JPS6014878B2 - A device that turns and aligns sock fabric - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a device for turning and aligning cylindrical sock fabric, including a pipe that can move forward and backward to cover the sock fabric, turn it over, and suck it in, and a device that can move forward and backward into the sock fabric that is placed over the tip of the pipe. The sock fabric is pulled into the center of the pipe by pressure contact, and the sock fabric is pulled back to a position where the rear end of the sock fabric slightly covers the tip of the pipe. a removable chuck device that slightly drags the sock fabric from the pipe by holding and swinging the rear end of the sock fabric;
The rear end of the sock fabric is pressed by a chuck device to drag the sock fabric from inside the pipe, and the sock fabric is moved forward and backward in conjunction with a blower to stretch the sock fabric. In addition to the manual work of covering the tip of the pipe with the fabric, the sock fabric is automatically turned inside out in preparation for the toe linking process, and the linked sock fabric is turned inside out to the outer fabric in preparation for the steam setting process. The socks are characterized by being able to tie the sock fabrics in a desired number by aligning them.

Conventionally, the sock fabric strung by a sock knitting machine is turned inside out to link the open toes, and the linked sock fabric is then turned inside out to the outer surface and finished by a steam setting process.

However, since the process of turning the sock fabric inside out is done by hand by placing it over the end of the pipe where air is being sucked, the sock fabric ejected from the pipe overlaps in a lump, and while stretching it and counting the number of socks, for example, one deca It takes a lot of time and effort to tie them together. The present invention eliminates such drawbacks, and its embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Rails 2, 2 are provided on the top surface of one side of the bed 1 in the longitudinal direction of the bed, and the top of the rails 2, 2 is Supports 4, 4 are erected on both sides of the upper surface of the moving mount 3, and a lower stage 5 is mounted on the support 4, 4. Guide members 6, 6 are inserted sideways from the sides of each support 4, and guide members 7, 7 are set upright on the pedestal 3 facing each guide member 6. The tip of the piston rod 8 of the air cylinder 8 provided on the platform 1 is connected to one of the guide members 7, and the piston rod 9' of the air cylinder 9 provided on the pedestal 3 is connected to the lower stage 5. A smoother 10 is erected at the corner of 20,000, and gear shafts 11, 11 are rotatably erected at the other corners, and an upper stage is mounted on the smoother 10, 10 and the gear shafts 11, 11. 12 is fixed horizontally. The motor 3 is set upright on the upper stage 12, the drive shaft 13' of the motor 13 is projected into the space formed between the upper stage 12 and the lower stage 5, the pulley 14 is attached to the drive shaft 13', and the Pulley 1 on gear shafts 11, 11
5 and 15, and a trowel belt 17 is hung over the pulleys 15, 15, and 14 with a tension pulley 16 interposed therebetween.
Transfer device 18 for a pair of sock fabrics formed in this way
, 18 are placed oppositely on the bed with the respective parallel belts 17, 17 kept at a predetermined distance. Socks fabric 1
9 is placed horizontally in the space formed between the belts 17, 17 in parallel with the belts 17, 17, and the base end of the pipe 20 is inserted into the sleeve member 21 with iron so that it can slide freely. A pair of trochanters 23 are rotatably attached in the lateral direction to the mounting plate 22 of the sleeve member 21 in three stages, and a rail 24 for receiving the upper trochanter 23 and a middle trochanter 23 are provided. The rails 25 that are removed by the lower trochanter 23 are attached to the side surfaces of the mounting plate 22, and the shaft cylinder 2
The tip of the piston rod 26' of No. 6 is fixed to the mounting plate 22, and lead switches 27, 27 for detecting the advancing end and the retracting end of the piston rod 26' are connected to the air cylinder 2.
Have it come within 6. Frame 28 on the top of the pond side of the bed
A damper 30 is set upright, and a damper 30 is fixed to the frame 28 facing the rear end opening of the pipe 20, and a damper 30 is attached to the air suction part 29 with an iron bag so that it can be opened and closed. A duct 34 is connected to the rear end of the air suction cylinder 29 and the blower 31 via a filter 32 and a switching valve device 33. Frame 2 at the diagonally upper position of air suction cylinder part 29
8, a rotor 35 is installed, and a chuck cylinder 36 is fixed downward to its rotating shaft 35' so as to face the space formed between the closed rear end of the pipe 20 and the air suction cylinder part 29, By vertically fixing the cough support plate 37 whose tip is bent at right angles to the chuck cylinder 36, the rear end of the sock fabric 19 is held by the tip of the piston rod 36' of the chuck cylinder 36 and the pressure bush of the cough support plate 37. A chuck device 38 is formed. Therefore, when the chuck cylinder 36 is oscillated by the rotation of the high rotor 35, the sock fabric 19
Hold in the correct position and hold the sock fabric 19 in the pipe 20
Two cams 39, 39 are mounted coaxially on the rotating shaft 35' of the high rotor 35, and the movement of the trochanters 40, 40 that press against each cam 39 is detected in order to set the swing end position at which the high rotor 35 is dragged. to control the rotation angle of the rotation shaft 35'. The hair cylinder 41 is structurally fixed to the frame 28 at a position diagonally above the hair cylinder 26, and the upper end of the pulling rod 42' that presses the sock fabric 19 is connected at right angles to the tip of the piston rod 41'. An air supply pipe 44 is movable forward and backward, has an air hole 42'' at the lower end of the alignment rod 42, and is connected to a duct 43 that fits the blower 31.
The tip of the straightening rod 42' faces the air hole 42'' to form a straightening device 42, and the air supply pipe 44 can move forward and backward together with the straightening device 42. 45, 45 are controlled by detecting the advancing end and the retracting end of the piston rod 41'. 46 is a guide roll standing on the bed near the rear end of the pipe 20, and the sock fabric 19 is
When being dragged out from the rear end, the sliding angle between the sock fabric 19 and the edge is maintained at an obtuse angle so that the sock fabric 19 does not slide against the edge of the pipe 20 and damage the fabric.

47 is a phototube, which stands on the bed near the tip of the pipe 20; 48 is a microswitch installed at the rear end of the pipe 20, with its sensing end hanging down inside the pipe 20; It operates when the sucked sock surface 19 collides with each other.

Reference numeral 49 is a pedestal, and the green on the first side is hinged to the bed so that it can be used freely. Since the present invention is constructed in this manner, when the sock fabric 19 is manually placed over the tip of the pipe 20,
The phototube 47 detects the end of the cloth, the sheath cylinder 26 is activated, and the piston rod 26' retracts, causing the pipe 20 to advance and come into contact with the sheath suction cylinder section 29.

At this time, the damper 30 is closed. At the same time, the piston rods 9 of the air cylinders 9, 9 are
Due to the regression of ', the belts 17,
17 is pressed against the sock fabric 19 covered by the pipe 2. At the same time as the pressure is applied, the motors 3 and 13 rotate forward, the cylinder 8 is activated, the piston rod 8' advances, and the belt 17,
The sock fabric 19 is puffed by the movement of 17 and the advancement of the stand 3 itself. Pull it in to the center of 20 and cover it.

When the phototube 47 detects that the rear end of the sock fabric 19 has passed through the tip of the pipe 20, the damper 30 is opened and the air in the pipe 20 starts to be sucked, and at the same time the motor 13
, 13 are reversed, the belts 17, 17 move in the opposite direction, and the pedestal 3 itself also retreats to pull back the sock fabric 19 to a position where the rear end of the sock fabric 19 slightly covers the opening at the tip of the pipe 20. When the pedestal 3 returns to its original position, the motors 13, 13
stops, and at the same time, the piston rod 9' of the air cylinder 9 advances to release the belts 17, 17 from the sock fabric 19. At the same time as being released, the sock fabric 19 is turned over from the rear end and sucked into the pipe 20. When the rear end comes into contact with the detection end of the microswitch 48, the damper 30 closes the air suction cylinder 29 and cuts off air suction. At the same time, the shear cylinder 26 is operated, and the pipe 20 is retreated to its original position, waiting for the next operation. The chuck device located at the position shown in the dashed line in FIG. 3
8 swings to the solid line position due to the rotation of the rotor 35, the shark holding plate 37 scoops up the lower surface of the sock fabric 19, and at the same time, the piston rod 36' of the chuck cylinder 36 moves forward and the piston rod 36' The rear end of the sock fabric 19 is held by the tip of the sock fabric 19 and the holding plate 37. At the same time as the shark holding operation ends, the rotor 35 rotates and the chuck device 3
8 swings and pulls out the sock fabric 19 slightly from the rear end of the pipe 20. The pulling rod 42' presses the side of the sock fabric 19 which has been pulled out and stretched as the piston rod 41' of the hair cylinder 41 advances, and the rear end of the sock fabric 19 is held by the chuck device 38. 19
air hole 42'' provided in the shank 42'.
The sock fabric 19 is stretched and aligned by blowing air from the sock. When the pulling rod 42' stops moving forward, the sock fabric 19 is released from the chuck device 38 and dropped onto the pedestal 49. At this time, the air supply from the air supply pipe 44 is stopped by the closing operation of a butterfly valve provided in the duct 43 (not shown), and then the alignment rod 42' is
By regression of 1', it can return to the wife position. The sock fabrics 19 that have been turned inside out and aligned on the pedestal 49 are bundled into a desired number of pieces by a counter (not shown) that measures the number of times the alignment rod 42' advances, and the toe portions are linked. The sock fabric is sent to the process, and the opening of the turned-out sock fabric that has completed the linking process is placed over the tip of the pipe 20, and the fabric is turned over again to the outer material by the above-mentioned operations, and is aligned and tied. It is sent to the steam setting process. Although not shown, if a device for dividing the sock fabric continuously knitted by the rib knitter sock knitting machine one unit at a time is installed at an appropriate location on the bed 1 of the present invention, the three steps of dividing, reversing, and pulling can be quickly performed. And it can be done easily. In this way, the structure of the present invention is robust, durable, and failure-free, and its operation is reliable.
This is a useful invention that significantly improves work efficiency.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view thereof, FIG. 3 is a view taken along arrow A in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a view taken along arrow B in FIG. 18... Sock fabric transfer device, 19... Sock fabric,
20... Pipe, 38... Chuck device, 42...
・Aligning device. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A pipe that can move forward and backward to cover the sock fabric and turn it inside out to suck it in, and a pipe that can move forward and backward to press the sock fabric placed over the tip of the pipe to draw the sock fabric into the center of the pipe, and the rear end of the sock fabric that has been pulled in. A transfer device that pulls back the sock fabric to a position covering the tip of the pipe, and a detachable device that holds the rear end of the sock fabric that has been turned inside out and sucked into the pipe and slightly drags the sock fabric from the pipe by swinging. This device consists of a chuck device and a retractable pulling device that presses the back end of the sock fabric held by the chuck device to drag out the sock fabric from inside a pipe and stretch it.