JP5955241B2 - How to stop knitting yarn - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a knitting yarn unwinding prevention method for processing a knitting yarn surplus portion generated by switching a knitting yarn during knitting of a knitted fabric when knitting a knitted fabric using a flat knitting machine.

  In a knitted fabric having a border pattern or an intarsia pattern, the knitting yarn is switched during the knitting of the knitted fabric. The portion where the knitting yarn is switched includes a yarn insertion portion for introducing the knitted yarn after switching to the knitted fabric portion knitted with the knitting yarn before switching, and the end of the knitting fabric portion knitted with the knitting yarn before switching. There is a yarn take-out portion for drawing out the knitting yarn, and it is necessary to prevent the knitting yarn from being unwound at the yarn inserting portion and the yarn take-out portion. The present applicant has proposed a knitting yarn unclamping method that causes the flat knitting machine to perform the unclamping (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

This unwinding prevention method will be described in the case of thread insertion as shown in FIG. 3 as follows.
[S1] After switching while transferring the specific stitch 12 of the base knitted fabric part 10 knitted to the front needle bed (FB) with the knitting yarn (first knitting yarn 1) before switching to the rear needle bed (BB) The second knitting yarn (second knitting yarn 2) is fed rightward, for example, and pulled out from the specific stitch 12, and the first new stitch 21 is formed on the knitting needle of the FB. The first new stitch 21 is a boundary between the base knitted fabric portion 10 and the pattern knitted fabric portion 20 knitted by the first knitting yarn 1 and the second knitting yarn 2.
[S2] The second knitting yarn 2 is fed to the left at the second yarn feeder 4, and the formation of the second new stitch 23 continuing to the specific stitch 12 and the formation of the hook 25 adjacent to the second new stitch 23 are performed in BB. To do.
[S3 to S4] The second knitting yarn 2 is fed rightward again (S3), and the hook 25 is transferred from the BB to the knitting needle facing the FB (S4).
[S5 to S6] The second knitting yarn 2 is kicked back by causing the left knitting yarn (S5) and right knitting yarn to feed, and tack 27 is applied to the hook 25 transferred to the FB, and the right side of the first new stitch 21 A new stitch row connected to the stitch row of the base knitted fabric portion 10 locked to the second knitting yarn 2 is knitted (S6).
[S7] With the first knitting yarn 1 fed from the first yarn feeder 3, the base knitted fabric portion 10 is knitted to the stitch adjacent to the left side of the first new stitch 21, and the second new stitch 23 is transferred to the FB. To the first new stitch 21.

International Publication No. 2007/119272 Fig.8 to Fig.10

  Although the technology of Patent Document 1 can perform the unwinding treatment appropriately, depending on the type of knitting yarn (material, thickness, etc.) and the pattern knitted with both knitting yarns, at the boundary end before and after thread insertion, There is a case in which a blur appears in which the stitches of the second knitting yarn appear to protrude to the knitted fabric side of the first knitting yarn. In addition, since it is necessary to perform hooking and tacking, the number of knitting processes is large, and there is a demand for the development of a more efficient unlocking method.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and one of its purposes is to provide a method for preventing unraveling of a knitting yarn that exhibits a sufficient unwinding effect in a simple process without performing hooking and tacking. It is in.

The knitting yarn unlocking method according to the present invention includes a plurality of knitting needles having transfer blades arranged on one side of a needle stem, and at least a pair of needle beds opposed to each other front and back through a tooth opening. A flat knitting machine having a first yarn feeder and a second yarn feeder for feeding the first knitting yarn and the second knitting yarn to the tooth mouth and capable of transferring stitches between the front and back needle beds. Thus, the present invention relates to a method for processing a knitting yarn surplus portion generated by switching the knitting yarn during knitting of the knitted fabric. In each needle bed, the following steps α to γ are provided when each knitting needle has a blade side and a bladeless side is a reverse blade side.
Step α: Among the stitches of the already knitted knitted fabric portion locked to one needle bed, the specific stitch knitted by the first knitting yarn or the second knitting yarn is transferred to the other needle bed, The second yarn feeder is moved to the reverse blade side of one needle bed, the second knitting yarn is pulled out from the specific stitch, and a first new stitch is formed on one needle bed.
Step β: forming a second new stitch continuous with the specific stitch transferred to the other needle bed with the second knitting yarn.
Step γ: The second new stitch is overlapped with the first new stitch of the needle bed facing the second stitch.
The pre-knitted knitted fabric portion only needs to include a specific stitch knitted by the first knitting yarn or the second knitting yarn, and is knitted by another knitting yarn such as a third knitting yarn, a fourth knitting yarn, etc. It does not matter if the stitches are included. However, the switching of the knitting yarn at the time of thread insertion or yarn removal includes not only the mutual switching between the first knitting yarn and the second knitting yarn but also the mutual switching between the second knitting yarn and another knitting yarn. .

  In the method for preventing unraveling of the knitting yarn of the present invention, in the step β, the formation of the second new stitch is preferably performed by moving the second yarn feeder to the reverse blade side. The second new stitch may be formed by moving the second yarn feeder to the blade side.

  The method for preventing unraveling of the knitting yarn of the present invention has the following effects.

  (1) Supplying the second knitting yarn in the direction of the reverse blade and increasing the split with respect to the specific stitch to form the first new stitch. When the stitch is formed, any sinker loop of the first new stitch can be wound around the knitting yarn of the specific stitch to form the entangled portion. Therefore, the second knitting yarn can be sufficiently unwound without performing hooking and tacking.

  (2) Bleeding that makes it appear that the stitches of the second knitting yarn have jumped out to the knitted fabric side of the first knitting yarn can be made inconspicuous. Since the hook 25 and the tack 27 performed in the prior art (FIG. 3) are formed in another course that is shifted by one step from the first new stitch 21 (corresponding to the first new stitch of the present invention), It is considered that the first new stitch 21, which is the stitch at the boundary end portion of the yarn insertion / thread removal, was pulled to the other course side, causing bleeding. On the other hand, in the present invention, both the first and second new stitches are overlapped, and the stitches and tack are not performed on other courses deviated from the both new stitches, so that the bleeding can be suppressed.

  (3) Since knitting and tacking are not performed, the knitting efficiency is excellent.

  (4) According to the unwinding method of the present invention in which the formation of the second new stitch in step β is performed by moving the second yarn feeder to the reverse blade side, the second yarn feeder is moved to the blade side and the second Compared with the case where new stitches are formed, it is possible to improve the appearance at the boundary between yarn insertion and yarn extraction. This is because the inclination of the first new stitch can be made inconspicuous by overlapping the second new stitch formed by moving the second yarn feeder toward the reverse blade side.

FIG. 2 is a knitting process diagram illustrating a method for preventing knitting of a knitting yarn according to Embodiment 1. (A) is a photograph of a knitted fabric knitted using the unwinding method of Embodiment 1, and (B) is a photograph of a knitted fabric knitted using the conventional knitting yarn unwinding method. It is a knitting process diagram showing a conventional method for preventing unraveling of a knitting yarn.

  Hereinafter, based on FIG. 1, when knitting a knitted fabric having a pattern knitted fabric portion in the middle of the base knitted fabric portion, the present invention will be described by taking as an example a portion where the knitting yarn is switched from the base knitted fabric portion to the patterned knitted fabric portion. A method for preventing unraveling of the knitting yarn according to the embodiment will be described. This knitting is provided with a pair of needle beds that extend in the left-right direction and oppose each other in the front-rear direction. The stitches can be transferred between the front and back needle beds, and at least one needle bed can be racked. A single bed flat knitting machine is used.

<Embodiment 1>
FIG. 1 is a knitting process diagram according to the knitting yarn release prevention method shown in the first embodiment. A base knitted fabric portion 10 is knitted with a first knitting yarn 1 (thin line) fed from a first yarn feeder (not shown), and a second knitting yarn fed from a second yarn feeder 4 in the middle of the knitting width direction. 2 (thick line) is threaded, and a knitted fabric having a band-shaped patterned knitted fabric portion 20 inside the base knitted fabric portion 10 is knitted. When performing yarn insertion, the base knitted fabric portion 10 corresponds to the already knitted fabric portion. As the first knitting yarn 1 and the second knitting yarn 2, knitting yarns of different colors and types can be used. An example of a knitting procedure for preventing unraveling of the second knitting yarn 2 with respect to the knitting yarn surplus portion 29 that occurs when the knitting yarns 1 and 2 are switched will be described. “S + number” surrounded by a frame on the left side of FIG. 1 indicates a knitting process number, FB indicates a front needle bed, BB indicates a rear needle bed, and black dots A to F and a to f indicate knitting needles.

  The needle beds (not shown) are arranged in a row on each needle bed. The latch needle is a knitting needle that opens and closes a hook provided at the tip of the needle stem by swinging the latch, and a transfer blade is provided on one side of the needle stem. In this example, when the needle bed in FIG. 1 is viewed from the FB side, transfer blades are provided on the right side of the FB knitting needle (on the left side of the BB knitting needle). As a reference, the right side of FIG. 1 is the blade side and the left side is the reverse blade side. In the figure, the knitting needles of FB and BB are shown to face each other directly, but in actuality, the hooks of each knitting needle can be inserted between the needle stem and the blade of the knitting needle on the opposite needle bed. Each hook is slightly shifted to the right in the figure from the FB hook.

  In S0, the base knitted fabric portion 10 is knitted to the FB with the first knitting yarn 1 using the first yarn feeder, the second yarn feeder 4 is moved to the right side, and the second knitting yarn 2 is fed right to the tooth mouth. It shows the state of yarn.

  In S1, the stitch locked to the knitting needle C of the FB is selected as the specific stitch 12, and the stitch that becomes the start end of the pattern knitted fabric portion 20 is knitted following the specific stitch 12. First, the second yarn feeder 4 is moved to the right side with respect to the specific stitch 12, and then the special stitch 12 is increased by kicking back to the left side. The extra increase is one of the knitting methods disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 2604653. Specifically, the second knitting yarn 2 is pulled out from the specific stitch 12 while transferring the specific stitch 12 to the knitting needle c of the BB. The first new stitch 21 is formed on the knitting needle C of the FB (step α). In this example, the feeding of the second knitting yarn 2 is started by the right-hand feeding yarn, so that the left knitting is kicked back to the left side. Increase it.

  In S2, the second yarn feeder 4 is once moved to the right side of the specific stitch 12 (first new stitch 21). This movement is a preliminary procedure for feeding the second knitting yarn 2 from the right side to the left side of the specific stitch 12 in S3, and is not essential.

  In S3, the second yarn feeder 4 is kicked back and moved to the left side to form the second new stitch 23 continuous in the wale direction of the specific stitch 12 (step β). That is, the second new stitch 23 is locked to the knitting needle c of BB. Due to the knitting of the second new stitch 23, both sinker loops of the first new stitch 21 extend between the back side and the near side in FIG. 1 with respect to the first knitting yarn 1 constituting the specific stitch 12. It is held in a state where it is wound.

  In S4, the second new stitch 23 is transferred to the knitting needle C of the FB and overlapped with the first new stitch 21 (step γ). Thereafter, the predetermined knitting of the pattern knitted fabric portion to the right of the knitting needle C including the FB knitting needle C with the second knitting yarn and the knitting of the base knitted fabric portion up to the knitting needle B of the FB with the first knitting yarn is predetermined. What is necessary is just to carry out course (not shown). At that time, at the boundary between the base knitted fabric portion and the patterned knitted fabric portion that extends in the wale direction, a knitting needle that knitting one knitted fabric portion is knitted to a knitting needle that locks the stitches of the other knitted fabric portion, etc. Then, both knitted fabric parts are joined.

  An example of a knitted fabric that has been unwound by the above method is shown in FIG. The portion that appears white is the base knitted fabric portion 10 knitted with the first knitting yarn 1, and the strip-like portion that appears black is a part of the patterned knitted fabric portion 20 knitted with the second knitting yarn 2. The lower left corner of the patterned knitted fabric portion 20 is a yarn insertion portion for the second knitting yarn 2, but the stitches of the second knitting yarn 2 constituting the corner hardly protrude toward the base knitted fabric portion 10 side. This is because the first new stitch 21 and the second new stitch 23 shown in FIG. 1 are overlapped to prevent unraveling on the first course of the patterned knitted fabric portion 20, and no hooks or tacks are used. This is probably because the stitch at the lower left corner of the pattern knitted fabric portion 20 is not pulled toward the base knitted fabric portion 10 side. In contrast, when the thread insertion portion of the pattern knitted fabric portion 20 is unlocked by the method described in Patent Document 1, the lower left corner of the pattern knitted fabric portion 20 is configured as shown in FIG. It can be seen that the stitches of the second knitting yarn 2 projecting out toward the base knitted fabric portion 10 side.

  As described above, according to the unwinding prevention method of the present example, the unraveling of the second knitting yarn 2 can be reliably and efficiently performed without performing hooking and tacking. In particular, the formation of the second new stitch 23 in the process β is performed by supplying the second knitting yarn 2 to the right by supplying the second knitting yarn 2 to the right by feeding the second knitting yarn 2 to the left. Compared with the case, the appearance at the boundary of the yarn holder can be improved. This is because the inclination of the first new stitch 21 can be made inconspicuous by superimposing the second new stitch 23 formed by the left feed yarn of the second knitting yarn 2 on the first new stitch 21.

<Embodiment 2>
In the first embodiment, the processing method of the knitting yarn surplus portion when the second knitting yarn is inserted into the base knitted fabric portion knitted with the first knitting yarn to knit the patterned knitted fabric portion has been described. On the other hand, the present invention is also applied to the processing of the knitting yarn surplus portion when the second knitting yarn that has finished knitting the pattern knitted fabric portion is taken out and the knitting of the base knitted fabric portion is continued with the first knitting yarn Can be applied. In the case of performing yarn removal, the pattern knitted fabric portion corresponds to the already knitted knitted fabric portion.

  For example, when the second knitting yarn 2 is threaded at the upper left corner of the pattern knitted fabric portion in FIG. 2 (A), the second knitting yarn 2 is fed leftward at FB, and the final knitted fabric portion 20 The course is knitted to the end of the knitting width direction (left end). The stitch at the end (left end) in the knitting width direction of the pattern knitted fabric portion 20 in the course one course before the last course is set as a specific stitch, and the second knitting yarn 2 is transferred to the knitting needle facing the BB while transferring this specific stitch. To the left to increase the percentage. Specifically, the first new stitch obtained by pulling out the second knitting yarn 2 from the specific stitch is formed on the FB knitting needle facing the BB knitting needle to which the specific stitch is transferred. Next, the second knitting yarn 2 is fed rightward or leftward to the specific stitch locked to the BB knitting needle to form a second new stitch continuous in the wale direction of the specific stitch. Then, the second new stitch may be overlapped with the first new stitch.

  Also in the processing of the knitting yarn surplus end portion in this yarn discharging, the first and second new stitches formed with the same second knitting yarn 2 are overlapped with each other, and both the overlapped new stitches are the pattern knitted fabric portion 20. Therefore, the stitch at the end in the knitting width direction in the final course of the pattern knitted fabric portion 20 does not appear to protrude toward the base knitted fabric portion 10 side. 2A, it can be seen that the stitch of the second knitting yarn 2 constituting the corner hardly protrudes toward the base knitted fabric portion 10 side. On the other hand, the processing place of the knitting yarn surplus end portion by threading using the unwinding method according to Patent Document 1 can be found by looking at the stitch constituting the upper left corner of the pattern knitted fabric portion 20 in FIG. It can be seen that the protrusion protrudes toward the base knitted fabric portion 10 side.

<Embodiment 3>
In the first embodiment, in step β, the second new yarn stitch is formed by moving the second yarn feeder to the left side in FIG. 1, but the second new stitch is formed by moving the second yarn feeder to the right side. May be. In this case, it is not necessary to kick back the second yarn feeder 4 performed between S2 and S3 in the first embodiment, and the unwinding can be more efficiently performed.

  In each of the embodiments described above, examples of knitting using a latch needle have been described. However, the present invention is similarly applied to a flat knitting machine having a knitting needle having a blade on one side of a needle stem, such as a compound needle. It is possible to perform the unlocking method according to the above. In addition, the flat knitting machine used may be a four-bed machine.

1 First knitting yarn 10 Base knitted fabric 12 Specific stitch
2 Second knitting yarn 20 Pattern knitted fabric
21 1st new stitch 23 2nd new stitch 25th
27 Tack 29 Remaining end of knitting yarn
3 First yarn feeder 4 Second yarn feeder

Claims (2)

A plurality of knitting needles having transfer blades are arranged on one side of the needle stem, and at least a pair of needle beds opposed to the front and rear via the mouth, and the first knitting yarn and the second on the mouth During the knitting of the knitted fabric using a flat knitting machine that has a first yarn feeder and a second yarn feeder for feeding each of the knitting yarns and can transfer the stitches between the front and back needle beds. In the method for preventing unraveling of the knitting yarn that processes the surplus end portion of the knitting yarn generated by switching
In each needle bed, when each knitting needle has the blade side, the blade side, and the side without the blade is the reverse blade side,
Among the stitches of the knitted knitted fabric portion that is locked to one needle bed, the specific stitch knitted by the first knitting yarn or the second knitting yarn is transferred to the other needle bed, and the second yarn feeder The second knitting yarn is pulled out from the specific stitch by moving the needle bed to the opposite blade side of the one needle bed, and forming a first new stitch on one needle bed,
Forming a second new stitch continuous with the specific stitch transferred to the other needle bed with the second knitting yarn; and
And a step γ for superimposing the first new stitch on the needle bed facing the second new stitch.   The method for preventing unraveling of a knitting yarn according to claim 1, wherein in the step β, the second new stitch is formed by moving the second yarn feeder toward the reverse blade side.