JP2012012757A - Knitting needle guide structure, knitting needle, knitting method, knit and glove - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique capable of drastically increasing the knit density easily and economically without changing the configuration of a knitting machine and obtaining a thin and good texture fabric.SOLUTION: In a knitting needle guide structure of a knitting machine that knits a fabric by reciprocally moving knitting needles in needle grooves that are arranged side by side with each other with the knitting needles being guided, one or more knitting needles having one or more hooks are disposed in the stack in each needle grooves. Accordingly, at least two hooks integrally movable are disposed in one needle groove.

Description

  The present invention relates to a knitting needle guide structure, a knitting needle, a knitting method, a knitted fabric, and a glove in a knitting machine.

  As a typical example of a knitting machine, in a weft knitting machine, a knitted fabric is knitted by forming a large number of needle grooves in a needle bed and reciprocating a knitting needle accommodated in each needle groove.

  Conventionally, a knitting needle is formed with one hook at the tip of a stem (for example, Patent Document 1). Then, the knitting yarn is drawn into the hook to form a stitch loop. Since one knitting needle is accommodated in one needle groove, one loop is formed for one needle groove.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 49-43152

  When the knitted fabric to be knitted has many fine stitches, a thin knitted product having a good texture can be obtained. However, in order to increase the number of stitches per unit length (for example, 1 inch), it is necessary to increase the number of knitting needles (gauge) accommodated per inch. However, in order to accommodate a large number of knitting needles, it is necessary to install a large number of needle grooves that accommodate the knitting needles, which increases the labor and time for processing the needle grooves on the needle bed. Further, as the number of needle grooves increases, the interval between the needle grooves becomes narrow, and the processing of the needle grooves becomes difficult. Furthermore, although a needle selection device is used to determine the movement of the knitting needle, the number of parts constituting the needle selection device increases according to the number of knitting needles to be used. For this reason, as the number of knitting needles used increases, the part cost of the needle selection device increases. For these reasons, increasing the number of gauges, especially increasing the gauge to about 20 gauges, increases the cost per knitting machine. Therefore, cost performance is low and it is difficult to make high gauge.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of easily and economically greatly increasing the density of stitches without greatly changing the configuration of the knitting machine, and obtaining a thin and good knitted fabric. It is to be.

  The knitting needle guide structure according to the first aspect is a knitting needle guide structure of a knitting machine that knits a knitted fabric by reciprocating while guiding a knitting needle along a plurality of aligned needle grooves. The knitting needles having a plurality of hooks are arranged singly or in a stacked state, thereby providing at least two or more hooks that operate integrally with respect to one needle groove.

  The knitting needle guide structure according to the second aspect is the knitting needle guide structure according to the first aspect, wherein a jack is provided in each needle groove, and the knitting needle guide structure is arranged in the state of being singly or plurally stacked via the jack. The knitting needle is integrally reciprocated along the needle groove.

  A knitting needle guide structure according to a third aspect is the knitting needle guide structure according to the second aspect, wherein the plurality of knitting needles arranged in a stacked state engages each of the plurality of knitting needles with the jack. , Integrated.

  The knitting needle according to the fourth aspect is a knitting needle used in the knitting needle guide structure according to the first aspect, and includes a stem having a plurality of branch portions on the tip side, and one at the tip of each branch portion of the stem. And a plurality of hooks provided one by one.

  A knitting needle according to a fifth aspect is a knitting needle used in a knitting machine for knitting a knitted fabric, and has a stem having a plurality of branch portions on the tip side, one at the tip of each branch portion of the stem. A plurality of hooks provided.

  A knitting method according to a sixth aspect is a method of knitting a knitted fabric with a knitting machine having a knitting needle guide structure according to the first to third aspects, wherein the at least two or more provided in each needle groove The hooks knit the knitted fabric by integrally performing the same knitting operation.

  The knitted fabric according to the seventh aspect is knitted by the knitting method according to the sixth aspect.

  The glove which concerns on an 8th aspect has the knitted fabric which concerns on a 7th aspect.

  The glove which concerns on a 9th aspect is a glove knitted by the knitting method which concerns on a 6th aspect, Comprising: The knitted fabric of a fingertip has spread in the step shape for every number of hooks of each needle groove.

  According to the knitting needle guide structure according to the first aspect, since at least two hooks that operate integrally with respect to one needle groove are provided, the number of hooks provided with respect to one needle groove can be increased. A corresponding number of stitches can be formed. Therefore, the number of stitches can be greatly increased without greatly changing the configuration of the knitting machine, and a knitted fabric having a good texture can be obtained easily and economically.

  According to the knitting needle guide structure according to the second aspect, even when knitting a pattern knitting and a knitted fabric of a complex shape, the number of stitches can be greatly increased without greatly changing the configuration of the knitting machine, A thin knitted fabric with a good texture can be obtained easily and economically.

  According to the knitting needle guide structure according to the third aspect, since a plurality of knitting needles are integrated, when a part of the needle is damaged, only the damaged knitting needle needs to be replaced. Can be carried out economically.

  According to the knitting needles according to the fourth aspect and the fifth aspect, it is possible to easily increase the number of stitches without increasing the number of knitting needles.

  According to the knitting method according to the sixth aspect, it becomes possible to efficiently knitted fine knitted fabric.

  According to the knitted fabric according to the seventh aspect, since a knitted fabric with fine stitches can be obtained, it is possible to manufacture a knitted product having a thin and good texture.

  According to the glove according to the eighth aspect, since the stitches become fine as a whole glove, it is possible to obtain a glove having a good texture.

  According to the glove according to the ninth aspect, since the knitted fabric of the fingertip of the glove spreads in a stepped manner for each number of hooks in each needle groove, the knitting density is lowered and the knitting yarn can be afforded. Therefore, it is easy to become a shape having a roundness along the finger, and a glove that is comfortable to wear can be obtained.

It is the schematic which shows the example of a part of cross section of the knitting machine which concerns on this invention. It is the schematic which shows the structure of a carriage. It is a figure which shows the structure of the knitting needle guide structure which is 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the knitting needle arrange | positioned at a knitting needle guide structure. It is a figure for demonstrating the example of the manufacturing method of a knitting needle. It is a figure which shows the structure of the knitting needle which has three hooks. It is a figure which shows the knitting operation | movement of the knitting needle in the knitting needle guide structure of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the knitting needle arrange | positioned at the knitting needle guide structure of 2nd Embodiment. It is the schematic explaining the state in which a knitting needle is selected by the needle selection drum. It is a figure which shows the structure of the knitting needle guide structure which is 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the form of the knitting needle which is a modification of 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the form of the knitting needle which is a modification of 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the knitting needle whose form of a hook is an example of a beard needle. It is a figure which shows the knitting needle whose form of a hook is an example of a double-headed needle. It is a figure which shows the glove by an Example. The schematic diagram of the knitting process of the fingertip of the glove knitted using the conventional knitting needle guide structure (single selection needle) in the flat knitting machine is shown. The schematic of the knitting process of the fingertip of the glove knitted on the flat knitting machine using the knitting needle guide structure of the present invention is shown.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
(1) First Embodiment <Overall Configuration of Knitting Machine>

  FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an example of a part of a cross section of the knitting machine 20. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating the configuration of the carriage 10. In FIG. 1, the example of the flat knitting machine which is a flat type knitting machine is shown as an example of the knitting machine concerning this invention. The knitting machine 20 includes a pair of a front needle bed 2A and a rear needle bed 2B which are needle beds 2. The front needle bed 2A and the rear needle bed 2B are arranged in a substantially inverted V-shaped cross section at an interval (tooth 4). On the front needle bed 2A and the back needle bed 2B, a large number of knitting needles 50 such as latch needles and crochet needles are disposed on the front needle bed 2A and the back needle bed 2B so as to be able to advance and retreat toward the tooth opening 4.

  In the needle bed 2, needle grooves to be described later are formed at a constant pitch in a direction perpendicular to an arrow F (FIG. 2) that is a movement direction of the carriage 10 to be described later. The knitting needle 50 is accommodated in each needle groove in a slidable state that advances and retreats with respect to the tooth opening 4. Further, on one end side of the knitting needle 50, a bat 60 protruding from the upper surface side of the front needle bed 2A and the rear needle bed 2B is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the carriage 10 includes a cam device that reciprocally slides the upper surfaces of the front needle bed 2 </ b> A and the rear needle bed 2 </ b> B in the arrangement direction of the knitting needles 50. The carriage 10 is controlled by a control device (not shown) to give the knitting needle 50 a knitting motion. Since the control method of the carriage 10 is known, it will be omitted. The carriage 10 knits the knitting yarn 11 by advancing the knitting needle 50 toward the tooth opening 4 to the knitting position by the engagement of the cam device and the bat 60 of the knitting needle 50 selected on the lower surface thereof.

The carriage 10 is provided with, for example, a raising cam 12, a center cam 13, a lowering cam 14, and a guard cam 15 as cam devices. The raising cam 12 and the lowering cam 14 generate a reciprocating motion of the knitting needle 50 in the vertical direction, that is, in the longitudinal direction. The center cam 13 further pushes up the knitting needle 50 pushed up by the raising cam 12 to the highest position. The guard cam 15 prevents the knitting needle 50 from rising more than necessary, and creates a passage for moving the bat 60 of the knitting needle 50 to the lowering cam 14. The bat 60 is guided in this passage to raise the knitting needle 50 in the direction of the hook 51 at the tip. Then, the yarn is supplied to the hook 51 of the knitting needle 50 when it is raised to the position where the knitting operation is performed. When the knitting needle 50 is lowered, a stitch is formed while pulling the yarn.
<Configuration of knitting needle guide structure>

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a knitting needle guide structure 30A according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The knitting needle guide structure 30A of the knitting machine knits the knitted fabric by reciprocating the knitting needle 50A while guiding the knitting needle 50A into each of the plurality of aligned needle grooves 32. In the needle bed 2, a plurality of needle plates 31 are erected at equal intervals in a direction perpendicular to the paper surface, and a needle groove 32 is provided. The needle bed 2 is provided with a groove for inserting the needle plate 31, and the needle groove 32 for arranging the knitting needle 50 between the needle plates 31 is formed by inserting the needle plate 31 into the groove of the needle bed 2. It is formed. A knitting needle 50A having a plurality of hooks 51 in each needle groove 32 is disposed in the knitting needle guide structure 30A.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a knitting needle 50A disposed in the knitting needle guide structure 30A. FIG. 4A shows an external configuration of the knitting needle 50A, and FIG. 4B is a plan view of the knitting needle 50A. The knitting needle 50A is a latch needle. The knitting needle 50A has branch portions 55a and 55b in which the distal end side of the stem 52A of the body portion branches into two. A hook 51a for hooking the knitting yarn 11 is connected to the tip side of the branch part 55a, and a hook 51b is connected to the tip side of the branch part 55b. The hooks 51a and 51b are bent at the tip 61 of the hook. The spatula 53 is rotatably attached by a rivet 54, and opens and closes between the hook-shaped portion and the stem 52A. Inside the hooks 51a and 51b whose opening is opened and closed, it is possible to lock the stitch formed by capturing the knitting yarn 11. Further, as described above, the knitting needle 50A is provided with the bat 60A on the rear end side of the knitting needle 50A for causing the entire knitting needle 50A to reciprocate in the vertical direction of the knitting needle 50A by the cam device attached to the carriage 10. .

  As a manufacturing method of the knitting needle 50A, the lever 53 and the other main body portion of the knitting needle 50A are integrally manufactured by a machine tool, and then the lever 53 is attached to the main body portion by a rivet 54. Further, as shown in FIG. 5 (a), after manufacturing each part like the first hook main body part 57, the connection part 58, and the second hook main body part 59, the parts are joined together by welding. By doing so, it is also possible to manufacture. FIG. 5B is a diagram illustrating a shape after the first hook main body portion 57, the connection portion 58, and the second hook main body portion 59 are joined.

  In the knitting needle of the present invention, a desired number of hooks can be provided on one stem, but the number of hooks is two or three from the viewpoint of hook strength and stitch knitting complexity. It is desirable. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of a knitting needle 50B having three hooks. As shown in FIG. 6, the knitting needle 50B has branch portions 55a, 55b, and 55c in which the distal end side of the stem 52B of the body portion is branched into three. Hooks 51a, 51b, and 51c are connected to the distal ends of the branch portions 55a, 55b, and 55c, respectively.

In the knitting needle guide structure 30A, for example, since knitting needles having a plurality of hooks are arranged for one stem, the number of stitches corresponding to the number of hooks provided for one needle groove 32 is formed. It becomes possible. Therefore, it is possible to easily increase the number of stitches easily without increasing the number of knitting needles to be arranged.
<Knitting operation>

  Next, the knitting operation of the knitting needles arranged in the knitting needle guide structure of the present invention will be described. In the knitting needle guide structure of the present invention, a plurality of hooks of knitting needles provided in one needle groove perform the same knitting operation to knitting the knitted fabric.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a knitting operation of the knitting needle 50A in the knitting needle guide structure 30A of the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7A, when the carriage 10 moves, the raising cam 12 acts on the bat 60A of the knitting needle 50A, raises the knitting needle 50A, reaches the highest position at the apex of the center cam 13, and a new knitting yarn 11 Is supplied into the hook 51.

  As shown in FIG. 7B, when the knitting needle 50 </ b> A moves downward while the stitches are locked in the hooks 51 by the lowering cam 14, the already-formed stitches 17 that have been locked are hooked by the latches 53. close.

  As shown in FIG. 7 (c), the pre-knitted stitch 17 that has been locked moves upward on the closed latch 53, disengages from the tip 56 of the latch 53, and is fed into the hook 51. To make a new loop 18. Then, only the new loop 18 in the hook 51 is locked to the knitting needle 50 </ b> A in a state of being connected to the ready stitch 17.

  As shown in FIG. 7D, when the knitting needle 50A is next moved upward again, the closed loop 53 is opened by the new loop 18, and the new loop 18 is moved below the stem 52A to become the ready stitch 17. .

  In the knitting operation described above, when the stem 52A of the knitting needle 50A moves in the vertical direction, the hooks 51a and 51b and the latches 53a and 53b provided on the tip side of the adjacent branch portions 55a and 55b perform the same operation. Do. That is, it operates integrally so that the relative positions of the adjacent hooks 51a and 51b and the relative positions of the adjacent latches 53a and 53b are the same.

Accordingly, since the plurality of hooks that operate integrally with respect to one needle groove are provided, the knitting needle guide structure of the present invention enables efficient knitting of a fine knitted fabric, which is easy and economical. And a knitted fabric with a good texture can be obtained.
(2) Second embodiment

  In the knitting needle guide structure 30 </ b> A of the first embodiment, the knitting needles 50 </ b> A having a plurality of hooks 51 are arranged in the respective needle grooves 32. On the other hand, the knitting needle guide structure of the second embodiment is a form in which the knitting machine 20 is provided with a needle selection drum for selectively driving the knitting needles according to the size and shape of the knitted fabric. In the knitting needle guide structure of the second embodiment, a knitting needle that is engaged with a jack that engages with a selector that is provided in a needle selection drum provided in the knitting machine 20 is disposed in the needle groove 32.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of a knitting needle 50C arranged in the knitting needle guide structure of the second embodiment. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating a state in which the knitting needle 50C is selected by the needle selection drum 90. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a knitting needle guide structure 30B according to the second embodiment. The configurations of the knitting needle guide structure 30B and the knitting needle 50C of the second embodiment are similar to the knitting needle guide structure 30A and the knitting needle 50A of the first embodiment described above. Omitted and different configurations will be described. In particular, the configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment except that the jack 70 is engaged with the knitting needle 50C.

  As shown in FIG. 8, in the knitting needle 50 </ b> C, a jack 70 is engaged with the rear portion of the stem 52. The jack 70 has a knitting operation bat 75 that receives the action of the cam device of the carriage 10.

  As shown in FIG. 9, at the rear part of the jack 70, the jack 70 and the selector 80 are continuously engaged with each other. The reason why the jack is interposed between the selector 80 and the knitting needle is to prevent the movement of the knitting needle 50C from becoming unstable due to the knitting needle floating from the needle bed 2 when the vertical movement of the selector 80 is directly transmitted to the knitting needle. It is to do. The needle selection drum 90 is mounted on the rotation shaft 91. A lateral groove 92 extending along the rotation axis direction is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the needle selection drum 90. The lateral grooves 92 are provided with needle selection pins 93 in a predetermined arrangement pattern. A selector 80 is provided behind the jack 70 to allow the knitting operation bat 75 to engage with the carriage 10 by swinging the jack 70 up and down. The selector 80 is swingably provided around the fulcrum 81. Further, the selector 80 holds the end portion of the jack 70 slidably. A projecting piece 82 that enters the lateral groove 92 of the needle selection drum 90 is formed at the lower edge of the selector 80. The operation from the needle selection drum 90 to the knitting needle 50B is performed by acting on the knitting operation bat 75 from one needle selection pin 93 through the selector 80 and determining the movement of the needle.

The needle selection drum 90 rotates by one pitch in the circumferential direction in accordance with the interval between the lateral grooves 92. At this time, the jack 70 corresponding to the needle selection pin 93 is pushed upward by the needle selection pin 93 in the lateral groove 92. That is, the selector 80 moves up and down depending on the presence or absence of the needle selection pin 93. As described above, only the jack 70 pushed upward can be engaged with the carriage 10, so that only the necessary knitting needles 50 </ b> C can be selectively driven according to the size and shape of the knitted fabric. It is also possible to perform the knitting operation by engaging the bat 60C with the carriage 10.
As shown in FIG. 10, in the knitting needle guide structure 30 </ b> B, a jack 70 is provided in each needle groove 32, and the knitting needle 50 </ b> C is disposed through the jack 70.

  In the second embodiment, in the knitting needle 50C, the two hooks 51 are continuously provided on the distal end side of the stem 52C, but each of the plurality of knitting needles provided with one hook on the distal end side of the stem is provided as one. A plurality of knitting needles may be integrated by engaging with a jack, and the plurality of knitting needles may be arranged in a stacked state. 11 and 12 are diagrams showing examples of the form of knitting needles 50D and 50E, which are modifications of the second embodiment. FIG. 11 shows the knitting needles 50D and 50E connected by the jack 70, and FIG. 12 shows the knitting needles 50D and 50E before the connection. As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the knitting needles 50 </ b> D and 50 </ b> E each have one hook 51 and are connected by one jack 70. Specifically, the groove 85 at the rear end of the knitting needle 50 </ b> D and the groove 95 at the rear end of the knitting needle 50 </ b> E are engaged with the protrusion 76 at the front end of the jack 70. According to the knitting needles 50D and 50E of this embodiment, the manufacture is easier than the knitting needle 50C. Further, since the stem to which each of the two hooks is connected is not integrated, when one of the hooks 51 of the knitting needles 50D and 50E is damaged, it is only necessary to replace the damaged knitting needle, and maintenance is easy and easy. It can be done inexpensively.

  Also in the knitting needle guide structure of the second embodiment, the same effect as that of the knitting needle guide structure of the first embodiment described above can be achieved. Furthermore, when one jack is connected to a knitting needle having two or more hooks, two or more hooks can be moved by one needle selection pin, so that the number of parts constituting the needle selection drum and selector can be reduced. It can be greatly reduced.

In addition, the knitting needle guide structure of the second embodiment can greatly increase the number of stitches without greatly changing the configuration of the knitting machine even when knitting a pattern knitting and a knitted fabric having a complicated shape. In addition, an economically thin knitted fabric with good texture can be obtained.
(3) Modifications Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described content.

  For example, in the above embodiment, the case of a flat knitting machine has been described. However, other knitting machines such as a circular knitting machine, and other knitting machines such as a warp knitting machine are provided with the knitting needle guide structure of the present invention. It may be configured. The knitting needle of the present invention can also be used in a knitting machine that does not have a needle groove.

In the first embodiment, the form of the knitting needle 50A is a latch needle, but is not limited thereto. For example, a knitting needle guide structure including at least two or more other types of hooks such as a beard needle and a double-ended needle with respect to one needle groove may be used. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a knitting needle 50F in which the hook shape is an example of a whisker needle. FIG. 13A shows an external configuration of the knitting needle 50F, and FIG. 13B is a plan view of the knitting needle 50F. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a knitting needle 50G in which the hook is an example of a double-ended needle. 14A shows an external configuration of the knitting needle 50G, and FIG. 14B is a plan view of the knitting needle 50G.
These modifications can also achieve the same effects as in the above embodiment.
(4) Knitted fabric products

  By the knitting operation of the knitting needles arranged in the knitting needle guide structure of the present invention, other knitted products such as gloves, socks, stockings, supporters, clothing having a function of applying pressure to the human body, and the like can be manufactured. In particular, in clothing with fingers such as gloves and socks, the fingertip portion is rounded by a method of gradually widening the knitting width from the beginning of knitting to the middle of the finger portion. In the past, when increasing the knitting width, the method of increasing the knitting needles used at both ends one by one has been taken. In this method, the knitting density of the fingertips is high, and the side edges of the fingertips are projected sideways. turn into. Here, when increasing the knitting width at both ends as in the present invention, if the number of needles is increased by 2 each, the level difference of the stitches increases and the clearance increases, so the knitting density decreases and the roundness along the fingers is reduced. It turns out that it becomes easy to have a shape. An example of a glove is shown as an example of a knitted product knitted by a knitting operation of a knitting needle arranged in the knitting needle guide structure of the present invention.

  The gloves were knitted using the knitting needle guide structure 30B of the present invention on a flat knitting machine. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a glove 110 according to the present embodiment. The glove 110 knitted the finger pouch 111, the ring finger 112, the middle finger 113, and the index finger 114, and then joined the four pouches 116 as one cylindrical body while joining these finger pouches at each finger crotch formation position. Organize. Next, the thumb finger bag 115 was knitted, and then the five finger drum 117 was formed by joining the thumb finger bag 115 and the four drums 116 together. Finally, the wrist 118 was knitted.

  The gauge of the flat knitting machine was 13 gauge (since two hooks are provided for one needle groove, a known knitting needle corresponds to 26 gauge). A single glove of wooly nylon (70 denier / 24 filament) was supplied as a knitting yarn from a yarn feeder, and a seamless glove 110 was knitted. The course of knitted fabric organization was 85 / inch and the wale was 43 / inch.

  Next, the structure of the knitted fabric of the fingertip of the glove knitted using the knitting needle guide structure 30B of the present invention in the flat knitting machine will be described. FIG. 16 shows a schematic diagram of a knitting process of fingertips of gloves when a flat knitting machine is knitted using a conventional knitting needle guide structure (single selection needle). FIG. 17 shows a schematic diagram of the knitting process of the fingertip of the glove when knitting with the flat knitting machine using the knitting needle guide structure 30B (double selection needle) of the present invention. 16 and 17, F1 to F20 indicate front needle bed hooks, and B1 to B20 indicate rear needle bed hooks. Further, ◯ represents a stitch. MF1 to MF10 in FIG. 17 indicate that the tip of the stem of the knitting needle is branched into two. 16 and 17, the hook pitch is the same and the number of vertical courses is the same. The needle selection will be increased by one. More specifically, in the case of single selection needles, the number of hooks increases by one, and in the case of double selection needles, it increases by two.

  First, the gloves are knitted and knitted as shown at the START points in FIGS. The set-up course is formed by feeding the needles F1 to F20 on the front needle bed and the needles B1 to B20 on the rear needle bed in a zigzag shape. A known knitting such as increasing the knitting width after reducing the knitting width so that the fingertip portion is round and conforms to the shape of the fingertip is performed following the knitting of the set-up course. In this way, the tip of the fingertip is formed in a round shape.

  Next, as shown by the arrows in FIGS. 16 and 17, from the stitch of the hook F20 located at the left end when viewed from the paper surface of the portion knitted with the needle of the front needle bed at the time of set-up, the hook of the opposite rear needle bed The yarn is fed to B14. Next, the latter part of the stitches of the set-up knitting is knitted from the hook B14 to the hook B7. Then, from the stitch of the hook B7 located at the right end when viewed from the paper surface of the portion knitted with the needles of the rear needle bed, the yarn is fed to the hook F7 of the opposite front needle bed, and similarly, the hook F14 is knitted and knitted. Knit the latter part of the stitch. Thereafter, similar processing is repeated.

  The glove 110 thus obtained has a fine stitch as a whole, and when worn, the glove 110 has a good texture. In addition, the fingertip of the glove has a shape with roundness along the finger, so that it is comfortable to wear.

  In general, when the number of knitted fabrics increases, the yarn flows diagonally from the front needle bed to the rear needle bed, and when the glove is put on a three-dimensional shape, the portion where the yarn flows diagonally stretches, making it difficult to follow the hand shape. As shown in FIGS. 16 and 17, in this embodiment, for example, the hook F14 to the hook B16 in the double selection needle of this embodiment is more than the interval a when the thread flows from the hook F14 to the hook B15 in the single selection needle. When the yarn flows through the gap b, the interval b is larger, and the length of the yarn flowing from the hook F14 to the hook B16 in the double selection needle becomes longer. In this embodiment, since the slanting thread is long, there is a margin for the thread of the glove fingertip. In other words, the knitted fabric of the fingertip of the glove spreads in a step-like manner for each number of hooks in each needle groove, so that the knitted density of the knitted fabric of the fingertip of the glove becomes low and a margin of yarn can be made. For this reason, it is possible to suppress the side end of the fingertip from protruding sideways as seen in conventional gloves, and the shape of the finger with a rounded shape that is easy to follow along the hand shape. Gloves can be manufactured.

  Note that the configurations described in the above embodiments and modifications may be replaced as appropriate as long as no contradiction arises.

2 Needle bed 10 Carriage 11 Knitting yarn 20 Weft knitting machine 30 Knitting needle guide structure 31 Needle plate 32 Needle groove 50 Knitting needle 51 Hook 52 Stem 53 Cover 55 Branch part 60 Butt 70 Jack 90 Needle selection drum 110 Gloves

Claims (9)

In the knitting needle guide structure of the knitting machine for knitting the knitted fabric by reciprocating while guiding the knitting needle along each needle groove arranged in a row,
In each needle groove, knitting needles having one or a plurality of hooks are arranged singly or in a stacked state, and thereby at least two or more hooks that operate integrally with respect to one needle groove are provided. A knitting needle guide structure characterized in that   2. The jack according to claim 1, wherein a jack is provided in each needle groove, and the knitting needles arranged in a single or a plurality of stacked states are reciprocated integrally along the needle groove via the jack. Needle groove guide structure.   3. The needle groove guiding structure according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of knitting needles arranged in a stacked state are integrated by engaging each of the plurality of knitting needles with the jack. A knitting needle used in the knitting needle guide structure according to claim 1,
A stem having a plurality of branches on the tip side;
A plurality of hooks provided one by one at the tip of each branch of the stem;
A knitting needle comprising: A knitting needle used in a knitting machine for knitting a knitted fabric,
A stem having a plurality of branches on the tip side;
A plurality of hooks provided one by one at the tip of each branch of the stem;
A knitting needle comprising: A knitting method for knitting a knitted fabric with a knitting machine having the knitting needle guide structure according to claim 1,
A knitting method comprising knitting a knitted fabric by integrally performing the same knitting operation by the at least two hooks provided in each needle groove.   A knitted fabric knitted by the knitting method according to claim 6.   A glove comprising the knitted fabric according to claim 7.   The glove knitted by the knitting method according to claim 6, wherein the knitted fabric of the fingertip spreads in a stepped manner for each number of hooks in each needle groove.

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