CN116005339A - Knitting mechanism, knitting machine and knitting method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a knitting mechanism, a knitting machine and a knitting method, wherein the knitting mechanism includes a knitting needle, a cam assembly and a needle selection assembly; knitting includes a crochet needle and a receiving needle, and the crochet needle has a crochet needle body and a crochet needle connected with the crochet needle body, and the needle receiving needle It has a needle body and a needle foot connected with the body of the needle; the top of the needle can be connected with a crochet needle; the triangular assembly has a needle track, a first crochet track and a second crochet track. By controlling the knitting needles to move along any one of the three tracks of the needle track, the first crochet track and the second crochet track, the pile knitting of various hair lengths including no hair, short hair, medium hair and long hair can be realized; The style of the cut loop velvet fabric can present more three-dimensional patterns, and the pattern styles of the cut loop velvet fabric can be increased to meet the needs of consumers.

Description

A kind of knitting mechanism, knitting machine and knitting method

technical field

The invention relates to the field of knitting, in particular to a knitting mechanism, a knitting machine and a knitting method.

Background technique

The surface of the cut loop fleece has fluff, which makes the cut loop fleece fabric have the characteristics of good hand feeling and good warmth retention. A variety of patterns, three-dimensional layering can greatly enrich the style of cut loop pile, to meet the needs of different consumers.

Although the cut loop pile fabric can realize hairless, low hair and high hair piles of two lengths, it cannot realize the weaving of more piles with different hair lengths, which makes the style development of cut loop pile fabrics greatly affected. Due to restrictions, it is impossible to present more three-dimensional patterns.

Contents of the invention

The invention provides a knitting mechanism, a knitting machine and a knitting method, which can realize the knitting of a variety of piles of different lengths, such as long hair, medium hair, and short hair.

Technical scheme of the present invention is realized like this:

In the first aspect, the embodiment of the present invention provides a knitting mechanism of a knitting machine, including a knitting needle, a cam assembly and a needle selection assembly; A crochet stitch connected to the body, the extension needle has an extension needle body and an extension needle stitch connected with the extension needle body; the top of the extension needle can be connected with the crochet needle; the triangular assembly has an extension needle track, a second A crochet track and a second crochet track; the needle selection assembly has:

a first needle selection unit, configured to control the crochet stitches of the knitting needles entering the needle track to enter the first crochet track, so that the knitting needles move along the needle track;

The second needle selection unit is used to control the crochet stitches of the knitting needles entering the receiver track to enter the second crochet track, so that the knitting needles move along the first crochet track;

The third needle selection unit is used to control the crochet stitches to enter the second crochet track, so as to make the knitting needles move along the second crochet track.

In one embodiment, the crochet stitch has an introduction portion, and the width of the introduction portion is gradually reduced along a direction away from the crochet hook body.

In one embodiment, the introduction part is trapezoidal or triangular in shape.

In one embodiment, the entrance of the first crochet track is wide on the outside and narrow on the inside, and or

The entrance of the second crochet track is wide on the outside and narrow on the inside.

In one embodiment, the needle track, the first crochet track and the second crochet track are all groove tracks; There is a guide portion extending outward; the first crochet track is provided with a first guide slope on the groove wall close to the second crochet track; the guide portion and the first guide slope form the first guide slope. Entrance to a crochet track.

In one embodiment, the first crochet track is provided with a second guiding slope on the groove wall close to the second crochet track.

In one embodiment, the cam assembly includes several knitting cams, and the several knitting cams sequentially include a starting cam, a narrowing cam, a flat stitch cam and a hair cutting cam along a preset knitting direction.

Compared with the prior art, the knitting mechanism of the present invention is provided with a needle track, a first crochet track and a second crochet track on the cam assembly, and the needle selection assembly has a first needle selection unit, a second needle selection unit and a second needle selection unit. Three needle selection units, the first needle selection unit can control whether the receiving stitch enters the needle track, if the receiving stitch does not enter the needle track, and the crochet stitches do not enter the first crochet track or the second crochet track, then The needle moves along the horizontal direction, the knitting needle does not come out of the needle, and the knitting mechanism performs hairless knitting; according to the control of the first needle selection unit, the second needle selection unit and the third needle selection unit, the knitting needle can be controlled along the needle track, the second needle selection unit Any one of the three tracks of the first crochet track and the second crochet track moves, so as to realize the pile knitting of various hair lengths of long hair, short hair and medium hair; so that the style of cut loop pile fabric can present more three-dimensional Sensitive pattern, increase the pattern style of cut loop fleece fabric to meet the needs of consumers.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a knitting machine, including the aforementioned knitting mechanism.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effect of the knitting machine provided by the present invention is the same as that of the knitting mechanism of the above-mentioned technical solution, which will not be repeated here.

In a third aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide a weaving method, comprising:

The first needle selection unit controls the connecting needle of the knitting needle to enter the needle connecting track of the cam assembly or swing into the needle cylinder of the knitting machine;

After the first needle selection unit controls the needles of the knitting needles to enter the needle track of the cam assembly, the second needle selection unit can control the needles of the knitting needles to continue along the cam assembly The track movement of the receiving needle or swinging into the needle cylinder of the knitting machine;

After the second needle selection unit controls the connecting needle of the knitting needle to swing into the cylinder of the knitting machine, the crochet stitches of the knitting needle enter the first crochet track to perform short-hair knitting;

When the second needle selecting unit controls the connecting needle of the knitting needle to continue to move along the needle connecting track of the cam assembly, the third needle selecting unit can control the connecting needle of the knitting needle to continue moving along the The needle track movement of the cam assembly or swing into the needle cylinder of the knitting machine;

When the third needle selection unit controls the connecting needles of the knitting needles to swing into the cylinder of the knitting machine, the crochet stitches of the knitting needles enter the second crochet track to perform middle hair knitting;

When the third needle selection unit controls the connecting needle of the knitting needle to continue to move along the needle connecting track of the cam assembly, the connecting needle of the knitting needle drives the crochet needle along the needle connecting track direction For sport, do a long-hair knit.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effect of the knitting method provided by the present invention is the same as that of the knitting mechanism of the above technical solution, which will not be repeated here.

Description of drawings

The accompanying drawings illustrate exemplary embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention, are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute the present specification. part of the manual.

Fig. 1 shows the schematic diagram of the working principle of the braiding mechanism of the present invention;

Fig. 2 shows the structural representation of the knitting needle of the present invention when the needle is selected;

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a partially enlarged structure at B in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 shows the structural representation of the knitting needle of the present invention when the needle is swung away;

Fig. 5 shows the partial structure schematic diagram of triangular assembly in the present invention;

Fig. 6 shows the structural representation of the knitting machine of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a partially enlarged structure at point A in FIG. 6 .

In the picture:

Knitting machine 100, knitting mechanism 200, knitting needle 210, crochet needle 211, receiving needle 212, cam assembly 220, needle receiving track 221, first crochet track 222, second crochet track 223, needle selection assembly 230, first needle selection unit 231, the second needle selection unit 232, the third needle selection unit 233, the hook body 2111, the crochet stitches 2112, the introduction part 21121, the needle body 2121, the stitches 2122, the guide part 2221, the first guide slope 2222, the second Guide slope 2231, needle raising cam 220A, narrowing cam 220B, flat stitch cam 220C, hair cutting cam 220D, reset cam 220E.

Detailed ways

The present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It can be understood that the specific implementation manners described here are only used to explain relevant content, rather than to limit the present invention. In addition, it should be noted that, for the convenience of description, only the parts related to the present invention are shown in the drawings.

It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the embodiments and features in the embodiments of the present invention can be combined with each other. The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings and in combination with embodiments.

It should be understood that the various steps described in the method implementation manners of the present invention may be executed in different orders, and/or executed in parallel. Additionally, method embodiments may include additional steps and/or omit performing illustrated steps. The scope of the invention is not limited in this regard.

As used herein, the term "comprise" and its variations are open-ended, ie "including but not limited to". The term "based on" is "based at least in part on". The term "one embodiment" means "at least one embodiment"; the term "another embodiment" means "at least one further embodiment"; the term "some embodiments" means "at least some embodiments." Relevant definitions of other terms will be given in the description below. It should be noted that concepts such as "first" and "second" mentioned in the present invention are only used to distinguish different devices, components or mechanisms, and are not used to limit the order or interdependence of these devices, components or mechanisms .

It should be noted that the modifications of "one" and "multiple" mentioned in the present invention are illustrative and not restrictive, and those skilled in the art should understand that unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, it should be understood as "one or more" multiple".

1-7, the embodiment of the present invention provides a knitting machine 100, including a knitting mechanism. The knitting mechanism 200 of the knitting machine 100 can simultaneously knit various pile fabrics such as hairless, long-haired, medium-haired and short-haired, realizing four-station cut loop pile jacquard.

In one embodiment, the knitting mechanism 200 includes a knitting needle 210, a cam assembly 220 and a needle selection assembly 230; the knitting includes a crochet needle 211 and a receiving needle 212, and the crochet needle 211 has a crochet needle body 2111 and a crochet needle foot 2112 connected with the crochet needle body 2111 , the extension needle 212 has an extension needle body 2121 and an extension needle stitch 2122 connected with the extension needle body 2121; the top of the extension needle 212 can be connected with the crochet needle 211; the triangular assembly 220 has an extension needle track 221, a first crochet track 222 and a second Crochet track 223.

Referring to Figures 1-4, the needle selection assembly 230 has:

The first needle selection unit 231 controls the connecting stitch 2122 to enter the needle connecting track 221, so that the knitting needle 210 moves along the needle connecting track 221;

The second needle selection unit 232 controls the crochet stitches 2112 of the knitting needles 210 entering the needle track 211 to enter the first crochet track 222, so that the knitting needles 210 move along the first crochet track 222;

The third needle selection unit 233 controls the crochet stitches 2112 of the knitting needles 210 entering the needle receiving track 211 to enter the second crochet track 223 , so that the knitting needles 210 move along the second crochet track 223 .

Based on the above structure, the first needle selection unit 231 of the knitting mechanism 200 of the present invention can control whether the receiving needle 2122 of the receiving needle 212 enters the needle receiving track 221, when the first needle selecting unit 231 controls the receiving needle 212 to swing into the knitting machine After the needle cylinder, the stitching pin 2122 does not enter the needle track, and when the knitting needle 210 moves along the horizontal track, the knitting needle 210 does not come out of the needle, and the knitting mechanism 200 performs hairless knitting:

After the first needle selection unit 231 controls the connecting needles 212 of the knitting needles 210 to enter the needle connecting tracks 221 of the cam assembly 220, the knitting needles 210 will select to perform a short operation according to the control of the second needle selection unit 232 and the third needle selection unit 233. Wool weave, medium wool weave or long wool weave, as follows:

After the connecting pin 2122 of the knitting needle 210 enters the needle connecting track 221 under the control of the first needle selection unit 231, if the second needle selecting unit 232 controls the connecting needle 212 of the knitting needle 210 to swing into the needle cylinder of the knitting machine, then The crochet stitch 2112 of the knitting needle 210 enters the first crochet track 222, and the knitting mechanism 200 performs short hair knitting at this moment;

If the second needle selection unit 232 does not control the connecting needle 212 to swing into the needle cylinder of the knitting machine, the knitting needle 210 will be controlled by the third needle selecting unit 233. If the third needle selecting unit 233 controls the connecting needle 212 to swing into the the needle cylinder of the knitting machine, the crochet stitches 2112 of the knitting needles 212 enter the second crochet track 223, and now the knitting mechanism 200 carries out the middle wool knitting;

If the third needle selection unit 233 does not control the connecting needle 212 to swing into the needle cylinder of the knitting machine, at this time, since the connecting needle 212 is connected with the crochet needle 211, the connecting needle 212 drives the crochet needle 211 to move along the track of the connecting needle track 221, and the knitting mechanism proceeds Long hair weave.

It can be known from the above that the knitting mechanism 200 of the present disclosure is applied to the knitting machine 100, so that the knitting machine 100 has a no-hair knitting station, a short-hair knitting station, a medium-hair knitting station and a long-hair knitting station;

In one embodiment, the cam assembly 220 includes several knitting cams, and the several knitting cams sequentially include a starting cam 220A, a narrowing cam 220B, a flat stitch cam 220C, and a hair cutting cam 220D along a preset knitting direction. The needle raising cam 220A has a needle track 221, and the narrowing cam 220B has a needle track 221, a first crochet track 222 and a second crochet track 223; the needle selection assembly 230 can control the receiver 212 to swing into the needle cylinder of the knitting needle 210 machine .

Exemplarily, the first needle selection unit 231 can control the needle 212 of the knitting needle 210 to swing into the needle cylinder before the knitting needle 210 enters the needle starting cam 220A, and the knitting needle 210 enters the hairless knitting station;

The second needle selection unit 232 can control the connecting needle 212 of the knitting needle 210 after the connecting stitch 2122 of the knitting needle 210 enters the needle connecting track 221 of the needle setting cam 220A and before entering the needle connecting track 221 of the narrowing cam 220B. Swing into the needle cylinder, make the crochet stitches 2112 of the knitting needle 210 move along the first crochet track 222, and the knitting needle 210 enters the short wool knitting station;

The third needle selection unit 233 can control the connecting needle 212 of the knitting needle 210 to swing into the cylinder after the connecting stitch 2122 of the knitting needle 210 enters the needle track 221 of the narrowing cam 220B, so that the crochet stitch of the knitting needle 210 2112 moves along the second crochet track 223, and the knitting needle 210 enters the middle wool knitting station;

The third needle selection unit 233 can drive the crochet needle 211 of the knitting needle 210 along the needle track 221 after the connecting stitch 2122 of the knitting needle 210 enters the needle track 221 of the narrowing cam 220B. Movement, the knitting needle 210 enters the long wool knitting station.

It can be seen that the knitting mechanism 200 of the present invention can control the movement of the knitting needle 210 along any of the three tracks of the needle track 221, the first crochet track 222 and the second crochet track 223, thereby realizing hairless, long-haired, short-haired Wool and medium hair and other kinds of pile weaving; so that the style of cut loop fleece fabric can show more three-dimensional patterns, increase the pattern styles of cut loop fleece fabric to meet the needs of consumers.

In one embodiment, the first needle selection unit 231 , the second needle selection unit 232 and the third needle selection unit 233 may be separate first needle selectors, second needle selectors, and third needle selectors respectively, The above functions can also be realized by cooperation of a plurality of needle selectors, and can also be integrated in a needle selection device with a plurality of needle selection units.

Exemplarily, when the first needle selection unit 231, the second needle selection unit 232 and the third needle selection unit 233 are the first needle selector, the second needle selector and the third needle selector:

The needle selection unit of the first needle selector is located in front of the needle track of the needle raising triangle;

The needle selection unit of the second needle selector is located in front of the needle track of the narrowing triangle;

The needle selection unit of the third needle selector is located in front of the second crochet track of the narrowing triangle.

In one embodiment, the knitting mechanism 200 further includes a reset cam 220E, and the reset cam 220E is used to reset the needles swung by the needle selection assembly. Referring to FIG. 1 , direction C is the direction in which the needle selection assembly controls the swing of the needle, and direction D is the direction in which the reset triangle 220E controls the reset of the needle.

In one example, referring to FIGS. 2-4 , the crochet stitch 2112 has an introduction portion 21121 , and the width of the introduction portion 21121 is gradually reduced along the direction away from the crochet hook body 2111 . In this embodiment, an introduction portion 21121 is provided on the crochet stitch 2112, and the width of the introduction portion 21121 is gradually reduced along the direction away from the hook body 2111, so that the introduction portion 21121 is designed to be narrow on the outside and wide on the inside, which can make the crochet stitch 2112 easy Entering the first crochet track 222 and the second crochet track 223, to prevent the crochet stitches 2112 from being located between the first crochet track 222 and the second crochet track 223 in the cam assembly 220 when being introduced into the first crochet track 222 or the second crochet track 223 The blocking portion between them is blocked, resulting in the problem that the crochet needle 211 cannot smoothly enter the first crochet hook track 222 or the second crochet hook track 223 . As an optional implementation, the introduction part 21121 may be set in a trapezoidal or triangular shape, so as to achieve the above technical effect.

In one example, referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 5 , the entrance of the first crochet track 222 is set to be wide on the outside and narrow on the inside. The crochet stitches 2112 smoothly enter the first crochet track 222 from the entrance of the first crochet track 222 , and similarly, the entrance of the second crochet track 223 can also be set to be wide on the outside and narrow on the inside.

In one example, referring to Fig. 1 and Fig. 5, the receiving needle track 221, the first crochet track 222 and the second crochet track 223 are groove tracks; The wall is provided with an outwardly extending guide portion 2221; the first hook track 222 is provided with a first guide slope 2222 on its groove wall close to the second hook track 223; the guide portion 2221 and the first guide slope 2222 constitute the first hook track 222 entrance.

Because in the triangular assembly 220, the first crochet track 222 and the second crochet track 223 are close to each other, the interval in the middle is small, and there is a barrier between the first crochet track 222 and the knife track of the triangular assembly 220, the hook 211 is in the When entering the first crochet track 222, it is easy to enter the second crochet track 223 by mistake, or be blocked by the barrier between the first crochet track 222 and the needle track of the triangular assembly 220. In the above example, by making the first crochet track 222 is provided with an outwardly extending guide part 2221 on its groove wall away from the second crochet track 223. When the crochet needle 211 wants to enter the first crochet track 222, it can first run along the guide part 2221, thereby smoothly entering the first crochet track 222, to avoid the problem of getting into the second crochet track 223 by mistake, or being stuck in the barrier between the first crochet track 222 and the needle track on the triangular assembly 220.

In one example, referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 5 , the first hook track 222 is provided with a second guiding slope 2231 on a groove wall close to the second hook track 223 . Because in the triangular assembly 220, the first crochet track 222 and the second crochet track 223 are next to each other, and the spacer in the middle is relatively small, when the crochet needle 211 enters the second crochet track 223, it is easy to mistakenly enter the first crochet track 222 or be caught. The barrier between the first crochet track 222 and the second crochet track 223 is blocked; The second crochet track 223 can be smoothly entered along the second guiding slope 2231 .

Referring to Fig. 1-Fig. 5, the embodiment of the present invention also provides a kind of braiding method, comprises:

The first needle selection unit 231 controls the connecting needle 212 of the knitting needle 210 to enter the needle connecting track 221 of the cam assembly 220 or swing into the needle cylinder of the knitting machine 100;

When the first needle selection unit 231 controls the needle 212 of the knitting needle 210 to enter the needle track 221 of the cam assembly 220 , the second needle selection unit 232 can control the needle 212 of the knitting needle to continue along the needle of the cam assembly 220 Track 221 moves or swings into the needle cylinder of knitting machine 100;

When the second needle selection unit 232 controls the receiving needle 212 of the knitting needle 210 to swing into the cylinder of the knitting machine 100, the crochet stitch 2112 of the knitting needle 210 enters the first crochet track 222 to perform short hair knitting;

When the second needle selection unit 232 controls the joint needle 212 of the knitting needle 210 to continue to move along the needle joint track 221 of the cam assembly 220, the third needle selection unit 233 can control the joint needle 212 of the knitting needle 210 to continue to move along the joint track 221 of the cam assembly 220. The needle track 221 moves or swings into the needle cylinder of the knitting machine 100;

When the third needle selection unit 233 controls the receiving needle 212 of the knitting needle 210 to swing into the needle cylinder of the knitting machine 100, the crochet stitch 2112 of the knitting needle 210 enters the second crochet track 223 to perform middle wool knitting;

When the third needle selection unit 233 controls the connecting needle 212 of the knitting needle 210 to continue to move along the needle connecting track 221 of the cam assembly 220, the connecting needle 212 of the knitting needle drives the crochet needle 211 to move along the needle connecting track 221 to perform long hair knitting .

This embodiment is a knitting method corresponding to the above-mentioned knitting mechanism 200. Therefore, the principles and effects of this embodiment have been described in the above-mentioned embodiment of the knitting mechanism 200, and will not be repeated in this embodiment.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the above embodiments are only for clearly illustrating the present invention, rather than limiting the scope of the present invention. For those skilled in the art, other changes or modifications can be made on the basis of the above invention, and these changes or modifications are still within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (9)

1. The knitting mechanism of the knitting machine is characterized by comprising knitting needles, a cam assembly and a needle selecting assembly; the knitting comprises a crochet hook and a needle joint, wherein the crochet hook is provided with a crochet hook body and a crochet hook stitch connected with the crochet hook body, and the needle joint is provided with a needle joint body and a needle joint stitch connected with the needle joint body; the top of the needle can be connected with the crochet hook; the triangular component is provided with a needle connecting track, a first crochet hook track and a second crochet hook track; the needle selecting assembly comprises a first needle selecting unit, a second needle selecting unit and a third needle selecting unit;

the first needle selecting unit is used for controlling the needle connecting pins to enter the needle connecting track so that the knitting needles move along the needle connecting track;

the second needle selecting unit is used for controlling the crochet hook stitch of the knitting needle entering the needle receiving track to enter the first crochet hook track so as to enable the knitting needle to move along the first crochet hook track;

and the third needle selecting unit is used for controlling the crochet hook stitch of the knitting needle entering the needle receiving track to enter the second crochet hook track so as to enable the knitting needle to move along the second crochet hook track.

2. The knitting mechanism as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that said crochet stitch has an introduction portion whose width is gradually decreased in a direction away from said crochet body.

3. The knitting mechanism as in claim 2, wherein said lead-in portion has a trapezoidal or triangular shape.

4. The knitting mechanism as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the entrance of said first crochet hook rail is arranged with an outer width and an inner width, and/or

The inlet of the second crochet hook track is arranged in a manner of being wide in the outside and narrow in the inside.

5. The knitting mechanism as claimed in any of claims 1-4, characterized in that the needle receiving track, the first crochet track and the second crochet track are all grooved tracks; the groove wall of the first crochet hook rail far away from the second crochet hook rail is provided with a guide part extending outwards; the groove wall of the first crochet hook rail, which is close to the second crochet hook rail, is provided with a first guide inclined plane; the guide portion and the first guide slope form an entrance of the first crochet track.

6. A knitting mechanism as claimed in any of claims 5, characterized in that the first crochet track is provided with a second guiding ramp at its groove wall adjacent to the second crochet track.

7. The knitting mechanism as in any of claims 1-4, wherein the cam assembly includes a plurality of knitting cams, the plurality of knitting cams including a stitch cam, a flat cam, and a cut cam in order along a predetermined knitting direction.

8. A knitting machine comprising a knitting mechanism as claimed in any of claims 1-7.

9. A knitting method for a knitting mechanism as claimed in any of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the knitting method comprises:

the first needle selecting unit controls the needle connecting of the knitting needle to enter a needle connecting track of the triangle assembly or a needle cylinder of the knitting machine;

after the first needle selecting unit controls the needle of the knitting needle to enter the needle connecting track of the triangle component, the second needle selecting unit can control the needle of the knitting needle to continuously move along the needle connecting track of the triangle component or swing into a needle cylinder of the knitting machine;

after the second needle selecting unit controls the needle connecting needle of the knitting needle to swing into the needle cylinder of the knitting machine, the crochet hook stitch of the knitting needle enters the first crochet hook track to carry out short-hair knitting;

when the second needle selecting unit controls the needle connecting unit of the knitting needle to continuously move along the needle connecting track of the triangle component, the third needle selecting unit can control the needle connecting unit of the knitting needle to continuously move along the needle connecting track of the triangle component or swing into a needle cylinder of the knitting machine;

when the third needle selecting unit controls the needle connecting needle of the knitting needle to swing into the needle cylinder of the knitting machine, the crochet hook stitch of the knitting needle enters the second crochet hook track, and the process is Mao Bianzhi;

when the third needle selecting unit controls the needle connecting unit to continuously move along the needle connecting track of the triangular component, the needle connecting unit drives the crochet hook to move along the needle connecting track direction so as to perform long-hair knitting.

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