TW201720330A - Production method for stringer for woven slide fasteners and production device - Google Patents

Abstract

To more efficiently produce woven slide fasteners. A production method for a stringer (90) for woven slide fasteners, in which a coil-shaped element row (95) is woven into one side edge of a fastener tape (91) for a knitted fabric. In this production method for stringers for woven slide fasteners: a monofilament is bent into a coil shape and formed into the element row as a result of the joint actions of a reciprocal action by two guides (34, 34) in the knitting width direction and the reciprocal action of two hooks (38, 38), when knitting an element row into the fastener tape by using the joint actions of a reciprocal action of a plurality of knitting needles (31) and the swing action and jogging action of a plurality of guide needles (32), said guides being arranged parallel to the knitting width direction so as to feed out linear monofilaments (94, 94) and said hooks being arranged parallel to the knitting width direction so as to move to a position separated from the position at which same are hooked around the monofilaments; and stringers are produced, in a set of chain productions units, such that two stringers having had the element row knitted into one side edge of the fastener tape form a set. In addition, a plurality of sets of stringers are produced in a parallel state by arranging a plurality of sets of chain production units parallel to the knitting width direction.

Description

Manufacturing method and manufacturing device for knitted fastener chain

The present invention relates to a method and a manufacturing apparatus for a fastener stringer for a slide fastener, wherein the method for manufacturing a fastener stringer for a knitted fastener is linear when braiding a fastener tape The monofilaments are spirally bent to form an element row, whereby one side edge portion of the fastener tape is knitted and woven into a fastener chain.

The method for producing a fastener stringer for a knitted slide fastener is disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 below. [Prior Technical Literature] [Patent Literature]

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 10-42916 [Patent Document 2] WO2015/097830

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] According to the production method described in the above-mentioned patent documents, it is possible to efficiently manufacture one fastener stringer for a knitted fastener in a stable form. However, as described in the patent document, only one continuous production is produced. In the fastener chain, the subsequent steps become complicated, and there is a problem that the knitted zipper cannot be efficiently manufactured. That is, the knitted zipper as an actual product includes two fastener tapes and a slider that engages and separates the two fastener tapes. Therefore, the manufactured fastener chain is one, and the knitted zipper cannot be manufactured efficiently, and the subsequent steps of, for example, transporting the two fastener chains to the same place, or engaging the sprocket rows of the two fastener belts with each other Subsequent processing such as the step of forming a chain becomes complicated.

The present invention has been completed in view of the above-described circumstances, and its object is to manufacture a knitted zipper more efficiently. [Means for solving the problem]

A method for producing a fastener stringer for a knitted fastener according to the present invention is a method for producing a fastener stringer for a knitted fastener which is knitted and woven into a spiral element row at one edge of a fastener tape of a knitted fabric. The method is characterized in that when the chain is arranged by the swinging action of the plurality of yarn guiding needles and the jogging action and the reciprocating motion of the plurality of knitting needles, the fastener chain is Two sets are manufactured in a group of chain manufacturing units, which are reciprocated in the width direction of the two guides and reciprocated by two hooks. In the operation, the monofilament is spirally bent to form a chain row, whereby the element row is knitted and woven into one side edge of the chain belt, and the two guides are fed by a linear monofilament. Arranged in the knitting width direction in a side-by-side state, the two hooks are arranged in a side-by-side state in the knitting width direction so as to move toward the position of the wound monofilament and the position away from the monofilament, and further, by placing a plurality of sets of chains The manufacturing unit is arranged in a woven state in a woven width Direction, a plurality of sets in a parallel state producing the fastener stringer.

Further, the apparatus for manufacturing a fastener stringer for a knitted fastener according to the present invention includes a fastener tape manufacturing section for manufacturing a fastener for knitting a spiral fastener element into a knitted fabric chain. A fastener chain for a knitted zipper having a side edge portion. Further, the fastener tape manufacturing portion includes: a needle bed having a plurality of needle grooves; a plurality of knitting needles guided by a plurality of needle grooves; a plurality of yarn guiding needles for passing the knitting yarn for the chain belt; and a guide member, a threaded monofilament is passed through; a hook, a threaded monofilament; a hook moving device that moves the hook to the position of the wound monofilament and away from the monofilament; and a guide moving device on one side of the chain The edge portion is formed by bending the monofilament to form a chain row, and the guide member reciprocates in the knitting width direction. Among them, a set of chain manufacturing units including two fastener tape manufacturing portions arranged in the knitting width direction are further arranged in a plurality of groups in the knitting width direction.

Further, in the method and apparatus for manufacturing a fastener stringer for a knitted slide fastener according to the present invention, the two guide members in the chain manufacturing unit and the two hooks may be arranged asymmetrically in the knitting width direction, thereby also The two fastener tapes can be manufactured in a state in which the element rows are oriented toward one side in the knitting width direction. However, in order to facilitate the meshing of the element rows, the two fastener belts are easily formed into a chain, and it is preferable to use the following. That is, by arranging a pair of the plurality of guides in the chain manufacturing unit and the plurality of hooks symmetrically in the knitting width direction, the two fastener belts are manufactured in a symmetrical state in which the element rows are opposed to each other. [Effects of the Invention]

According to the present invention, since two sets of fastener tapes can be manufactured in an amount corresponding to the number of sets of the chain manufacturing units, it is easy to manufacture the two fastener tapes into one chain, and as a result, it is possible to efficiently Manufacture of knitted zippers.

Further, if the pair of guides in the chain manufacturing unit and the hook are symmetrically arranged in the knitting width direction, the two fastener belts can be manufactured in a symmetrical state in which the element rows are opposed to each other, and thus it is easy to make two The fastener chain is formed as one chain.

In the apparatus for manufacturing a chain for a knitted fastener according to the first embodiment, a plurality of sets of two or more linear monofilaments are used to manufacture a plurality of sets of two or more sets of fastener tapes, and one set of two sets of two fastener tapes is used. Chain.

As shown in Fig. 19, the fastener tape 90 includes a fastener tape 91 having a knitted fabric having a predetermined length and a width, and a spiral fastener element row 95 knitted by one side edge portion of the fastener tape 91 in the width direction. Further, the fastener element belt 90 has a part of the fastener tape 91 and the element row 95 on the element row side 90a in the entire length direction, and the opposite side of the element row side 90a in the entire length direction in the width direction, that is, the non- The sprocket row side 90b has the remaining portion of the chain belt 91.

The element row 95 is made of resin and has a multi-turn spiral shape. Further, a spiral one is referred to as a sprocket portion 95a. As shown in Fig. 6, the sprocket portion 95a includes an engaging head portion 95b that meshes with the sprocket portion 95a of the other element row 95, and a pair of leg portions 95c and leg portions 95c that extend from the longitudinal direction of the engaging head portion 95b. Both ends are extended in the width direction of the fastener tape 91, and the folded-back portion 95d is folded back to be joined to the one leg portion 95c of the other element row 95 from the end portion on the opposite side of the engaging head portion 95b of the one leg portion 95c.

The chain belt 91 is a warp knitted fabric, and includes a chain knitting yarn 92a, a tricot knitting yarn 92b, and a weft yarn 92c as the knitting yarn 92, and a plurality of parallel warp yarns (wale) are formed by the chain knitting yarn 92a. The Tricot knitting yarn 92b is knitted into the adjacent warp, and the weft yarn 92c is knitted and woven into a predetermined number of warp. Further, the chain knitting yarns 92a on both sides in the thickness direction of the fastener tape 91 sandwich the pair of leg portions 95c and the leg portions 95c of the sprocket portion 95a over the entire length of the element row 95, thereby fixing the element row 95.

As shown in Fig. 19, the chain 97 is formed by engaging the two fastener belts 90 and the fastener chain 90 by the engaging head portion 95b and the engaging head portion 95b.

As shown in Fig. 1, the apparatus for manufacturing a chain for a knitted fastener according to the first embodiment includes a knitting yarn supply device 1 for supplying a knitting yarn 92, a monofilament supply device 2 for supplying a monofilament 94, and a fastener tape manufacturing device 3 The knitting yarn 92 and the monofilament 94 supplied from the knitting yarn supplying device 1 and the monofilament feeding device 2 are used to manufacture a plurality of (even in the present embodiment) fastener chain 90; a plurality of engaging devices 4, engaging devices 4... , the even-numbered fastener chain 90 manufactured by the fastener tape manufacturing device 3 is meshed two times to manufacture the chain 97 of the even number of the even number; and the winding device 5 is wound by the meshing devices 4, A plurality of chains 97, chains 97, ... manufactured by the engaging device 4.

The body of the fastener chain manufacturing device 3 is a warp knitting machine, and is, for example, a single raschel machine or a double raschel machine. In the present embodiment, it is a single raschel machine. Further, the fastener tape manufacturing device 3 includes a plurality of fastener tape manufacturing portions 3a for manufacturing the fastener tape 90, and a motive shaft 3b for driving all the fastener tape manufacturing portions 3a in synchronization.

As shown in FIG. 2, all the fastener tape manufacturing parts 3a are arranged in the width direction of the fastener tape manufacturing apparatus 3. Further, the two fastener tape manufacturing portions 3a adjacent to each other in the width direction of the fastener tape manufacturing device 3 are a group of chain manufacturing units, and two fastener chain belts 90 for manufacturing the chain 97 are manufactured. In Fig. 2, all of the fastener tape manufacturing apparatuses 3 are provided with ten fastener tape manufacturing sections 3a, and ten fastener chain manufacturing sections 3a are five sets of chain manufacturing units. The two fastener tape manufacturing portions 3a and the fastener tape manufacturing portions 3a of the chain manufacturing unit are symmetrically arranged in the width direction of the fastener tape manufacturing device 3.

As shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. 7, the fastener tape manufacturing unit 3a includes a needle bed 30 having a plurality of needle grooves 30a, and a plurality of knitting needles 31 that reciprocate along the plurality of needle grooves 30a and are taken out from the needle bed 30, The knitting needle moving device 31a that reciprocates the plurality of knitting needles 31, the yarn guiding needle 32 through which the knitting yarn passes, and the yarn guiding needle moving device 32a that performs the predetermined operation of the yarn guiding needle 32, presses one end of the fastener chain The plurality of sinkers 33, the sinker moving device 33a for reciprocating the sinker 33, and the guide 34 for guiding the linear monofilaments to form a spiral shape for bending the monofilament at one edge of the fastener tape a guide moving device 35 for reciprocating the guide member 34, a hook 38 for winding the monofilament, a hook moving device 39 for moving the hook 38 to the position of the wound monofilament and moving away from the position of the monofilament, and A transmission mechanism (not shown) having a cam, a link, and the like and connecting each of the moving device 31a, the moving device 32a, the moving device 33a, the moving device 35, the moving device 38, and the moving device 39 to the motive shaft.

Further, the fastener tape manufacturing unit 3a arranges the guide 34, the hook 38, the knitting needle moving device 31a, the guide moving device 35, and the hook moving device 39 in the depth direction of the needle groove 30a with respect to the needle bed 30 (needle) One of the thickness directions of the bed 30 (more specifically, from the inside of the needle groove 30a toward the inlet), and the sinker 33 and the sinker moving device 33a are disposed on the needle groove 30a thereof with respect to the needle bed 30. The other side in the depth direction (more specifically, the direction from the inlet of the needle groove 30a toward the inside), the yarn guide moving device 32a is disposed on the needle bed 30 with respect to the needle bed 30 from the needle groove 30a of the needle bed 30. Prominent side. Thus, the arrangement and the fall of the guide 34, the hook 38, the knitting needle moving device 31a, the guide moving device 35, and the hook moving device 39 are separately performed with respect to the both sides of the needle bed 30 in the depth direction of the needle groove 30a thereof. The arrangement of the sheet 33 and the sinker moving device 33a makes it easy to arrange the members.

The needle bed 30 is a flat plate having a predetermined lateral width, a longitudinal width, and a thickness, and a plurality of needle grooves 30a extending in the longitudinal direction are formed at a predetermined interval in the lateral direction on one surface in the thickness direction. Further, the plurality of needle grooves 30a guide the knitting needle 31 so as to be reciprocating, and the knitting needle 31 protrudes from one of both faces in the longitudinal direction of the needle bed 30. A surface on which the knitting needles 31 on both sides of the needle bed 30 in the longitudinal direction are protruded is referred to as a needle protruding surface 30b.

Hereinafter, in the description of the fastener chain manufacturing apparatus 3, the direction is defined as follows (1) to (3). (1) The knitting width direction is the lateral direction of the needle bed 30, in other words, the width direction of the main body (knitting machine) of the fastener string manufacturing apparatus 3, and is the left-right direction in FIG. (2) The height direction is the longitudinal direction of the needle bed 30, which is a direction orthogonal to the paper surface of Fig. 7, the upper direction is the direction toward the front side in the orthogonal direction, and the lower direction is the orthogonal direction. The direction toward the inside in the direction. (3) The front-rear direction is the thickness direction of the needle bed 30, in other words, the depth direction of the needle groove 30a, the front direction is the direction toward the inlet side in the depth direction of the needle groove 30a, and the rear direction is the depth direction of the needle groove 30a. The direction toward the bottom side of the needle groove 30a.

The knitting needle 31 is, for example, a crochet, and its opening direction is set to the front direction.

As shown in Fig. 3, the yarn guide needle 32 forms a hole 32b through which the knitting yarn 92 passes. Further, the yarn guide needle 32 is used for the purpose of lock knitting, tricot knitting, and weft yarn clamping. The yarn guide needles 32 are fixed to the yarn guide needle holder 32c in parallel with each other in the knitting width direction for each use. The yarn guide needle moving device 32a is fixed to the yarn guide needle holder 32c so as to form a predetermined yarn loop.

For example, the yarn guide needle moving device for the lock knitting causes the yarn guide needle 32 to perform a micro-motion operation (moving in the knitting width direction) and a swing motion (moving in the front-rear direction), thereby winding the chain knitting yarn around the knitting needle 31 laps. Further, the yarn guide needle moving device for the weft-knit yarn causes the yarn guide needle 32 to perform a slight movement on the rear side of the knitting needle 31, thereby knitting the weft-knit yarn into a predetermined number formed by the chain knitting yarn. The warp circle (wale).

The guide 34 is a cylinder, and as shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the through direction of the cylinder faces the front-rear direction. Further, the two guides 34 and 34 of the chain manufacturing unit are symmetrically arranged at intervals in the knitting width direction. Further, as shown in Fig. 9, the guide member 34 passes through the monofilament 94 and sends out the monofilament 94.

The guide moving device 35 includes a guide shaft 35a that extends in the knitting width direction, and a link device 35b that is coupled to the guide shaft 35a and that fixes the guide 34.

The guide shaft 35a at least collectively drives the two guide moving means 35, the moving means 35 of the chain manufacturing unit. Further, the guide shaft 35a is slidably supported by a frame (not shown) of the fastener string manufacturing apparatus, and is coupled to the motive shaft via a transmission mechanism.

The link device 35b converts the swaying motion of the guide shaft 35a into a reciprocating motion of the guide 34 in the knitting width direction, and includes a plurality of links and a plurality of connecting portions. In the example of FIGS. 4 and 5, the link device 35b includes three links 36a, a link 36b, and a link 36c, and connects the three links 36a, the links 36b, and the links 36c to each of the two links. The two connecting portions 37a, the connecting portion 37b, and the support shaft 37j that can swingably support one of the three links 36a, the links 36b, and the links 36c. The three links 36a, the links 36b, and the links 36c are sequentially referred to as the first link 36a, the second link 36b, and the third link 36c from the guide shaft 35a side toward the guide 34 side, and the two links are connected. The coupling portion 37b is referred to as a first coupling portion 37a and a second coupling portion 37b in order from the guide shaft 35a side toward the guide 34 side.

The first link 36a is extended outward in the radial direction of the guide shaft 35a, and one end portion in the longitudinal direction is fixed to the guide shaft 35a. Incidentally, in the example of FIGS. 4 and 5, the first link 36a has its longitudinal direction aligned with the height direction, and its lower end portion is fixed to the guide shaft 35a. Further, the first link 36a changes the swaying motion of the predetermined angular range of the guide shaft 35a to the swaying motion (reciprocating motion) of the upper end portion of the top portion of the first link 36a in the front-rear direction. Further, the first link 36a is a sharer of the two guide moving devices 35 and the moving device 35 of the chain manufacturing unit. Further, the two guide members of the two guide moving means 35 and the moving means 35 are viewed from the imaginary center line L1 which divides the first link 36a in the knitting width direction and extends in the front-rear direction as viewed from the height direction. The device 35b and the link device 35b are symmetrically arranged.

The second link 36b has its longitudinal direction as the front-rear direction.

The first connecting portion 37a connects the front end portion of the second link 36b and the upper end portion of the first link 36a. Further, the first connecting portion 37a is a face-to-face such as a turning pair or a spherical surface pair, and the reciprocating motion of the top portion of the first link 36a in the front-rear direction is the direction of the second link 36b. Passed back and forth in the direction of reciprocation. In addition, the two first connecting portions 37a and the first connecting portions 37a of the chain manufacturing unit are disposed on both outer sides in the knitting width direction with respect to the first link 36a.

The third link 36c has an L shape as viewed in the height direction. More specifically, the third link 36c includes a fixing piece 36d that extends in the front-rear direction and that fixes the guide 34, and a connecting piece 36e that is extended in the knitting width direction and coupled to the second connecting portion 37b, and may be a fixing piece. 36d and the connecting piece 36e are joined in such a manner that one end portion of each other is bent at right angles to each other. A portion where the fixing piece 36d is joined to the connecting piece 36e is referred to as a bent portion. Further, an end portion of the both ends of the fixing piece 36d and the connecting piece 36e which is away from the curved portion is referred to as a top portion. Further, the curved portion is in a positional relationship closer to the virtual center line L1 than the top of the connecting piece 36e.

The fixing piece 36d includes a plate-shaped fixing piece main body portion 36h that extends in the front-rear direction, and a step portion 36i that protrudes stepwise from the top of the fixing piece main body portion 36h toward the upper side in the height direction. The step portion 36i is fixed in a state in which the guide 34 is passed through in the front-rear direction.

The support shaft 37j penetrates the curved portion of the third link 36c in the height direction, and fixes a part of the height direction thereof to a frame (not shown) of the fastener tape manufacturing device. Further, the support shaft 37j is slidably supported by the third link 36c around the curved portion.

The second connecting portion 37b connects the rear end portion of the second link 36b and the top of the connecting piece 36e of the third link 36c. Further, the second connecting portion 37b is a pair of turning faces or a ball facing face, and the swaying motion of the second link 36b in the front-rear direction is the swaying motion of the connecting piece 36e of the third link 36c in the forward and backward directions. And pass. Further, the second connecting portion 37b is disposed on the upper side of the top of the connecting piece 36e of the third link 36c.

The two link devices 35b and the link device 35b of the chain manufacturing unit transmit the movement of the guide shaft 35a to the guide 34 in the following manner. (1) When the motive shaft is driven, the common guide shaft 35a is tilted within a predetermined angle range via the transmission mechanism. (2) With the sway of the guide shaft 35a, the upper portion of the common first link 36a is tilted in the front-rear direction about the guide shaft 35a. (3) With the sway of the first link 36a, the two second links 36b and the second links 36b are tilted in the front-rear direction. Further, the two second link portions 36b and the second link portion 36b are symmetrical in the left-right direction. (4) With the sway of the second link 36b, the third link 36c is tilted about the support shaft 37j, and the top of the fixed piece 36d is swayed together with the guide 34 in the knitting width direction. At this time, the two third link portions 36c, the two guide members 34, and the guide member 34 are symmetrical in the left-right direction.

The two guide moving devices 35 and the moving device 35 of the chain manufacturing unit can reciprocate the pair of guiding members 34 and the guiding members 34 by the common guiding shaft 35a, thereby making the guiding members 34 more than by the respective guiding shafts. By reciprocating movement, a pair of chain rows 95, a chain row 95, a pair of fastener belts 90, and a fastener chain 90 can be manufactured more efficiently, and the number of parts of the fastener tape manufacturing apparatus 3 can be reduced. Further, since the two guide moving means 35 and the moving means 35 use the common first link 36a, the number of parts of the fastener tape manufacturing apparatus 3 can be reduced, and the size in the knitting width direction can be shortened. Further, since the fixing piece 36d of the third link 36c is located closer to the virtual center line L1 than the top of the second connecting portion 37b, the fixing piece 36d of the third link 36c is, for example, the top of the second connecting portion 37b. Compared with the case of the imaginary center line L1, the two guides 34 and the guide 34 of the chain manufacturing unit are located close to each other in the knitting width direction, so that the two guide moving devices 35 and the moving device of the chain manufacturing unit can be shortened. The size of the braid in the width direction of 35.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the hooks 38 include a rod-shaped portion 38a that linearly extends in the front-rear direction, and a hook portion that is connected to the top of the rear end portion of the rod-shaped portion 38a and that hangs the monofilament. 38b. The hook portion 38b is bent from the distal end of the rod portion 38a toward the needle protruding surface 30b side as viewed from the knitting width direction, and is bent so as to be folded back toward the distal end side of the rod portion 38a.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the hook moving device 39 drives at least two fastener tape manufacturing units 3a and a fastener tape manufacturing unit 3a of a chain manufacturing unit in common, and includes a hook shaft extending in the knitting width direction. 39a, and an arm 39b extending from the hook axis 39a to the outside in the radial direction and above the needle protruding surface 30b.

The hook shaft 39a is rotatably supported by the frame of the loom, and is located between the needle bed 30 and the guide shaft 35a in the front-rear direction, and is located at a position spaced apart from the link device 35b in the height direction.

The arm 39b is extended in the front-rear direction, and the front end portion as the top portion thereof is fixed to the hook shaft 39a, and the rear end portion and the two side surfaces in the knitting width direction are used as two hooks 38 and a shuttle for respectively mounting the chain manufacturing unit. A pair of mounting portions 39c and mounting portions 39c of the hooks 38. Further, the center of the arm 39b in the knitting width direction, the center of the two guide moving devices 35 of the chain manufacturing unit, and the center of the moving device 35 in the knitting width direction are located on the virtual center line L1 as viewed from the height direction. When the hooks 38 are respectively fixed to the pair of attaching portions 39c and the mounting portions 39c of the arm 39b, the pair of hooks 38 and the hooks 38 are symmetrical in the knitting width direction, in other words, with respect to the imaginary center line L1. Symmetrical configuration. Further, the pair of shuttle hooks 38 and the hooks 38 are close to each other in the knitting width direction and are spaced apart from each other by a narrower width than the chain belt 91.

In the shared hook moving device 39, if the hook shaft 39a is swung, the top of the arm 39b is tilted in the height direction centering on the hook shaft 39a, and the pair of hooks 38 and the hooks 38 are protruded from the needle. Above the surface 30b, it is tilted in the height direction. Moreover, the shared hook moving device 39 can also reciprocate the pair of hooks 38 and the hooks 38 by a hook shaft 39a, thereby making it more efficient to reciprocate the hooks by the hook axes. A pair of chain rows 95, a chain row 95, a pair of fastener belts 90, and a fastener chain 90 are manufactured, and the number of parts of the fastener tape manufacturing apparatus 3 can be reduced.

As shown in FIGS. 3, 7, and 8, the sinker 33 is a flat plate that is elongated in the front-rear direction and has a thickness direction in the knitting width direction. Further, the plurality of sinkers 33 are fixed in a state in which they are arranged at intervals in the knitting width direction, and the rear portion thereof is fixed to the sinker holder 33b. The plurality of sinkers 33 fixed to the sinker holder 33b are referred to as sinker rows. The sinker row reciprocates in the front-rear direction, and the range of the reciprocating movement is between a position spaced rearward with respect to the needle projecting surface 30b, a position above the needle projecting surface 30b, and a position at which the fastener chain 90 is pressed.

Further, the fastener tape manufacturing unit 3a arranges the plurality of sinkers 33, the sinker 33, ..., the plurality of knitting needles 31, the knitting needles 31, ..., the hooks 38, and the guides 34 so as not to be in contact with each other. More specifically, it is as follows. As shown in Fig. 8, when the sinker is in the forward state, the tip end portion of each of the sinkers 33 as viewed from the height direction is positioned above the needle projecting surface 30b, and the adjacent knitting needle 31 and knitting needle 31 are In other words, in the meantime, it is located between the adjacent needle groove 30a and the needle groove 30a. Further, in the case where the sinker is listed as the advancing state, the hook 38 and the guide 34 are located between the adjacent knitting needle 31 and the knitting needle 31 as viewed from the height direction, and are opposed to a predetermined number of knitting needles (in the figure The two knitting needles 31 and the knitting needles 31) are located on both outer sides in the knitting width direction. The predetermined number of knitting needles 31 are wound around a knitting yarn for fixing the element rows, and hereinafter referred to as "fixing knitting needles". The knitting needles 31 are not accommodated in the two needle grooves 30a and the needle grooves 30a of the two fixing knitting needles 31 and the knitting needles 31 on both sides in the knitting width direction. Further, the needle grooves 30a are formed at equal intervals in the knitting width direction with respect to the needle bed 30, and the knitting needles 31 are housed in the needle grooves 30a other than the two needle grooves 30a and the needle grooves 30a. In addition, the sinker 33 is disposed between the two fixing knitting needles 31 and the knitting needles 31 so as to be in the vicinity of the two knitting needles 31 and the knitting needles 31 in the width direction. The position of the hook 38 is set to the side of the engaging head portion 95b of the portion 95a, and the needle groove 30a and the needle groove on both sides in the width direction are knitted with respect to the two fixing knitting needles 31, the knitting needle 31, and the hook 38. The upper limit of the reciprocating movement of the guide 34 in the knitting width direction is set above the 30a. The solid line of the guide 34 of Fig. 7 is the extreme position on the left side, and the alternate long and short dash line is the extreme position on the right side. The guide member 34 reciprocates in the knitting width direction in the retracted state of the sinker row. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 8, when the sinker is in the forward state, the guide 34 is located at the extreme position on the left side. Further, in the present embodiment, when the sinker is in the forward state (when one end of the fastener chain 90 is pressed), the two sinkers 33 and the sinker 33 in the sinker row are opposite to the hook 38 and the knitting width direction. Close to both sides. Further, the sinker sheets are arranged at positions other than the hooks 38, and the sinkers 33 are arranged at equal intervals in the knitting width direction, and the interval between the sinker 33 and the sinker 33 on both sides of the position corresponding to the hooks 38 is set. It is 2 times or more of the equal intervals, thereby preventing contact between the sinker 33 and the hooks 38.

As shown in FIG. 3, the sinker moving device 33a includes a sinker shaft 33c extending in the knitting width direction, and a sinker 33d that is swayed back and forth around the sinker shaft 33c. The sinker shaft 33c is rotatably supported by the frame of the loom. The sinker 筘 33d is elongated in the knitting width direction and the height direction. In addition, the sinker 筘 33d is fixed to the upper end portion in the height direction in a state in which the sinker holder 33b protrudes forward as viewed from the knitting width direction, and the sinker row is directed upward above the needle projecting surface 30b.

The sinker moving device 33a of the above configuration causes the sinker basket 33d to be tilted within a predetermined angle range around the sinker shaft 33c, whereby the top of the sinker row is disposed above or away from the needle projecting surface 30b. Further, since the sinker moving device 33a is disposed on the rear side with respect to the needle bed 30, the guide moving device 35 and the hook moving device 39 are disposed on the front side with respect to the needle bed 30, so that the guide moving device 35 and the shuttle are more The installation position of the hook moving device 39 and the sinker moving device 33a is set to be the same side of the front and rear of the needle bed 30, and it is easier to set each moving device, and it is easier to make the sinker 33 not with the hook 38 or the guide. 34 contact configuration.

The two fastener tape manufacturing parts 3a and the fastener tape manufacturing part 3a of the chain manufacturing unit are operated in the following manner. When the driving source is driven, the transmission mechanism is interlocked, and the moving device for the knitting needle, the yarn guiding needle, the sinker, the hook, and the guide is operated, the knitting needle 31, the yarn guiding needle 32, the sinker 33, the shuttle The hook 38 and the guide 34 operate in the following order (1) to (6). In addition, in the case of the operation state in the vicinity of the sprocket, the sinker 33 in the vicinity of the sprocket, the chain-spun yarn 92a on the sprocket side, and the knitting needle are omitted. (1) As shown in Fig. 9, each knitting needle 31 completely enters into the needle groove 30a, and the hook portion 38b of each hook 38 is stopped at a position above and farthest from the needle protruding surface 30b. Moreover, the pair of guides 34 and 34 are respectively located between the needle protruding surface 30b and the height direction of the hook 38, and are stopped at the position farthest from the knitting width direction. The stop position of the hook 38 is a position between the adjacent knitting needle 31 and the knitting needle 31 and on the side of the folded portion 95d of the fastener element. (2) As shown in Fig. 10, each of the guides 34 moves toward the meshing head portion 95b side of the sprocket and passes between the hook 38 and the height direction of the needle projecting surface 30b. By this movement, one of the pair of leg portions 95c and the leg portions 95c is formed in each fastener tape manufacturing portion 3a. Further, by this movement, the pair of guides 34 are in the closest state in the knitting width direction. (3) The pair of hooks 38 and the hooks 38 are moved toward the needle projecting surface 30b side by the lowering as shown in Fig. 11, and in each of the fastener tape manufacturing portions 3a, the hooking portion 38b is in the vicinity of the guide member 34. The leg portion 95c is pressed downward. Further, in each fastener tape manufacturing portion 3a, the sinker 33 starts to move toward the needle protruding surface 30b side. (4) The guide 34 is moved to the folded portion 95d side by the hook portion 38b of the hook 38, and is stopped at the folded portion 95d as shown in Fig. 12 . By this movement, the sprocket portion 95a is wound around the hook 38, and the other of the engaging head portion 95b of the sprocket portion 95a, the pair of leg portions 95c, and the leg portion 95c is in each of the fastener tape manufacturing portions 3a. form. Further, by this movement, the pair of guides 34 are in the most distant state in the knitting width direction. (5) The knitting needle 31 reciprocates in the height direction as shown in Fig. 13 and is ejected a predetermined number of times with respect to the needle protruding surface 30b, and each time the yarn guiding needle 32 performs a predetermined swinging motion or a jog motion, whereby the chain belt 91 is The fabric forms a defined course. In this example, two latitudes are formed corresponding to FIG. The woven fabric of the two latitudes is a woven fabric between the adjacent sprocket portions 95a and the sprocket portions 95a, and the pair of leg portions 95c and the leg portions 95c of the sprocket portions 95a are knitted and woven into the fastener tape 91. Further, each time the knitting needle 31 is raised with respect to the needle protruding surface 30b, the sinker 33 enters between the adjacent knitting needle 31 and the knitting needle 31, and the sinker 33 is used at one end in the longitudinal direction of the fastener chain 90. The sprocket row side 90a and the non-sprocket row side 90b are respectively pressed. Thereby, the woven fabric is prevented from rising together with the rise of the knitting needle 31. Then, after the knitting needle 31 reaches the rising position, the sinker 33 starts to move rearward from the needle protruding surface 30b, and does not come into contact with the knitting yarn while the knitting needle 31 is lowered. (6) Next, the pair of hooks 38 are moved upward, and the sprocket portion 95a is separated from the hook 38 to return to the state of (1). By repeating the above operations (1) to (6), the two fastener tapes 90 can be manufactured in a side-by-side state and symmetrically in the knitting width direction.

According to the fastener tape manufacturing apparatus 3 of the above configuration, the two fastener tapes 90 can be knitted per unit in accordance with the chain, and thus the plurality of fastener tapes 90 can be efficiently manufactured. Therefore, the fastener chain in a group of two can be manufactured in the number corresponding to the number of groups of the chain manufacturing unit. Further, since one end in the longitudinal direction of the fastener tape 90 is pressed by the sinker 33, the appearance of the fastener tape 90 is improved. Moreover, when the sinker row presses one end of the fastener chain 90, the two sinkers 33 and the sinker 33 are located on both sides thereof with respect to the hook 38, and thus are located only on both sides of the sinker with respect to the hook In the case of one, the portion of the fastener chain 90 is increased, and the knitting of the fastener tape 90 is stabilized. Further, the two fastener tapes 90 are knitted in a symmetrical state in which the pair of fastener rows 95 and the fastener rows 95 face each other in the knitting width direction. Therefore, the two fastener tapes 90 are easily formed into one chain 97. The fastener tape 90 manufactured by the fastener tape manufacturing apparatus 3 having such an effect is lowered along the rear side of the needle bed 30, and then sent to the meshing device 4.

As shown in FIGS. 19 to 21, the meshing device 4 is provided with a guide passage 40 through which a pair of fastener tapes 90 and a fastener chain 90 pass, as a space portion. The guide path 40 has two inlets 40a and one outlet 40b which are spaced apart in the width direction.

Hereinafter, the direction is defined as follows in the description of the meshing device 4. The width direction is the width direction of the guide path 40 and is the left-right direction of FIG. 19, which is also referred to as the left-right direction. The longitudinal direction is the longitudinal direction of the guide path 40 and is the up and down direction of FIG. Further, the inlet direction is the direction of the outlet 40b of the self-guide passage 40 in the longitudinal direction toward the inlet 40a, and is the downward direction in the drawing. The exit direction is the direction in which the inlet 40a of the self-guided path 40 in the longitudinal direction faces the outlet 40b, and is the upper direction in the drawing. The height direction is the height direction of the guide path 40, and is referred to as a direction orthogonal to the paper surface of FIG. 19, which is also referred to as an up-and-down direction. The upper direction is a direction toward the near side in the orthogonal direction, and the lower direction is a direction toward the inner side with respect to the paper surface in the orthogonal direction. In the present embodiment, the width direction is the same as the knitting width direction in the description of the fastener tape manufacturing device 3, and the longitudinal direction is the same as the front-rear direction in the description of the fastener tape manufacturing device 3, and the height direction and the fastener tape manufacturing device. The height direction in the description of 3 is the same.

As shown in FIG. 14 to FIG. 21, the meshing device 4 includes the first substrate portion 50 and the second substrate portion 60, and is a component which is symmetrical in the width direction and forms the guide path 40, and is arranged in the width direction. The pair of fastener tapes 90 and the fastener tape 90 are guided from both sides in the thickness direction, and are opposed to each other at intervals in the height direction. The spacers 65 are formed on the first substrate portion 50 and the second substrate portion 60. The side of the inlet 40a in the longitudinal direction is partitioned by the intermediate portion in the width direction, and guides the inner sides in the width direction of the pair of separated element rows 95 and the element rows 95; the pressing portion 70 has the width direction The central portion of the first substrate portion 50 that is separated into three in the width direction is pressed toward the second substrate portion 60. The pair of the outer convex portion 52 and the outer convex portion 52 narrow the first substrate from the first substrate portion 50. The state of the space between the portion 50 and the second substrate portion 60 is protruded, and the outer sides of the pair of element rows 95 and the element row 95 in the width direction are guided; the first central convex portion 59 and the second central convex portion 61 are The distance between the first substrate portion 50 and the second substrate portion 60 in the height direction is on the exit side in the longitudinal direction and the intermediate portion in the width direction. The pair of spacers 53 and the spacers 53 are sandwiched between the first substrate portion 50 and the second substrate portion 60 on both outer sides in the width direction of the guide path 40.

The second substrate portion 60 is a rectangular flat plate whose thickness direction coincides with the height direction. In addition, the second substrate portion 60 has a flat surface that is flat in the left-right direction and the front-rear direction, and guides the lower surface of the pair of fastener tapes 90 and the fastener tape 90 in the height direction. Further, the second substrate portion 60 is fixed to a frame (not shown) by a bolt by a bolt.

The second central convex portion 61 protrudes upward from the central portion in the width direction of the upper surface of the second substrate portion 60 and extends over the entire length of the outlet side of the second substrate portion 60 in the longitudinal direction. Further, the second central convex portion 61 has a shape in which the width gradually decreases as it goes upward. Further, the second substrate portion 60 and the second central convex portion 61 are one-piece base member 62.

The first substrate portion 50 includes a pair of side substrate portions 51 and a side substrate portion 51 which are disposed at intervals in the width direction, and are sandwiched between the pair of side substrate portions 51 and the side substrate portions 51 The central substrate portion 56 is disposed in a state. In the present embodiment, the pair of side substrate portions 51, the side substrate portion 51, and the center substrate portion 56 are separate members, and the center substrate portion 56, the spacer portion 65, and the first central convex portion 59 are one-piece central member 55. The side substrate portion 51, the spacer portion 53, and the outer convex portion 52 on the same side in the width direction are one-piece wing member 54. Further, the pair of blade members 54 and the blade members 54 are fixed to the second substrate portion 60 at intervals in the width direction of the second substrate portion 60, and the center member 55 is disposed on the second substrate portion 60, and is The flap member 54 and the flap member 54 are guided to be movable in the height direction.

The pair of side substrate portions 51 and the side substrate portion 51 have a pair of inner end faces 51a and an inner end face 51a that face each other in the width direction. The pair of inner end faces 51a and the inner end faces 51a are extended in the longitudinal direction, and include a pair of parallel faces 51b and parallel faces 51b which are parallel to each other in the longitudinal direction on the outlet side in the longitudinal direction, and an inclined side with respect to the longitudinal direction on the inlet side in the longitudinal direction. The inclined surface 51c and the inclined surface 51c. The interval between the pair of inner end faces 51a and the inner end faces 51a is equal to that of the pair of parallel faces 51b and the parallel faces 51b, and is separated from the pair of inclined faces 51c and the inclined faces 51c from the pair of parallel faces 51b and the parallel faces 51b to the inlet direction. And gradually expand. In addition, an edge portion on the inner end surface 51a side of the both edge portions in the width direction of the side substrate portion 51 is referred to as an inner edge portion, and an edge portion on the opposite side is referred to as an outer edge portion. The side substrate portion 51 is a hexagonal plate that is deformed as viewed in the height direction, and has the same dimension as the second substrate portion 60 in the longitudinal direction, and has a dimension in the width direction that is half the width of the second substrate portion 60. short. More specifically, the hexagonal shape of the side substrate portion 51 is formed by inclining the two corner portions on the inlet side of the rectangular shape having two sides parallel to the longitudinal direction and the width direction.

The center substrate portion 56 is a flat plate having a thickness thicker than the pair of side substrate portions 51 and the side substrate portion 51, and includes a central parallel portion 57 disposed between the pair of parallel faces 51b and the parallel faces 51b, and a central parallel portion 57. The central inclined portion 58 that is extended toward the inlet 40a side and disposed between the pair of inclined surfaces 51c and the inclined surfaces 51c.

The central parallel portion 57 is a rectangular shape elongated in a straight line as viewed in the height direction. The first central convex portion 59 protrudes from the central portion in the width direction of the lower surface of the central parallel portion 57 toward the second substrate portion 60 and extends over the entire length of the central parallel portion 57 in the longitudinal direction. Further, the center parallel portion 57 and the first center convex portion 59 have a lower surface on the lower surface in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction, and a pair of element rows 95 and a pair of leg portions 95c of the element row 95 in the meshing state. The leg portion 95c is guided from the upper side in the height direction. Further, the upper surface of the second parallel plate portion 57 and the second central convex portion 61 are opposed to the lower surface of the central parallel portion 57 and the first central convex portion 59. In addition, the first central convex portion 59 and the second central convex portion 61 narrow the interval between the first substrate portion 50 and the second substrate portion 60 in the height direction, and are in the pair of element rows 95 and the element row 95 in the meshing state. The pair of engaging heads 95b and the engaging head 95b are guided.

The center inclined portion 58 has a triangular shape as viewed in the height direction, and has a shape in which the width gradually decreases toward the outlet direction. Further, the center inclined portion 58 has a flat surface on the lower surface (opposing surface of the second substrate portion 60) in the horizontal direction and the front-rear direction, and the partition portion 65 protrudes downward from the center portion in the width direction of the plane. Therefore, the lower surface of the center inclined portion 58 is exposed on both sides in the width direction of the partition portion 65, and the pair of element rows 95 and the meshing head portion 95b of the element row 95 are guided from the upper side in the height direction.

The partition portion 65 has a triangular shape that is smaller than the central inclined portion 58 as viewed from the height direction, and has a shape that gradually narrows in width toward the outlet direction. Further, both sides in the width direction of the partition portion 65 guide the pair of element rows 95 and the pair of meshing head portions 95b and the meshing head portion 95b of the pair of element rows 95 and the element row 95 in the separated state from both inner sides in the width direction.

The outer convex portion 52 protrudes downward from the inner edge portion of the lower surface of the side substrate portion 51, and the distance from the second substrate portion 60 is reduced. The protruding length of the outer convex portion 52 is set such that the interval between the outer convex portion 52 and the second substrate portion 60 in the height direction is substantially the same as the thickness of the fastener tape 91, and the fastener tape 52 passes through the outer convex portion 52 and the first portion. 2 between the substrate portions 60. Further, the outer convex portion 52 is extended along a portion corresponding to the inclined surface 51c of the inner edge portion of the side substrate portion 51, and the extended one end is located at the inlet 40a of the guide path 40, and the extended other end is located at the side substrate portion 51. The parallel surface 51b of the inner edge portion. Therefore, the interval between the pair of outer convex portions 52 and the outer convex portions 52 in the width direction is gradually narrowed from the inlet 40a toward the outlet 40b. Further, on the inlet side of the guide path 40, the partition portion 65 exists between the pair of outer convex portions 52 and the outer convex portion 52, and the interval between each outer convex portion 52 and the partition portion 65 is set to be slightly larger than that of the element row 95 width. On the other hand, the spacer 65 is not present between the pair of outer convex portions 52 and the outer convex portion 52 with respect to the outlet portion 65, and the interval between the pair of outer convex portions 52 and the outer convex portion 52 is set to be a pair. The sprocket row 95 and the sprocket row 95 are of a suitable size to engage. Further, the outer convex portion 52 is disposed at an outer side in the width direction of the inclined surface 51c of the inner end surface 51a and spaced apart from each other in the outlet direction. Therefore, the lower surface of the pair of side substrate portions 51 and the side substrate portion 51 (the opposing surface of the second substrate portion 60) is on the inner side in the width direction of the pair of outer convex portions 52 and the outer convex portion 52, and the second The board portion 60 is in a state of being opposed to each other, and guides the outer side in the width direction of the pair of leg portions 95c of the element row 95 and the portion of the leg portion 95c on the side of the folded portion 95d. In the present embodiment, as shown in the enlarged portion of FIG. 17, the lower surface of the pair of side substrate portions 51 and the side substrate portion 51 is higher in the width direction inner side than the pair of outer convex portions 52 and the outer convex portion 52. The lower surface of the central inclined portion 58 of the center substrate portion 56.

The spacer portion 53 protrudes downward from the lower surface of the side substrate portion 51 and the outer edge portion in the width direction. The inner end surface 51a in the width direction of the spacer portion 53 is inclined toward the inner side in the width direction toward the outlet 40b side in the longitudinal direction of the side substrate portion 51. Therefore, the interval between the pair of spacer portions 53 and the spacer portion 53 in the width direction is gradually narrowed toward the outlet direction. Then, the blade member 54 is fixed to the second substrate portion 60 by the bolt B1 that penetrates the spacer portion 53 and the side substrate portion 51 in the height direction.

The pressing portion 70 includes a rod 71 that penetrates the center member 55 in the height direction, and fixes one end portion (lower end portion) of the rod 71 to the fixing portion 72 of the second substrate portion 60, and surrounds the outer peripheral side of the rod 71 to be centered. The member 55 presses the compression coil spring 73 as a spring pressed against the second substrate portion 60, and is fixed to the other end portion (upper end portion) of the rod 71 and presses the pressing member 74 that compresses the coil spring 73.

The rod 71 is a round rod. Further, the through hole 55a through which the rod 71 passes is formed in a state in which the center member 55 penetrates the center inclined portion 58 and the partition portion 65. Since the through hole 55a is slightly larger than the diameter of the rod 71, the center member 55 can move in the height direction along the rod 71.

The fixing portion 72 includes a fixing hole 60h that penetrates a portion of the second substrate portion 60 that is in contact with the spacer 65 in the height direction, and the rod 71 passes therethrough; the stopper hole 71a in the rod 71 is positive in the height direction. The lower side of the second substrate portion 60 is penetrated in the intersecting direction; and the stopper pin 71p is inserted into the stopper hole 71a and both end portions protrude from the stopper hole 71a. Further, the fixing portion 72 includes a groove portion 60s that leads to the fixing hole 60h at the end surface of the second substrate portion 60 on the inlet 40a side and the entire height of the second substrate portion 60. The total length of the groove portion 60s in the width direction is larger than the diameter of the stopper pin 71p. Thereby, the rod 71 can be moved in and out with respect to the fixing hole 60h in a state in which only one end portion of the stopper pin 71p is inserted into the rod 71.

The pressing member 74 includes a pressing portion body 75 that passes through the rod 71 in a state of being protruded in a flange shape, and an external thread 76 that fixes the pressing portion body 75 to the rod 71. The pressing portion main body 75 includes a through hole 75a that is a disk-shaped shape and has a center portion through which the rod 71 passes, and includes a female screw hole 75b that opens to the through hole 75a at a plurality of outer peripheral surfaces and that is screwed by the male screw 76.

The engaging device 4 is configured to fix the pressing member 74 and the fixing portion 72 to both end portions of the rod 71, and to arrange the central member 55 and compress between the fixing portion 72 and the pressing member 74 in a state of passing through the rod 71. The coil spring 73 is in a state in which the compression coil spring 73 is contracted. Therefore, the restoring force acts on the compression coil spring 73, and the spacer 65 of the center member 55 is pressed to the second substrate portion 60.

As shown in Figs. 19 to 21, the engaging device 4 meshes the two fastener tapes 90, the pair of element rows 95 of the fastener chain 90, and the element row 95 in the following order (1) to (5). . (1) The two fastener tapes 90 and the fastener tape 90 which are sent out from the fastener tape manufacturing apparatus 3 are brought into a state in which the pair of element rows 95 and the element row 95 are opposed to each other in the width direction. The two inlets 40a, 40a of the guide path 40 are guided. (2) In the pair of element rows 95 and the element rows 95, the pair of engaging head portions 95b and the engaging head portion 95b are guided to both sides in the width direction of the partition portion 65, and the folded portion 95d is constituted by the pair of outer convex portions 52. The outer convex portion 52 is guided and advanced along the guiding path 40. Incidentally, the two fastener tapes 90, the pair of element row side 90a of the fastener stringer 90, and the two sides of the element row side 90a in the height direction are formed on the pair of outer side convex parts 52, the outer side convex part 52, and the spacer part 65. The lower surface of the central substrate portion 56, the pair of side substrate portions 51 and the side substrate portion 51 and the upper surface of the second substrate portion 60 are guided. (3) The partition portion 65 is gradually narrowed toward the outlet direction, and the pair of outer convex portions 52 and the outer convex portion 52 are gradually approached in the width direction toward the outlet direction, so that the pair of chain rows 95 and the sprocket The column 95 advances in the direction of the exit, and the engaging head portion 95b and the engaging head portion 95b of each other gradually approach each other. (4) When the pair of element rows 95 and the element rows 95 pass through the partition 65, the pair of element rows 95 and the element rows 95 passing through the pair of folded portions 95d are separated by a pair of outer convex portions 52 Since the outer convex portion 52 is guided, the pair of engaging head portions 95b and the engaging head portion 95b are engaged, whereby one chain 97 is manufactured from the two fastener tapes 90 and the fastener chain 90. In addition, at this time, the pair of leg portions 95c and the leg portions 95c are guided not only by the center substrate portion 56 and the second board portion 60, but also to the meshing head sides of the pair of leg portions 95c and the leg portions 95c. The pair of first central convex portions 59, 61 are guided in the height direction, so that the pair of engaging head portions 95b and the engaging head portion 95b are easily engaged. Further, when the chain 97 is manufactured, the center member 55 comes into contact with the second substrate portion 60 by the restoring force of the pressing portion 70 (the compression coil spring 73). Further, at this time, the height of the element row side 90a of the fastener tape 90 passing through the guide path 40 is the height of the guide path 40 (more specifically, the pair of outer convex portions 52, the outer convex portion 52, and the spacer portion) The distance between the lower surface of the central substrate portion 56 and the pair of side substrate portions 51 and the side substrate portion 51 and the upper surface of the second substrate portion 60 is not more than 65. However, the fastener string also has a case where the height of the element row side 90a is partially higher than the height of the guide path 40, that is, there is also a so-called bad condition. In this case, the element tooth row side 90a rises against the restoring force of the compression coil spring 73, and the center member 55 is raised, and the compression coil spring 73 is further contracted, and the dimension of the guide passage 40 in the height direction is enlarged, so that the element row side 90a is not The guide path 40 will be blocked. Further, when the defective portion of the element row side 90a passes through the guide path 40, the central member 55 comes into contact with the second substrate portion 60 by the restoring force of the compression coil spring 73, and the pair of meshing head portions 95b are engaged. The head portion 95b is engaged such that the two fastener tapes 90 and the fastener chain 90 are formed as a chain 97. (5) Then, the chain 97 is fed out from the outlet 40b of the guide path 40 in a state where the pair of engaging heads 95b and the engaging head portion 95b are engaged. All of the chains 97 made of the engaging means 4 are wound around the winding device 5, respectively.

According to the meshing device 4, since the two fastener tapes 90 and the fastener chain 90 are formed as one chain 97, when the fastener is manufactured later, it is not necessary to separately prepare two fastener tapes 90, and it is easy to manufacture a slide fastener. The engaging device 4 is particularly suitable for use in a production line for knitting zippers, and as an engaging device for a type of zipper of a type other than a knitted zipper.

In addition, the manufacturing apparatus of the chain for the knitted zipper is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be appropriately modified without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, it can be changed as follows.

In the above-described embodiment, the fastener tape manufacturing apparatus 3 is manufactured in a state in which the pair of fastener elements 95 and the element row 95 are opposed to each other in the knitting width direction in units of two. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and all the number of fastener chain belts 90 may be manufactured in a state in which the element row 95 is oriented toward one side in the knitting width direction, and a part of all the number of fastener belts 90 may be two. The unit is manufactured in a state in which the pair of element rows 95 and the element rows 95 are opposed to each other in the knitting width direction, and the remaining portions of all the number of fastener belts 90 are manufactured in a state toward one side in the knitting width direction. . Further, in the above-described embodiment, the fastener tape manufacturing apparatus 3 has the guide shaft 35a of the guide moving device 35, the first link 36a, the hook shaft 39a of the hook moving device 39, and the arm 39b in accordance with the chain manufacturing unit. The two fastener tape manufacturing unit 3a and the fastener chain manufacturing unit 3a are common, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the guide moving device 35 and the hook moving device 39 may be separately provided for each fastener tape manufacturing unit 3a. Further, only the guide shaft 35a of the guide moving device 35 and the hook shaft 39a of the hook moving device 39 may be shared by the plurality of fastener tape manufacturing portions 3a.

In the above embodiment, the meshing device 4 includes a pair of spacer portions 53 and a spacer portion 53, and may not have a pair of spacer portions 53 and a spacer portion 53. In this case, the first substrate portion 50 is integrally formed with the pair of side substrate portions 51 and the side substrate portions 51 and the center substrate portion 56, and the center substrate portion 56 is fixed to the second substrate portion 60 via the spacers 65. Further, although the engagement device 4 includes the pressing portion 70 in the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the pressing portion 70 may not be provided. In this case, the center member 55 may not be movable in the height direction with respect to the second substrate portion 60, and may be fixed to the second substrate portion 60 or at least to the one side substrate portion 51. In the above-described embodiment, the first substrate portion 50 is separated into three pairs of the side substrate portion 51, the side substrate portion 51, and the center substrate portion 56. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. The substrate portion 50 may be such that the pair of side substrate portions 51 and the side substrate portions 51 are integrated with the center substrate portion 56. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the meshing device 4 has the partition portion 65 as a part of the center member 55, and the center member 55 having the partition portion 65 is provided so as to be connectable to the pair of side substrate portions 51 and the side substrate portion 51. Although it moves in the height direction, it is not limited to this, and the partition part 65 and the center member 55 can be isolate|separated, and the spacer part 65 and the 2nd board|substrate part 60 may be integrated. In the above-described embodiment, the fixing portion 72 uses the stopper pin 71p. However, the fixing portion 72 may be a screw pair or the like in which the second substrate portion 60 and the rod 71 are screwed together. Other fixed means. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the meshing device 4 includes the first central convex portion 59 and the second central convex portion 61, and the first central convex portion 59 and the second central convex portion 61 may be omitted.

1‧‧‧Knitting yarn supply device
2‧‧‧monofilament supply device
3‧‧‧Tooth chain belt manufacturing device
3a‧‧‧Tooth Chain Manufacturing Department
3b‧‧‧ original axis
4‧‧‧Interference device
5‧‧‧Winding device
30‧‧ needle bed
30a‧‧ needle slot
30b‧‧‧ needle protrusion
31‧‧‧Knitting needle
31a‧‧‧Knitting needle moving device
32‧‧‧ yarn guide needle
32a‧‧‧Guide needle moving device
32b‧‧‧ hole
32c‧‧‧ yarn guide seat
33‧‧‧Sinks
33a‧‧‧Shelter moving device
33b‧‧‧Sinking seat
33c‧‧‧Sampling shaft
33d‧‧‧Sinking film
34‧‧‧ Guides
35‧‧‧guide moving device
35a‧‧‧Guide axis
35b‧‧‧ link device
36a‧‧‧1st link
36b‧‧‧2nd link
36c‧‧‧3rd link
36d‧‧‧Fixed tablets
36e‧‧‧Links
36h‧‧‧Fixed body
36i‧‧‧
37a‧‧‧1st link
37b‧‧‧2nd link
37j‧‧‧ spindle
38‧‧‧ hook
38a‧‧‧ Rod
38b‧‧‧ hanging button
39‧‧‧ Shuttle hook mobile device
39a‧‧‧ Shuttle hook shaft
39b‧‧‧arm
39c‧‧‧Installation Department
40‧‧‧ Guided Road
40a‧‧‧ entrance
40b‧‧‧Export
50‧‧‧1st substrate
51‧‧‧Side substrate unit
51a‧‧‧ inner end face
51b‧‧‧ parallel faces
51c‧‧‧ Bevel
52‧‧‧Outer convex
53‧‧‧Intervalparts
54‧‧‧wing members
55‧‧‧Central components
55a‧‧‧through hole
56‧‧‧Central Substrate Department
57‧‧‧Central Parallel
58‧‧‧Central Inclined Section
59‧‧‧1st central convex
60‧‧‧2nd substrate unit
60h‧‧‧Fixed holes
60s‧‧‧ slot department
61‧‧‧2nd central convex
62‧‧‧Base member
65‧‧‧Interval
70‧‧‧ Pressing Department
71‧‧‧ rod
71a‧‧‧stop hole
71p‧‧‧stop sales
72‧‧‧ Fixed Department
73‧‧‧Compressed coil spring
74‧‧‧Extrusion members
75‧‧‧Extrusion body
75a‧‧‧through hole
75b‧‧‧Threaded hole
76‧‧‧ external thread
90‧‧‧Foot belt
90a‧‧‧Chain side
90b‧‧‧ non-chained side
91‧‧‧Chain belt
92‧‧‧ knitting yarn
92a‧‧‧Chain knitting yarn
92b‧‧‧Trico knitting yarn
92c‧‧‧ latitudinal yarn
94‧‧‧monofilament
95‧‧‧Chain
95a‧‧‧ sprocket
95b‧‧‧ meshing head
95c‧‧‧foot
95d‧‧‧Departure
97‧‧‧Chain
B1‧‧‧Bolts
The imaginary centerline of L1‧‧‧

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing an apparatus for manufacturing a chain for a knitted slide fastener according to a first embodiment. Fig. 2 is a plan view showing a manufacturing apparatus of a fastener stringer. Fig. 3 is a side view showing the apparatus for manufacturing a fastener stringer. Figure 4 is a plan view of the guide moving device. Figure 5 is a side view of the guide moving device. Fig. 6 is a plan view showing a part of a fastener stringer. Fig. 7 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the sinker is separated from the needle bed; Fig. 8 is an explanatory view showing a state in which a sinker is close to a needle bed; FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the hook is separated from the sprocket portion and the guide is located on the folded portion side of the sprocket portion. FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the hook is separated from the sprocket portion and the guide is located on the meshing head side of the sprocket portion. Fig. 11 is an explanatory view showing a state in which a hook presses a monofilament. FIG. 12 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the monofilament is wound around the hook and the guide is located on the side of the folded portion. FIG. 13 is an explanatory view showing a state in which one end of the fastener string is held by the sinker and the knitting needle is raised. Figure 14 is a front elevational view of the engagement device. Figure 15 is a rear elevational view of the engagement device. Figure 16 is a plan view of the engagement device. Fig. 17 is a cross-sectional view taken along line XVII-XVII of Fig. 16 and a cross-sectional view showing a part thereof in an enlarged manner. Fig. 18 is a sectional view taken along line XVIII-XVIII of Fig. 16; Fig. 19 is a plan view showing a use state of the engagement device. Fig. 20 is a sectional view taken along line XX-XX of Fig. 19; Fig. 21 is a sectional view taken along line XXI-XXI of Fig. 19;

30‧‧ needle bed

30a‧‧ needle slot

30b‧‧‧ needle protrusion

31‧‧‧Knitting needle

32‧‧‧ yarn guide needle

32a‧‧‧Guide needle moving device

33‧‧‧Sinks

33a‧‧‧Shelter moving device

34‧‧‧ Guides

38‧‧‧ hook

38b‧‧‧ hanging button

94‧‧‧monofilament

Claims (4)

A method for producing a fastener stringer for a knitted zipper, which is a knitted fastener chain (90) knitted and woven into a spiral element row (95) at one edge of a fastener tape (91). In the manufacturing method, the manufacturing method is characterized in that the sprocket is operated by a swing operation of a plurality of yarn guiding needles (32) and a reciprocating motion of a plurality of knitting needles (31) When the column (95) is woven on the chain belt (91), the fastener chain (90) is manufactured in a group of two chains, and the fastener chain (90) is manufactured. The monofilament (94) is spirally bent by the reciprocating motion of the two guides (34, 34) in the knitting width direction and the reciprocating motion of the two hooks (38, 38). Forming the chain row (95), thereby knitting the chain row (95) into one side edge of the chain belt (91), the two guides (34, 34) arranged in a state of being aligned in the knitting width direction by feeding the linear monofilaments (94, 94), the two hooks (38, 38) being oriented The manner in which the position of the louver (94, 94) is moved and the position at which the detachment is moved is arranged in the woven width direction in a side-by-side state, and further, the plurality of sets of chain manufacturing units are arranged in the woven width direction in a side-by-side state, A plurality of sets of the fastener chain (90) are produced in a side-by-side state. The method of manufacturing a fastener stringer for a knitted zipper according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of guides (34, 34) in the chain manufacturing unit and the plurality of hooks are 38, 38) A pair is symmetrically arranged in the knitting width direction, and the two fastener chain belts (90) are manufactured in a symmetrical state in which the element rows (95, 95) face each other. A manufacturing apparatus for a fastener stringer for a knitted zipper, comprising a fastener tape manufacturing section (3a) for manufacturing a knitted sprocket row (95) knitted into a knitted fabric A fastener stringer (90) for a knitted zipper having a side edge portion of a fastener tape (91), the fastener tape manufacturing portion (3a) comprising: a needle bed (30) having a plurality of needle grooves (30a) a plurality of knitting needles (31) guided by the plurality of needle grooves (30a); a plurality of yarn guiding needles (32) through which the knitting yarns (92) for the chain belt pass; a guide member (34), a threaded monofilament (94) is passed through; a hook (38) that winds the monofilament (94); a hook moving device (39) that causes the hook (38) to wind the sheet a position of the wire (94) and a position to move away; and a guide moving device (35) for forming the element in a side edge of the chain (91) for bending the monofilament (94) a column (95) for reciprocating the guide member (34) in the knitting width direction, and comprising a set of chains of the two fastener tape manufacturing portions (3a) juxtaposed in the knitting width direction The manufacturing unit further arranges a plurality of groups in a side by side in the knitting width direction. The apparatus for manufacturing a fastener stringer for a knitted zipper according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of guides (34, 34) in the chain manufacturing unit and the plurality of hooks (38, 38) A pair is symmetrically arranged in the knitting width direction.