Classifications

• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
  • D04B—KNITTING
  • D04B1/00—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes
  • D04B1/22—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration
  • D04B1/24—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration wearing apparel
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
  • D04B—KNITTING
  • D04B7/00—Flat-bed knitting machines with independently-movable needles
  • D04B7/30—Flat-bed knitting machines with independently-movable needles specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D10—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
  • D10B—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
  • D10B2403/00—Details of fabric structure established in the fabric forming process
  • D10B2403/03—Shape features
  • D10B2403/033—Three dimensional fabric, e.g. forming or comprising cavities in or protrusions from the basic planar configuration, or deviations from the cylindrical shape as generally imposed by the fabric forming process
  • D10B2403/0333—Three dimensional fabric, e.g. forming or comprising cavities in or protrusions from the basic planar configuration, or deviations from the cylindrical shape as generally imposed by the fabric forming process with tubular portions of variable diameter or distinct axial orientation

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• the present invention relates to a flat knitting machine with two V-shaped main needle beds arranged in a row and two auxiliary needle beds, each over the
• Main needle beds are arranged.
• the invention further relates to knitting processes for such
• Flat knitting machines of this type with four needle beds, namely two main needle beds and two auxiliary needle beds, are known, for example, from German patents 1 635 965 and 2 436 450, which go back to the same inventor as the present subject matter.
• Flat knitting machines of this type are provided for transferring or knitting tubes.
• the knitting process of the individual parts of the knitted garment such as a sweater or knitted dress, therefore requires a further work step to assemble the complete garment.
• the invention is therefore based on the object
• the auxiliary needle beds each consist of at least two auxiliary needle parts.
• the feature according to the invention is to divide the auxiliary needle beds into at least two auxiliary needle bed parts. It is possible to knit several parts of a knitted garment at the same time, such as the body part and sleeves of a sweater or a knitted dress, and by connecting stitches from one knitted part to another, for example from stitches of one sleeve to one body part, to create a connection during the knitting process, thereby creating a complete Manufacture garment in one step. Regardless, but also in connection with the
• auxiliary needle beds or bed parts instead of auxiliary needles also circuit boards, or in addition to auxiliary needles also circuit boards or
• Auxiliary boards can contain.
• at least one auxiliary needle bed part can be displaced transversely to the direction in which the needles are driven out. In this way it is possible to stitch on needles or sinkers
• Auxiliary needle bed part and thus came from another knitting part, from which the stitches on the auxiliary needle bed part
• Auxiliary needle bed parts are each independently displaceable.
• an auxiliary needle bed middle part is provided between two auxiliary needle bed outer parts. This results in a symmetrical structure for knitting, for example, a complete pullover or dress. With the help of the auxiliary needle bed middle part the body part and with the help of the auxiliary needle bed outer parts the sleeves are knitted and after reaching the sleeve insert the symmetrical movement of the
• auxiliary needle bed outer parts towards the auxiliary needle bed middle part and the further joint knitting of the shoulder area in one knitting process is selected differently from the fineness of the main needle beds.
• pattern options insofar as it is possible, for example, to make waves or braids in a smooth or patterned design in the
• the fineness of the auxiliary needle bed parts is preferably finer than that
• the auxiliary needle bed parts of at least one auxiliary needle bed are individually or jointly pivotable. This results in the possibility of optimizing or aligning the auxiliary needles and / or sinkers with respect to one another and the auxiliary needle or
• a further embodiment of the invention is that a stitch sliver is provided.
• Mesh insert is used to fix the mesh
• the auxiliary needles have no possibility of pushing away the respective stitch to be transferred and not to capture optimally. In this way, the transfer and takeover of the stitches can be made even more secure.
• Another embodiment of the invention is that the main needle beds and / or auxiliary needle bed parts
• the movable combs preferably have a nose and are preferably controllable, as is not the case, for example
• Auxiliary needle bed locks are preferably mechanically separated from the main needle bed locks.
• the auxiliary needle bed locks are advantageously independent of the
• Main needle bed locks controlled The object of the invention is also achieved with a
• Knitting method solved in which the auxiliary needle beds
• auxiliary needle bed part are multi-part and at least one auxiliary needle bed part before or after a transfer process to or from the
• Auxiliary needle bed part is moved.
• the knitting process comprises the following process steps.
• Auxiliary needle bed part Move at least one
• Auxiliary needle bed part Transfer selected stitches from needles and / or sinkers of the offset auxiliary needle bed part to needles of the main needle bed.
• This procedure results in a wide variety of cape offset patterns, e.g. B. braids in sweaters, which can be knitted independently and / or simultaneously at different points of the knitted parts.
• Sinkers of at least one auxiliary needle bed part Moving at least one auxiliary needle bed part to such an extent that at least one stitch on the auxiliary needle bed part is at least one
• Knitted part is opposite; Transfer the at least one opposite stitch of the knitted part to be knitted onto stitch-bearing needles of the main needle bed and knitting with needles of the main needle bed. In this way it is possible to assemble knitted parts in one operation without the need for assembly measures. In connection with the first-mentioned embodiment, but also independently of it, it is particularly advantageous if the transfer of stitches to at least one other
• Knitted part to be knitted on knitted part on auxiliary needles and / or sinkers of at least one auxiliary needle bed
• Knitting consists in that the successive process steps are repeated cyclically. In this way it is possible, for example, knitted parts that represent the sleeves and parallel and simultaneously with the
• Body parts are knitted to connect with each other without the need for assembly measures.
• Fig. 1 shows the schematic representation of a
• Figure 2 shows the embodiment of a flat knitting machine according to the invention shown in Figure 1 with two auxiliary needle bed parts in a side view.
• FIG. 3 shows the embodiment of a flat knitting machine according to the invention shown in Figure 1 with three auxiliary needle bed parts in a side view and Fig. 4 is a schematic representation of the thread course for a knitting process with the flat knitting machine according to the invention.
• FIG. 1 shows a needle bed frame 1 with frame feet 2. On the needle bed frame 1 there are a front and a rear main needle bed 3 and 4 in the usual way
• the main needle beds 3 and 4 are arranged in a V-shape in the manner characteristic of flat knitting machines. Above the crest of the front main needle bed 3 there is a front auxiliary needle bed 5 and above the crest of the rear main needle bed 4 there is a rear auxiliary needle bed 6. Such so-called four-bed flat knitting machines are known per se, so that the description of further details in the present
• Connection can be dispensed with.
• FIG. 2 shows the embodiment of the flat knitting machine according to the invention shown in FIG. 1 in a front view.
• Components and machine parts which correspond to those in FIG. 1 are given the same reference numerals in FIG. 2 as in FIG.
• the flat knitting machine according to the invention differs from conventional four-bed flat knitting machines in that at least one auxiliary needle bed 5 or 6 is or are divided into at least two auxiliary needle bed parts 6L, 6R.
• the front auxiliary needle bed 5 is subdivided into a left auxiliary needle bed outer part 5L and a right auxiliary needle bed outer part 5R, that is to say into two auxiliary needle bed parts.
• At least one of the auxiliary needle bed parts 5L, 5R is in
• the rear auxiliary needle bed 6 can also be divided into auxiliary needle bed parts which, depending on the desired knitting processes, correspond to those of the front auxiliary needle bed 5 or have a different distribution with regard to the number of parts and / or the part lengths .
• the auxiliary needle beds can contain auxiliary needles, but also circuit boards or both.
• auxiliary needles and / or sinkers dee front work the main needles in different ways with the auxiliary needles and / or sinkers dee front, and auxiliary needle bed 5 or 6.
• the following options for cooperation are available: a.
• Auxiliary needle beds 5 cooperate with the main needles of the front main needle bed 3; b.
• Auxiliary needle bed 5 cooperate with the main needles of the rear main needle bed 4; c.
• Auxiliary needle bed 6 cooperate with the main needles of the rear main needle bed 4 and d.
• Auxiliary needle bed 6 cooperate with the main needles of the front main needle bed 3.
• a preferred embodiment of the invention is that the four possibilities of cooperation between the auxiliary needles or sinkers and the main needles in any combination by appropriate
• Control of the locks can be made, switching between the cooperation of each
• Combinations can also be controlled as desired.
• the flat knitting machine according to the invention has the combinatorial controls of the auxiliary needles and / or sinkers in the auxiliary needle beds on the one hand and the main needles in the main needle beds 3, 4 on the other hand
• Lock arrangements that have one or more lock systems
• the lock systems are designed so that they
• auxiliary needle beds 5 and 6 Can carry out transferring, locks are assigned to the auxiliary needle beds 5 and 6, the auxiliary needles and / or the sinkers of the auxiliary needle beds 5 and 6 actuate. With these auxiliary needle bed locks you can add stitches in any way and combination
• Aid needle bed locks can be carried out in particular as follows: From the front
• the auxiliary needle bed locks can be according to one
• Embodiment of the invention are in mechanical connection with the locks of the main needle beds 3, 4. According to an alternative embodiment, however, it is in particular also possible to control the auxiliary needle bed locks independently of the control of the main needle bed locks. In this way, by appropriate control of the
• Main needle bed and auxiliary needle bed locks independently of one another a large variety of knitting and
• the flat knitting machine has one or two pairs of locks with which the knitting is carried out in a known manner. In addition to this are left and right of these
• Knitting locks are provided with locks, with which the most diverse transfer processes in cooperation with the auxiliary needle bed locks for actuating the auxiliary needles and / or sinkers in the auxiliary needle beds 5 and 6
• the measure according to the invention of dividing at least one of the auxiliary needle beds 5 and 6 into individual auxiliary needle bed parts makes it possible to knit and
• auxiliary needle bed parts are immediately next to one another in the starting position, there is a continuous front and a continuous rear auxiliary needle bed 5 or 6, with which the usual offset possibilities result if the individual auxiliary needle bed parts 5L, 5R of the auxiliary needle bed 5 are not separated from one another during the offset .
• other knitting and transfer processes occur when the sinker bed parts 5L, 5R or 6L, 6R are separated from one another or when there is a space between the two sinker bed parts 5L, 5R.
• the board bed parts can be moved to the left or right with a constant space, aleo parallel, using one or more needles. This results, so to speak
• Auxiliary needle bed offset wherein a certain area of the auxiliary needle bed, namely the space between
• Knitting is left out. This opens up new possibilities for pattern formation and for
• Knitting techniques Another very beneficial option with
• Auxiliary needle beds which have divided auxiliary needle bed parts is that the separate auxiliary needle bed parts
• auxiliary needle bed parts of an auxiliary needle bed can be individually controlled in their offset, depending on the pattern and knitting conditions and requirements.
• the front and dae rear auxiliary needle bed or their auxiliary needle bed parts can, however, also be moved independently of one another in any way, so that the variety and possible variations continue
• a knitting process is described below as an example of a knitting technique for manufacturing a complete garment in one operation. This knitting process can be carried out with a flat knitting machine according to the invention
• Auxiliary needle bed 5, 6 each from two auxiliary needle bed parts, namely a front left, a front right, a rear left and a rear right auxiliary needle bed part 5L, 5R, 6L, 5R.
• the schematic knitting sequence is shown in Fig. 3.
• auxiliary needle bed parts 5L, 5R of the front auxiliary needle bed and the auxiliary needle bed parts 6L, 6R of the rear auxiliary needle bed are closed, i. H.
• Auxiliary needle beds 5 and 6 have no space.
• the invention corresponds
• Knitting sections are all possibilities of a conventional type for pattern knitting using an offset of the front and rear needle beds 3, 4, transferring or passing stitches from the front and rear needle beds to the front and rear auxiliary needle beds and vice versa, since the auxiliary needle beds are touching
• Auxiliary needle bed parts 5L, 5R, and 6L, 6R can be moved and controlled using boards from conventional auxiliary needle beds. Patterns can be knitted in the conventional manner or depending on the
• body part M and sleeves L, R at the same time and, after reaching the armholes in the torso part, only continue to knit the sleeve length (e.g. in sweaters) or the body part M (e.g. in knitted dresses).
• sleeve length e.g. in sweaters
• body part M e.g. in knitted dresses
• Auxiliary needle bed parts 5L, 5R and 6L, 6R of auxiliary needle beds 5 and S are moved apart according to FIG. 4b.
• all stitches of the left and / or right sleeves L, R are transferred to the auxiliary needle bed parts 5L, 5R and 6L, 6R, which have moved apart.
• the auxiliary needle bed parts 5L, 5R and 6L, 6R are brought into a position according to FIG. 4c in which the rightmost needle or circuit board of the front left and / or rear left auxiliary needle bed parts 5L and 6L of the rightmost needle of the left sleeve on the rear and front Main needle bed is opposite.
• the left most needle of the front right and rear right auxiliary needle bed members 5R, 6R is at the level of the left most stitch the right sleeve R on the front or back
• the next step according to FIG. 4b is that the stitches of the left sleeve L are transferred from the rear main needle bed to the rear left auxiliary needle bed part 6L and from the front main needle bed to the front auxiliary needle bed part 5L.
• the next step is an opposing offset of the front and rear auxiliary needle bed parts 5L, 5R and 6L, 6R, as indicated by arrows in FIG. 4c.
• the offset takes place to such an extent that at least the rightmost needle of the front left and / or rear left auxiliary needle bed part of the leftmost stitch of the body part M on the front and rear main needle beds 3, 4
• Main needle bed 3, 4 of the body part M is opposite.
• the offset of the auxiliary needle bed parts was carried out in opposite directions and symmetrically.
• the sleeves can be knitted to such an extent that each further row of knitting decreases in the number of needles to be knitted outwards.
• the resulting triangular shapes are connected to the left and right body parts using the process already described after reaching the desired size.
• cover flowers are produced as follows:
• Stitches of the body part M carrying HauOt needle beds 3, 4 are slung around edge ashtrays from the body part M onto the corresponding auxiliary needle bed parts 5L, 5M, 5R or 6L, 6M, 6R.
• a corresponding number of edge stitches for example six edge stitches, are hung from the body part M on the auxiliary needle bed parts.
• the next step is to move the auxiliary needle bed parts inwards by at least one needle, depending on the desired reduction.
• auxiliary needle bed parts 5L, 6L and 5R, 6R are shifted again by one needle to the body part M, that is, inwards.
• the auxiliary needle bed parts 5L, 5R or 6L, 6R it is also possible for the auxiliary needle bed parts 5L, 5R or 6L, 6R to be displaced inward by more than one needle in accordance with the number of needles.
• Needles of the front and rear main needle bed 3, 4 of the body part M hung. The subsequent carriage stroke is then a knitting process again.
• the sleeve inserts of a knitted garment it is also possible to combine the sleeve inserts of a knitted garment and to design them differently.
• the method according to the invention therefore makes it possible to create complete garments in one work step and, as in the case of the more complex ones, at the same time
• Another embodiment of the invention also consists in the fact that in addition to the measures, features, cuts and sample designs described above, one in each case in the front or rear or on both sides
• any selected section for example a V- Cutout can be created without major manufacturing effort.
• the flat knitting machine according to the invention and the knitting processes to be carried out with it are or are not limited to the manufacture of complete clothing. Rather, it is possible, in addition or independently of the production of complete pieces, to create very special patterns, in particular cape offset patterns, such as braids, in knitted garments, which can be placed anywhere in the
• Knitwear pieces for example only in the front body part, only in the rear body part, in both body parts, only in one of the sleeves, in both sleeves or in the entire body part and in both sleeves.
• 3 is divided into 3 auxiliary needle bed parts 5L, 6M, 6R and 6L, 5M, 5R, respectively.
• the auxiliary needle bed parts - as far as their function for the knitting together of arm and body parts - can be in any one and therefore for the
• the desired neckline-offset patterns extend evenly over the body part, both the front and rear body part, as well as over both sleeves.
• a sled stroke for example with a padlock that follows the knitting lock, the people of selected needles in the front and / or
• rear main needle bed 3, 4 on the front and rear auxiliary needle bed 5, 6 present as a continuous and uniform.
• the front and rear auxiliary needle beds 5, 5 are with
• auxiliary needle bed parts 5L, 5M, 5R; 6L, 6M, 6R depending on the desired shape of the offset pattern in opposite directions, parallel or in different directions individually using one or more needles
• Auxiliary needle bed parts 5L, 5R; 6L, 6R for patterning the sleeves and for the technique of complete knitting processes described in connection with FIG. 3 and to use the middle auxiliary needle bed part 5M; 6M then serves to pattern the body part M. It is even possible, for example, in the body part M on one side to have different, for example opposite, directions

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