from the weft insertion nozzle 2 flows downstream while diffusing in the weft guide passage 14, and is injected from the first group of auxiliary nozzles 10A. To join the air. At this time, the first group of auxiliary nozzles 10A in the front section L1 injects air from a position of a large distance P1, and the back wall 13A of the wing 8A is set to a small inclination angle θ1. For this reason, the wing 8A in the front section L1 appropriately leaks air from between the wings 8A to the back side (the loom rear side) and suppresses the outflow of air from the weft guide passage 14 to the front of the loom. The flying speed of the weft 5 can be increased sequentially while stabilizing the flying posture. Therefore, in the previous section L1, the weft insertion stability can be improved.

  When the weft 5 flies through the front section L1 and then reaches the rear section L2, the weft 5 is conveyed by the jet air from the second group to the Nth group of auxiliary nozzles 10B. The auxiliary nozzle 10B in the rear section L2 is installed at a position with a small distance P2, and the back wall 20A of the wing 8B is formed with a large inclination angle θ2, so that the air injection flow rate of the auxiliary nozzle 10B can be reduced. . That is, most of the air injected into the weft guide passage 14 in the rear section L2 is reflected to the center side of the weft guide passage 14 by the back wall 20A, and is efficiently used as the conveying air of the weft 5. For this reason, even if air having a flow rate smaller than that of the auxiliary nozzle 10A is ejected from the auxiliary nozzle 10B, a flow rate necessary for conveying the weft 5 can be obtained, and the weft insertion speed corresponding to the rotational speed of the loom can be increased. . Accordingly, the amount of air used in the auxiliary nozzle 10B installed in the rear section L2 can be greatly reduced while maintaining the speed of the weft insertion, and the flow rate of the weft insertion device can be reduced.

  When weft insertion is performed from the weft insertion nozzle 3, unlike the weft insertion nozzle 2, the jet air flows toward the back wall 13A of the wing 8A in the front section L1. However, since the back wall 13A has a small inclination angle θ1, it is possible to suppress both the amount of air leakage from the wing 8A to the back side and the amount of air reflected by the back wall 13A. The flight speed can be increased sequentially while stabilizing the running posture. In the rear section L2, the same operation as described for the weft insertion of the weft insertion nozzle 2 is performed. Therefore, while maintaining the stability and speeding up of the weft insertion, the amount of air used by the entire auxiliary nozzle 10B installed in the rear section L2 can be greatly reduced, and the flow rate of the weft insertion device can be reduced.

  In the first embodiment, a long hole 26 in which the main body 21A or 21B of the auxiliary nozzle 10A or 10B is formed in the fixed block 22 in order to give a difference of ΔP distance between the injection holes 25A and 25B of the auxiliary nozzles 10A and 10B. Therefore, ΔP can be set freely because the position is adjusted in the longitudinal direction of the loom and attached. Further, by arranging the injection hole 25A of the auxiliary nozzle 10A to be lower by ΔQ than the injection hole 25B of the auxiliary nozzle 10B, the injection direction of air from the injection holes 25A and 25B can be set to substantially the same direction, It is possible to make the working position of the air uniform in the entire area of the weft guide passage 14 and further improve the stability of weft insertion.

(Second Embodiment)
The second embodiment shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 is obtained by changing the shape of the lower wall 13C of the guide hole 13 in the first embodiment, and the same reference numerals are given to the same configurations as those in the first embodiment. A detailed description will be omitted. As in the first embodiment, the plurality of wings 8C installed in the front section L1 are formed with concave guide holes 30 that open to the front of the loom, and the wings 8B installed in the rear section L2. The weft guide passage 14 is configured together with the guide hole 20.

  The guide hole 30 has an inner surface formed by a back wall 30A, an upper wall 30B on the upper jaw 31 side, and a lower wall 30C on the lower jaw 32 side. Corresponding to the position adjustment of the auxiliary nozzle 10A to the front of the loom with respect to the auxiliary nozzle 10B, the lower wall 32C projects in front of the loom more than the lower jaw 19 of the wing 8B, so that the lower wall 30C extends in the front-rear direction of the loom. The length is longer than the lower wall 20C in the guide hole 20 of the wing 8B. For this reason, the distance from the injection hole 25A of the auxiliary nozzle 10A to the lower jaw 32 can be configured to be the same or as short as the distance between the injection hole 25B of the auxiliary nozzle 10B and the lower jaw 19 of the wing 8B.

  The air injected from the auxiliary nozzle 10A is prevented from diffusing and flowing out of the guide hole 30 by bringing the lower wall 30C closer to the injection hole 25A. Yes, weft stabilization can be achieved.

  The present invention is not limited to the configuration of each of the embodiments described above, and various modifications are possible within the scope of the gist of the present invention, and can be implemented as follows.

(1) In each of the above embodiments, the auxiliary nozzles 10A and 10B have disclosed a configuration in which the main bodies 21A and 21B are adjusted in the longitudinal direction of the loom relative to the fixed block 22 in order to set the distances P1 and P2. It is good also as a structure which adjusts the position of the fixed block 22 with respect to the slay 1 in the front-back direction of the loom while the main bodies 21A and 21B are fixed. In this configuration, the distances P1 and P2 can be freely set by interposing a spacer or the like on the contact surface between the fixed block 22 and the sley 1, for example. Moreover, it is possible to comprise so that auxiliary nozzle 10A, 10B can be adjusted in the front-back direction of a loom using other means.

(2) The number of auxiliary nozzles 10A or 10B included in one group is not limited to four, but may be two or more. Further, the number of auxiliary nozzles 10A or 10B may be different for each group.
(3) The auxiliary nozzle 10A installed in the front section L1 is not limited to the first group, and may be two or more groups.
(4) In each of the above-described embodiments, the use example of the two weft insertion nozzles 2 and 3 has been described. However, the three wefts including at least one weft insertion nozzle arranged to be inclined toward the rear of the loom The present invention can be implemented in a loom that performs alternating or multicolor weaving using the above weft insertion nozzles.

1 Sley 2, 3 Weft insertion nozzles 8A, 8B, 8C Hail 9 Deformed Hail 10A, 10B Auxiliary nozzles 13, 20, 30 Guide holes 13A, 20A, 30A Back walls 13B, 20B, 30B Upper walls 13C, 20C, 30C Lower Wall 14 Weft Thread Guide Passage 21A, 21B Main Body 22 Fixed Block 23 Bolt 24 Nut 25A, 25B Injection Hole 26 Long Hole L1 Front Section L2 Rear Section P1, P2 Distance between Injection Hole and Back Wall Q1, Q2 Distance between Injection Hole and Fixed Block θ1, θ2 tilt angle

Claims (4)

A plurality of weft insertion nozzles including a weft insertion nozzle arranged at an inclination so as to be directed to the rear of the loom, a weft guide passage formed by a plurality of guide holes of the wings, and air is injected into the weft guide passage A plurality of auxiliary nozzles on the sley, and a back wall forming a part of the guide hole has an inclined surface inclined toward the center of the weft guide passage in the weft insertion direction. In the device
The weft guide passage is divided into a front section on the weft insertion nozzle side and a rear section on the downstream side in the weft insertion direction from the front section, and the inclination angle of the back wall of the wing corresponding to the front section is set to the rear section. The auxiliary nozzle installed in the rear section with respect to the distance between the injection hole of the auxiliary nozzle installed in the front section and the back wall is made smaller than the inclination angle of the back wall of the wing corresponding to the section. A weft insertion device for an air jet loom, characterized in that the distance between the injection hole and the back wall is set small.   The weft insertion device for an air jet loom according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary nozzle is installed so that the position of the auxiliary nozzle can be adjusted in the front-rear direction of the loom.   The weft of the air jet loom according to claim 2, wherein the auxiliary nozzle in the front section is installed such that the position of the injection hole is lower than the position of the injection hole of the auxiliary nozzle in the rear section. Putting device.   The lower wall forming a part of the guide hole in the front section is formed so that the length in the front-rear direction of the loom is longer than the lower wall forming a part of the guide hole in the rear section. Item 4. A weft insertion device for an air jet loom according to any one of items 1 to 3.