【発明の詳細な説明】
【産業上の利用分野】
本発明は靴下の編成方法、特に編み終りの爪先部分の開
口部位の編成方法に関する。
Ｋ従来の技術】
紳士用の靴下等にあっては普通足首部分から編成を開始
し、脚部、踵部、胛側９足裏側よりなる足部ね爪先部と
連続して編成し、最後に爪先部の上部に作られた開口を
閉じる。
上記爪先開口を閉じる手段として、リンキングマシンに
よるものが実施されているが、この手段によると、爪先
の編み終りの開口端縁に捨編みが施されて、編成が終了
した靴下を裏替えしにして身編部の胛側と足裏側とが重
なるように２つ折りとし、２つに重ねた状態の、胛側と
足裏側とのそれぞれ対応するループをリンキングマシン
の針上のポイントに刺し掛け、この編目をルーパー糸と
針糸とを用いてかがり付け、捨編部分を切り離している
。この手段によると胛側と足裏側との編地が重なるよう
に２つ折りにし対応するループを正確に重ねてポイン］
・に刺さなりればならないために、正確性を要求され、
かつ、作業能率が良くないと言う点が見受けられた。
そのため、２つ折りに重ねた胛側と足裏側との編地の編
目を揃えてポイントに刺すことをせずに縫合する自動リ
ンキング方式が採用されるようになった。この方式は、
２つ折りに胛側と足裏側の編地を重ねる点は前記手段と
同じであるが、２つ折りに重ねた編地を、ガイドプレー
トで一対の無端体よりなるニップ部材に送り込み、ニッ
プ部材で該編地をニップしつつ縫着手段を通過させ、両
編地を一体に単環縫で縫着し、捨編部の余剰部分を切り
捨てている。
この手段による場合、爪先開口の編み終り端部に独特の
組織を編成している。即ち、第３図に示すごとく、編み
終り部位に身編部１に続いて身編部１の編糸２よりも細
いウーリーナイロン等の細糸３で３乃至６コースの細糸
帯４を編成し、□次いで細糸３よりも太い嵩高な糸５で
捨編部６を編成しておく。
そして、靴下を裏返しにして、胛側と足裏側との２つ折
りとし、２つ折りに重ねた状態で前記した如く、ニップ
部材７で細糸帯４をニップする（第４図）。しかし、編
地端部の捨編部６をニップ部材７に係止したとき、胛側
と踵部との境に位置する細糸帯４の両端部は、編地の重
量或いは伸縮性などによって下方に引かれ、コース方向
が屈曲したものとなってしまい、縫合線が直線とならな
い事態が生ずる。そこで、第５図に示す如き、捨編部６
に係止部材８を係止し、ニップ部材７より上部の編地金
体を上方に緊張し、引き上げようとする装置が、考えら
れたが、操作工程が多くなるなど完全なものではなかっ
た。
Ｋ発明が解決しようとする課題】
本発明は、上記の点に鑑みで、爪先の開口を閉じる為に
、胛側と足裏側との２つ折りにしだ編地の縫合部位をニ
ップ部材によりニップする際に、特別な装置を使用せず
どもコース方向に直線状にニップすることの出来る靴下
を得ることの出来る編成方法を目的とする。
Ｋ作 用】
爪先部分の編み終り開口部に、身編部分に続いて環状に
編成された細糸帯とそれに続く捨編部とにわたる数コー
スに、胛側と足裏側との両面に亘ってホウエール間に編
み込んだ添え糸のために、眼部の細糸帯が地厚となり、
ニップ部材が細糸帯を挟持したときに、該地厚部にニッ
プ部材が良く係合することになり、かつ、上記地厚部分
が、ニップ部材にニップされた編地の両端に位置するこ
とになるから、編地両端が良くニップされ、両端の垂れ
下がりを防止する。
Ｋ実 施 例】
本発明の実施例を次に説明する。
第１図に示す紳士用のソックス５１を例に説明する。ソ
ックス５１はウェルト５２１脚部５３．踵部５４に次い
で胛側５５９足裏側５６を同時に環状に編成し、次いで
爪先５７を、足裏側５６に続いて編目の減少。
増加により爪先練５８を発現しつつ編成し、開口５９を
残して身編部６０の編成を終了する。
ソックスを完成させるには開口５９を閉じなければなら
ないので、そのための組織６１を身編部６０に続いて編
成する。即ち、身編部６０を編成した糸６２よりも細い
糸６３、例えばウーリーナイロン等で３乃至６コース編
成し、細糸帯６４とし、次いで身編部６０の糸６２より
も太い或いは嵩の大なる糸６５で捨編部６６を編成する
。上記細糸帯６４とそれに続く捨編部６６との数コース
にわたり、かつ、胛側５５と足裏側５６との両側にわた
る適宜ウエール間に、細糸帯６４を編成する糸６３と捨
編部６６を編成する糸６５とのそれぞれに、眼部の編地
を地厚にするような太い糸或いは嵩高な糸よりなる添糸
６７を編み込むことにより、眼部を地厚なものとする。
上記添糸６７は、所定幅のウエールを編成する間に糸案
内手段（図示せず）により同区間に案内給糸され、編み
込まれ、その編み始めと編み終りの両端は切除される。
上記のようにして編成された開口５９周縁の組織６１に
特徴を有するソックスは、開口５９を閉塞するため開口
５９の編地を２つ折りにして縫合するとき、その折れ目
を胛側と足裏側との境目と一致するようにすると、前記
添糸６７が編み込まれ地厚となった部分が２つ折りにさ
れたソックスの両端に位置することになる。
その状態でリンキングマシンのニップ部材で細糸帯６４
をニップしてソックス５１を垂下すれば、ニップ部材に
ニップされているソックス５１の両端は、前記添糸６７
による地厚部分６８がニップ部材に係止してそれ以上の
下方へのずれ落ちは生じず、コース方向と縫合線を一致
さゼることができる。。
Ｋ発明の効果】
本発明方法による靴下は、リンキングのためのニップ部
材で編地がニップされたどき、ニップ部材によりニップ
される編地の両端に位置する部位に細糸帯に編み込んた
添糸による地厚部分が位置するために、前記地厚部がニ
ップ部材に良く係止し、編地両端の垂れ落ちがなく、ニ
ップ部分のコース方向は直線を保つことが可能となり、
従って、リンキングもコース方向に直線状に行なうこと
が可能となる。DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a method of knitting socks, and particularly to a method of knitting an opening at the toe at the end of knitting. [Prior Art] When it comes to men's socks, knitting usually starts from the ankle part, continues with the leg part, heel part, the foot part consisting of the back of the nine feet on the collar side, and the toe part, and finally knits the toe part. Close the opening made at the top of the toe. A linking machine has been used as a means for closing the toe opening. According to this method, a loose knit is applied to the opening edge at the end of the toe knitting, and the sock is easily turned inside out after knitting. Fold it in half so that the hem side of the body knitting part and the back side of the foot overlap, and insert the corresponding loops on the hem side and the back side of the foot into the points on the needle of the linking machine. These stitches are stitched using looper thread and needle thread, and the waste stitched portions are separated. According to this method, fold the knitted fabric in half so that the knitted fabric on the lace side and the sole of the foot overlap, and then accurately overlap the corresponding loops to make a point]
・Accuracy is required because you have to stick to the
Moreover, it was observed that the work efficiency was not good. For this reason, an automatic linking method has been adopted in which the stitches of the knitted fabric on the lace and sole of the foot, which are folded in half, are aligned and sewn together without stitching at points. This method is
The method is the same as the above method in that the knitted fabrics on the lace side and the sole of the foot are folded in half, but the knitted fabrics folded in half are sent to a nip member consisting of a pair of endless bodies using a guide plate, and the nip member The knitted fabrics are passed through a sewing means while being nipped, and both knitted fabrics are sewn together using a single chainstitch, and the excess portion of the waste knitted portion is cut off. With this method, a unique structure is knitted at the knitting end of the toe opening. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, 3 to 6 courses of thin yarn band 4 are knitted at the end of knitting using thin yarn 3 such as woolly nylon, which is thinner than knitting yarn 2 of body knitting section 1, following body knitting section 1. □Next, a bulky yarn 5 that is thicker than the fine yarn 3 is used to knit a loosely knitted portion 6. Then, the sock is turned inside out and folded in two, the lace side and the sole of the foot, and the thin thread band 4 is nipped with the nip member 7 as described above in the two-folded state (FIG. 4). However, when the loosely knitted part 6 at the end of the knitted fabric is locked in the nip member 7, both ends of the thin yarn band 4 located at the boundary between the heel side and the heel part are affected by the weight or elasticity of the knitted fabric. The suture line is pulled downward and the course direction is bent, resulting in a situation where the suture line is not straight. Therefore, as shown in FIG.
A device was considered that would lock the locking member 8 to the nip member 7, tension the knitted fabric metal body above the nip member 7 upward, and try to pull it up, but it was not perfect as it required many operating steps. . K Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In view of the above-mentioned points, the present invention nips the stitched portion of the folded knitted fabric in two on the lace side and the sole of the foot using a nip member in order to close the opening at the toe. To provide a knitting method capable of obtaining socks that can be linearly nipped in a course direction without using a special device. K action] At the opening at the end of knitting at the toe part, in several courses spanning from the body knitting part to the circularly knitted fine yarn band and the following loose knitting part, over both sides of the lace and the sole of the foot. Because of the threads woven between the whales, the thin thread band at the eye becomes thicker,
When the nip member pinches the thin yarn band, the nip member is well engaged with the thick part of the fabric, and the thick part of the fabric is located at both ends of the knitted fabric nipped by the nip member. Because of this, both ends of the knitted fabric are well nipped, preventing both ends from sagging. K Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The explanation will be given by taking men's socks 51 shown in FIG. 1 as an example. The socks 51 have a welt 521 and a leg 53. Next to the heel part 54, the heel side 559 and the sole 56 of the foot are knitted in a circular form at the same time, and then the toe 57 is knitted, and the stitches are reduced following the sole 56 of the foot. As a result of the increase, the knitting is performed while developing the toe knitting 58, and the knitting of the body knitting part 60 is completed, leaving an opening 59. Since the opening 59 must be closed to complete the sock, a tissue 61 for this purpose is knitted following the body knitting part 60. That is, 3 to 6 courses of yarn 63, such as woolly nylon, which is thinner than the yarn 62 used to knit the body knitting part 60 are knitted to form a thin yarn band 64, and then a thread 63 that is thicker or bulkier than the yarn 62 of the body knitting part 60 is knitted. A loose knitting part 66 is knitted with the yarn 65. The threads 63 and the loosely knitted portion 66 that knit the thin yarn band 64 are spread over several courses of the thin yarn band 64 and the loosely knitted portion 66 that follows it, and between appropriate wales on both sides of the hem side 55 and the sole of the foot 56. By knitting plating threads 67 made of thick or bulky yarns that make the knitted fabric of the eye part to the ground thickness, the eye part is made to have the ground thickness. While knitting a wale of a predetermined width, the plating yarn 67 is guided and fed to the same section by a yarn guiding means (not shown) and knitted, and both ends at the knitting start and knitting end are cut off. In the socks knitted as described above, which are characterized by the tissue 61 around the opening 59, when the knitted fabric of the opening 59 is folded in half and sewn in order to close the opening 59, the fold can be seen on the collar side and on the back of the foot. If the sock is aligned with the boundary between the sock and the sock, the part where the plating yarn 67 is knitted and has a base thickness will be located at both ends of the sock folded in half. In this state, use the nip member of the linking machine to
When the sock 51 is hung down by nipping, both ends of the sock 51 nipped to the nip member are connected to the plating thread 67.
The ground thickness portion 68 is locked to the nip member, and no further downward slippage occurs, and the course direction and the suture line can be aligned. . Effects of the Invention: The socks produced by the method of the present invention are provided with plating yarns knitted into thin yarn bands at the portions located at both ends of the knitted fabric nipped by the nip member when the knitted fabric is nipped by the nip member for linking. Because the ground thickness part is located, the ground thickness part is well engaged with the nip member, there is no sagging at both ends of the knitted fabric, and the course direction of the nip part can be maintained in a straight line.
Therefore, linking can also be performed linearly in the course direction.
【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of the drawing]
第１図は本発明方法による靴下の側面図、第２図は同じ
く編み終り部分の組織図、第３図は従来方法による靴下
の編み終り部分の組織図、第４図は従来法による靴下を
ニップ部材で挟持した状態を示す側面図、第５図は従来
の係止部材を示す側面図である。
５５・・・胛側、５６・・・足裏側。
５７・・・爪先部、５９・・・開口。
６０・・・身編部、６４・・・細糸帯。
６６・・・捨編部 ６７・・・添糸。
６８・・・地厚部
特許出願人 東京メリヤス機械用品株式会社代理人 弁
理士 大 野 克 躬代理人 弁理士 大
野 令 子第 ２ 図
第 ３ 図Fig. 1 is a side view of a sock made by the method of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a tissue diagram of the end knitting part of a sock made by the conventional method, Fig. 3 is a tissue diagram of the knitting end part of a sock made by the conventional method, and Fig. 4 is a sock made by the conventional method. FIG. 5 is a side view showing a state in which it is held between nip members, and FIG. 5 is a side view showing a conventional locking member. 55...Face side, 56...Back side of foot. 57... Toe portion, 59... Opening. 60... Body knitting part, 64... Thin thread obi. 66... Waste knitting part 67... Plating thread. 68...Jiatsubu Patent Applicant Tokyo Meriyasu Machinery Products Co., Ltd. Agent Patent Attorney Katsu Ono Agent Patent Attorney Reiko Ohno Figure 2 Figure 3