JP2014195744A - Multi-thread chain stitch seam structure - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multi-thread chain stitch seam structure which can reliably and strongly prevent the occurrence of raveling in a multi-thread chain stitch seam irrespective of the magnitude of tension applied to a needle thread and a looper thread.SOLUTION: A multi-thread chain stitch seam structure is formed on a sewing fabric by: catching a needle thread loop which is formed below a needle plate by a needle vertically moving while holding a needle thread, by the advance of a looper capable of advancing and retreating in a direction substantially orthogonal to the vertical movement path of the needle; and interlooping the needle thread loop with a looper thread held by the looper. A needle thread loop located at a terminal end in a sewing advance direction among needle thread loops on the back side of the sewing fabric in a seam formed on the sewing fabric is self-looped with the needle thread subsequently passing through the sewing fabric.

Description

  The present invention uses a double chain stitch sewing machine represented mainly by a horizontal cylindrical shape to form a double chain stitch seam by a needle thread and a looper thread, and this double chain stitch seam is formed. The present invention relates to a double chain stitch seam structure for preventing fraying at the end portion.

  A general double cylindrical sewing machine such as a horizontal cylinder has a needle that holds a needle thread and moves up and down, and a looper that holds a looper thread and moves back and forth in a direction substantially perpendicular to the vertical movement path of the needle. The needle thread loop formed by the needle below the needle plate is captured by the advancement operation of the looper, and the needle thread is looped by the looper thread held by the looper to repeat the other thread looping, A double chain stitch is formed on the sewing fabric.

  As shown in FIG. 27, the structure of a general double chain stitch seam M formed by a double chain stitch sewing machine is such that the end portion of the looper thread 10 cut at the end of the sewing is shown in FIG. When pulled in the direction indicated by the symbol, the looper thread 10 slips out from the final needle thread loops 20a, 20b formed by the needle threads 20, 20, and the slipping out easily shifts toward the sewing start side. As a result, there is a problem that fraying occurs on the entire seam M.

  FIG. 27 shows the double chain stitch formed by the two needle threads 20, 20 and the looper thread 10, but the fraying as described above includes one needle thread and a looper thread. This also occurs in the double chain stitch formed by the above.

  As a method of preventing fraying peculiar to the stitches formed by the double chain stitch sewing machine as described above, conventionally, after the normal sewing is finished with the looper in the advanced state, the looper is advanced through the needle thread loop. A method has been proposed in which a sewing operation is performed for one stitch while the looper yarn is held at the position of the advance end of the looper by a looper yarn hook, and then the needle yarn and the looper yarn are cut. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

  In the fraying prevention method proposed conventionally, as shown in FIG. 28, the looper thread 10 held by the looper thread hooking hook has a needle thread 20, A stitch M entangled with the final needle thread loops 20a and 20b formed by the thread 20 in the state of other thread looping is formed. The looper thread 10 entangled in this way cannot be pulled out from the final needle thread loops 20a, 20b even if the end of the looper thread 10 is pulled in the direction of the arrow x, so that fraying of the stitches M can be prevented. is there.

  FIG. 28 shows a fray-prevented state in the case of a double chain stitch stitch formed by the two needle threads 20 and 20 and the looper thread 10. When applied to the case of a double chain stitch seam M formed by the looper thread 10, the looper thread 10 becomes the final needle thread loop 20 a formed by one needle thread 20 as shown in FIG. In addition, the seam M entangled in the state of other thread looping is formed, and a fraying prevention state is obtained so that the looper thread 10 does not come out of the final needle thread loop 20a.

  Japanese Patent No. 2879399

As described above, the conventionally proposed fraying prevention method can prevent the occurrence of fraying peculiar to the stitches of the double chain stitch as much as possible.
However, in the conventionally proposed fraying prevention method, when a tensile force is applied in the y direction of FIGS. 28 and 29, the cut end portion of the looper yarn 10 is easily pulled out from the final needle yarn loops 20a, 20b and 20a. Once slipping out occurs, the looper thread 10 slips sequentially toward the sewing start side, and there is a problem that fraying occurs on the entire stitch.

For example, if the sewing fabric is thin or soft, the needle thread loop is used because sewing is performed with the applied tension of the needle thread and looper thread reduced so that a good sewing finish can be obtained. Tightening of the looper yarn 10 by 20a, 20b and 20a is insufficient, and as a result, fraying as described above is more likely to occur.
In particular, in the case of a double chain stitch with a single needle, the looper thread 10 is only entangled with the last one needle thread loop 20a of the needle thread 20 in the state of other thread looping, so that a slight pulling force is required. Just adding, it will come out and the anti-fraying effect is very low.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and can prevent fraying at the stitches of double chain stitches reliably and strongly regardless of the applied tension of the needle thread and the looper thread. The aim is to provide double chain stitching.

In order to achieve the above object, the double chain stitch seam structure according to the present invention comprises a needle thread loop formed under the needle plate by a needle that holds the needle thread and moves up and down. It is captured by the advancement of a looper that can move forward and backward in a direction substantially orthogonal to the loop, and the stitch structure of the double chain stitch formed on the sewing fabric by looping the needle thread loop with the looper thread held by the looper. There,
Among the needle thread loops formed on the back surface of the sewing fabric, at least a needle thread loop positioned at the end in the sewing progress direction is looped by the own thread through the sewing fabric.

  According to the double chain stitch seam structure according to the present invention having the above-described characteristic configuration, after the normal sewing is finished with the looper in the advanced state, the needle thread loop captured by the looper is moved from the lowered position of the needle. Is maintained until the needle is lowered through the needle thread loop captured by the looper, and then the position holding of the needle thread loop is released to release the position of the needle thread loop. By performing a sewing operation for at least one stitch including the needle descending through the needle thread loop, the needle thread loop held by the needle thread held by the descending needle is looped. Regardless of the applied tension of the needle thread and the looper thread, the looper thread can be prevented from coming off at the looping portion, and fraying of the seam can be reliably prevented at the generation stage.

  In particular, in the present invention, the pitch of the stitches by the other yarn looping for at least one stitch before the own yarn looping is made smaller than the pitch of the stitches by the other yarn looping before that. It is possible to strengthen the looper thread presser by the self-looping part by making the part dense, and therefore it is possible to more surely prevent the looper thread from coming out at the sewing end part and the fraying caused by the ripple. .

  As the double chain stitch machine used for obtaining the stitch structure according to the present invention, a horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch machine is suitable. A bed type double chain stitch machine may be used.

1 is an overall external perspective view of a horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the principal part of the fraying prevention apparatus of the seam in a horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine same as the above. It is a perspective view which shows the state which removed a part of structure of the principal part of the fraying prevention apparatus same as the above. It is a top view which shows the structure of the principal part of the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is a bottom view of the principal part explaining the structure and 1st operation | movement of a stopper mechanism of the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is a bottom view of the principal part explaining a structure and 2nd operation | movement of a stopper mechanism same as the above. It is a bottom view of the principal part explaining a structure and 3rd operation | movement of a stopper mechanism same as the above. It is a bottom view of the principal part explaining a structure and 4th operation | movement of a stopper mechanism same as the above. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the control system of the horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine which concerns on 1st embodiment including the fray prevention device H of a seam. It is a time chart which shows the operation content of the control part 8 for fraying prevention of a seam same as the above in time series. It is explanatory drawing of the 1st fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is explanatory drawing of the 2nd fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is explanatory drawing of the 3rd fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is explanatory drawing of the 4th fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is explanatory drawing of the 5th fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is explanatory drawing of the 6th fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is explanatory drawing of the 7th fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is the figure which looked at the stitch structure of the double chain stitch by the horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine which concerns on 1st embodiment from the back surface of the sewing fabric. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the principal part of the fraying prevention apparatus of a stitch in the horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine which concerns on 2nd embodiment of this invention, and 1st fraying prevention operation | movement. It is explanatory drawing of the 2nd fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is explanatory drawing of the 3rd fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is explanatory drawing of the 4th fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is explanatory drawing of the 5th fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is explanatory drawing of the 6th fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is explanatory drawing of the 7th fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is the figure which looked at the stitch structure of the double ring stitch obtained by operation | movement different from 1st Embodiment and 2nd Embodiment from the back surface of the sewing fabric. It is a bottom view which shows schematically the composition of the stitch of the end part of general double chain stitch. It is a bottom view which shows schematically the composition of the stitch of the stitching end part proposed by the prior art. It is a bottom view which shows schematically the composition of the stitch of the stitching end part at the time of applying a prior art to one needle.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an overall external perspective view of a horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machines according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the main part of the fraying prevention device of the seam equipped with FIG. 4, and FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the configuration of the main part of the fraying prevention device of the seam. In the following description, the expressions “left, right” and “front, rear” indicated by arrows in FIGS. Here, “front” is the side closer to the sewing manufacturer, “rear” is the side away from the sewing manufacturer, and “left, right” is “left, right” when viewed from the front closer to the sewing manufacturer. It is.

  As shown in FIG. 1, in the horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine according to the first embodiment, the sewing machine arm portion C and the sewing bed portion B are substantially parallel to each other from the vertical position of the sewing machine main body D toward the left. It is extended in the shape. As shown in FIG. 4, the horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine includes a looper 1, a single needle 2 (see FIGS. 11 to 17), and a needle plate base attached to the upper surface of the sewing machine bed portion B. 11, a fraying preventing device H for stitches provided on the needle plate base 11, and a needle plate P attached on the needle plate base 11.

  The needle 2 is attached to the lower end of the needle bar 12 so that the needle 2 is positioned on the extension line of the center of the needle bar 12 that moves up and down in conjunction with the rotation of the sewing machine main shaft (not shown) in the sewing machine arm C. Attached, and rises and falls. A in FIG. 2 and FIG. 4 indicates the needle drop position (lowering position) of the needle 2. The needle drop position A is set at a substantially central portion of the needle plate P.

  The looper 1 is disposed in the sewing machine bed portion B, and moves forward and backward (leftward and rightward) in a direction substantially perpendicular to the vertical movement path of the needle 2 through the operation of a looper driving mechanism (not shown). The solid line in FIG. 4 shows a state where the looper 1 is moved to the leftward position, and the broken line in FIG. 4 shows a state where the looper 1 is moved to the rightward position. As shown by the solid line in FIG. 4, the tip of the looper 1 in the leftward position extends to the left beyond the needle drop position A, and as shown in the broken line in FIG. 4, the looper 1 in the rightward position. The tip of the needle is located away from the needle drop position A in the right direction.

  The horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine sews the sewing fabric (not shown) set on the needle plate P by the upward and downward movements of the needle 2 and the leftward and rightward movements of the looper 1. The sewing fabric is pressed onto the needle plate P by a presser foot (not shown), and is fed and moved in the direction of arrow Y in FIG. 4 by the operation of the feed mechanism provided inside the sewing machine bed B. The feed mechanism is provided with a feed dog that protrudes above the needle plate P and moves backward and repeats an operation of immersing under the needle plate P and returning to the front direction. Is moved in the direction of arrow Y.

  The needle bar 12, the looper drive mechanism, and the feed mechanism described above are known mechanisms that operate in synchronization with each other by transmission from a sewing machine main shaft (not shown). The needle 2 holds the needle thread 20 (see FIGS. 11 to 17), and while the sewing fabric stops feeding movement, penetrates the sewing fabric and reaches the bottom of the needle plate P, and then rises. Then pull out above the sewing fabric. The looper 1 holds the looper thread 10 (see FIGS. 11 to 17), moves to the left as the needle 2 starts to rise, and captures the loop 20a of the needle thread 20 formed below the needle plate P. The sewing fabric is fed and moved when the needle 2 is raised. The needle 2 descends through the fed sewing fabric and catches the looper thread 10 held by the looper 1 retracting to the right. The double chain stitch sewing machine repeats the above operation to form double chain stitch stitches on the sewing fabric.

  The fraying prevention device H provided in the horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine as described above includes a needle thread holding mechanism, a stopper mechanism, a thread hook 3 (described later) of the needle thread holding mechanism, and the stopper mechanism. A connecting rod 35 as a connecting member for interlockingly connecting the stopper member 4 (described later) and a control unit 8 (described later).

  The needle thread holding mechanism has a vertical hook 30 that extends between a thread hook 3 and a standby position where the thread hook 3 is separated from the looper 1 and a thread hook position close to the looper 1. And a reciprocating thread manipulating cylinder 32 as a hook actuator for driving and swinging as a center. A support shaft 30 serving as a swing center of the thread hook 3 is disposed in the vicinity of the right rear corner of the needle plate P and is supported on the needle plate base 11.

  The thread hook 3 has an arcuate curved shape, and is continuously connected to the front end portion of the support arm 3e extending leftward from the support shaft 30 so as to be folded forward. The front end portion of the thread hook 3 faces the needle drop position A from the rear left side on the lower side of the needle plate P, and a hook portion 3b protruding outward is formed at the front end portion. The support arm 3e has an extending portion 3c that extends forward from the support shaft 30, and one end of a connecting rod 35 is connected to the tip of the extending portion 3c.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 to 8, the stopper mechanism is fixed to the distal end portion (left end portion) of the output rod 31 of the yarn operation cylinder 32 via a set screw 36 and supplied via an air tube 33. A stopper member 4 that linearly reciprocates in the left-right direction when the yarn operation cylinder 32 is expanded and contracted by the operating air, and a swing lever 9 that can be engaged with and released from a part of the stopper member 4. A spring 91 that engages the swing lever 9 with a part of the stopper member 4 and biases the thread hook 3 in the direction in which the yarn hook 3 is positioned at the standby position; On the other hand, the swing lever 9 is constituted by a one-acting (extrusion drive type) stopper cylinder 42 as a stopper actuator for forcibly releasing the engagement from a part of the stopper member 4. To have.

  The output rod 41 of the stopper cylinder 42 causes the swing lever 9 to swing and bias the spring 91 as the stopper cylinder 42 is pushed out to the left by the operating air supplied through the air tube 43. It is configured to swing counterclockwise against this.

  The swing lever 9 is supported on the upper surface of the swing lever mounting base 92 so as to be swingable about a vertical support shaft 90. The swing lever 9 has an engaging claw 9a that can be engaged with a part of the stopper member 4 at the tip, and as shown in FIG. Is moved to the left, that is, when the yarn hook 3 is moved to the standby position, the biasing force of the spring 91 makes contact with the side of the stopper member 4 and the yarn operating cylinder 32 contracts. When the stopper member 4 is driven and moved to the right by the operation, as shown in FIG. 6, the engaging claw 9a at the tip is swung clockwise around the support shaft 90 by the biasing force of the spring 91. The stopper member 4 can be engaged with a part.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, when the contracted yarn operating cylinder 32 is again extended by a small amount, the engaging claw 9a at the tip of the swing lever 9 is engaged with a part of the stopper member 4, and the stopper The drive movement of the member 4 in the left direction is temporarily stopped. In this state where the stopper member 4 is temporarily stopped, the thread hook 3 is moved to a holding position between the standby position and the thread hook position via the connecting rod 35 and stopped. At this time, the hook portion 3b at the tip of the thread hook 3 moves from the thread hook position (needle drop position A) shown in FIG. 4 to the left rear, hooks the needle thread 20 and holds it at the holding position.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the output rod 41 is pushed out to the left as the stopper cylinder 42 is extended, so that the swing lever 9 is counterclockwise against the swing biasing force of the spring 91. The engaging claw 9a at the tip of the swing lever 9 is disengaged from a part of the stopper member 4, and the temporary stop of the stopper member 4 is released. As a result, the thread operating cylinder 32 is extended to the maximum, and the thread hook 3 is returned to the standby position via the connecting rod 35.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, the thread hook 3 of the needle thread holding mechanism is moved between the standby position, the thread hook position, and the holding position by the expansion and contraction operations of the thread operation cylinder 32 and the stopper cylinder 42. Swing over

  The horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine according to the first embodiment includes a thread trimming mechanism 5 that cuts the needle thread 20 and the looper thread 10 after the end of sewing. As shown in FIGS. 16 and 17, the thread trimming mechanism 5 includes a thread trimming hook 50, a thread trimming knife 51, a leaf spring 59 that presses the thread trimming hook 50 against a sliding contact portion with the thread trimming knife 51, and A thread trimming actuator 58 (see FIG. 9). The thread trimming hook 50 is provided with a first hook portion 52 and a second hook portion 53 projecting rearward at the tip portion. Since the thread trimming mechanism 5 is publicly known, description and illustration of other detailed configurations are omitted.

  Further, in the horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine according to the first embodiment, the needle plate base 11 attached to the upper surface of the sewing machine bed portion B has a left needle plate base portion as shown in FIGS. 11L and the right throat plate base part 11R are divided into two parts. The needle plate P is detachably attached to the upper surface of the left needle plate base 11L via a set screw 100, and a support shaft 30 serving as a swing center of the thread hook 3 of the needle thread holding mechanism is provided. I support it.

  The needle plate near the front end (left end) near the left end of the left needle plate base 11L divided into two parts, specifically, near the front end (left end) of the sewing machine arm portion C indicated by the phantom line in FIG. Screw holes 101 are formed at locations apart from the P mounting locations, and the left throat plate base portion 11L is fastened to the upper surface of the sewing machine bed portion B through set screw members 102 that are screwed into the screw holes 101. It is attached so that it can be fixed and released (removable).

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the upper surface of the sewing machine bed portion B and the left throat plate base portion 11L are provided with knock pins 103 and the knock pins 103 at locations apart from the two fastening fixing locations by the set screw member 102. A pin hole 104 to be fitted is formed, and the left needle plate base portion 11L is positioned at a predetermined position and posture with respect to the sewing machine bed portion B by inserting and fitting the pin hole 104 into the knock pin 103 from above. In this state, the left needle plate base 11L can be fastened and fixed to the upper surface of the sewing machine bed B by screwing the set screw member 102 into the screw hole 101.

  In the first embodiment, the knock pin 103 protrudes upward from the upper surface of the sewing machine bed portion B, and the pin hole 104 is formed in the left throat plate base portion 11L. The knock pin 103 may protrude downward from the lower surface of the left needle plate base 11L, and the pin hole 104 may be formed on the upper surface of the sewing machine bed portion B.

  On the other hand, the right needle plate base portion 11R divided into two forms a cylinder mounting base portion that supports the thread operating cylinder 32 and the stopper cylinder 42 (hereinafter, the right needle plate base portion 11R is referred to as a cylinder mounting base portion). The above-described stopper mechanism is disposed below the cylinder mount 11R. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 5 to 8, the thread operating cylinder 32 is fixedly supported on the lower surface of the cylinder mounting base portion 11 </ b> R via the mounting screw 105, and at the lower part of the thread operating cylinder 32. The stopper cylinders 42 are arranged in a two-tiered manner, and the stopper cylinders 42 are fixedly supported on the cylinder mounting base portion 11R via mounting screws 106.

  The cylinder mounting base portion 11R is assembled to the side surface of the sewing machine bed portion B through a set screw member 107 in a fixed state. Here, the fixed state means that the anti-fraying device H is fixed to a predetermined position by tightening the set screw member 107 when the anti-fraying device H is assembled to the sewing machine bed portion B. Refers to the state fixed in position.

  One end (right end) of the connecting rod 35 is rotatably connected to the stopper member 4 in the stopper mechanism by a pin screw 108. A stopper member that linearly reciprocates in the left-right direction as the thread operating cylinder 32 expands and contracts is provided on the cylinder mounting base portion 11R at a location corresponding to the connecting portion of the one end of the connecting rod 35 and the stopper member 4 by the pin screw 108. A long long groove 109 is formed along the left-right direction so as to allow 4 linear reciprocating movements.

  Further, a connecting end portion 35a connected to the extending portion 3c connected to the yarn hook 3 at the other end of the connecting rod 35 is bent downward by substantially the thickness of the extending portion 3c. A pin 110 protrudes upward from the connecting end portion 35a of the connecting rod 35 bent downward, and can be inserted into the extended portion 3c from above the pin 110. Further, a connecting hole 111 that can be extracted upward is formed.

  As a result, when the left needle plate base 11L is released from the sewing machine bed B after being unfixed from the sewing machine bed B, the connecting rod 35 and the extending part 3c are fixedly connected, for example, a set screw or the like is loosened. Then, it is not necessary to perform the operation of releasing the interlocking state of both, and by simply lifting the left throat plate base 11L upward, the connection hole 111 of the extending portion 3c is extracted upward from the pin 110 and connected to the connection rod 35. It is possible to release the interlocking state with the extending portion 3c (thread hook 3). Further, when attaching the left needle plate base 11L to the sewing machine bed portion B, the connecting hole 111 is inserted into the pin 110 from above only by moving the left needle plate base 11L from above toward the sewing bed portion B. It is possible to return the connecting rod 35 and the extending portion 3c (thread hook 3) to the interlocking state. The connecting end portion 35a of the connecting rod 35 does not necessarily have to be bent downward. That is, the connecting rod 35 may have a flat plate shape over its entire length.

  Further, a swing lever mounting base 92 that supports the swing lever 9 in the stopper mechanism so as to be swingable about a vertical support shaft 90 is fixed to the cylinder mounting base portion 11R with a long slot 93 in the left-right direction. It is attached to the left and right via a screw 94 so that the position can be adjusted. This is because the swing lever mounting base 92 is adjusted to the left and right with respect to the cylinder mounting base portion 11R even after the cylinder mounting base portion 11R is fixed to the sewing machine bed portion B via the set screw member 107. As a result, it is possible to arbitrarily adjust the timing at which the looper 1 comes out of the needle thread loop 20a held by the thread hook 3 and thereby reliably performs looping of the own thread to prevent fraying of the seams. It is made to be able to be made.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, the stitch plate 11 is provided with the seam fray preventing device H adopting a configuration in which the needle plate base 11 is divided into the left needle plate base portion 11L and the right needle plate base portion 11R. In the horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine, when the fraying prevention device H of the seam is assembled to the sewing machine bed portion B, the left needle plate base portion 11L of the needle plate base 11 divided into right and left and the right cylinder mounting base It is possible to attach the portions 11R to the sewing machine bed portion B individually. Therefore, as compared with the case where the left and right side needle plate bases 11L and 11R are integrated to handle one long and large needle plate base, the attachment (assembly) work to the sewing machine bed B of the entire fray prevention device H is performed. It can be done easily with little effort.

  Further, after the needle plate base 11 (the left needle plate base portion 11L and the right cylinder mounting base portion 11R) is once assembled to the sewing machine bed portion B, the needle plate base 11 such as the looper 1 or its operating member is used. When it is necessary to adjust the sewing tone by correcting the position and movement locus of the members constituting the sewing housed inside the sewing machine bed B at the lower part, or at the lower part of the needle plate base 11 When maintenance such as repair or replacement of various parts housed in the bed part B becomes necessary, the thread operating cylinder 32 and the stopper cylinder 43 to which the air tubes 33 and 43 are connected are set at predetermined positions. It is not necessary to remove the cylinder mounting base portion 11R which is firmly fixed to the sewing machine bed B, and only the left needle plate base 11L is released from the sewing machine bed B by being unfixed. It is possible to easily perform the adjustment and maintenance of sewing tone to ensure a sufficiently large work space only.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control system of the horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine according to the first embodiment including the seam fray preventing device H as described above.
The control unit 8 of the double chain stitch sewing machine includes a depression signal 21a and a return signal 21b by the pedal switch 21, a needle position signal 22 transmitted when the needles 2 and 2 are in the vicinity of the top dead center, and a thread trimming. A signal 23 and a needle thread wiping signal 24 are input.

  On the other hand, the control unit 8 outputs an operation control signal to each of the yarn operation cylinder 32, the stopper cylinder 42, and the yarn trimming actuator 58. The yarn hook 3 and the looper yarn holder 6 operate as described above according to the operation control signals output from the control unit 8 to the yarn operation cylinder 32 and the stopper cylinder 42, and the yarn trimming actuator 58 of the yarn trimming mechanism 5 is controlled. Each expansion / contraction operation is performed in accordance with the thread trimming signal 23 output from the unit 8.

  Further, the control unit 8 includes a sewing machine motor 80 that is a driving source of the sewing machine main shaft, a presser foot cylinder 81 that raises and lowers the presser foot for presser foot, an air wiper 82 that flips up the needle threads 20 and 20 that are cut as will be described later. Operation control signals are also output to the feed reduction mechanism 83 that adjusts the feed amount of the sewing fabric and the looper thread suppression mechanism 84 that suppresses the feed of the looper thread 10 to the looper 1.

  The feed reduction mechanism 83 changes the operation mode of the feed dog in the feed mechanism, for example, by tilting the operation path of the feed dog with respect to the needle plate P to shorten the protrusion time on the needle plate P, thereby Shorten the time for the feed dog to act on the sewing fabric on P or change the length of the lever that circulates the feed dog to reduce the unit feed pitch by the feed dog, etc. Since the feed reduction mechanism 83 is known in the art, detailed illustration and description thereof will be omitted.

  The looper yarn suppressing mechanism 84 includes a yarn tension plate that clamps a midway portion of the looper yarn 10 that is fed into the looper 1, and an actuator that operates to increase or decrease the looper yarn clamping strength of the yarn tension plate. The looper yarn clamping strength by the tension plate is increased to increase the resistance applied to the looper yarn 10, thereby suppressing the feeding of the looper yarn 10. Since such a looper yarn suppressing mechanism 84 is known, Detailed illustration and description are omitted.

  The control unit 8 associates the thread hook 3 with the sewing machine motor 80, the presser foot cylinder 81, the air wiper 82, the feed reduction mechanism 83, and the looper thread suppression mechanism 84 after the end of forming the double chain stitch. The fraying prevention operation of the stitches of the double chain stitch is executed.

  FIG. 10 is a time chart showing the operation contents of the control unit 8 for preventing fraying in time series. The control unit 8 is a computer including a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM, and the fraying prevention operation according to the time chart of FIG. 10 is executed by a series of operations of the CPU based on a control program stored in the ROM.

  FIGS. 11-17 is explanatory drawing of the fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus H in the horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine which concerns on 1st embodiment, and arises by operation | movement of the control part 8 according to the time chart of FIG. The operating state of the thread hook 3 and the thread trimming hook 50 is shown.

  When a sewing manufacturer using a sewing machine finishes normal sewing, he / she stops stepping on the pedal for driving the sewing machine and then performs fraying prevention operation. In this case, depress the pedal. Manipulate. The pedal switch 21 is attached to the pedal, and outputs a depression signal 21a during a depression operation, and outputs a depression signal 21b when a depression operation is performed.

  When the normal sewing is completed and the pedal for driving the sewing machine is returned from the depressed state to the neutral state, that is, the control unit 8 performs the depression signal 21a and the depression from the pedal switch 21. When none of the signals 21b is output, a stop command is output to the sewing machine motor 80 with reference to the needle position signal 22 given to the input side. As a result, the sewing machine pauses with the needle 2 in the vicinity of the top dead center and the looper 1 moving leftward.

  Thereafter, the control unit 8 stands by until the pedal is turned back. When the stepping operation is performed at the time point S2 in FIG. 10 and the stepping signal 21b is input to the input side, the control unit 8 first gives an operation start command to the feed reduction mechanism 83 at the time point S3 to feed the feed dog. The feed amount of the sewing fabric is made smaller (reduced) than the feed amount at the time of normal sewing, for example, by reducing the unit feed pitch by, and then the fraying prevention operation described below is started. It should be noted that the feed start timing (S3) of the small amount of feed of the sewing fabric by the feed teeth in the feed reduction mechanism 83 is the advance end side of the looper 1 with respect to the needle thread loop 20a by the thread hook 3 from the lowering position of the needle 2. It is set at least one and a half stitches before it is positioned at.

  The control unit 8 returns to the normal sewing operation when the depression signal 21a is input again from the pedal switch 21, so that the sewing manufacturer continues the normal sewing by depressing the pedal again. be able to. Further, in FIG. 10, the neutral state is to be maintained from the time point S1 to the time point S2, but this neutral state is not necessarily maintained, and the pedal at the end of normal sewing is not necessarily required. This operation may be continuously shifted from the depressed state to the depressed state. In this case, when passing through the neutral position during the transition process, neither the depression signal 21a nor the return signal 21b is output, and the control unit 8 uses the no-signal state as a trigger as described above. After the needle 2 is raised near the top dead center and the looper 1 is moved leftward, the fraying-stopping operation is started.

  Further, in the time chart of FIG. 10, the pedal return operation at the time of S2 is to be continued during the execution of the fraying prevention operation described below. It is not necessary to continue until the operation is completed, and the fraying prevention operation is continuously performed by the operation of the control unit 8 even after the input of the stepping signal 21b is stopped.

  FIG. 11 shows the state of the needle 2, the looper 1 and the thread hook 3 at the start of the fraying prevention operation. The needle 2 is in a state where the needle 2 is pulled out above the sewing fabric in which the stitch M of the double chain stitch is formed by one needle thread 20 and one looper thread 10. The looper 1 moves to the left under the sewing fabric and is in a state where the needle thread loop 20a formed by the needle 2 is captured. When the needle thread 20 and the looper thread 10 are cut in this state, a sewing end portion as shown in FIG. 27 is formed.

  After the start of the fraying prevention operation, the control unit 8 first gives an operation command to the output side thread operation cylinder 32 at the time of S4 in FIG. As a result, the thread operating cylinder 32 operates from the extended state shown in FIG. 5 to the contracted state shown in FIG. 6 so that the stopper member 4 is driven to move rightward. It swings around the support shaft 30 via the connecting rod 35 and moves from the standby position to the thread hooking position. At this time, the hook portion 3b at the tip of the thread hook 3 hooks the needle thread loop 20a and a stopper mechanism. The swing lever 9 in FIG. 1 swings clockwise about the support shaft 90 by the urging force of the spring 91, and the engagement claw 9 a at the tip of the swing lever 9 becomes engageable with a part of the stopper member 4.

  Immediately thereafter, the control unit 8 gives an operation command to the yarn operation cylinder 32, and the yarn operation cylinder 32 is slightly extended from the state shown in FIG. 6 to the state shown in FIG. Driven to the left. When the thread operating cylinder 32 is extended by a small amount, the engaging claw 9 a at the tip of the swing lever 9 is engaged with a part of the stopper member 4. As a result, the leftward drive movement of the stopper member 4 is temporarily stopped. In the state where the leftward movement of the stopper member 4 is temporarily stopped in this way, as shown in FIG. 12, the thread hook 3 is connected to the standby position and the thread hook position via the connecting rod 35. The needle thread loop 20a is held at the holding position.

  After stopping the yarn hook 3 from moving at the holding position as described above, the control unit 8 gives an operation command to the sewing machine motor 80 and the looper yarn suppressing mechanism 84 at the time of S5 in FIG. This operation command is given with reference to the needle position signal 22 until the needle 2 moves up again to a position near the top dead center after the needle 2 is lowered. As a result, a sewing operation for one stitch is performed on the sewing fabric. The sewing for one stitch is executed under a feed amount smaller than that during normal sewing by the operation of the feed reduction mechanism 83. Further, the sewing for one stitch is executed in a state where the feeding of the looper thread 10 to the looper 1 is suppressed by the operation of the looper thread suppression mechanism 84. As a result, tightening of the looper thread 10 at the end of sewing is improved, and the fraying prevention effect described later can be enhanced.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the thread hook 3 holds the needle thread 20, the feed movement of the sewing fabric is completed, and the needle 2 passes through the needle thread loop 20 a held by the thread hook 3, and the needle thread loop Continue until 20a is captured. At this time, the looper yarn 10 is positioned so as to cross the rear side of the needle 2 as shown in FIG.

  The control unit 8 gives an operation command to the stopper cylinder 42 of the stopper mechanism at the timing when the needle 2 catches the needle thread loop 20a, that is, immediately after S6 in FIG. Along with this, the output rod 41 is driven to push leftward. As a result, as shown in FIG. 8, the swing lever 9 is swung counterclockwise against the swing biasing force of the spring 91, and the engaging claw 9 a at the tip of the swing lever 9 is moved. The engagement is released from a part of the stopper member 4, and the temporary stop of the stopper member 4 is released. By releasing the stop with respect to the stopper member 4 as described above, the yarn operation cylinder 32 is extended to the maximum at the time of S6. As a result, as shown in FIG. 13, the thread hook 3 swings about the support shaft 30 via the stopper member 4 and the connecting rod 35, and returns to the standby position from the holding position, thereby the needle thread loop 20a. Release the holding.

  Then, the looper 1 moves to the right as the needle 2 descends and comes out of the captured needle thread loop 20a. As shown in FIG. 14, when the looper 1 is pulled out, the needle 2 is in a state where the looper thread 10 is captured in the same manner as in normal sewing.

  In this state, the looper 1 is turned to the left and the needle 2 is turned upward. As shown in FIG. 15, the leftward looper 1 catches the needle thread loop 20a1, and the ascending needle 2 comes out upward of the sewing fabric. As a result, the needle thread 20 captured by the looper 1 is looped so that the needle thread loop 20a formed earlier is looped by the needle thread 20, so-called self-looping.

  After the sewing operation for one stitch, the needle 2 is raised to the vicinity of the top dead center, and the looper 1 is finished in the state of reaching the vicinity of the leftward end. Thereafter, the control unit 8 stops the operation of the feed reduction mechanism 83 at S7 in FIG. 10 and waits for this state until the thread trimming signal 23 is given. Then, when the thread trimming signal 23 is given at the time of S8 in FIG. 10, an operation command is given to the thread trimming actuator 58 of the thread trimming mechanism 5 to cause the thread trimming actuator 58 to perform a predetermined operation. The cutting hook 50 reaches the advancing end along the upper portion of the looper 1 as shown in FIG. At this time, the first hook portion 52 at the distal end portion of the thread trimming hook 50 reaches the left side of the looper yarn 10 extending from the distal end of the looper 1 to the sewing fabric through the needle thread loop 20a held by the looper 1. The second hook portion 53 faces the needle thread 20 from the left side.

  Subsequently, the thread trimming hook 50 that has reached the advanced end moves backward. At this time, the first hook portion 52 captures the looper thread 10 and the second hook portion 53 captures the needle thread 20. The looper thread 10 and the needle thread 20 thus captured are pulled to the retracted end of the thread trimming hook 50, and are slidably contacted with the tip blade portion of the thread trimming knife 51 as shown in FIG. Disconnected. The end portion of the cut looper yarn 10 is held in a state of being sandwiched between the yarn cutting hook 50 and the leaf spring 59 on the looper 1 side from the cutting position.

  The looper yarn suppressing mechanism 84 continues to operate until the above-described thread trimming operation is completed, and applies a predetermined tension to the looper yarn 10 extending from the tip of the looper 1 to the sewing fabric. As a result, the first hook portion 52 at the tip of the thread trimming hook 50 can reliably capture and cut the looper thread 10 without looseness.

  After completing the cutting operation as described above, the control unit 8 stands by until the needle thread wiper signal 24 is input. When the needle thread wiper signal 24 is input at S9 in FIG. An operation command is output to operate the air wiper 82. The air wiper 82 blows out air and jumps up the cut end portion of the needle thread 20 that is continuous with the needle 2. Thereafter, the control unit 8 outputs an operation command to the presser foot cylinder 81 at the time of S10 in FIG. 10 to operate the presser foot cylinder 81, and raises the presser foot for presser foot to perform a series of fraying prevention operations. finish.

  The needle thread 20 that slips out on the back surface of the sewing fabric during the sewing operation for one stitch for preventing fraying described above is the final needle thread loop 20a formed on the back surface of the sewing fabric following the end of normal sewing. The final needle thread loop 20a is looped through itself, and the stitch M of a single ring stitch is formed. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 18, the looper thread 10 is held between the needle thread 20 and the final needle thread loop 20a.

  Further, the feeding of the small amount of the sewing fabric by the feed dog in the feed reduction mechanism 83 is a stage before the sewing operation for one stitch for preventing fraying, specifically, the needle thread loop by the thread hook 3. Since it starts from one and a half stitches before the needle 20a is positioned closer to the advancing end of the looper 1 than the lowering position of the needle 2 (at the time of S3 in FIG. 10), as shown in FIG. When the pitch P of the seam by the other thread looping is smaller than the pitch P0 of the seam by the previous other thread looping, the cut end of the looper thread 10 is pulled in the direction of the arrow in FIG. The retaining resistance increases. Accordingly, when the state shown in FIG. 18 is reached, fraying of the stitches M of the double chain stitch is accompanied by a decrease in the pitch P of the stitches by the own yarn looping portion and the other yarn looping before the own yarn looping. This can be reliably prevented by a synergistic effect with the increase in the retaining resistance of the looper yarn 10.

  In the case of the first embodiment, the swing lever 9 in the stopper mechanism is configured to swing and urge in the direction in which the thread hook 3 in the needle thread holding mechanism is located at the standby position using the spring 91. Adopted. As a result, the operation in the return direction of the stopper member 4 (the operation in the direction in which the yarn hook is located at the standby position) is performed by the biasing force of the spring 9, so that the stopper member 4 is engaged and disengaged with a part of the stopper member 4. Since a single-acting air cylinder can be used as the stopper cylinder 42 for operating the swing lever 9, the stopper cylinder 42 can be reduced in size and cost.

Next, a horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine according to the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 19, one needle 2 moves up and down in conjunction with the rotation of the main spindle (not shown) in the sewing machine arm C. The needle bar 12 is attached to the lower end portion of the needle bar 12 via a needle fitting 13 so as to be positioned at a position (offset) displaced toward the advance side of the looper 1 with respect to the extension line of the center CL of the moving needle bar 12. And a looper thread holding body 6 that can move toward and away from the looper 1 and holds the looper thread 10 extending from the looper 1 at the front side of the lowering position of the needle 2 during the approaching operation, The two configurations are different from the first embodiment described above, and the other configurations are all the same as those described in the first embodiment. For this reason, descriptions and specific illustrations of configurations other than the above-described two configurations that are different from the first embodiment are omitted.

  The single needle 2 in the second embodiment is obtained by removing the right needle from the needle fitting 13 out of the two needles of the horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine that is normally used as the left and right two needles. By attaching and using only the left needle, one needle 2 on the left side is offset to the advance side of the looper 1 with respect to the extension line of the center CL of the needle bar 12. In addition to using only the left needle of the two left and right needles as the offset one needle 2, a dedicated offset one needle may be used.

  In addition, in a normal double chain stitch sewing machine, there are cases in which three or four needles are juxtaposed in the forward / backward movement direction of the looper 1. In the case of three needles, the needle located at the center CL of the needle bar 12 and the right needle may be removed and the left needle may be used as an offset single needle, or the left and right needles may be removed and the needle bar 12 removed. Only one needle positioned on the extension line of the center CL of the center may be used. In the case of four needles, it is conceivable to remove the right three needles and use the left needle as an offset one needle.

Further, the looper thread holding body 6 has an arcuate curved shape, as indicated by phantom lines in FIG. 4, and is fastened and fixed to the base of the thread hook 3 via a fixing screw 60. ing. The tip of the looper thread holder 6 extends forward substantially along the left side of the thread hook 3 and faces the needle drop position A on the front side of the tip of the thread hook 3. A looper yarn receiving portion 6a that is bifurcated is formed.
The looper thread holder 6 is configured to be driven and oscillated integrally with the thread hook 3 of the needle thread retaining mechanism about the support shaft 30 by a reciprocating thread operating cylinder 32.

  19-25 is explanatory drawing of the fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus H in the horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine which concerns on 2nd embodiment, and arises by operation | movement of the control part 8 according to the time chart of FIG. The operation states of the thread hook 3, the looper thread holder 6 and the thread trimming hook 50 are shown.

  Since the pedal operation by the sewing manufacturer from the time S1 to the time S3 in FIG. 10 and the operation such as the operation start command for the feed reduction mechanism 83 by the control unit 8 are the same as described in the first embodiment. Detailed description thereof will be omitted, and the operation after the start of the fraying stop operation after that will be described.

  FIG. 19 shows the state of the needle 2, the looper 1, the thread hook 3 and the looper thread holder 6 at the start of the fraying prevention operation. The needle 2 is in a state where the needle 2 is pulled out above the sewing fabric in which the stitch M of the double chain stitch is formed by one needle thread 20 and one looper thread 10.

  After the start of the fraying prevention operation, the control unit 8 first gives an operation command to the output side thread operation cylinder 32 at the time of S4 in FIG. As a result, the thread operating cylinder 32 operates from the extended state shown in FIG. 5 to the contracted state shown in FIG. 6, and the stopper member 4 is driven to move rightward. Accordingly, the thread hook 3 and the looper thread holder 6 are moved. Swings about the support shaft 30 via the stopper member 4 and the connecting rod 35 and moves from the standby position to the thread hooking position. At this time, the hook portion 3b at the tip of the thread hook 3 pulls the needle thread loop 20a. At the same time, the swing lever 9 in the stopper mechanism swings clockwise around the support shaft 90 by the biasing force of the spring 91, and the engaging claw 9 a at the tip thereof can engage with a part of the stopper member 4. It becomes a state.

  Immediately thereafter, the control unit 8 gives the next operation command to the yarn operation cylinder 32, and the yarn operation cylinder 32 is slightly extended from the state shown in FIG. 6 to the state shown in FIG. Is driven to the left. When the yarn operating cylinder 32 is extended by a small amount, the engaging claw 9 a at the tip of the swing lever 9 is engaged with a part of the stopper member 4. As a result, the leftward drive movement of the stopper member 4 is temporarily stopped. In this state where the leftward movement of the stopper member 4 is temporarily stopped, the thread hook 3 is connected to the standby position and the thread hook position via the connecting rod 35 as shown in FIG. And the needle thread loop 20a is held at the holding position, and the looper thread holding body 6 advances to the front side of the looper 1 and the looper thread receiving portion 6a at the tip of the looper thread holder 6a The looper yarn 10 is held in front of the dropping position A.

  After stopping the yarn hook 3 and the looper yarn holder 6 from moving at the holding position as described above, the control unit 8 issues an operation command to the sewing machine motor 80 and the looper yarn suppressing mechanism 84 at the time of S5 in FIG. give. This operation command is given with reference to the needle position signal 22 until the needle 2 moves up again to a position near the top dead center after the needle 2 is lowered. As a result, a sewing operation for one stitch is performed on the sewing fabric. The sewing for one stitch is executed under a feed amount smaller than that during normal sewing by the operation of the feed reduction mechanism 83. Further, the sewing for one stitch is executed in a state where the feeding of the looper thread 10 to the looper 1 is suppressed by the operation of the looper thread suppression mechanism 84. As a result, tightening of the looper thread 10 at the end of sewing is improved, and the fraying prevention effect described later can be enhanced.

  As shown in FIG. 20, the thread hook 3 and the looper thread holder 6 hold the needle thread 20 and the looper thread 10, the feed movement of the sewing material is completed, and the needle 2 is held by the thread hook 3. It continues until it passes through the thread loop 20a and catches the needle thread loop 20a. At this time, the looper yarn 10 is positioned so as to cross the front side of the needle 2 as shown in FIG.

  The control unit 8 gives an operation command to the stopper cylinder 42 of the stopper mechanism at the timing when the needle 2 catches the needle thread loop 20a, that is, immediately after S6 in FIG. Along with this, the output rod 41 is driven to push leftward. As a result, as shown in FIG. 8, the swing lever 9 is swung counterclockwise against the swing biasing force of the spring 91, and the engaging claw 9 a at the tip of the swing lever 9 is moved. The engagement is released from a part of the stopper member 4, and the temporary stop of the stopper member 4 is released. By releasing the stop with respect to the stopper member 4 as described above, the yarn operation cylinder 32 is extended to the maximum at the time of S6. As a result, as shown in FIG. 21, the thread hook 3 and the looper thread holder swing around the support shaft 30 via the stopper member 4 and the connecting rod 35, and return from the holding position to the standby position. The holding of the needle thread loop 20a and the looper thread 10 is released.

  Next, the looper 1 moves to the right with the lowering of the needle 2 and comes out of the captured needle thread loop 20a. By the slipping out of the looper 1, as shown in FIG. 22, the needle 2 is in a state where the looper thread 10 is captured in the same manner as in normal sewing.

  In this state, the looper 1 is turned to the left and the needle 2 is turned upward. As shown in FIG. 23, the leftward looper 1 catches the needle thread loop 20a1, and the ascending needle 2 comes out upward of the sewing fabric. As a result, the needle thread 20 captured by the looper 1 is looped so that the needle thread loop 20a formed earlier is looped by the needle thread 20, so-called self-looping.

  The sewing operation for one stitch ends when the needle 2 is raised to the vicinity of the top dead center and the looper 1 reaches the vicinity of the leftward end. Thereafter, the control unit 8 stops the operation of the feed reduction mechanism 83 at S7 in FIG. 10 and waits for this state until the thread trimming signal 23 is given. Then, when the thread trimming signal 23 is given at the time of S8 in FIG. 10, an operation command is given to the thread trimming actuator 58 of the thread trimming mechanism 5 to cause the thread trimming actuator 58 to perform a predetermined operation. The cutting hook 50 reaches the advancing end along the upper portion of the looper 1 as shown in FIG. At this time, the first hook portion 52 at the distal end portion of the thread trimming hook 50 reaches the left side of the looper yarn 10 extending from the distal end of the looper 1 to the sewing fabric through the needle thread loop 20a held by the looper 1. The second hook portion 53 faces the needle thread 20 from the left side.

  Subsequently, the thread trimming hook 50 that has reached the advanced end moves backward. At this time, the first hook portion 52 captures the looper thread 10 and the second hook portion 53 captures the needle thread 20. The looper thread 10 and the needle thread 20 thus captured are pulled to the retracted end of the thread trimming hook 50, and are brought into sliding contact with the leading edge portion of the thread trimming knife 51 as shown in FIG. Disconnected. The end portion of the cut looper yarn 10 is held in a state of being sandwiched between the yarn cutting hook 50 and the leaf spring 59 on the looper 1 side from the cutting position.

  The looper yarn suppressing mechanism 84 continues to operate until the above-described thread trimming operation is completed, and applies a predetermined tension to the looper yarn 10 extending from the tip of the looper 1 to the sewing fabric. As a result, the first hook portion 52 at the tip of the thread trimming hook 50 can reliably capture and cut the looper thread 10 without looseness.

  After completing the cutting operation as described above, the control unit 8 stands by until the needle thread wiper signal 24 is input. When the needle thread wiper signal 24 is input at S9 in FIG. An operation command is output to operate the air wiper 82. The air wiper 82 blows out air and jumps up the cut end portion of the needle thread 20 that is continuous with the needle 2. Thereafter, the control unit 8 outputs an operation command to the presser foot cylinder 81 at the time of S10 in FIG. 10 to operate the presser foot cylinder 81, and raises the presser foot for presser foot to perform a series of fraying prevention operations. finish.

  As in the case of the first embodiment, the above-described series of fraying prevention operations also enables the sewing of a double chain stitch as shown in FIG. 18 in the horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine according to the second embodiment. The structure of the eye M is obtained. According to the stitch M of the double chain stitch, as in the case of the first embodiment, the pitch P of the stitch by the own yarn looping portion and the other yarn looping before the own yarn looping is reduced. Fraying can be reliably prevented by the synergistic effect with the increase in the resistance to retaining the looper yarn 10.

  In addition, in the case of the horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine according to the second embodiment, the looper thread holding body 6 that moves closer to the looper 1 after the normal sewing is finished with the looper 1 in the advanced state, By holding the looper thread 10 extending from the looper 1 to the sewing material at a position in front of the lowering position of the needle 2, not only the needle thread 20 but also the looper thread 10 can be positioned reliably. Therefore, the own yarn looping can be more reliably performed, and the fraying prevention effect of the seam can be further ensured.

  In the case of the horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine according to the second embodiment, the looper thread holding body 6 is fastened together with the thread hook 3 in the needle thread holding mechanism. Since it is configured to be able to move toward and away from the looper 1 integrally, the drive mechanism of the needle thread holding mechanism can be used also as the drive mechanism of the looper thread holding body 6, so that the anti-fray device H The entire configuration can be simplified and reduced in cost as much as possible.

  In both the first embodiment and the second embodiment described above, a small amount of feed of the sewing fabric by the feed dog in the feed reduction mechanism 83 is one stitch for fraying prevention. Before the operation, the needle hook loop 3 is started at least one and a half needles before the needle thread loop 20a is positioned on the advancing end side of the looper 1 with respect to the lowering position of the needle 2 (time point S3 in FIG. 10). However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the feed reduction mechanism 83 feeds the sewing fabric with a small feed amount before the sewing operation for one stitch for preventing fraying. Alternatively, it may be set so as to start from about a half stitch before being positioned closer to the advance end side of the looper 1. Even in this case, as shown in FIG. 26, the needle thread 20 captured by the looper 1 loops the previously formed needle thread loop 20a, so-called self thread looping can be reliably performed, and fraying of the stitches is prevented. There is an effect.

  In the second embodiment described above, the looper thread holding body 6 is configured to be capable of moving toward and away from the looper 1 integrally with the thread hook 3 in the needle thread holding mechanism. However, the looper thread holding body 6 may be configured to be able to approach and separate from the looper 1 separately from the thread hook 3 in the needle thread holding mechanism.

  In the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 20, the looper yarn holder 6 is advanced to the front side of the looper 1 so that the looper yarn receiving portion 6a at the tip is in front of the needle drop position A. The description has been made with respect to the configuration configured to hold the yarn 10, but the configuration is such that the looper yarn receiving portion 6 a at the front end advances to the rear side of the looper 1 and holds the looper yarn 10 at the rear portion of the needle drop position A. Also good.

  In particular, the looper thread holding body 6 can be configured to be operated separately from the thread hook 3 so that the looper thread 10 can be held at the rear portion of the needle drop position A. In this case, a drive mechanism dedicated to the operation of the looper thread holder 6 may be installed in front of the needle drop position A.

  Further, when the looper thread holding body 6 is operated separately from or separately from the looper 1 integrally with the thread hook 3 in the needle thread holding mechanism, the looper thread holding body 6 can be operated separately. It is desirable that the approach and separation operation timing and / or the operation locus with respect to the looper 1 can be adjusted.

  In this case, for example, a test operation (trial sewing) is performed before actual sewing, and the operation timing and / or operation locus of the looper thread holding body 6 with respect to the needle thread holding mechanism is inspected, and the looper is determined based on the inspection result. It is possible to adjust to an appropriate timing and / or operation trajectory between the yarn holder 6 and the yarn hooking hook 3 in the needle thread holding mechanism so as not to adversely affect each other or cause an operation failure. As a result, the coexistence and co-operation of the looper thread holding body 6 and the thread hook 3 in the needle thread holding mechanism can further enhance the effect of preventing fraying of the intended seam by further carrying out the own thread looping. it can.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the hook actuator and the stopper actuator have been described using air cylinders having excellent operation responsiveness. However, an electromagnetic solenoid or the like may be used as these actuators.

  Furthermore, in each of the above embodiments, the needle plate base 11 to which the anti-fraying device H is attached adopts a structure that is divided into a left needle plate base part 11L and a right needle plate base part 11R, thereby Although the description has been made of the fraying prevention device H that is designed to improve the assembling workability and the ease of maintenance with respect to the sewing machine bed portion B, the needle plate base 11 in the fraying prevention device H is configured as a single unit that is long on the left and right. It may be what was done.

  Furthermore, in each of the above-described embodiments, a single-needle horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine is applied, but may be applied to a flat bed type double chain stitch sewing machine.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Looper 2 Needle 3 Thread hook 4 Stopper member 6 Looper thread holder 8 Control part 9 Swing lever 10 Looper thread 20 Needle thread 20a, 20b Needle thread loop 30 Vertical support shaft 32 Thread operation cylinder (hook actuator)
35 Connecting rod (connecting member)
42 Stopper cylinder (Stopper actuator)
91 Spring A Needle entry position B Sewing bed part P Needle plate M Double chain stitch seam H Fray prevention device

The present invention uses a double chain stitch sewing machine represented mainly by a horizontal cylindrical shape to form a double chain stitch seam by a needle thread and a looper thread, and this double chain stitch seam is formed. The present invention relates to a stitch structure of a double chain stitch that has been devised to prevent fraying at the end.

According to the double chain stitch seam structure according to the present invention having the above-described characteristic configuration, after the normal sewing is finished with the looper in the advanced state, the needle thread loop captured by the looper is moved from the lowered position of the needle. Is maintained until the needle is lowered through the needle thread loop captured by the looper, and then the position holding of the needle thread loop is released to release the position of the needle thread loop. needle is possible to perform at least one stitch of the sewing operation comprising the descending through the needle thread loop, stitch needles Fall was shown Jiito looping the tip of the needle thread loop in the needle thread holding a structure, by obtaining press looper thread at its Jiito looping portion, regardless of the magnitude of the applied tension of the needle thread and looper thread, to prevent loss of the looper thread, ensures frayed seams at developmental stages Can be prevented.

1 is an overall perspective view of a horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine according to a first embodiment used for obtaining a stitch structure according to the present invention. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the principal part of the fraying prevention apparatus of the seam in a horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine same as the above. It is a perspective view which shows the state which removed a part of structure of the principal part of the fraying prevention apparatus same as the above. It is a top view which shows the structure of the principal part of the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is a bottom view of the principal part explaining the structure and 1st operation | movement of a stopper mechanism of the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is a bottom view of the principal part explaining a structure and 2nd operation | movement of a stopper mechanism same as the above. It is a bottom view of the principal part explaining a structure and 3rd operation | movement of a stopper mechanism same as the above. It is a bottom view of the principal part explaining a structure and 4th operation | movement of a stopper mechanism same as the above. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the control system of the horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine which concerns on 1st embodiment including the fray prevention device H of a seam. It is a time chart which shows the operation content of the control part 8 for fraying prevention of a seam same as the above in time series. It is explanatory drawing of the 1st fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is explanatory drawing of the 2nd fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is explanatory drawing of the 3rd fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is explanatory drawing of the 4th fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is explanatory drawing of the 5th fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is explanatory drawing of the 6th fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is explanatory drawing of the 7th fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is the figure which looked at the stitch structure of the double chain stitch by the horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine which concerns on 1st embodiment from the back surface of the sewing fabric. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the principal part of the fraying prevention apparatus of a stitch, and the 1st fraying prevention operation | movement in the horizontal cylinder type double chain stitch sewing machine which concerns on 2nd embodiment used in order to obtain the stitch structure concerning this invention. is there. It is explanatory drawing of the 2nd fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is explanatory drawing of the 3rd fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is explanatory drawing of the 4th fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is explanatory drawing of the 5th fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is explanatory drawing of the 6th fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is explanatory drawing of the 7th fraying prevention operation | movement by the fraying prevention apparatus of a seam same as the above. It is the figure which looked at the stitch structure of the double ring stitch obtained by operation | movement different from 1st Embodiment and 2nd Embodiment from the back surface of the sewing fabric. It is a bottom view which shows schematically the composition of the stitch of the end part of general double chain stitch. It is a bottom view which shows schematically the composition of the stitch of the stitching end part proposed by the prior art. It is a bottom view which shows schematically the composition of the stitch of the stitching end part at the time of applying a prior art to one needle.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an overall external perspective view of a horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine according to a first embodiment used for obtaining a stitch structure according to the present invention , and FIGS. 2 and 3 show the first embodiment. The perspective view which shows the structure of the principal part of the fraying prevention apparatus of the seam with which this horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine is equipped, FIG. 4 is a top view which shows the structure of the principal part of the fraying prevention apparatus of the seam. In the following description, the expressions “left, right” and “front, rear” indicated by arrows in FIGS. Here, “front” is the side closer to the sewing manufacturer, “rear” is the side away from the sewing manufacturer, and “left, right” is “left, right” when viewed from the front closer to the sewing manufacturer. It is.

Next, a horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine according to a second embodiment used for obtaining a stitch structure according to the present invention will be described.
In the horizontal cylindrical double chain stitch sewing machine according to the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 19, one needle 2 moves up and down in conjunction with the rotation of the main spindle (not shown) in the sewing machine arm C. The needle bar 12 is attached to the lower end portion of the needle bar 12 via a needle fitting 13 so as to be positioned at a position (offset) displaced toward the advance side of the looper 1 with respect to the extension line of the center CL of the moving needle bar 12 And a looper thread holding body 6 that can move toward and away from the looper 1 and holds the looper thread 10 extending from the looper 1 at the front side of the lowering position of the needle 2 during the approaching operation, The two configurations are different from the first embodiment described above, and the other configurations are all the same as those described in the first embodiment. For this reason, descriptions and specific illustrations of configurations other than the above-described two configurations that are different from the first embodiment are omitted.

Claims (2)

A looper held by a looper that holds a needle thread and that is formed by a looper that can move forward and backward in a direction substantially perpendicular to the vertical movement path of the needle. A stitch structure of a double ring stitch formed on a sewing fabric by looping the needle thread loop with another thread,
Among the needle thread loops formed on the back surface of the sewing fabric, at least a needle thread loop positioned at the end in the sewing progress direction is looped by its own thread through the sewing fabric. The stitch structure of the seam.   2. The double stitch according to claim 1, wherein the stitch pitch by the other yarn looping for at least one stitch before the own yarn looping is smaller than the pitch of the stitches by the other yarn looping before that. Ring stitch seam structure.

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