JPS6040618Y2 - hand knitting machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention supports a large number of knitting needles arranged on a needle bed so that they can be moved individually in the front-rear and up-down directions, and is always arranged in an upper position so that they can slide on the needle bed. The carriage mounted on the carriage includes an engaging member that engages with the butt of the knitting needle in the normal upper position guided in one of two different batt passages; In connection with the engagement of the knitting needles of one butt passage with the butts, the butt of the end knitting needle of the other butt passage following the knitting needles of one butt passage is moved to a sorting butt passage separate from said both butt passages. The present invention relates to a hand knitting machine equipped with a sorting member.

In conventional hand knitting machines, for example, when the engaging member and the sorting member are provided on a knitting carriage and the carriage is slid left and right to perform two-color simultaneous knitting, etc., the engaging member is placed on the needle bed. At the rear rest position, the knitting needle at the end of the group of rest knitting needles arranged at the normal upper position is engaged with the butt and is moved from the rear position to the front, and in connection with this movement, the sorting member is moved to the front position. Due to this displacement, the end knitting needles at both ends of the group of working knitting needles following the resting knitting needles at the end are moved to the forward needle selection position and are sorted, thereby preventing vertical cracking at the end of the knitted fabric. There is.

However, when this hand knitting machine performs needle removal knitting by moving an arbitrary knitting needle of the operating knitting needle group to the rear rest position as shown in FIG. , the engaging member is moved to the rear rest position and engages with the knitting needle of the needle extracting section, and the selecting member is changed to the forward position, and due to the displacement, the working knitting needles on both sides following the knitting needles of the needle extracting section are moved to the rear rest position. is moved to the forward needle selection position as shown by the chain line in FIG.

The purpose of this invention is to provide one of the knitting needles in the hand knitting machine where the butt is pushed down to a lower position where the butt cannot engage with the engaging member. By providing an engagement holding member that engages with the needle stem portion of the knitting needle in the butt passage and holds the knitting needle in a downward position, for example, it can be realized in a hand knitting machine equipped with a knitting carriage as described above. In this case, when performing needle extraction knitting, if the knitting needle of the needle extraction part is engaged and held in the downward position by the engagement holding member at the rear rest position, the working knitting needles on both sides following the knitting needle of the needle extraction part can be To provide a new hand knitting machine capable of moving only the needles at both ends of a group of active knitting needles to a forward needle selection position and sorting them without being moved to a forward needle selection position for selection.

Hereinafter, the first embodiment of this invention will be explained according to FIGS. 1 to 6. In the drawings, 1 is a long and narrow needle bed, and a large number of knitting needles 2 and comb teeth 3 are alternately arranged along the longitudinal direction of the needle bed. They are arranged in rows at equal pitches.

Each knitting needle 2 is connected to its bat 2a as shown in FIG.
The butt guide groove 1a formed in the needle bed 1 projects upwardly and can be moved in the front-rear and up-down directions, and is normally held in an upper position in a substantially horizontal state by the elastic member 4. It is located.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a plate-shaped member provided on the lower side of the needle bed 1 so as to extend in the direction in which the knitting needles are arranged behind the needle shaft portion of the knitting needles 2, and an upper support piece 5a is formed at the upper end thereof. , the rear end of the needle shaft portion of the knitting needle 2, which has been moved to the rest position behind it including the knockover position, is supported by this upper support piece 5a.
The knitting needles 2 are supported at the normal upper position.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a plurality of handle plates having a large number of knitting needle locking pieces 6a on the upper edge, and as shown by solid lines in FIG. Between the working position where the knitting needles 2 are locked and held in the lowered state and the non-working position where the locking piece 6a is located between adjacent knitting needles 2 and does not work on a predetermined knitting needle, as shown by the chain line in the figure. This allows the knitting needles to be moved individually by half a pitch.

7 is a needle selection card inserted and supported on the outer periphery of the card feed shaft 8. Based on the knitting needle arrangement signal consisting of the signal hole portion and the non-hole portion selected on the needle selection card 7, As shown in FIG. 1, the signal reading member 9 is selectively arranged in two positions, upper and lower, and as the rotating cam body 10 rotates, the short leg of the signal reading member 9 in the upper position swings around the long leg of the upper position as the center of rotation. A predetermined handle plate 6 is moved to an operating position via an operating rod 11.

Reference numeral 12 denotes an endless belt that is hung between the sprocket wheels at both ends of the rear side of the needle bed 1, and is reciprocated as the knitting carriage 13, which is mounted on the needle bed 1 so as to be slidable from side to side, slides. The rotary cam body 10 is moved and the rotation of the rotary cam body 10 is controlled.

Next, the configuration of the carriage 13 will be explained.
Reference numeral 14 is a plywood board of the carriage, and as shown in FIG. A body butt passage 17 is formed through which the butt 2a of the knitting needle 2 placed at the rear rest position passes.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a pair of left and right knitting cams disposed between the front cam body 15 and the rear cam body 16, and between the two sets of cams 18 and near both sides of each knitting cam, there are a number of switchable cams. The knitting cam group 19 is arranged symmetrically.

By switching and arranging this knitting cam group 19 at a position suitable for pattern knitting, flat knitting, etc., for example, as shown in FIG. Two different knitting bat passages 20.21 are formed at the front and back for knitting, and as the carriage 13 slides, the batts 2a of the knitting needles 2 that have participated in the knitting are introduced into the two composition bat passages 20.21, and the knitting bat passages 20.21 of the knitting needles 2 are As the yarn is fed from the yarn feeders 22 and 23 at two positions on the front and rear sides of the hook, knitting of two-color simultaneous knitting is performed, as well as knitting of tuck knitting and slip-stitch knitting.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a reference butt passage formed along the front edges of both ends of the rear cam body 16 so as to be continuous with the rear ends of the knitting cams 18 on the outside of both sets of cams 18, and the butt passage of the knitting needle 2 2a is guided slightly behind the knockover position.

A needle selection needle 25 is formed in front of the reference butt passage 24 via an intermediate cam body 26 so as to laterally guide the rose (2a) of the knitting needle 2 that has been advanced the required amount from both the reference butt passages 24. In the butt passage 25 for each needle selection, an inverted mountain-shaped lowering cam 27 is horizontally arranged, and the butt 2a of the knitting needle 2 guided into the butt passage 25 is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the knitting needles 2 are sequentially moved downward for a certain period of time by the knitting cam 27 and then released, and each knitting needle 2 is temporarily lowered to a lower position against the elastic force of the elastic member 4.

Therefore, among these lowered knitting needles 2, those corresponding to the knitting needle locking pieces 6a of the handle plate 6 that have been moved to the working position as shown by solid lines in FIG. 2 are locked to the locking pieces 6a. The handle plate is held in its lower position even after it is released from the lowering action of the lowering cam 27 as the carriage 13 slides, and the handle plate is disposed in a non-operating position as shown by the chain line in the figure. The one corresponding to the knitting needle locking piece 6a of No. 6 is not locked by the locking piece 6a, and the lowering cam 2
After being released from the pressing action of 7, it is returned to the upper position by the elastic force of the elastic member 4.

Reference numeral 28 denotes a sorting cam disposed on both sides of each of the lowering cams 27, and as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a pair of inclined cam portions 28a intersect in a V-shape at approximately the center thereof; 2
8b is formed, and a notch 28c is formed at the lower end edge of the inner inclined cam portion 28a, through which the butt 2a of the knitting needle 2 held in the lower position is allowed to slide downward and pass through.

Therefore, as the carriage 13 slides, the knitting needles 2 disposed at the above-mentioned upper position are
The carriage 1 is moved backward along the inner inclined cam portion 28a without passing through the notch 28c.
The needle escapes laterally from the bottom surface of 3 and is selected to the rear position,
Regarding the knitting needles 2 held in the lower position, immediately after the loose needles 2a pass through the notch 28c,
The corresponding signal reading member 9 is released from the action of the rotating cam body 10, the handle plate 6 is returned from the working position to the non-working position, and the knitting needle locking piece 6a releases the knitting needle 2 from the locked state. , the knitting needle 2 is returned to the upper position by the elastic force of the elastic member 4, and the needle 2a is moved to the outer inclined cam portion 28.
The forward sorting vat passage 29 is moved forward along b.
After being sorted, the needles escape laterally from the lower surface of the carriage 13 and are selected to the front position.

30 is the reference butt passage 24 and the butt passage 2 for needle selection.
A pair of left and right guide cams rotatably supported on the inner end of the rain intermediate cam body 26 so as to be movable between three positions at the branching point with the rain intermediate cam body 26. When knitting pattern knitting, as shown by solid lines in FIG. 3, the butts 2a of the knitting needles 2, which are aligned and guided to the branching portions of both the butt passages 24 and 25 after the knitting operation, are placed on the side of the butt passage 25 for needle selection. During knitting such as flat knitting, the butt 2a of the knitting needle 2 is not guided to the butt passage 25 side for needle selection, as shown by the chain line in the figure, It is arranged in a non-induction position where the guide is introduced into the interior of the body.

31 is a pair of left and right inclined cam surfaces formed on the front surface of the rear cam body 16 corresponding to both rear ends of the knitting cam 18; 32 is rotatable on the upper surface of the rear cam body 16 in the vicinity of the guide cam 30; A pair of left and right one-way guide cams are supported by a pair of left and right one-way guide cams that resist engagement with the rose 2a of the knitting needle 2 that is being guided from the inside to the outside of the reference butt passage 24, and guide the rose 2a to the By engaging the knitting needle 2 with the butt 2a that is guided forward onto the guide cam 30 at the guiding action position and guided from the outside to the inside of the reference butt passage 24,
As shown by the chain line in FIG. 3, the rear cam body 16 is rotated to an avoidance position on the upper surface of the rear cam body 16 to allow the passage of the rear cam body 2a.

Next, during pattern knitting such as two-color simultaneous knitting, the end knitting needles 2 at both ends of the working knitting needle group that are subjected to the rolling down action of the rolling down cam 27 on the lower surface of the carriage stand 14 are moved to the rear body butts adjacent to the end knitting needles. Based on the sensing of the dormant knitting needles 2 in the passage 17,
The configuration of the end needle sorting device for moving forward near the outer end of the lowering cam 27 and sorting toward the sorting butt passage 29 side will be explained with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

33 is the rear cam body 1 near the outer end of the circular pressure lower cam 27.
A pair of left and right actuating plates are supported on the lower surface of the base plate 14 so as to be movable in the front and back direction through the base plate 14, and a protruding piece 33a extending upward through the through hole 34 of the base plate 14 is provided on the outer side of the front end.
is formed by bending, and is always held at the rear position shown in FIGS. The force is maintained.

Reference numeral 37 denotes an engaging member fixed to the lower surface of the rear end of both moving plates 33, and a substantially mountain-shaped engaging surface 37a is formed on the rear surface. As shown, from the rear end edge of the rear cam body 16 to the rear body butt passage 17
When the needle 2 protrudes inward and engages with the rose 2a of the dormant knitting needle 2 in the normal upper position guided to the body butt passage 17 on the engagement surface 37a and senses its presence, the fourth As shown in the figure, it is inserted into the rear cam body 16 and moves the actuating plate 33 to the forward position against the action of the tension spring 36.

Reference numeral 38 indicates an end needle selection member which is bent at the inner lower part of the front end of the moving plate 33, and as shown in FIGS. The butt action part 3 is shaped like a ridge so that it is located slightly below the lower end edge of the notch 28c of the sorting cam 28 at the rear.
8a is formed, and when the actuating plate 33 is advanced in accordance with the sensing operation of the dormant knitting needle 2 by the engaging member 37, the butt acting portion 38a of the end needle selecting member 38 is shown in FIGS. 1 and 3. It is adapted to be moved from a rear inactive position to a forward active position shown in FIG.

Therefore, as the carriage 13 slides, the engaging member 37 senses the resting knitting needles 2 in the rear body butt passage 17 adjacent to the end knitting needles 2 at both ends of the knitting needle group that are subjected to the rolling down action of the rolling down cam 27. When the butt action portion 38a of the end needle sorting member 38 is moved to the forward action position, the butt 2a of the end knitting needle 2 currently being pressed down by the reduction cam 27 is moved to the front action position, as shown in FIG. moved forward by the section 38a and sorted to the sorting vat passage 29 side,
The needle is selected to the front position.

In this embodiment, the actuation plate 33 equipped with the engagement member 37 and the end needle selection member 38 is connected to the tension spring 36.
The operating lever 35 is linked to a manual operating mechanism (not shown) on the upper surface of the carriage base plate 14, and when the manual operating mechanism switches the guiding cam 30 etc. to a position suitable for flat knitting, the operating lever 35 and tension spring 36
The actuating plate 33 is moved to the forward position via the retaining member 3
7 is held in a state recessed from the rear body needle butt passage 17 into the rear cam body 16, and the butt 2a of the idle knitting needle 2 guided to the body body butt passage 17 engages with the engaging member 37 during flat knitting. They are designed not to match.

Next, with the guiding cam 30 etc. switched to a position suitable for knitting such as two-color simultaneous knitting, any knitting needle 2 of the working knitting needle group is moved to the rear rest position as shown in FIG. When performing needle removal knitting by moving the knitting needle 2 to the position shown in FIG. The structure of the engagement and holding member for holding will be explained.

In this embodiment, the plate member 5 provided on the lower side of the needle bed 1 behind the needle shaft portion of the row knitting needles 2 constitutes an engagement and holding member.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, insertion holes 39 are formed in the portions of the plate member 5 corresponding to the respective knitting needles 2, and as shown in FIG. The rear end of the needle shaft of the idle knitting needle 2 of the needle removal portion that has been pushed down to the lower position against the above-mentioned needle removal portion is inserted into this insertion hole 39, and the knitting needle 2 is held in the lower position. .

Therefore, when performing needle removal knitting by sliding the carriage 13 from side to side, the engaging member 37 does not engage with the butt 2a of the idle knitting needle 2 in the needle extraction portion, as shown in FIG. The working knitting needles 2 on both sides following the knitting needles 2 are diverted forward and are not moved to the sorting butt passage 29 to be sorted.

The operation of the hand knitting machine configured as described above will now be described.

Now, in FIG. 3, the knitting cam group 19 on the lower surface of the carriage 13 is arranged at a position suitable for pattern knitting such as two-color simultaneous knitting, the guiding cam 30 is switched to the guiding action position, and the engaging member 37 is placed at the rear position.

When the carriage 13 is slid to the left in FIG. 3 in this state, the butts 2a of the knitting needles 2 at the rest position, which are not involved in knitting, are guided into the rear body butt passage 17, and the butts 2a of the knitting needles 2, which are not involved in knitting and are in the rest position, are guided into the rear body butt passage 17, and the butts 2a of the knitting needles 2, which are not involved in knitting and are in the rest position, are guided into the rear body butt passage 17, and the batts 2a of the knitting needles 2, which are in the rest position that does not participate in knitting, are guided into the working position that is involved in knitting. After the knitting operation is completed, the butt 2a of the knitting needle 2 is moved from the rear end of the knitting cam 18 disposed on the right side of the figure along the inclined cam surface 31 of the rear cam body 16 and the front end of the one-way guide cam 32 in the protruding position. are aligned and guided on the guide cam 30, and the butt passage 25 for needle selection is guided by the guide cam 30.
will be introduced in stages.

Thereafter, each operating knitting needle 2 (2a) is moved to the handle plate 6 based on the knitting needle arrangement signal on the needle selection card 7 by the cooperative action of the lowering cam 27 and the selection cam 28 in the butt passage 25 for needle selection. As it moves, it is sorted into two positions, front and back, and escapes from the lower surface of the carriage 13 to the right.

Therefore, when the carriage 13 is slid to the right in the opposite direction to the above, the pieces 2a of each working knitting needle 2 are moved to the carriage 13.
Yarn feeders 22 and 2 are introduced separately into the knitting batt passages 20 and 21 on the lower surface, and are located at two positions, front and back, relative to the hooks of the knitting needles 2.
With the yarn feeding from 3, knitting of two-color simultaneous knitting is performed.

In addition, for pattern knitting such as tuck knitting and sliding stitch, the knitting needle guiding action and needle selection action are performed in the same manner as described above.

On the other hand, when the carriage 13 is sliding, the butts 2a of the idle knitting needles 2 in the rear body butt passage 17 adjacent to the end knitting needles 2 at both ends of the knitting needle group in the required range involved in knitting are connected to the engaging member 37. When engaged with the engagement surface 37a, the engagement member 37 senses the presence of the dormant knitting needle 2 and is retracted into the rear cam body 16, as shown in FIG. 38 butt operating portions 38a are moved from the non-active position at the rear to the active position at the front.

Therefore, the butt 2a of the end knitting needle 2 that is currently being pushed down by the reduction cam 27 is removed from the butt acting portion 3 of the end needle sorting member 38.
8a, and is sorted into the sorting bat passage 29, and escapes from the lower surface of the carriage 13.

Therefore, as the carriage 13 slides back and forth, the end knitting needles 2 at both ends of the required range of knitting needle groups involved in knitting are always selected at the front position, and in the case of the two-color simultaneous knitting, these both end knitting needles 2 The folded part of the knitting yarn supplied from the yarn feeder 23 at the rear position is hooked to the yarn feeder 22 at the front position.
Knitting is performed using the knitting yarn supplied from the hook to the hook, and it is possible to obtain a knitted fabric with beautiful seams without vertical cracking at the ends of the knitted fabric.

In addition, when performing needle removal knitting by moving any knitting needle 2 of the working knitting needle group to the rear rest position as shown in FIG. The knitting needle 2 at the needle removal part is moved to the rear rest position while being pushed down to the downward position against the elastic force of the elastic member 4, and the rear end of the needle shaft is inserted through the plate member 5 as shown in FIG. When the knitting needles 2 are inserted into the holes 39, the knitting needles 2 at the needle extraction portions are held in the lower position at the rear rest position.

If the carriage 13 is made to slide back in this state, the engagement member 37 will be removed from the rest of the knitting needles 2 (2a) at the needle extraction part.
It engages only with the rosette 2a of the knitting needles 2 at the end of the dormant knitting needle group without engaging with the knitting needles 2a.

Therefore, the active knitting needles 2 on both sides adjacent to the dormant knitting needles 2 in the needle extraction section are not changed forward, and the knitting needles 2 are selected based on the needle selection arrangement signal on the needle selection card 7. The pattern is applied as is, and only the end knitting needles 2 at both ends of the working knitting needle group are moved to the forward sorting butt passage 29 side and sorted in the same manner as described above.

Next, a second embodiment of this invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 12. In this embodiment, when performing the above-mentioned needle extraction knitting, etc., the knitting needles 2 of the needle extraction portion are held downward at the rear rest position. This embodiment is different from the first embodiment in the structure of the engagement and retention member for engagement and retention in position.

That is, in this embodiment, two clamping plates 41 and 42 are superimposed on a support plate 40 provided on the lower side of the needle bed 1, and one clamping plate 41 is made of a suitable free material such as polyacetal resin. The support plate 40 is made of a member having self-retaining elasticity, and is held immovably by a plurality of protruding pins 43 protruding from the support plate 40. The rowed knitting needles 2 can be moved by about one pitch in the longitudinal direction within the range of the elongated holes 42a.

The other clamping plate 42 has a locking pin 44 on its front surface.
A tension spring 45, which is hung between the protruding pin 43 and the protruding pin 43, biases it toward the right in FIG.

Furthermore, a plurality of clamping pieces 46 are formed protruding from the upper edge of one of the clamping plates 41 and can be bent in the left-right direction against the self-retained elasticity, and a plurality of clamping pieces 46 are formed on the upper edge of the other clamping plate 42. A hook-shaped clamping piece 47 is formed protrudingly, and a clamping gap 48 for clamping and holding the needle stem portion of the rowed knitting needles 2 is formed by a plurality of opposing clamping pieces 46 and 47 as shown in FIG. It is supposed to form.

Further, an operation knob 4 is provided at the right end of the other clamping plate 42.
9 is rotatably attached, and by using this operating knob 49, the other clamping plate 42 can be moved from the right position shown in FIG. 12 to the left position shown in FIG. 9, thereby narrowing the clamping gap 48. It looks like this.

Further, the operating knob 49 is provided on the outer periphery of the operating knob 49.
A locking pin 51 is provided in a protruding manner that can be locked to and released from a locking member 50 fixed to the outer plate of the hand knitting machine by the rotation operation of the hand knitting machine.By locking this locking pin 51 to the locking member 50, The other clamping plate 42 is held immovably at the left position in FIG. 9.

Therefore, when performing needle extraction knitting in the above-mentioned two-color simultaneous knitting, etc., the knitting needles 2 of the needle extraction portion are held in the left position with the other clamping plate 42 held at the left position as shown in FIG. When the elastic member 4 is moved to the rear rest position and pushed down at that position against the elastic force of the elastic member 4, as shown in FIGS.
As shown in the figure, the needle stem portion of the knitting needle 2 engages with a pair of corresponding clamping pieces 46 and 47, and is inserted into the clamping gap 48 against the self-retaining elasticity of one clamping piece 46, and is inserted into the clamping gap 48. As shown in FIG. 8, the knitting needles 2 are clamped and held in a downward position at the rear rest position.

Therefore, when knitting is performed by sliding the carriage 13 back and forth in this state, the carriage 13
3. Without the engaging member 37 on the lower surface engaging with the butt 2a of the dormant knitting needle 2 in the needle extraction part, the knitting needle 2 at the end of the dormant knitting needle group
2a), the working knitting needles 2 on both sides adjacent to the resting knitting needle 2 in the needle extraction section do not change their course forward, and the knitting needle 2 receives the needle selection arrangement signal on the needle selection card 7. The needle selection pattern based on the above is applied as is, and only the end knitting needles 2 at both ends of the working knitting needle group are moved and sorted toward the forward sorting butt passage 29 side under the action of the end needle sorting member 38.

In addition, when releasing the dormant knitting needle 2 at the needle extraction portion from the lower position, rotate the operation knob 49 to release the locking pin 51.
By separating the gripping member 50 from the locking member 50, the other clamping plate 42 automatically moves back from the left position in FIG. 9 to the right position in FIG. The clamping gap 48 between 46.degree.

Note that this invention is not limited to the configurations of the above-mentioned embodiments, and for example, an end needle sorting device consisting of a retaining member and a sorting member, an engagement holding member, etc. may be modified without departing from the spirit of this invention. It is also possible to make arbitrary modifications and configurations, and it is also possible to embody this study into a hand knitting machine equipped with an auxiliary carriage for lace knitting.

As detailed above, this device supports a large number of knitting needles arranged on a needle bed so that they can be moved individually in the front-rear and up-down directions, and is always arranged in an upper position so that they can slide on the needle bed. The mounted carriage includes a retaining member that engages with a butt of a knitting needle that is normally guided in one of two different batt passages and is in an upper position; In connection with the engagement of the knitting needles in the butt passages with the butts, the butts of the end knitting needles in the other butt passage following the knitting needles in the one butt passage are moved and sorted to a sorting vat passage different from both said butt passages. In a hand knitting machine equipped with a sorting member, the butt is pushed down to a lower position where the butt cannot be held with the engaging member on the lower side of the needle bed below the needle stem of the knitting needle which is normally in the upper position. By providing an engagement holding member that engages with the needle stem portion of the knitting needle in one butt passage and holds the knitting needle in a downward position, it is possible to use a hand knitting machine equipped with a knitting carriage as in the above embodiment, for example. When knitting without needles in the case of a machine, if the knitting needles of the needle extraction part are engaged and held in the downward position by the engagement holding member at the rear rest position, the knitting needles of the needle extraction part can be continued. The working knitting needles on both sides are not moved to the front needle selection position for selection, and only the end knitting needles at both ends of the working knitting needle group can be moved to the front needle selection position for selection, resulting in an excellent effect.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the main parts of a hand knitting machine that embodies this idea.
Figure 2 is a partial front cross-sectional view showing the relationship between the lowering cam on the bottom of the carriage, the knitting needles, and the handle plate, Figure 3 is a bottom view of the carriage showing the switching state of pattern knitting, and Figure 4 is the end needle sorting device. FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged perspective view of a plate-like member constituting a knitting needle retaining member; FIG. 6 is a partially longitudinal sectional view showing the operating state of FIG. 1; The figure is a partially enlarged plan view for explaining the butt position of the knitting needles in knitting needleless knitting, Figure 8 is a vertical sectional view of the main part of a hand knitting machine showing another embodiment of this invention, and Figure 9 is the same. FIGS. 10 to 12 are partial front sectional views showing an enlarged configuration of the locking and holding member, and FIGS. 10 to 12 are partial front sectional views showing the operating state of FIG. 9. 1... Needle bed, 2... Knitting needle, 2a...
...Bat, 5...Plate member, 6...
・Pattern plate, 7... Needle selection card, 13...
Carriage, 17...Body butt passage, 25.
...Butt passage for needle selection, 27...Dressing cam, 28...Selection cam, 29...Selection butt passage, 33... Actuation plate, 37...
...Engagement member, 38...End needle selection member, 39.
...Insertion hole, 41, 42...Holding plate, 4
6,47...Pinch piece.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] 1. A knitting needle arranged on a needle bed in which a large number of knitting needles are individually supported so as to be movable in the front-rear direction and in the vertical direction, and are always arranged in an upper position, and are slidably mounted on the needle bed. The suspended carriage includes an engaging member that engages with the butt of the knitting needle that is normally guided in one of the two different batt passages, and the engaging member and the batt of the one of the two different batt passages. Sorting in which, in connection with the engagement of the knitting needles in the butt passages with the butts, the hats of the end knitting needles in the other butt passage, which follow the knitting needles in one of the butt passages, are moved to a sorting butt passage different from both said butt passages; In a hand knitting machine equipped with a member, one of the knitting needles is pushed down to a lower position where the butt cannot be secured to the engaging member on the lower side of the needle bed below the needle stem portion of the knitting needle which is normally in the upper position. A hand knitting machine characterized in that an engagement holding member is provided which engages with a needle stem portion of a knitting needle in a butt passage to hold the knitting needle in a downward position. 2. The engagement and holding member is constituted by a plate-like member extending in the direction in which the knitting needles are arranged, and a portion of the plate-like member corresponding to each knitting needle is provided with the one butt passage pushed down to the lower position. The hand knitting machine according to claim 1, which has been registered as a utility model, characterized in that the hand knitting machine is provided with an insertion hole through which the rear end of the needle stem of the knitting needle is inserted. 3. Utility model registration claim 1, wherein the engaging and holding member is constituted by a clamping piece that clamps and holds the needle stem portion of the knitting needle of the one butt passage pushed down to the lower position. Hand knitting machine described in.