JPS6215266Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention is based on a double plate type hand knitting machine in which the machine needle bed and the rib machine needle bed are arranged facing each other so that the knitting needles intersect with each other. A stitch in which a stitch suspended from a knitting needle on the other needle bed is automatically transferred to a knitting needle on one needle bed by a stitch transfer needle operated by a drive mechanism provided on a movable body mounted on the floor. The purpose of the transfer device is to prevent the needle from bending when it hits the knitting stand etc. when the moving body is removed from the needle bed and placed on the knitting stand, or when being stored or carried.
The purpose is to prevent injury from hitting the body.

The illustrated embodiment will now be described.

Reference numeral 1 designates a needle bed of the present machine in which a large number of knitting needles 2 are arranged in a row so as to freely move back and forth, and 3 is a needle bed of the rib machine in which a large number of knitting needles 4 are similarly arranged in a row so as to be able to move back and forth.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a movable body that can be slidably mounted on either of the needle beds 1, 3. It is a plate-like body with a substantially rectangular shape in plan view, and a slider 6 attached to the rear side of the lower surface is fitted to the carriage rails 7, 8 of the needle beds 1, 3, and a slider 9 attached to the front side of the lower surface is fitted to the front edges 10, 11 of the needle beds 1, 3, so that it can be slidably mounted in the longitudinal direction of the needle beds 1, 3 (left and right in Fig. 1). Fig. 1 shows the state in which it is mounted on the needle bed 1.

A drive mechanism 12 is provided approximately at the center of the upper surface of the moving body 5, and this drive mechanism 1
2, a stitch transfer needle 13, a braking member 14, a position regulating member 15, a knitting needle guide member 16, a needle ejecting member 17, and a moving mechanism 18, which are also provided on the movable body 5, are connected to each other. Each of them is designed to perform a predetermined operation. The drive mechanism 12 includes five drive cams 19 to 19 stacked vertically.
23 and a handle 24 are rotatably supported on the upper surface of the movable body 5 by a shaft 25, and when the handle 24 is operated, the drive cams 19 to 23 are rotated together.

The drive cams 19 to 23 are such that the drive cams 19 and 20 drive the stitch transfer needle 13 and the braking member 14, the drive cam 21 drives the needle extension member 17, and the drive cam 22 drives the position regulation member 15 and the knitting needle guide member 16. cam 23
correspond to the movable bodies 18, respectively, and are set in a relationship to drive them to perform predetermined operations.

The stitch transfer needle 13 has a knitting needle guide surface 2 which is inclined diagonally forward and downward at the rear part of the lower end of the base rod 26 in the shape of a thin square bar.
7, and a vertically elongated slit 28 penetrating the front and rear sides of the upper part thereof, and a stitch holding piece 29 is provided at the front side, and stitch guide springs 30, 30 are provided at the left and right sides, respectively.

The stitch holding piece 29 has a thin plate shape and has a triangular attachment part 31 on the rear side of the upper part, a substantially triangular stitch suspension part 32 on the rear side of the center part, and a knitting needle engaging part 33 on the rear side of the lower part. The mounting portion 31 is inserted into the slit 28 and pivotally attached to the base rod 26 with a pin 34. Then, the lower end of the elongated leaf spring 35 whose upper end is fixed to the base rod 26 within the slit 28 of the base rod 26 comes into contact with the upper rear portion of the mounting portion 31, and the stitch holding piece 29 is rotated clockwise in FIG. It is energized to move. The stitch holding piece 29 is thus biased so that the tip of the stitch suspension section 32 is connected to the depression 3 formed on the front side surface of the lower end of the base rod 26.
6, the upper edge is horizontal and the lower edge is inclined diagonally downward to the front, and a space into which a stitch can be inserted is formed between it and the front side of the base rod 26, and the knitting needle engaging portion 33 is connected to the knitting needle guide. Holding position (10th
Figure) is maintained.

Further, the stitch guide springs 30, 30 are made of elongated leaf springs, and the upper ends are fixed to the left and right side surfaces of the base rod 26, and the lower end portions of the inverted triangles of both springs 30, 30 are bent diagonally inward to each other. Guide portions 37, 37 formed into a V-shape by pressing their lower ends together are located below the knitting needle guide surface 27 of the base rod 26 and behind the knitting needle engaging portion 33 of the stitch holding piece 29 ( Figure 10).

The stitch transfer needle 13 is mounted on a sliding plate 38 mounted on the upper surface of the front center portion of the movable body 5, and
9 and 20, and are operated up and down and back and forth by them.

The sliding plate 38 is approximately L-shaped in plan, and has pins 42 to 4 installed in the movable body 5 in long holes 39 to 41 formed on the left and right sides.
4 to be freely movable back and forth, and the tension spring 4
5 and 46, and a triangular starting portion 47 formed in an upright extending portion on the rear side of the central portion is pressed against the drive cam 19 (FIG. 4).

Further, the sliding plate 38 has a vertically long rectangular support plate 48 in its center, a horizontally rectangular recess 49 in the front, and is mounted on the front surface of the support plate 48 so as to be vertically movable. The stitch transfer needle 13 is placed in the holder 50.
This stitch transfer needle 13 is mounted vertically with its upper end fixed.
can protrude downward from a substantially horizontally long rectangular recess 51 formed in the front central portion of the moving body 5 and the recess 49 .

Then, a pin 52 fixed to the rear surface of the holder 50 is inserted into a long hole 53 formed in the support plate 48 so as to protrude rearward, so that the protrusion can be inserted into the drive cam 20, and the pin 52 is attached to the protrusion. Both ends of the leaf spring 54 are fixed to the rear surface of the support plate 48 and the holder 50 is pressed against the front surface of the support plate 48, and the holder 50 is inserted into the long holes 55 and 56 formed on the left and right sides of the long hole 53 of the support plate 48. Screw 5 attached to
7,58 protrusions are inserted.

Thus, the driving cam 19 forms an annular cam surface having a large diameter portion 59, a medium diameter portion 60, and small diameter portions 61, 61 around the periphery, and presses the activation portion 47 onto the annular cam surface. The drive cam 20 forms an annular cam groove having a high portion 62 and a low portion 63 around the periphery, into which the pin 52 is inserted, and can be rotated in a predetermined direction (clockwise in FIG. 1) by a handle 24. Therefore, the stitch transfer needle 13 is moved back and forth and up and down.

That is, first, the stitch transfer needle 13 is moved by the drive cam 19.
For the back and forth operation, it is assumed that the starting part 47 is now in contact with the large diameter part 59 and the stitch transfer needle 13 is waiting at the front position slightly forward of the movement trajectory of the knitting needle 4 on the needle bed 3 (Fig. 4). ).

Then, when the drive cam 19 rotates in a predetermined direction, the starting part 47 comes into contact with the small diameter part 61 from the large diameter part 59, the sliding plate 38 retreats, and the stitch transfer needle 13 moves to the hook 64 of the knitting needle 4. Guide parts 37, 37
It is displaced to the rear position (dashed line in Figures 10 and 11) where it is fitted. As the starting part 47 comes into contact with the medium diameter part 60 from the small diameter part 61, the needle moves forward to the semi-front position (FIG. 13), which is slightly behind the front position, and is further started. The part 47 is the small diameter part 6 on the other side.
As it comes into contact with 1, it moves to the rear position (Fig. 14)
As the actuating part 47 comes into contact with the large diameter part 59 again, it returns to the front position.

Further, the vertical movement of the stitch transfer needle 13 by the driving cam 20 is performed when the stitch transfer needle 13 is currently in the above-mentioned front position, the pin 52 is disengaged from the cam groove and is positioned opposite to the front of the cam groove, and the stitch transfer needle 13 is moved up and down. It is assumed that the guide parts 37, 37 are waiting at an upper position slightly above the locus of movement of the knitting needles 2 of the needle bed 1 between the sinkers 65, 66 of both the needle beds 1, 3 (FIG. 4).

Then, as the drive cam 19 rotates in a predetermined direction and the stitch transfer needle 13 is displaced to the rear position, the pin 52 retreats and fits into the high part 62 of the cam groove, and as the pin 52 continues to rotate, the pin 52 is inserted into the high part 62 of the cam groove. 63, the stitch transfer needle 13 moves to the lower position (the first
Figure 2). Further, as the drive cam 20 continues to rotate, the pin 52 comes into contact with the high part 62 from the low part 63, and the stitch holding piece 29
After being displaced to the middle position (FIG. 13) where the stitch 67 held in the knitting needle 2 of the needle bed 1 is transferred, it returns to the above-mentioned upper position.

The above-mentioned vertical and front-back operations of the stitch transfer needle 13 are as follows: First, the stitch transfer needle 13 is displaced from the front position to the rear position (dashed line in Fig. 11) in the upper position, and then from the upper position to the lower position (Fig. 12). ), then
Displaced to the middle position, and once in the middle position to the semi-front position (Fig. 13), returned to the rear position again, and then returned from the middle position to the upper position,
Then, at the upper position, the order is set to return from the rear position to the front position (solid line in FIG. 11).

Next, the braking member 14 is assembled by screwing the horizontal part of a board whose side surface is approximately inverted L-shaped (FIGS. 4 and 10) to the front central part of the sliding plate 38, and then inserting a recess formed in the central part of the vertical part. The stitch holding piece 29 is faced to the recess 68, and two elongated brake rods 69, 70 and 71, 72 are placed from the left and right sides of the recess 68 at the same spacing as the row spacing of the sinkers 65, 66. It extends diagonally rearward and downward, and the lower end portions of each brake rod 69 to 72 are bent vertically, and the brake rod 71
The lower end portion of the moving body 5 is slightly shorter than the others, and is positioned slightly forward, so that the movable body 5 is positioned to the left (the first
(Fig. 10), this brake rod 71 engages with the hook protruding forward (to the right in Fig. 10) from the sinker 66 of the knitting needle 2 to which the stitches have already been transferred, and the movement of the knitting needle 2 is prevented. It is designed so that it will not bend (Figures 5 and 10).

When the stitch transfer needle 13 is in the front position, each of the braking rods 69 to 72 of the braking member 14 is positioned in front of the sinker 66 of the needle bed 3 (solid line in FIG. 10).
When the stitch transfer needle 13 moves to the rear position, the brake lever 6
9 to 72 are positioned rearward from the tip of the sinker 66 (dashed line in the figure).

When both the needle beds 1 and 3 are arranged in a proper state where the tips of the knitting needles 2 and 4 abut each other to perform stitch transfer, the braking member 14
The brake rods 69 to 72 are opposed to each other between the sinkers 66 (Fig. 5), and as the stitch transfer needle 13 moves back, the brake rods 69, 70, and 72 pass between the sinkers 66, thereby moving the stitch transfer needle. 13 is allowed to move to the rear position.

Further, when the needle beds 1 and 3 are not properly arranged, the brake rods 69 to 72 of the brake member 14 face the sinker 66, and as the stitch transfer needle 13 retreats due to the rotation of the drive cam 19, the brake rods 69 to 72 of the brake member 14 face the sinker 66. 70 and 72 come into contact with the tip of the sinker 66 (dashed line in Figure 4),
Movement of the stitch transfer needle 13 to the rear position is prevented, and accordingly, the sliding plate 38 is also prevented from retreating, so that the pin 52 is located in front of the high portion 62 of the drive cam 20 without being fitted into it. Therefore, even if the drive cam 20 continues to rotate in a predetermined direction, the stitch transfer needle 13 is held at the upper position without moving up or down.

Next, the needle ejecting member 17 has a plate shape with a substantially L-shape in plan, and has a pushing piece 74 for pushing one butt 73 of the knitting needle 2 at the tip of the long side part, and a pushing piece 74 for pushing one butt 73 of the knitting needle 2 on the top surface of the tip of the short side part. Pin 75 is established (Figures 3 and 9). The central bent portion of the needle extension member 17 is rotatably supported by a shaft 76 on the right rear side of the lower surface of the movable body 5, and the pin 7 is inserted through a window hole 77 formed in the movable body 5.
5 is inserted upward, and is biased by a tension spring 78 (FIG. 1) to rotate clockwise (FIG. 3), so that the upwardly protruding end of the pin 75 is connected to the large diameter portion 79 of the drive cam 21. The pushing piece 74 is in pressure contact with the small diameter portion 80 of the annular cam surface consisting of the small diameter portion 80, and is positioned behind the guide cam body 81 at the central rear side of the movable body 5.

That is, the guide cam body 81 is mounted in a horizontally elongated manner on the left and right sides of the lower surface of the movable body 5, and a butt 73 is introduced into the left side portion (FIG. 9) so that the needle ejecting member 1
A guide passage 82 is formed to guide the pushing piece 74 forward of No. 7, a retreating cam surface 83 for retreating the butt 73 is formed on the right side (same figure), and a V-shaped recess is formed in the part between them. A pushing piece 74 is located at the rear of the central portion (FIGS. 3 and 9).

Therefore, the operation of the needle-out member 17 by the drive cam 21 is such that the pin 75 is now
0, and the pushing piece 74 is waiting at a position behind a predetermined butt 73 guided through the guide passage 82 (solid line in FIG. 9).

The drive cam 21 rotates about 3/4 in the clockwise direction in FIG.
When it rotates counterclockwise (FIG. 9) against the tension spring 78, the pushing piece 74 collides with the butt 73 and pushes it forward (as shown by the chain line in the figure).

In this way, the knitting needle 2a pushed forward by the butt 73 moves the stitch 6 held by the stitch holding piece 29 of the stitch transfer needle 13 in the middle position (FIG. 14).
7, and this hook 84
Touch the tip of the stitch holding piece 2 to the knitting needle engaging part 33
9 is rotated against the bias of the leaf spring 35, and moved forward to a position where it is displaced from the holding position (dashed line in the figure) to the release position (solid line in the figure).

As the drive cam 21 continues to rotate, the pin 7
5 comes into contact with the small diameter portion 80, and the needle extension member 17 returns to its original position. Further, the knitting needle 2a is connected to the brake rod 7.
1 and 72, the hook 84 is pushed back to a position where the hook 84 engages the stitch 67, and as the movable body 5 slides, the butt 73 is pushed by the retreating cam surface 83 and retreated ( Figure 9).

The position regulating member 15 and the knitting needle guide member 16 are mounted on the central front part of the lower surface of the movable body 5, and the knitting needle guide member 16 is interlocked with the position regulating member 15 operated by the drive cam 22. .

That is, the position regulating member 15 has a plate shape with a substantially inverted L-shaped cross section, and its horizontally long side portion in which a pair of front and rear long holes 85, 85 are formed is applied to the lower surface of the movable body 5, and a pin 86 fixed to the movable body 5 is attached. , 86 are fitted into the elongated holes 85, 85 and mounted so as to be movable back and forth, and a protrusion 87 fitted between the sinkers 65 at the lower end of the vertical short side.
Three pieces are formed (Figures 3 and 7).

Further, the knitting needle guide member 16 rotatably supports both sides of the substrate bent into a U-shape in plan on the movable body 5 below the position regulating member 15 by a shaft 88, and the knitting needle guide member 16 supports the knitting needles at the lower edge of the center. A guide piece 90 having a concave portion 89 that fits into the stem is provided protrudingly,
Further, a passive piece 91 is provided protruding from the upper left edge (FIGS. 3 and 7). Then, the knitting needle guide member 16 is urged to rotate clockwise (FIG. 4) by a spring 92, and the passive piece 91 is pressed against the pushing portion 93 formed on the left side of the long side of the position regulating member 15. are pressed together (Figures 7 and 10).

In addition, the position regulating member 15 has a pin 94 established on the upper surface (FIG. 7) of the horizontally long side portion projected upward from a window hole 95 (FIG. 3) formed in the movable body 5, and the protruding end thereof The drive cam 22 is inserted into an annular cam groove having a large diameter portion 96 and a small diameter portion 97.

Therefore, the position regulating member 1 by the drive cam 22
5 and the knitting needle guide member 16 are now operated by the pin 94.
is in contact with the small diameter portion 97, and the position regulating member 15 is at a non-working position where the protrusion 87 is separated from the sinker 65, and the knitting needle guide member 16 is waiting at a non-working position where the guide piece 90 is spaced from the knitting needle 2. As shown in FIG. 11, when the drive cam 22 rotates about 1/4 in the direction of the arrow 98 and the pin 94 comes into contact with the large diameter portion 96, the position regulating member 15 moves forward and the protrusion 87 is tightly spaced between the sinkers 65. When fitted, the movable body 5 is displaced to an operating position (FIGS. 12 to 15) that restricts blind movement in the left-right direction.

Further, as the position regulating member 15 moves forward, the passive piece 91 is pushed by the pushing part 93, and the knitting needle guide member 16 rotates in a predetermined direction, so that the recess 89 of the guide piece 90 fits into the stem of the knitting needle 2. The knitting needles 2 are moved to the working position (FIGS. 12 to 15) and moved forward by the needle ejecting member 17 through the recess 8 of the guide piece 90.
9 will guide you to proceed properly.

That is, the knitting needle 2 is prevented from moving blindly by the guide piece 90, and the knitting needle 2 moves the hook 84 to the stitch 67 as described above.
, and is guided to move forward to a position where the tip thereof engages with the knitting needle engaging portion 33 and the stitch holding piece 29 is displaced to the release position.

After the stitch transfer needle 13 returns to the upper position,
As the drive cam 22 continues to rotate, the pin 94 comes into contact with the small diameter portion 97, and the position regulating member 15 returns to the non-working position, and the knitting needle guide member 16 also returns to the non-working position.

The moving mechanism 18 has a ratchet gear 9 on the lower surface.
A substrate 101 on which a feed gear 100 to which a gear 9 is fixed is mounted on the upper surface of the rear end of the movable body 5 so as to be movable back and forth.
A lever 105 is rotatably supported by a shaft 102 on the top, its rear circumferential portion engages with a rack 104 arranged in a row on the rear upright wall 103 of the needle bed 1, and a lever 105 whose substantially central portion is pivotally supported on a base plate 101. The lever 105 is connected to the drive cam 23 by a connecting member 106 pivotally supported at the rear end (FIG. 6).

Reference numeral 107 denotes a compression spring that rotates the linking member 106 clockwise (see Figure 6) so that the feed pawl (not shown) formed at the tip (left end in Figure 6) of the linking member 106 is always engaged with the ratchet gear 99. It is biased to rotate as shown in the figure.

The drive cam 23 is approximately circular and has a large diameter portion 108.
and a small diameter portion 109,
Now, when this drive cam 23 rotates approximately 1/6 turn clockwise (as shown in the same figure) from its original position (see Fig. 6) where the tip of the lever 106 is in contact with the small diameter portion 109, the lever 105 moves its tip. The feed pawl contacts the large diameter portion 108 and rotates counterclockwise (as shown in the figure), causing the ratchet gear 99 to rotate by one tooth, thereby causing the feed gear 100 to also rotate by one tooth in the same direction, thereby moving the moving body. 5 moves one pitch of the knitting needles 2 and 4 in a predetermined direction (to the left in the figure).

When the drive mechanism 12 is rotated in the clockwise direction in FIG. , the position regulating member 15, the knitting needle guide member 16, and the needle ejecting member 17 are set to operate as described above.

Reference numeral 110 is an operating member that switches the moving mechanism 18 and slider 9 between an active position and a non-active position.

The operating member 110 has a substantially horizontally long rectangular plate shape, and has long holes 111 and 112 formed at the left and right ends, and pins 113 and 114 implanted in the upper surface of the rear end of the movable body 5.
The shaft 102 of the feed gear 100 is fitted into an elongated hole (not shown) formed in the center portion and inclined in the front-rear direction.

Then, the pin 115 implanted in the movable body 5 is fitted into the long hole 101a formed in the center of the substrate 101, and the shaft 25 is inserted into the long hole 116 formed in the front side.
A tension spring 1 is fitted into the tension spring 1 and stretched between the movable body 5.
17 and 118, it is urged to retreat. When the operating member 110 is in the left position (FIG. 6), the moving mechanism 18 is in the operating position (solid line in the figure) where the feed gear 100 meshes with the rack 104. Furthermore, when the operating member 110 is displaced to the right position, the shaft 102 of the feed gear 100 is pushed forward by the elongated hole in which it is fitted, so that the moving mechanism 18 is moved when the feed gear 100 comes off the rack 104. It is displaced to the working position (dashed line in the figure).

The slider 9 is an elongated plate made of synthetic resin, has a protrusion 119 integrally formed in the longitudinal direction of the rear surface, and is attached to the front end of a support plate 120 mounted on the lower surface of the center of the movable body 5 so as to be movable back and forth. An elongated plate-shaped slider 121 also made of synthetic resin is parallel to the slider 9 and fixed to the central lower surface of the movable body 5 with a gap provided between the slider 121 and the lower surface. 1 (FIG. 4). Furthermore, by operating the operating member 110, the slider 9 can be displaced between an active position where it fits into the front edge 10 of the needle bed 1 (solid line in Figure 6) and an inactive position where it is separated from it (dashed line in the same figure). It's getting old.

That is, the support plate 120 has a substantially rectangular window hole 123 formed in the center portion, and pins 126 and 127 implanted on the lower surface of the movable body 5 are fitted into long holes 124 and 125 formed in the left and right portions. The window hole 95 (the front part is inserted into the gap between the slider 121 and the movable body 5 and mounted so as to be movable back and forth, and the movable body 5 has an engagement piece 128 protruding from the rear edge of the window hole 123). Third
It protrudes upward from the substrate 101, with its protruding end facing the front end of the substrate 101.

The support plate 120 is urged to retreat by tension springs 129 and 130 stretched between it and the movable body 5, and when the slider 9 is in the operating position, the engagement piece 128 is separated from the front end of the board 101. When the moving mechanism 18 is switched from the working position to the non-working position by the operating member 110, the substrate 1
01 moves forward, and its front end contacts and pushes the engagement piece 128, causing the support plate 120 to move forward against the bias of the tension springs 129 and 130, thereby moving the slider 9 to the operating position. It is displaced from the position to the inactive position.

131 is a protection member for the transfer needle 13, which is made by bending a metal wire into an inverted trapezoid shape.
Attach both ends to the left and right sides of the lower front end of the moving body 5 with screws 1.
32, 132 and suspended at a position slightly in front of the stitch transfer needle 13, and its lower end horizontal portion 133 serves as the guide portion 37, when the stitch transfer needle 13 is displaced to the lowest position.
It is located below the tip of 37.

Therefore, when the movable body 5 is removed from the needle bed 1 and placed on the knitting stand 134 (FIG. 4), the lower end horizontal portion 133 of the protective member 131 comes into contact with the knitting stand 134, and the transfer needle 13 This is to prevent the tip from colliding with the knitting table 134 and breaking.

Reference numeral 135 denotes a guide member made of synthetic resin that guides the stitch transfer needle 13; A U-shaped portion 137 having a recess into which the piece 29 is inserted extends horizontally;
Also, on the left and right sides of the base 136 are inverted L-shaped mounting portions 13.
8,138 are established symmetrically, and the hook 64 of the knitting needle 4 is attached to the rear side of the base 136.
A recess 139 is formed to guide the third
10, 16). The guide member 135 has mounting portions 138, 138 screwed to the front portion of the sliding plate 38, and the base portion 136 and U
A glyph portion 137 is arranged.

Reference numeral 140 denotes an introduction cam, which is located outside the right side (the third
(Fig.), and engages with a butt 73 of the knitting needle 2 located at the rear end of the needle groove, and introduces this butt 73 into the guide passage 82.

Next, based on the above configuration, the knitting needles 4 of the needle bed 3
To explain the actual process of transferring the stitch 67 to the corresponding knitting needle 2 on the needle bed 1, the knitting needle 4 is transferred in advance to the corresponding stitch 67.
has fallen out, and the hook 64 is the sinker needle 65.
The knitting needles 2 are aligned in positions facing the upper end (FIG. 11), and the stitches 141 of the knitting needles 2 are connected to the hooks 84.
The butts 73 are aligned at the position where they are introduced into the guide cam body 81 (FIG. 9).

When the drive mechanism 12 is rotated clockwise (FIG. 1) by the handle 24, the movable body 5 first moves by one pitch between the knitting needles 2 and 4, and moves to a predetermined knitting needle 2a.
The drive cam 22 moves the position regulating member 15 and the knitting needle guide member 16 to the operating position (as shown by the chain line in FIG. 11), thereby fixing the movable body 5 at a predetermined position.

Next, the braking member 1 is driven by the driving cams 19 and 20.
4 retreats and the brake rods 69, 70, 72 are inserted between the sinkers 66, the stitch transfer needle 13 is displaced from the front position to the rear position, the guide parts 37, 37 are fitted into the hook 64, and the knitting needle 4 is clamped. Thereafter, the knitting needle 4 is pressed down as it is displaced from the upper position to the lower position (as shown by the chain line in FIG. 11). By pressing down or lowering the knitting needle 4, the stitch 67 passes over the edge, is guided by the guide parts 37, 37, and is fitted onto the stitch transfer needle 13, and also engages with the lower edge of the stitch suspension part 32 to hold it. Push upward to open the stitch holding piece 29 against the leaf spring 35 (12th
When the stitch holding piece 29 enters the space between the stitch holding piece 29 and the base rod 26 (dashed line in the figure), the stitch holding piece 29 returns to its original holding position (solid line in the figure).

Thereafter, as the stitch transfer needle 13 is displaced from the lower position to the middle position (FIG. 13), the guide portion 37,
37 releases the clamping of the knitting needles 4, the stitch 67 is suspended from the stitch suspension section 32, and in this intermediate position, the stitch transfer needle 13 is temporarily displaced from the rear position to the semi-front position, and the stitch 67 is moved diagonally upward. When the stitch 67 is stretched (FIG. 13) and the stitch transfer needle 13 is moved to the rear position again, the stitch 67 becomes slack and is slightly expanded to the left and right in front of the guide portions 37, 37.
7, the guide parts 37, 37 and the knitting needle engaging part 33 face the knitting needle 2a at a position close to the front thereof.

Then, the drive cam 21 operates the needle-out member 17 to move the knitting needles 2a forward, and the stitches 141 are moved to the bellows 142.
The hook 84 is suspended from the base end of the transfer needle 1.
The knitting needle engaging portion 33 contacts the knitting needle guide surface 27 of No. 3 and is inserted into the stitch 67 through between the guide portions 37 and 37.
As a result, the stitch holding piece 29 is displaced to the release position, and the stitch 67 is detached from the stitch suspension section 32 and is suspended between the hook 84 and the open bellows 142 and transferred to the knitting needle 2a. (solid line in Figure 14).

After the stitch 67 is transferred to the knitting needle 2a, the continuous rotation of the drive mechanism 12 causes the stitch transfer needle 13 to be displaced to the upper position (FIG. 15) and then returned to the previous position, and at the same time, the stitch transfer member 17 and the position regulating member 15 and knitting needle guide member 16 also return to their original positions. Thus, by rotating the drive mechanism 12 once, the stitch transfer operation for transferring the stitch 67 of the knitting needle 4 to the knitting needle 2a is completed. As the movable body 5 moves in a predetermined direction (to the left in FIG. 1), the knitting needle 2a suspending the stitch 67 is moved to the next stitch by the brake rod 71 of the brake member 14 facing the hook 84. The hook 84 is pushed back by the brake lever 71, which moves backward as the operation is performed, and two stitches 6 are formed on the hook 84.
7, 141, and the butt 73 is further pushed by the retreating cam surface 83 to retreat.

Thus, by continuously operating the drive mechanism 12 with the handle 24, the stitch transfer operation of transferring the stitch 67 of the knitting needle 4 of the needle bed 3 to the corresponding knitting needle 2 of the needle bed 1 can be performed automatically and continuously. .

Also, contrary to the above, stitch 1 of knitting needle 2 on needle bed 1
41 to the corresponding knitting needle 4 on the needle bed 3, it is sufficient to mount the movable body 5 on the needle bed 3 and operate in the same manner as the stitch transfer operation described above.
The guide portion 37 clamps the hook 84 of the knitting needle 2, the position regulating member 15 fits into the sinker 66, and the knitting needle guide member 16 guides the knitting needle 4.

In addition, although the above embodiment shows the case where the protective member is formed into an inverted trapezoid using a metal wire, the protective member is not limited to an inverted trapezoid, and may be formed into a concave shape, a semicircle, etc., and is not limited to the metal wire. , a metal plate, or a transparent synthetic resin plate, and window holes may be provided at required portions to deal with troubles such as dropped stitches.

As is clear from the above, according to the present invention, the stitch transfer needle operated by the drive mechanism provided on the movable body mounted on one of the machine needle bed and the rib machine needle bed moves the other needle. Since the stitches on the knitting needles on the bed are transferred to the knitting needles on one of the needle beds mentioned above, this method is compared to the case where the stitches on the knitting needles on one needle bed are manually discarded and transferred to the knitting needles on the other needle bed using a conventional knitting machine. It is extremely efficient, and for example, in order to perform knitting on this machine following a rubber knitted fabric knitted by this machine and a ribbing machine, the stitches on the ribbing machine side are transferred to the corresponding knitting needles on the machine side. In particular, a protective member is provided on the front part of the movable body, and the tip of the protective member is positioned ahead of the tip of the stitch transfer needle that is in the position of holding the stitch in the stitch holding piece. Therefore, when the movable body is removed from the needle bed and placed on the knitting stand, stored or carried, the stitch transfer needle may hit the knitting stand and bend, or the stitch transfer needle may hit the body and cause injury. It is safe because it prevents the

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state of use in which a movable body is mounted on the needle bed of the machine and the stitches on the needle bed of the rib machine are transferred to the needle bed of the machine, and FIG. The figure is a plan view, Figure 3 is a bottom view, Figure 4 is a right side view, Figure 5 is a front view of the main parts showing the relationship between the needle, braking member, and sinker, Figure 6 is the slider, FIG. 7 is a plan view of the main part showing the relationship between the moving mechanism and its drive cam; FIG.
The figure is a plan view of the main part showing the relationship between the stitch transfer needle, the braking member, and its drive cam, FIG. 9 is a bottom view of the main part showing the relationship between the needle ejecting member and its drive cam, and FIG.
The figure is a side view of the main parts showing the relationship between the stitch transfer needle and the braking member, the knitting needle and the sinker, and Figures 11 to 15 show the stitch transfer operation to transfer the stitches on the needle bed of the rib machine to the knitting needles on the needle bed of the main machine. FIG. 16 is a side view of the main parts showing the process, and FIG. 16 is an enlarged perspective view of the guide member. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Machine needle bed, 3... Rib machine needle bed, 5... Moving body, 12... Drive mechanism, 29... Stitch holding piece,
13... Eye transfer needle, 131... Protective member.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A movable body that can be slidably mounted on at least one of the main machine needle bed and the rib machine needle bed that are arranged facing each other so that the knitting needles intersect with each other, a drive mechanism provided on the movable body, and a stitch holding piece. is installed at a position facing the knitting needles of both needle beds on the front side of the movable body, and is operated by the drive mechanism to move the stitches of the knitting needles of the other needle bed on which the movable body is not mounted. A stitch transfer needle that is displaced between a position where the stitch is held by the stitch holding piece and a position where the stitch is transferred to the knitting needles of one needle bed on which the movable body is mounted; and a protection member located ahead of the tip of the stitch transfer needle at a position for holding the stitch in the stitch holding piece.