JPH1181100A - Flat knitting machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a flat knitting machine, capable of changing the density of a cylindrical knit fabric such as gloves, socks, etc., depending upon knitted parts and efficiently knitting, by a front needle bed and a rear needle bed arranged side by side with a great number of knitting needles. SOLUTION: This flat knitting machine is longitudinally equipped with needle beds 1 and 2 furnished with a great number of knitting needles 5 at fixed intervals. The gauge of the knitting needles 5 arranged side by side with the front needle bed 1 is differed from that of the knitting needles 5 arranged side by side with the rear needle bed 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a flat knitting machine capable of automatically knitting gloves, socks and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various types of flat knitting machines for automatically knitting knitted fabrics of various shapes and patterns using knitting yarns of various fibers and thicknesses have been developed and used. ing. For example, a flat knitting machine of the type shown in FIG. 5 has a front needle bed 1 and a rear needle bed 2 in which a large number of knitting needles are juxtaposed at predetermined intervals on the upper surface, and is arranged in a cross section of a U-shape on the upper part of the body 3. It is a two-bed type installed.

In a flat knitting machine of this type, the gauge of the knitting needles arranged side by side on the front needle bed 1 and the gauge of the knitting needles arranged side by side on the rear needle bed 2 are the same. Therefore, when knitting a tubular knitted fabric having different stitches on the front side and the rear side, for example, coarse knitting of the front stitch and coarse knitting of the rear stitch of the knitted fabric are the above-described conventional horizontal stitches. It was difficult with a knitting machine.

If such a knitting is intentionally performed, the knitting needles juxtaposed on the front needle bed 1 are skipped one by one to knit a coarse knitted fabric, and the knitting needles juxtaposed on the rear needle bed 2 are used for knitting. It is also conceivable to perform knitting to knit a dense knitted fabric as compared with a coarse knitted fabric on the front side.

However, in such a flat knitting machine, a knitted fabric denser than a knitted fabric knitted by the knitting needles of the rear needle bed 2 as described above cannot be knitted by the front needle bed 1.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been developed in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a front needle bed and a rear needle bed in which a large number of knitting needles are juxtaposed. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a flat knitting machine capable of efficiently knitting by changing the density of a tubular knitted fabric such as gloves and socks depending on knitting locations.

[0007]

The present invention has the following configuration in order to effectively achieve the above object. That is, the flat knitting machine of the present invention according to claim 1 is a flat knitting machine in which a plurality of knitting needles arranged side by side at predetermined intervals are arranged in front and behind, and the knitting needles arranged side by side on the front needle bed. And the gauge of the knitting needles juxtaposed on the rear needle bed are different from each other.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is an explanatory view of a main part according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a part of a front needle bed or a rear needle bed in which knitting needles are juxtaposed, and FIG. 3 is a front view in which knitting needles are juxtaposed. FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a state where the needle bed and the rear needle bed are arranged in a C-shape, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a knitting needle portion in each needle bed.

The basic structure of the flat knitting machine according to the present invention is almost the same as that of the currently known two-bed type flat knitting machine. When viewed from the side, the flat knitting machine has an airframe (not shown). A front needle bed 1 and a rear needle bed 2 are disposed at the upper part in a cross-sectional C-shape, and a large number of knitting needles (needle) 5 are juxtaposed at predetermined intervals on the upper surface 4 of each needle bed 1, 2. I have. A carriage (not shown) for operating the respective knitting needles 5 is provided above the needle beds 1 and 2.
Are arranged. The carriage reciprocates above the front and rear needle beds 1 and 2 by a driving device (not shown) operated by the control means. When passing above each knitting needle 5, the knitting needle 5 below the carriage is operated, and a predetermined knitted fabric (a stitch) is knitted by the knitting yarn supplied to the knitting needle 5 by the knitting yarn supply mechanism.

As shown in FIG. 4, each of the needle beds 1 and 2 is provided with a hachichi wire 6, a plate wire 7, and a yaky element 8, and a needle plate 9 is supported by the plate wire 7. In addition, the sinker plate 10 is supported by the haguchi wire 6 and the yaky element 8.

Each knitting needle 5 is provided between each needle plate 9. At the rear of each knitting needle (needle) 5, a jack 11, a select jack 12, a select spring 13, and a selector 14 are sequentially provided.

In the case of the flat knitting machine of this example, the knitting needles 5 juxtaposed on the front needle bed 1 are 10 gauge, and the knitting needles 5 juxtaposed on the rear needle bed 2 are 15 gauge. Therefore, the thickness of the knitting needle 5, the jack 11, the select jack 12, the select spring 13, the selector 14, and the needle plate 9 arranged side by side with the rear needle bed 2 are the same as those of the knitting needle 5, the jack 11, the select The jack 12, the select spring 13, the selector 14 and the needle plate 9 are formed thinner than the thicknesses.

Further, the front needle bed 1 may be 15 gauge, and the rear needle bed 2 may be 10 gauge. In this case, the thickness of the knitting needle 5, the jack 11, the select jack 12, the select spring 13, the selector 14 and the needle plate 7 arranged side by side with the front needle bed 1 are the same as the knitting needle 5, the jack 11 arranged side by side with the rear needle bed 2. , Select jack 12, select spring 13, selector 14 and needle plate 9.

Of course, if the gauge numbers of the front needle bed 1 and the rear needle bed 2 are different, the gauge number of the knitting needles 5 juxtaposed to the front needle bed 1 and the rear needle bed 2 is changed to any gauge number. Is also free.

Since the gauges of the knitting needles 5 are different between the front needle bed 1 and the rear needle bed 2 as described above, for example, when knitting a sock, the number of gauges is large (the pitch of the knitting needles 5 is narrow). The knitting needles 5 of the side needle bed 2 knit a knitted fabric having a dense heel portion and a sole surface of a sock, and the other portions have a small gauge number (the pitch of the knitting needles 5 is wide).
Thus, a knitted fabric having a coarse stitch can be knitted. Therefore, the back side becomes a knitted fabric with small eyes, and is excellent in durability, and the front side becomes large and flexible with a large stitch.

A needle bed in which knitting needles are juxtaposed so that the number of gauges is different from that of other needle beds is formed. If necessary, the needle bed is replaced to obtain a desired knitted fabric having a different density of the knitted fabric. Knitted fabric can be knitted.

[0017]

As described above, in the flat knitting machine according to the present invention, the gauge of the knitting needles juxtaposed on the front needle bed is different from the gauge of the knitting needles juxtaposed on the rear needle bed. In the case of knitting a knitted fabric having coarse stitches and dense stitches, knitting to reduce stitches and coarsen other stitches can be easily performed by the knitting needles of the front needle bed and the knitting needles of the rear needle bed. Thus, a knitted fabric can be knitted more efficiently than a conventional flat knitting machine.

When a tubular knitted fabric is knitted by the flat knitting machine of the present invention, a knitted fabric having a small stitch can be knitted on the back side, and the knitted fabric has excellent durability. Since a coarse knitted fabric can be knitted, the knitted fabric has a great flexibility, and a feeling of wearing on the skin is good and the appearance is excellent.

Furthermore, since the stitches can be made dense only in the necessary portions and the other portions can be coarsely knitted, it is possible to knit a knitted fabric having the same shape as the conventional one with a smaller amount of knitting yarn than the conventional one. it can. Therefore, the production efficiency can be improved and the production cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a front needle bed and a rear needle bed according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a part of a front needle bed or a rear needle bed in which knitting needles are juxtaposed.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a state in which a front needle bed and a rear needle bed in which knitting needles are arranged side by side are arranged in a C-shape.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a knitting needle portion in each needle bed.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing an example of a general flat knitting machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 front needle bed 2 rear needle bed 5 knitting needle

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A flat knitting machine in which a needle bed in which a number of knitting needles are juxtaposed at a predetermined interval is arranged in front and behind,
A flat knitting machine characterized in that the gauge of the knitting needles juxtaposed on the front needle bed is different from the gauge of the knitting needles juxtaposed on the rear needle bed.