JPH05317550A - Differential feed mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve operability by transferring driving force from a driving source to a sub-feed mechanism through a main feed mechanism. CONSTITUTION:A main feed driving arm 13 is supported by an oscillating shaft 15 in the part being near a cylindrical end part of a feed base 5. Also, both of a main feed slide rod 12 and the main feed driving arm 13 constitute a main feed driving means. Moreover, in the feed base 5, a sub-feed driving arm 17 is supported by an oscillating shaft 15 on the side opposite to a side to which the main feed driving arm 13 is attached. To this sub-feed driving arm 17, a connecting rod 20 being a connecting means for transferring an oscillating motion of the main feed driving means is connected. The connecting rod 20 is connected to a main feed driving body 6. Accordingly, when the main feed driving body 6 and a main feed dog fitting shaft 3 execute a horizontal motion by oscillation of the main feed dog slide rod 12, its motion is transferred to the side feed driving arm 17 through the connecting rod 20. In such a way, to a sub-feed dog connected to a sub-feed transfer means, a horizontal motion is imparted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improved sewing machine differential feed mechanism.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a differential feed mechanism in which a cloth feed amount is different before and after a needle is used for shrink stitching or stretch stitching of cloth. Conventionally, such a differential feed mechanism includes a main feed base 101 to which a main feed tooth 100 is attached and a sub feed base 103 to which a sub feed tooth 102 is attached as shown in FIGS. The feed base 101 and the sub-feed base 103 are horizontally oscillated via horizontal oscillating means such as a horizontal oscillating arm oscillating in conjunction with the main shaft 104 of the sewing machine and an oscillating arm 105 for the auxiliary feed, and There is one in which vertical drive means such as a square cam 106 provided on a main shaft 104 and a main feed base 101 and a sub feed base 103 are connected to be vertically moved (JP-A-55-45).
No. 428, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 60-50964, etc.). In such a differential feed mechanism, in order to change the feed amount of the sub feed dog with respect to the main feed tooth, for example, the feed amount adjusting means is connected to the swing end of the sub feed swing arm 105 via the link 107. The length from the swing center 108 to the swing end is substantially changed. Further, in order to change the main feed amount itself, the position of the swing end of the main feed is adjusted by a step screw or the like (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 55-45428) or the position of a horizontal cam provided on the main shaft of the sewing machine. Is adjusted for adjustment (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-73987).

[0003]

However, in such a conventional differential feed mechanism, the adjustment of the sub feed amount and the adjustment of the main feed amount are separate mechanisms, so that a constant differential ratio is maintained. In order to keep it, the sub feed amount must be adjusted every time the main feed amount is changed. Further, although the conventional differential feed mechanism can adjust the sub feed amount with one touch, the main feed amount is adjusted by operating a step screw or the like, so that the operability is poor and a beginner cannot operate it well. Further, the main feed base and the sub-feed base are connected to an up-and-down drive means fixed to the main shaft, and there are two shafts for supporting the feed base and a shaft serving as a swing center of the horizontal swing arm. Since the shaft has to be provided in the main body, when assembling, the parts of the differential feed mechanism must be sequentially assembled with respect to the main body, and there is a drawback that it takes time to assemble.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and provides a differential feed mechanism in which a driving force is transmitted from a main feed to a sub feed, whereby a fixed differential ratio is fixed. Then, an object is to provide a differential feed mechanism in which the sub feed amount changes according to the change in the main feed amount. Further, since it is supported by the main body by one shaft, it can be externally assembled separately from the main body, and mounting and assembling to the main body are performed by one shaft, which is extremely easy and can be performed in a short time. An object is to provide a differential feed mechanism.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a differential feed mechanism with improved operability.

[0005]

The differential feed mechanism of the present invention which achieves the above object takes out the horizontal movement and the vertical movement from the rotation of the drive shaft, and makes the main feed tooth and the sub feed tooth each have an elliptic movement. In the differential feed mechanism configured to do the above, the shaft pivotally supported by the main body, the supporting means pivotally attached to the shaft, and the horizontal movement taken out from the drive shaft connected to the supporting means through the swing shaft Main feed drive means for swinging about the swing axis, main feed adjusting means pivotally mounted on the shaft for adjusting the distance between the swing point of the main feed drive means and the center of the swing axis, and main feed drive means Main feed transmission means for transmitting the swinging movement of the main feed dog to the main feed dog,
Auxiliary feed drive means which oscillates around the oscillating shaft, an auxiliary feed transmission means which transmits the oscillating motion of the auxiliary feed drive means to the auxiliary feed tooth, and an oscillating point of the auxiliary feed drive means which is fixed to the shaft The auxiliary feed adjusting means for adjusting the distance from the center of the moving shaft and the connecting means for transmitting the swinging movement of the main feed drive means to the auxiliary feed drive means are provided, and the supporting means has the main feed transmission means and the auxiliary feed transmission means. And a vertical movement transmitting means for transmitting the vertical movement extracted from the drive shaft to the supporting means. The supporting means, the main feed adjusting means and the sub-feed adjusting means are respectively provided in the main body. It is supported by a single shaft that is pivotally supported.

[0006]

With the rotation of the drive shaft, the main feed drive means swings horizontally, whereby the main feed transmission means slides on the support means. The sliding of the main feed transmission means imparts horizontal movement to the main feed dog connected thereto. On the other hand, the movement of the main feed drive means is transmitted to the sub feed drive means by the connecting means, and the sub feed drive means slides and swings on the support means. As a result, the auxiliary feed tooth connected to the auxiliary feed transmission means is given horizontal movement.

At this time, the supporting means axially supported by the main body moves up and down about the axis by the vertical movement transmitting means. As a result, the main feed transmission means and the sub feed transmission means supported by the support means make an elliptical motion as a whole, and the main feed tooth and the sub feed tooth are respectively given an elliptic movement. With respect to the momentum of the main feed dog, the swing amount, that is, the horizontal momentum is adjusted by adjusting the distance between the swing point of the main feed drive unit and the center of the swing shaft by the main feed adjusting unit. Further, the momentum of the sub-feed dog is adjusted by adjusting the distance between the swing point of the sub-feed drive unit and the center of the swing shaft by the sub-feed adjusting unit, whereby the horizontal momentum with respect to the momentum of the main feed tooth is adjusted.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The differential feed mechanism of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. 1 is a top view of a differential feed mechanism of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view thereof, and FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view.
As shown in these drawings, the main feed dog 1 and the sub feed dog 2 are fixed to the main feed dog mounting shaft 3 and the sub feed dog mounting shaft 4 respectively so as to move back and forth in the cloth feeding direction. The auxiliary feed dog mounting shaft 4 is slidably supported by the two support portions 5a and 5b of the feed base 5, which is a support means.
A main feed drive body 6 and an auxiliary feed drive body 7 are mounted on the main feed dog mounting shaft 3 and the sub feed dog mounting shaft 4, respectively.
The main feed dog mounting shaft 3 is screwed and fixed to the main feed drive body 6 and moves integrally, and is slidable with respect to the sub feed drive body 7. Similarly, the auxiliary feed dog mounting shaft 4 is screwed and fixed to the auxiliary feed driving body 7 to move integrally,
The main feed drive body 6 is slidable.

The feed base 5 for supporting these members has a cylindrical boss portion 5c, and is supported by the base shaft 8 at the cylindrical end portion 5c. The base shaft 8 is pivotally supported by the main body. The feed base 5 is rotatable about a base shaft 8.
On the other hand, a horizontal feed cam 10 and an eccentric cam 27, which are means for converting the rotation into horizontal motion, are fixed to the drive shaft 9,
The horizontal feed rod 11 is fitted to the horizontal feed cam 10, and the horizontal rod 28 is fitted to the eccentric cam 27.
The horizontal rod 28 drives a knife driving arm 23 described later. One end of the horizontal feed rod 11 is connected to one end 12a of the main feed slide rod 12 as shown in FIG. The main feed slide rod 12 is slidably supported in a groove 13 a of the main feed drive arm 13 by a stop plate 14. The main feed drive arm 13 is supported by a swing shaft 15 at a portion near the cylindrical end portion of the feed base 5. The main feed slide rod 12 and the main feed drive arm 13 together constitute a main feed drive means. Main feed slide rod 12
The other end 12b of the main feed link 1 is a main feed transmission means.
6 is connected to the main feed drive body 6 fixed to the main feed dog mounting shaft 3, and the swing shaft 1 of the main feed slide rod 12 is connected.
The swing around 5 is transmitted to the main feed dog 1 via the main feed link 16, the main feed driving body 6, and the main feed dog mounting shaft 3. Here, the horizontal movement amount of the main feed dog 1, that is, the feed amount is determined by the swing amount of the main feed slide rod 12, and this swing amount is adjusted by the main feed adjusting means described later.

A sub-feed drive arm 17 is supported on the feed base 5 on the side opposite to the side where the main-feed drive arm 13 is attached by a swing shaft 15, and a groove 17 of the sub-feed drive arm 17 is supported.
A sub-feed slide rod 18 is slidably supported on a by a stop plate 19. A connecting rod 20 which is a connecting means for transmitting the swing motion of the main feed driving means is connected to the sub-feed driving arm 17. Connecting rod 20
Are connected to the main feed drive 6. Therefore, when the main feed drive body 6 and the main feed dog mounting shaft 3 move horizontally due to the swing of the main feed dog slide rod 12, the movement is transmitted to the sub feed drive arm 17 via the connecting rod 20. On the other hand, one end 18a of the sub-feed slide rod 18 supported by the sub-feed drive arm 17 is attached to the sub-feed drive body 7 fixed to the sub-feed tooth mounting shaft 4 via the sub-feed link 21 which is the sub-feed transmission means. The swing of the auxiliary feed drive arm 17 and the auxiliary feed slide rod 18 which are connected to each other is transmitted to the auxiliary feed drive body 7, the auxiliary feed tooth mounting shaft 4, and the auxiliary feed tooth 2. Here, the amount of horizontal motion of the sub feed dog 2, that is, the sub feed amount is determined by the swing amount of the sub feed dog slide rod 18, and this swing amount is adjusted by the sub feed adjusting means described later.

In the differential feed mechanism of this embodiment, the knife drive arm 23 is used as an up-and-down drive body for taking up and down motion from the rotation of the drive shaft 9. The knife drive arm 23 is connected to a horizontal rod 28 that is fitted to an eccentric cam 27 fixed to the drive shaft 9. When the drive shaft 9 rotates, the horizontal rod 28 swings horizontally. Then, the tip portion 23a is moved in an arc shape in a substantially vertical direction. A roller 24 is fixed by an E ring 26 to a pin 25 protruding from the tip 23a of the knife driving arm 23. The vertical drive arm 22 is used as vertical motion transmission means for extracting the upper limit motion from the knife drive arm 23 configured as described above.
Is provided on the feed base 5. The vertical drive arm 22 is a bent member having an elongated flat portion 22a at the upper end as shown in FIG. 2, and a part of the bent portion is screwed to the side surface of the feed base 5, and the bent portion at the tip of the flat portion 22a is driven by a knife. It engages with a groove of a roller 24 fixed to the arm 23. Further, in order to ensure the engagement between the bent portion and the groove of the roller 24, a spring 43 is stretched between the main body and the vertical drive arm 22.

In the present embodiment, the knife driving arm 23 is used as the vertical driving member that is transmitted to the vertical driving arm 22,
This is because the knife driving mechanism can easily take out the movement in terms of position, and the knife driving mechanism is not limited to the knife driving mechanism as long as the vertical driving arm 22 can be engaged when the differential feed mechanism assembly is assembled. It can be removed directly from the shaft, or other vertical movements can be used.

Next, each main feed and sub feed adjusting means will be described. First, the main feed adjusting means is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 6, a feed stitch adjusting dial 30, a substantially semi-circular plate 31 that rotates integrally with the operation of the feed stitch adjusting dial 30 via a feed dial shaft 36, and a rotation of the substantially semi-circular plate 31 5 and 6, a link 32 that moves in the direction of the arrow AB,
Adjustment plate 33 and adjustment arm 34 connected to the link 32
And an adjustment link 35 connected to the arm portion 34a of the adjustment arm 34 and to one end of the main feed slide rod 12. The link 32, the adjusting plate 33, the adjusting arm 34, and the adjusting link 35 constitute link means for converting the rotational operation of the feed stitch adjusting dial 30 into the sliding movement of the main feed slide rod 12 on the main feed drive arm 13.

That is, the adjusting arm 34 is pivotally supported on the base shaft 8, and is integrated with the adjusting plate 33 and rotates about the base shaft 8 as the link 32 moves in the AB direction, and the arm portion 34a moves. The connected adjustment link 35 is moved in a substantially vertical direction.
One end 35a of the adjustment link 35 is connected to one end 12a of the main feed slide rod 12 which is the main feed drive means, and the main feed slide rod 12 of the main feed drive arm 13 is moved by the vertical movement of the adjustment link 35. Groove 13
Slide along a. Since the swing amount of the main feed slide rod 12 that determines the main feed amount is determined by the distance from the one end 12b on the main feed link side to the swing shaft 15 which is the swing center, the main feed slide rod 12 is adjusted by the adjustment link 35. The main feed amount can be set small by pushing down the position of one end 12a of the above, and the main feed amount can be set large by pushing up the position of one end 12a.

FIGS. 4 to 6 schematically show the mechanism of the main feed adjusting means. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the entire mechanism of the main feed adjusting means. FIG. 5 shows the position of the main feed slide rod 12 when the main feed amount is maximum, and FIG. 6 shows the position when the main feed amount is minimum. Are shown in relation to the horizontal feed rod 11.
As can be understood from these drawings, the position of the main feed slide rod 12 is changed by the movement of the adjustment link 35, and even if the movement amount L of the horizontal feed rod 11 is constant, the main feed slide rod 12 and the main feed rod 12 are moved. The distance from the connection point 12b with the link 16 to the axis of the swing shaft 15 (l ₁ ,
By changing l ₂ ), the moving amount of the main feed driving body 6 changes (Fmin → Fmax).

Next, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the auxiliary feed adjusting means is a differential adjusting lever 40 fixed to the base shaft 8 on the outside of the main body case, and a differential adjusting lever fixed to the base shaft 8. It comprises an arm 41 and a differential adjustment link 42 connected to an arm portion 41a of the differential adjustment arm 41, and one end 18a of the auxiliary feed slide rod 18 is connected to the differential adjustment link 42. By operating the differential adjustment lever 40, the differential adjustment lever 40, the base shaft 8, and the differential adjustment arm 41 rotate integrally, and the differential adjustment link 42 connected to the arm portion 41a of the differential adjustment arm 41 is omitted. Move up and down. As a result, the auxiliary feed slide rod 18 slides in the groove 17a of the auxiliary feed drive arm 17, and the distance from the swing point 18a to the swing center (swing shaft 15) is changed.

7 to 9 schematically show the mechanism of the auxiliary feed adjusting means. 7 is a diagram showing the entire mechanism of the sub-feed adjusting means. FIG. 8 shows the position of the sub-feed slide rod 18 when the sub-feed amount is maximum, and FIG. 9 shows the position when the sub-feed amount is minimum. Are shown in relation to the main feed drive body 6, respectively. As can be understood from these drawings, when the movement amount X of the main feed drive body 6 is constant, the auxiliary feed drive arm 17 connected by the connecting rod 20 is determined by the movement amount X of the main feed drive body 6. It swings about the swing shaft 15 at an angle θ. This swing angle θ does not change if the moving amount X of the main feed driving body 6 is constant, but when the auxiliary feed slide rod 18 is moved by the differential adjustment link 42, the auxiliary feed from the axis of the swing shaft 15 is performed. Slide rod 18 and auxiliary feed link 21
The distance (x ₁ , x ₂ ) to the connection point with and changes, and the movement amount of the auxiliary feed driving body 7 changes accordingly (Fmi
n → Fmax).

In order to assemble the differential feed mechanism having such a structure, the feed shaft 5, the main feed dog mounting shaft 3, the sub feed dog mounting shaft 4, the main feed transmitting means, the sub feed transmitting means, The feed driving means, the sub-feed driving means, the main feed adjusting means (excluding the feed index adjusting dial 30) and the sub-feed adjusting means (excluding the differential adjusting lever 40) are sequentially assembled to form a differential feed mechanism assembly. To the main body. To attach to the main body, 1) Insert the base shaft 8 of the differential feed mechanism assembly into the attachment hole of the main body. 2) The vertical drive arm 22 is placed on the roller 24 of the knife drive arm 23, and the bent portion of the vertical drive arm 22 is engaged with the groove 24a of the roller 24. This determines the position of the differential feed mechanism assembly. 3) The left and right thrust of the differential feed mechanism assembly is removed by the differential adjustment lever 40 and the thrust collar 43 (the left and right play is stopped). 4) Assemble the horizontal feed rod 11 and the horizontal feed cam 10 to the drive shaft 9. 5) One end 12a of the main feed slide rod 12 and one end 35a of the adjustment link 35 are connected to the horizontal feed rod 11. 6) Finally, the feed dial adjusting dial 30 and the differential adjusting lever 40 are attached to the feed dial shaft 36 and the base shaft 8, respectively, and the assembly is completed. Therefore, unlike the conventional case, it is not necessary to sequentially attach the members constituting the differential feed mechanism to the main body, and the differential feed mechanism assembly can be manufactured in a process different from that of the main body, resulting in extremely high work efficiency. Good for

[0019]

As is apparent from the above embodiments, according to the differential feed mechanism of the present invention, the driving force from the drive source is transmitted to the sub feed mechanism via the main feed mechanism. When the predetermined differential ratio is determined and the main feed amount is changed, the sub-feed amount can also be changed according to the change while maintaining the same differential ratio. Further, according to the differential feed mechanism of the present invention, since the feed base can be supported by one shaft and all the differential feed mechanisms including the feed adjusting means can be incorporated into this shaft, the main body is different from the main body. The differential feed mechanism assembly can be manufactured separately, and the labor and time of the work can be significantly reduced.

Further, in the differential feed mechanism of the present invention, the shaft supporting the feed base also serves as means for adjusting the differential feed amount, so that the mechanism is simple and the number of parts can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a top view showing an embodiment of a differential feed mechanism according to the present invention.

2 is a side view of the differential feed mechanism of FIG. 1. FIG.

3 is an exploded perspective view of the differential feed mechanism of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing a mechanism of main feed adjusting means.

FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing a mechanism of main feed adjusting means.

FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing a mechanism of main feed adjusting means.

FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically showing the mechanism of the differential adjustment means.

FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically showing the mechanism of the differential adjustment means.

FIG. 9 is a diagram schematically showing the mechanism of the differential adjustment means.

FIG. 10 is a view showing a conventional differential feed mechanism.

FIG. 11 is a view showing a conventional differential feed mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ・ ・ Main feed tooth 2 ・ ・ Sub feed tooth 3 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Main feed tooth mounting shaft (main feed transmission means) 4 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Sub feed tooth mounting shaft (Sub-feed transmission means) 5 ... Feed base (supporting means) 8 ... Base shaft (axis) 9 ... Drive shaft 11 ... Horizontal feed rod 12 ... Main feed slide rod (main feed drive means) 13 ... Main feed drive arm (main feed drive means) 15・ Main feed link (main feed drive means) 17 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Sub feed drive arm (sub feed drive means) 18 ・ ・ ・ ・ Sub feed slide rod (sub feed drive means) 20 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・Connection link (coupling means) 21 ... Sub feed link (sub feed drive means) 22 ... Vertical drive arm (vertical motion transmission means) 23・ ・ ・ ・ Female drive arm 24 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Roller (vertical movement transmission means) 30 ・ ・ Feed eye adjustment dial (main feed adjustment means) 32 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Link (link means) 33 ... Adjustment plate (link means) 34 ... Adjustment arm (link means) 35 ... Adjustment link (link means) 40 ... Differential adjustment lever (Rotating means) 41 ... Differential adjustment arm (sub-feed adjusting means) 42 ...- Differential adjustment link (sub-feed adjusting means)

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A differential feed mechanism in which a horizontal movement and a vertical movement are extracted from the rotation of a drive shaft so that a main feed tooth and a sub feed tooth each have an elliptical movement, and a shaft pivotally supported by a main body. Support means pivotally attached to the shaft; main feed drive means connected to the support means via a swing shaft to swing about the swing shaft by horizontal motion taken out from the drive shaft; Main feed adjusting means pivotally mounted on a shaft for adjusting the distance between the swing point of the main feed drive means and the center of the swing shaft, and the swing motion of the main feed drive means is transmitted to the main feed dog. Main feed transmission means, sub-feed drive means that swings about the swing shaft, sub-feed transmission means that transmits swing movement of the sub-feed drive means to the sub-feed teeth, and is fixed to the shaft. Adjusting the distance between the swing point of the auxiliary feed drive means and the center of the swing shaft A sub-feed adjusting means and a connecting means for transmitting the swinging motion of the main-feed driving means to the sub-feed driving means are provided, and the supporting means is slidable between the main-feed transmitting means and the sub-feed transmitting means. A differential feed mechanism, which is provided with vertical movement transmitting means that supports the vertical movement extracted from the drive shaft to the supporting means. 2. The differential feed mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the support means, the main feed adjustment means, and the sub feed adjustment means are each supported by a shaft pivotally supported by the main body. 3. A main feed drive arm pivotally mounted on the swing shaft and swinging about the swing shaft,
A main feed slide rod slidably supported by the main feed drive arm, one end of which is connected to a horizontal feed rod that moves horizontally by rotation of the main shaft, and one end of which is connected to a swing end of the main feed slide rod. The differential feed mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that the end comprises a main feed link connected to the main feed transmission means. 4. The main feed adjusting means comprises a feed index adjusting dial and a linking means for converting a rotational operation of the feed index adjusting dial into sliding of the main feed slide rod on the main feed drive arm. The differential feed mechanism according to claim 1, wherein: 5. The sub-feed drive means includes a sub-feed drive arm pivotally attached to the swing shaft and having one end connected to the connection means, and a sub-feed drive arm slidably supported by the sub-feed drive arm. 2. The differential feed according to claim 1, comprising a feed slide rod and a sub feed link having one end connected to a swing end of the sub feed slide rod and the other end connected to the sub feed transmission means. mechanism. 6. The auxiliary feed adjusting means comprises a differential adjusting arm fixed to the shaft, a rotating means for rotating the shaft, one end connected to the differential adjusting arm, and the other end being the subordinate. 6. The differential according to claim 5, further comprising a differential adjustment link connected to a feed slide rod and configured to slide the auxiliary feed slide rod with respect to the auxiliary feed drive arm by rotating the differential adjustment arm. Feed mechanism. 7. The vertical motion transmission means has a vertical drive arm fixed to the support means, and a groove portion fixed to a vertical drive body vertically moving by rotation of the drive shaft and engaged with the vertical drive arm. The differential feed mechanism according to claim 1, comprising a roller.