US3446042A - Automatic device for transferring a rib end from a needle row of a flat knitting machine to a loop transfer reed - Google Patents

Automatic device for transferring a rib end from a needle row of a flat knitting machine to a loop transfer reed Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US3446042A
US3446042A US611961A US3446042DA US3446042A US 3446042 A US3446042 A US 3446042A US 611961 A US611961 A US 611961A US 3446042D A US3446042D A US 3446042DA US 3446042 A US3446042 A US 3446042A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
reed
loop transfer
lever
flat knitting
needle
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
US611961A
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
Leon Fontaine
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
FN Herstal SA
Original Assignee
FN Herstal SA
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by FN Herstal SA filed Critical FN Herstal SA
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US3446042A publication Critical patent/US3446042A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04B—KNITTING
    • D04B7/00—Flat-bed knitting machines with independently-movable needles
    • D04B7/04—Flat-bed knitting machines with independently-movable needles with two sets of needles
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04B—KNITTING
    • D04B11/00—Straight-bar knitting machines with fixed needles
    • D04B11/24—Straight-bar knitting machines with fixed needles with provision for transfer of knitted goods from one machine to another
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04B—KNITTING
    • D04B37/00—Auxiliary apparatus or devices for use with knitting machines
    • D04B37/02—Auxiliary apparatus or devices for use with knitting machines with weft knitting machines

Definitions

  • the device according to the invention is characterized in that it comprises substantially the combination of a loop transfer reed having a length equal to that of the needle rows of the machine being equipped, means for holding said loop transfer reed in a waiting position, means providing, when the device is operating, the shifting of the loop transfer reed to the needle row supporting the last loop roW of the rib end being transferred in such manner that each tooth of said reed grasps the loop carried by the corresponding needle of said needle row, means for bringing said loop transfer reed in front of the teeth of a magazine reed and a transfer member hookingup the loops carried by said loop transfer reed upon said magazine reed.
  • the critical operation of the hooking-up of the rib end from the flat knitting machine may be carried out automatically without any manual operation.
  • the magazine reed may be conditioned to receive a plurality of finished rib ends which are then stitched as usual upon the flat knitting frame or to receive a single rib end and to be then brought by a suitable conveying mechanism directly upon the flat knitting frame in front of a needle row thereof.
  • FIGURE 1 is a diagrammatic end view of a head of a flat knitting machine provided with the device according to the invention
  • FIGURE 2 is a kinematic view of the means of the device according to the invention through which the needles of a needle row of the fiat knitting machine are brought into high position prior to unstitching;
  • FIGURE 3 is a kinematic view of the mechanism orienting the loop transfer reed of the device according to the invention and
  • FIGURE 4 is a kinematic diagram of the control mechanism used for shifting the loop transfer reed.
  • the head of the machine represented in FIGURE 1 comprises as usual two needle beds 1 and 2 each ended by knocking-over teeth 3 and 4 respectively.
  • the movement of the needles 5 is controlled by cams 6 and 7 carried by a carriage 8, as well known.
  • the device according to the invention comprises four main elements, namely a loop transfer reed 9, a magazine reed 10, a transfer member 11 and a control cam shaft 12.
  • the loop transfer reed 9 may be moved angularly about an axis and linearly along a guiding member 14 consisting of a lever pivoting about axis 13, such lever being provided on either side of a needle row of the machine.
  • the reed has a length substantially equal to that of a needle row and it is pivoted at each end by a carriage 15 sliding on the lever 14.
  • the axis 13 is held oneither side of the machine through a support 16 the lower end of which is bolted on a part of the machine frame.
  • a mechanism allowing the simultaneous rising of all the needles of bed 1.
  • This mechanism comprises substantially an U-section 17 perpendicular to needles 5 and extending across the width of bed 1.
  • This section 17 is carried at the end of a control rod 18 the other end of which is pivoted on a crank 19 the axis of which is represented at 20.
  • This crank comprises a second arm 21 the end of which is pivoted on a lever 22 which is itself pivoted at the end of a lever 23 the other end of which is pivoted about an axis 24.
  • the lever 23 is provided with a follower 25 running on the profile of a control cam 26 of shaft 12.
  • FIGURE 3 The angular movement of loop transfer reed 9 is represented diagrammatically in FIGURE 3.
  • a guiding lever 14 is extended beyond axis 13 by a lever 27 the free end of which is connected through an adjustable rod 28 with the end of a lever 29 pivoted about said axis 24 and the other end of which is pivoted on the end of a lever 30 which is itself pivoted at its other end on axis 20.
  • Said lever 30 is provided with a follower 31 running on the profile of a cam 32 of the shaft 12.
  • This arrangement makes it possible to bring the guiding member 14 or the loop transfer reed 9 into one of the two end positions, namely a horizontal position represented in broken lines in FIGURE 3 and a slanting position represented in full lines in the same figure, reed 9 being, in said figure, disposed substantially in the plane of needles 5 of needle bed 1.
  • the linear movement of the loop transfer reed 9 along the guiding member 14 is controlled from a cam 33 of the shaft 12, said cam being engaged by a follower 34 mounted idly on a lever 35 one end of which is pivoted on axis 20 and the other end of which is pivoted at the end of the lever 36 the other end of which is pivoted about the end of a leg of a bent lever 37 pivoted about an axis 38 carried by the support 16, the end of the other leg of said lever 37 being pivoted on a lever 39 which is itself pivoted on the carriage 15.
  • the loop transfer reed 9 may be moved along the guiding member 14 whatever the position thereof may be.
  • the transfer or hook-up member 11 consisting of a reed 40 carried by a carriage 41 movable along guides 42 under the action of a bent lever 43 pivoted about an axis 44 is connected through an adjustable rod 45 with a lever 46 extending the crank leg 21.
  • the connection between said rod 45 and the end of lever 46 provided with a roller 47 is made through a flange 48 provided on said rod 45 and against which the roller 47 is urged through a helical spring 49 surrounding the lower end of rod 45 and leaning on an annular stop 50 integral therewith.
  • the above described device operates substantially as follows: during the knitting operation, the loop transfer reed 9 is in Waiting position, namely in close vicinity of axis 13, the guiding member 14 being in horizontal position.
  • the cam 32 controls the inclination of the guiding member 14, whereas the cam 33 brings the carriage 15, i.e. the loop transfer reed 9, into low position, the eyes of the hooks of said reed 9 surrounding each a needle 5 in high position to take the loops retained thereon.
  • the cam shaft 12 continues rotating, the guiding member 14 being brought to its horizontal position.
  • the cam 33 being duly profiled therefor, the relative movement between carriages 15 and the corresponding guiding members 14 is relatively Weak, the lever 39 pivoting only about the end of a leg of bent lever 37.
  • cam 26 provides for the downward movement of needles 5 and, through lever 38,
  • the above described operation may be repated for several rib ends, the latter being stored on the same reed 10.
  • An automatic device for transferring a rib end from a needle row of a fiat knitting machine to a toothed magazine reed comprising a loop transfer reed having a length equal to that of the needle rows of said machine, means holding said loop transfer reed in a waiting position, means shifting said loop transfer reed to the needle row supporting the last loop row of the rib and causing each hook of said reed to grasp the loop carried by the corresponding needle of said needle row, means bringing said loop transfer reed in front of the magazine reed, and means hooking up the loops carried by said loop transfer reed on said magazine reed.
  • a device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the second-mentioned means comprise means imparting to said loop transfer reed an angular movement about a stationary axis and a translation movement.
  • a device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the third-mentioned means comprise means shifting said loop transfer reed to the needle row and imparting to said loop transfer reed an angular movement about a stationary axis and a translation movement.
  • a device further comprising means for bringing the needles supporting the finished rib end into high position prior to the action of said loop transfer reed.
  • a device further comprising a common cam shaft for, actuating said means.
  • a device wherein said means holding the loop transfer reed in waiting position comprise two supports secured to the machine frame at one end thereof, the other end of said supports supporting an axis extending substantially across the width of the needle rows and in a parallel direction therewith.
  • said means providing for the shifting of the loop transfer reed to the needle row comprise two straight guiding members pivoted at one end on said axis of the means holding the reed in waiting position, two carriages sliding respectively on said guiding members and carrying said reed, a lever set, the angular position of said members being determined from a cam of said common cam shaft via said lever set, and another lever set, the sliding of said carriages along the guiding members being controlled by another cam of common cam shaft via the second-mentioned lever set.
  • the transfer member hooking-up the loops carried by the loop transfer reed on said magazine reed comprises substantially a reed carried by the two carriages sliding respectively along straight guides carried by a stationary part of the device and extending in a parallel direction to the plane occupied by the said transfer member in high position.
  • a device comprising a lever set actuated from said means bringing the needles carrying the finished rib and into high position and reciprocating said carriages of the transfer reed.
  • said means bringing the needles of a needle row into high position comprise a U-section extending at right angles with and above said needles, said section engaging the needle butts controlling each one of said needles, and a lever set controlled by a cam of said common cam shaft and moving said section in a parallel direction to the needle bed.
  • a device wherein said magazine reed is conditioned to receive a plurality of rib ends.

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Knitting Machines (AREA)
  • Preliminary Treatment Of Fibers (AREA)
US611961A 1966-02-01 1967-01-26 Automatic device for transferring a rib end from a needle row of a flat knitting machine to a loop transfer reed Expired - Lifetime US3446042A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
BE675851A BE675851A (fr) 1966-02-01 1966-02-01 Dispositif automatique de transfert d'un bord-côtes d'une fonture d'une machine à tricoter rectiligne sur un peigne de report

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US3446042A true US3446042A (en) 1969-05-27

Family

ID=3848246

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US611961A Expired - Lifetime US3446042A (en) 1966-02-01 1967-01-26 Automatic device for transferring a rib end from a needle row of a flat knitting machine to a loop transfer reed

Country Status (7)

Country Link
US (1) US3446042A (enrdf_load_html_response)
BE (1) BE675851A (enrdf_load_html_response)
CH (1) CH462366A (enrdf_load_html_response)
DE (1) DE1635790C3 (enrdf_load_html_response)
ES (1) ES336321A1 (enrdf_load_html_response)
GB (1) GB1165781A (enrdf_load_html_response)
NL (2) NL6701148A (enrdf_load_html_response)

Cited By (17)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3514978A (en) * 1968-09-26 1970-06-02 Boehringer Gmbh Geb Magazine bar for transferring knitted fabric
US3633385A (en) * 1969-02-07 1972-01-11 Armes De Guerre Fab Nat Transfer device for rib border knitting machines
US3677037A (en) * 1970-01-30 1972-07-18 Schieber Universal Maschf Flat knitting machine with automatic transfer device
US3841114A (en) * 1972-06-29 1974-10-15 Herstal Sa Process and device for doubling on a double needle bed, rib end knitting machine
US3913358A (en) * 1973-07-12 1975-10-21 Herstal Sa Variable gauge transfer device for rib border knitting machine
US4336697A (en) * 1978-11-06 1982-06-29 Reinhards Vitols Method of and mechanism for transferring knitted fabric from a knitting machine to a magazine
US4369638A (en) * 1977-11-17 1983-01-25 Estingoy Henri L Method and apparatus for knitting hollow articles
US5469717A (en) * 1992-12-22 1995-11-28 Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd. Method for knitting a crossing pattern and an apparatus for knitting a crossing pattern in flat knitting machine
WO2009084157A1 (ja) 2007-12-28 2009-07-09 Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd. トッピング装置
WO2009084158A1 (ja) 2007-12-28 2009-07-09 Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd. 編地移送装置
CN103205853A (zh) * 2013-03-23 2013-07-17 宁波慈星股份有限公司 接针装置
CN103225162A (zh) * 2013-04-26 2013-07-31 宁波慈星股份有限公司 刮布装置
CN103225161A (zh) * 2013-04-26 2013-07-31 宁波慈星股份有限公司 能够自动取下衣片的横机
CN103225167A (zh) * 2013-05-13 2013-07-31 宁波慈星股份有限公司 一种使横编织机所织的衣身夹入双层衣领之间的装置
CN103233320A (zh) * 2013-05-13 2013-08-07 宁波慈星股份有限公司 一种使横编织机所织的单层衣领与衣身相接的方法
CN103266414A (zh) * 2013-05-13 2013-08-28 宁波慈星股份有限公司 一种使横编织机所织的单层衣领与衣身相接的装置
CN105350169A (zh) * 2015-09-30 2016-02-24 冯加林 用于横编织机上织物对目转移的针踵推移装置

Families Citing this family (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE19536687A1 (de) * 1995-09-30 1997-04-03 Scheller Gmbh Flachstrickmaschine mit einer Einrichtung zum Übertragen von Strickrändern auf einen Abdeckrechen
CN103205854A (zh) * 2013-03-23 2013-07-17 宁波慈星股份有限公司 刮针装置

Citations (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US551629A (en) * 1895-12-17 geinz
US575395A (en) * 1897-01-19 granz
US2186023A (en) * 1936-12-29 1940-01-09 Wildman Mfg Co Knitting machine
DE839839C (de) * 1950-09-03 1952-05-29 Ruhrstahl Ag Deckerbarrenantrieb fuer Flachstrick- oder Flachwirkmaschinen
GB787994A (en) * 1954-10-01 1957-12-18 Monk Sutton In Ashfield Ltd Sa Improvements in or relating to straight-bar knitting machines
GB879643A (en) * 1956-09-29 1961-10-11 Cotton Ltd W Improvements relating to straight bar knitting machines
GB955091A (en) * 1959-07-07 1964-04-15 Cotton Ltd W Improvements in or relating to straight bar knitting machines
US3243976A (en) * 1963-01-26 1966-04-05 Matthews & Birkhamshaw Ltd Production of rib welts for knitted garments
US3349576A (en) * 1966-08-12 1967-10-31 Borne Jean Means for casting off knitted fabric stitches
US3377822A (en) * 1964-10-21 1968-04-16 Cotton Ltd W Straight bar knitting machines

Patent Citations (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US551629A (en) * 1895-12-17 geinz
US575395A (en) * 1897-01-19 granz
US2186023A (en) * 1936-12-29 1940-01-09 Wildman Mfg Co Knitting machine
DE839839C (de) * 1950-09-03 1952-05-29 Ruhrstahl Ag Deckerbarrenantrieb fuer Flachstrick- oder Flachwirkmaschinen
GB787994A (en) * 1954-10-01 1957-12-18 Monk Sutton In Ashfield Ltd Sa Improvements in or relating to straight-bar knitting machines
GB879643A (en) * 1956-09-29 1961-10-11 Cotton Ltd W Improvements relating to straight bar knitting machines
GB955091A (en) * 1959-07-07 1964-04-15 Cotton Ltd W Improvements in or relating to straight bar knitting machines
US3243976A (en) * 1963-01-26 1966-04-05 Matthews & Birkhamshaw Ltd Production of rib welts for knitted garments
US3377822A (en) * 1964-10-21 1968-04-16 Cotton Ltd W Straight bar knitting machines
US3349576A (en) * 1966-08-12 1967-10-31 Borne Jean Means for casting off knitted fabric stitches

Cited By (27)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3514978A (en) * 1968-09-26 1970-06-02 Boehringer Gmbh Geb Magazine bar for transferring knitted fabric
US3633385A (en) * 1969-02-07 1972-01-11 Armes De Guerre Fab Nat Transfer device for rib border knitting machines
US3677037A (en) * 1970-01-30 1972-07-18 Schieber Universal Maschf Flat knitting machine with automatic transfer device
US3841114A (en) * 1972-06-29 1974-10-15 Herstal Sa Process and device for doubling on a double needle bed, rib end knitting machine
US3913358A (en) * 1973-07-12 1975-10-21 Herstal Sa Variable gauge transfer device for rib border knitting machine
US4369638A (en) * 1977-11-17 1983-01-25 Estingoy Henri L Method and apparatus for knitting hollow articles
US4336697A (en) * 1978-11-06 1982-06-29 Reinhards Vitols Method of and mechanism for transferring knitted fabric from a knitting machine to a magazine
US5469717A (en) * 1992-12-22 1995-11-28 Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd. Method for knitting a crossing pattern and an apparatus for knitting a crossing pattern in flat knitting machine
EP2228474A4 (en) * 2007-12-28 2013-10-02 Shima Seiki Mfg FUEL TRANSFER UNIT
WO2009084157A1 (ja) 2007-12-28 2009-07-09 Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd. トッピング装置
CN101910488B (zh) * 2007-12-28 2012-01-25 株式会社岛精机制作所 编织物移送装置
CN101910487B (zh) * 2007-12-28 2012-05-30 株式会社岛精机制作所 套圈装置
WO2009084158A1 (ja) 2007-12-28 2009-07-09 Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd. 編地移送装置
JP5466949B2 (ja) * 2007-12-28 2014-04-09 株式会社島精機製作所 編地移送装置
JP5330266B2 (ja) * 2007-12-28 2013-10-30 株式会社島精機製作所 トッピング装置
EP2233622A4 (en) * 2007-12-28 2013-10-09 Shima Seiki Mfg REBROUSSING DEVICE
CN103205853A (zh) * 2013-03-23 2013-07-17 宁波慈星股份有限公司 接针装置
CN103205853B (zh) * 2013-03-23 2014-05-14 宁波慈星股份有限公司 接针装置
CN103225162A (zh) * 2013-04-26 2013-07-31 宁波慈星股份有限公司 刮布装置
CN103225161A (zh) * 2013-04-26 2013-07-31 宁波慈星股份有限公司 能够自动取下衣片的横机
CN103266414A (zh) * 2013-05-13 2013-08-28 宁波慈星股份有限公司 一种使横编织机所织的单层衣领与衣身相接的装置
CN103233320A (zh) * 2013-05-13 2013-08-07 宁波慈星股份有限公司 一种使横编织机所织的单层衣领与衣身相接的方法
CN103225167A (zh) * 2013-05-13 2013-07-31 宁波慈星股份有限公司 一种使横编织机所织的衣身夹入双层衣领之间的装置
CN103225167B (zh) * 2013-05-13 2014-06-04 宁波慈星股份有限公司 一种使横编织机所织的衣身夹入双层衣领之间的装置
CN103266414B (zh) * 2013-05-13 2014-06-18 宁波慈星股份有限公司 一种使横编织机所织的单层衣领与衣身相接的装置
CN105350169A (zh) * 2015-09-30 2016-02-24 冯加林 用于横编织机上织物对目转移的针踵推移装置
CN105350169B (zh) * 2015-09-30 2017-09-05 冯加林 用于横编织机上织物对目转移的针踵推移装置

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
BE675851A (fr) 1966-06-16
DE1635790A1 (de) 1971-08-26
GB1165781A (en) 1969-10-01
NL132930C (enrdf_load_html_response)
ES336321A1 (es) 1967-12-16
DE1635790B2 (de) 1973-12-06
NL6701148A (enrdf_load_html_response) 1967-08-02
CH462366A (de) 1968-09-15
DE1635790C3 (de) 1974-07-11

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US3446042A (en) Automatic device for transferring a rib end from a needle row of a flat knitting machine to a loop transfer reed
US3293887A (en) Sinker arrangement and control means for circular knitting machine
US4020653A (en) Sinker top circular knitting machine for producing loop fabric
GB1479368A (en) Machine and method for producing knit-goods with a pile or loop-pile surface
US2428030A (en) Structure for suspending a guide bar from a bracket of a warp knitting machine
US2109140A (en) Automatic spindle resetting mechanism
US2216051A (en) Knitting machine
US3099921A (en) Warp knitting machine
US5239843A (en) Knitting machine for the production of plush goods
US3068675A (en) Full-fashioned stocking blank and method for knitting the same
KR102102337B1 (ko) 횡편기를 통해 다양한 두께를 갖는 3차원 직물을 편직하는 방법
US4031717A (en) Patterning apparatus for knitting machines, particularly for manufacturing patterned knitted pile fabrics on crochetting machines
US2303412A (en) Welt turning and fabric take-up attachment for full-fashioned hosiery knitting machines
US3464235A (en) Raschel warp knitting machine
US2396263A (en) Welt turning attachment
US3243976A (en) Production of rib welts for knitted garments
US3398554A (en) Straight bar knitting machines
US4369638A (en) Method and apparatus for knitting hollow articles
US3606771A (en) Yarn feeder control mechanism for circular knitting machines
US2317268A (en) Pattern control for knitting machines
US3052108A (en) Method of and machine for making knitted fabric
US4089191A (en) Patterning apparatus for knitting machines, particularly for manufacturing patterned knitted pile fabrics on crochetting machines
US3304749A (en) Transfer arrangement for knitted rib borders
US3919862A (en) Separating tubular knitted articles
US3657905A (en) Straight bar knitting machines