CN211057377U - Hosiery machine seam head device and hosiery machine thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a hosiery machine seam head device and hosiery machine thereof, including scissors portion, seam head portion, the portion of transporting, seam head portion with the portion of transporting mutually support and carry out socks seam head and weave, scissors portion with seam head portion follow in proper order transport a circumference and arrange, scissors portion be provided with the trimming device of cutting socks end line head, the trimming device make the cutting plane that the cutting motion formed with the left seam head curb plate of seam head portion is the contained angle setting, and the contained angle is 0 ~ 90. The utility model discloses when hosiery machine margin to seam device carries out the margin to seam to socks, margin to seam part thread length is controllable, avoids the big socks margin to seam part off-line of elasticity, avoids scissors and knitting needle to interfere the bump.

Description

Hosiery machine seam head device and hosiery machine thereof

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a weaving machine technical field, in particular to footwear machine seam head device and footwear machine thereof.

Background

In the prior art, when the production cycle on a circular hosiery knitting machine is finished, the axial end of a hosiery piece and the like is sewn, the toe automatically seals a tubular knitted article, a scissor device is arranged in the toe part, the scissor is close to a toe knitting needle, the scissor is easy to collide with the knitting needle when extending out of a trimming line, the knitting needle is supported by a steel needle when knitting a coil, a section of coil needs to be continuously knitted after the toe is finished, so that the end of the sock can be trimmed by a section of head of the line, the toe is prevented from being off, the length of the tip of the steel needle playing a supporting role is very short, a chain type coil sleeved on the steel needle after the toe is finished is shorter, the length of the head of the line left in the front part of the sock when the toe is sewn is limited, the lengths of the heads of all socks are consistent regardless of elasticity, some socks have larger elasticity, the heads.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of this, the utility model aims at providing a hosiery machine margin to seam device and hosiery machine thereof can solve the part and interfere easily when the prior art margin to seam and bump, the easy off-going problem of socks margin to seam part end of a thread that elasticity is big.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the technical scheme of the utility model is realized like this:

The utility model provides a hosiery machine seam head device, includes scissors portion, seam head portion, transports the portion, seam head portion with transport the portion mutually support and carry out socks seam head and weave, scissors portion with seam head portion follow in proper order transport portion circumference arrange, scissors portion be provided with the trimming device of cutting socks end line head, the cutting plane that trimming device made the cutting motion and formed with the left seam head curb plate of seam head portion is the contained angle setting, and the contained angle is 0 ~ 90.

The stitch portion can be matched with the conveying portion to be knitted, the thread cutting device is arranged to be close to the conveying portion as far as possible and close to a stitch portion knitting needle, but keeps a proper distance from the stitch portion knitting needle, collision with the stitch portion knitting needle is avoided, the length of a stitch can be reserved according to needs, and excessive waste of yarns is avoided.

The scissors portion comprises a connecting plate, the connecting plate comprises a first side plate and a second side plate, an included angle between the first side plate and the second side plate ranges from 0 degree to 90 degrees, the second side plate is fixed on the sewing head side plate, and the first side plate is fixedly connected with the thread cutting device.

The thread cutting device, the tubular air suction device and the sewing head are sequentially arranged along the circumferential direction of the conveying part.

The axis of the end part of the tubular air suction device is parallel to a cutting plane formed by the thread cutting device.

The thread cutting device is arranged on the left side of the first side plate and comprises a first blade and a second blade, the first blade and the second blade rotate relatively around the tail supporting shaft to perform complementary action, a cutting edge for cutting yarns is arranged at the tip of the first blade, a cutting edge for cutting yarns is arranged at the tip of the interaction of the second blade and the first blade, and the first blade and the second blade rotate relatively to cut the yarns under the combined action.

The scissors portion comprises a second cylinder, the second cylinder is fixed on the left side of the first side plate and connected with the tail of the thread trimming device, and the second cylinder can drive the thread trimming device to extend out of a trimming line.

The scissors part comprises a spring, the spring is connected with the thread cutting device and can be compressed under the action of the second air cylinder, and the thread cutting device retracts and resets under the action of elasticity after yarns are cut.

The head sewing part comprises a first knitting needle, a second knitting needle and a supporting needle, the first knitting needle and the second knitting needle can knit chain stitch lines along corresponding knitting paths, and the supporting needle supports the knitted chain stitch lines through a tip part and orients along the knitting direction of the sock head sewing.

The plane of the supporting needle and the cutting plane of the thread cutting device form an included angle, and the included angle is 90-180 degrees.

Compared with the prior art, a hosiery machine margin to seam device have following beneficial effect:

The utility model provides a pair of hosiery machine margin to seam device has solved among the prior art line shearing device and has interfered the longer problem of the stub that bumps, socks margin to seam part both ends remain easily with the margin to seam knitting needle to can be according to the length of socks elasticity control stub, socks are more pleasing to the eye.

A hosiery knitting machine, comprising the hosiery knitting machine toe-sewing device of any one of the foregoing.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of the toe-sewing device of the hosiery machine of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic top view of the upper part of the toe-sewing device of the hosiery knitting machine according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is another angle structure diagram of the toe-sewing device of the hosiery knitting machine of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged schematic view of the end-sewing device of the hosiery knitting machine of the present invention at the A position;

FIG. 5 is a top view of the transporting part of the toe-sewing device of the hosiery knitting machine of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the delivery part of the toe-stitching device of the hosiery knitting machine according to the present invention in the initial position;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the toe-sewing device of the hosiery knitting machine according to the present invention after the start of knitting;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the first thread trimming of the toe-sewing device of the hosiery knitting machine of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the end-sewing device of the hosiery knitting machine of the present invention about to finish the end-sewing;

Fig. 10 is a schematic view of the second thread trimming of the toe sewing device of the hosiery knitting machine of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

1-stitch head, 11-first knitting needle, 12-second knitting needle, 13-support needle, 14-stitch head side plate, 15-first cylinder, 16-first piston rod, 17-stitch head support, 2-scissor part, 21-trimming device, 211-first blade, 212-second blade, 22-tubular air suction device, 23-second cylinder, 24-connecting plate, 241-first side plate, 242-second side plate, 25-spring, 26-second piston rod, 27-support block, 3-conveying part, 3 a-diameter axis, 3 b-central axis, 31-upper half ring, 311-upper spoke, 312-lower spoke, 32-lower half ring, 33-driving gear, 4-fixing part, 40-piston pin, 41-third cylinder, 42-return spring, 43-pin hole, 5-chain stitch line and 6-cutting plane.

Detailed Description

It should be noted that, in the present invention, the embodiments and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

The descriptions in the present application referring to "first", "second", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", etc. are for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicit to the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first," "second," "upper," "lower," "left," or "right" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the feature. In addition, the technical solutions in the embodiments can be combined with each other, but it is necessary to be able to realize that the technical solutions in the embodiments can be combined with each other on the basis of the realization of a person having ordinary skill in the art, and all that is required by the present invention is within the protection scope of the present invention.

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments.

As shown in fig. 1, the toe sewing device of the hosiery knitting machine comprises a toe sewing part 1, a scissor part 2 and a conveying part 3, wherein the scissor part 2 and the toe sewing part 1 are sequentially arranged along the circumferential direction of the conveying part 3 in a clockwise direction, and the toe sewing part 1 is provided with interacting knitting needles capable of knitting chain stitch lines 5; the scissors part 2 is provided with a thread cutting device 21 which extends out and retracts to cut the chain stitch thread 5, and the scissors part 2 is provided with a device which adsorbs the chain stitch thread 5 to assist in thread cutting and suck out the cut thread end; the conveying part 3 is provided with two half ring pieces, one of the two half ring pieces can turn 180 degrees around a diameter axis 3a to coincide with the other half ring piece, the socks can be driven to rotate along a central axis 3b after the coincidence, and the conveying part 3 is matched with the head sewing part 1 to sew the heads of the socks.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 and 4, the stitch portion 1 is provided with a first knitting needle 11, a second knitting needle 12, and a support needle 13, the first knitting needle 11 is curved, a needle hole through which a corresponding yarn passes is provided near a tip portion, the second knitting needle 12 is curved, a needle hole through which a corresponding yarn passes is provided near a tip portion, a tip of the first knitting needle 11 is provided on the stitch portion 1 through a rotatable shaft and swings along the shaft, a tip of the second knitting needle 12 is provided on the stitch portion 1 through a rotatable shaft and swings along the shaft, a motion plane of the first knitting needle 11 intersects with a motion plane of the second knitting needle 12, a chain stitch 5 is formed near the intersection, the support needle 13 is provided at the intersection of the motion planes of the first knitting needle 11 and the second knitting needle 12, the plane of the support needle 13 is substantially parallel to the motion plane of the first knitting needle 11 for supporting the chain stitch 5, and if it is empty, the formed chain stitch line 5 is gradually released from the tip of the supporting needle 13.

The head sewing part 1 further comprises a head sewing support 17 and a head sewing side plate 14, a first knitting needle 11, a second knitting needle 12 and a supporting needle 13 are arranged on the head sewing support 17, the left side of the head sewing support 17 is fixedly connected with the head sewing side plate 14, and the head sewing side plate 14 is a plane plate part and is used for being fixedly connected with the scissor part 2.

The stitch head part 1 is further provided with a first cylinder 15 and a first piston rod 16, the first piston rod 16 can move linearly along the first cylinder 15, a stitch head support 17 is fixed at one end of the first piston rod 16, when the first cylinder 15 acts, the stitch head support 17 moves linearly under the driving of the first piston rod 16, the first knitting needle 11, the second knitting needle 12 and the support needle 13 move to the position interacting with the motion part 3, or the first knitting needle 11, the second knitting needle 12 and the support needle 13 are far away from the motion part 3, and the half ring part of the motion part 3 is not prevented from being turned relative to the other half ring part.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the scissors portion 2 includes a cutting device 21 capable of extending and retracting, the cutting device 21 is in a scissors shape and includes a first blade 211 and a second blade 212, the first blade 211 and the second blade 212 rotate relatively around a tail support shaft to perform complementary actions, a cutting edge for cutting the chain stitch line 5 is arranged at a tip of the first blade 211, a cutting edge for cutting yarn is arranged at a tip of the second blade 212 interacting with the first blade 211, the cutting edges cooperate to cut the chain stitch line 5 when the first blade 211 and the second blade 212 rotate relatively, and a plane formed by the relative rotation of the first blade 211 and the second blade 212 is a cutting plane 6. In fig. 3, the cutting plane 6 and the plane of the sewing head side plate 14 outside the sewing head 1 are arranged at an included angle of 0-90 degrees, and the plane of the supporting needle 13 and the cutting plane 6 form an included angle of 90-180 degrees.

The scissors portion 2 comprises a connecting plate 24, the connecting plate 24 is a V-shaped plate and comprises a first side plate 241 and a second side plate 242, an included angle between the first side plate 241 and the second side plate 242 ranges from 0 degrees to 90 degrees, the second side plate 242 is fixed on the left side of the head sewing side plate 14 of the head sewing portion 1, the first side plate is fixedly connected with the thread cutting device 21, the thread cutting device 21 is arranged at a position far away from a knitting needle of the head sewing portion 1 through the connecting plate 24 and can be prevented from colliding with the thread cutting device 21 during knitting, the connecting plate 24 is of a V-shaped structure, the blade portion of the thread cutting device 21 can be close to the knitting needle when extending out, the situation that the remaining thread ends on socks are long and influence attractiveness is avoided, and preferably, the first side plate 241 and the second side plate 242 are integrally formed in a bending mode.

The scissor part 2 comprises a tubular air suction device 22 for absorbing chain stitch yarns. The tubular air suction device 22 is tubular, the tail end of the tubular air suction device is connected with the suction fan and the thread end collecting device, the tubular air suction device is fixed to the right side face of the first side plate 241 of the connecting plate 24, the thread cutting device 21 is fixed to the left side face of the first side plate 241, a through hole is formed in the joint of the first side plate 241 and the second side plate 242, the tubular air suction device 22 is bent close to the end portion, the end portion penetrates through the connecting plate 24, the axis of the end portion of the tubular air suction device 22 is parallel to the cutting plane 6, and the.

A supporting block 27 is fixedly arranged at the left side of the first side plate 241 of the connecting plate 24, the thread cutting device 21 is arranged inside the supporting block 27, a track for limiting the movement tracks of the first blade 211 and the second blade 212 is arranged inside the supporting block 27, and a spring 25 for resetting the first blade 211 and the second blade 212 is arranged.

The left side of the first side plate 241 of the connecting plate 24 is provided with a second cylinder 23 close to the supporting block 27, a second piston rod 26 is arranged in the second cylinder 23, the second piston rod 26 is driven by air flow to extend and is connected with the tail ends of the first blade 211 and the second blade 212, the first blade 211 and the second blade 212 can be driven to extend along the track in the supporting block 27 to perform a wire cutting action, the spring 25 is compressed, and the spring 25 is reset after the wire cutting action to enable the first blade 211 and the second blade 212 to retract.

As shown in fig. 1, 3 and 5, the carrying portion 3 is provided with an upper half ring 31 and a lower half ring 32, the lower half ring 32 being capable of being turned about a diametrical axis 3a with respect to the upper half ring 31 to be arranged face to face, and including upper spokes 311 and lower spokes 312, the lower half ring 32 being turned to be arranged face to face with respect to the upper half ring 31 when the sock is stitched, each lower spoke 312 being aligned upward with each upper spoke 311 so that the respective knitted loops are threaded from the upper spokes 311 of the upper half ring 31 to the lower spokes 312 of the lower half ring 32, and when the stitching is finished, the lower half ring 32 being turned back about the diametrical axis 3a with respect to the upper half ring 31 to constitute a ring with the upper half ring 31 to position the sock in front of the stitching.

The conveying part 3 is provided with a fixing part 4 for locking the upper half ring 31 and the lower half ring 32 in a coplanar manner, the fixing part 4 comprises a piston pin 40, a third cylinder 41, a return spring 42 and a pin hole 43, the pin hole 43 is arranged outside the lower half ring 32, one end of the piston pin 40 is arranged inside the third cylinder 41, the other end of the piston pin 40 is inserted into the pin hole 43 to fix the lower half ring 32 and the upper half ring 31 in a coplanar manner, the piston pin 40 is driven by the third cylinder 41 to move linearly to be separated from the pin hole 43, the return spring 42 is arranged inside the third cylinder 41 and connected with the piston pin 40, and the piston pin 40 is inserted into the pin hole 43 in a return manner under the action of the.

The conveying part 3 further comprises a driving gear 33, the driving gear 33 is arranged on the upper portions of the upper half ring 31 and the lower half ring 32, after the lower half ring 32 is turned over relative to the upper half ring 31 along the diameter axis 3a, the driving gear 33 drives the upper half ring 31 and the lower half ring 32 to rotate along the circumferential direction of the central axis 3b, the seam head portion 1 and the conveying part 3 are matched to carry out seam head knitting, the rotating angle of the conveying part 3 is determined by the driving gear 33, the driving gear 33 is a sector gear, the central angle is D, and the size is 180-270 degrees.

The scissors portion 2 performs two trimming operations in one cycle of rotation of the carrying portion 3 along the central axis 3 b.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 6 to 10, the process of performing the toe-stitching knitting operation of the sock is as follows:

S1: positioning the sock at a toe sewing station:

S2: the upper half 31 of the carrying portion is coplanar with the lower half 32, and the knitted stitches of said sock are threaded onto the upper and lower spokes 311, 312 of the carrying portion 3;

S3: turning the lower half 32 of the carrying portion 3 by 180 ° with respect to the upper half 31 about the diametric axis 3a, placing one half of the stitches of the sock positioned in the upper spoke 311 superimposed on the lower spoke 312 in which the other half of the stitches are positioned;

S4: a first knitting needle 11 and a second knitting needle 12 on the stitch part 1 knit a chain stitch line 5 in no-load through a supporting needle 13;

S5: the stitch part 1 is translated to be close to the conveying part 3 under the action of the first air cylinder 15, the conveying part 3 rotates anticlockwise around a central axis 3b from an initial position to enable the initial end of the sock to be close to the first knitting needle 11, the second knitting needle 12 and the supporting needle 13 of the stitch part 1, the first knitting needle 11, the second knitting needle 12 and the lower spoke 312 interact to knit the overlapped paired knitting loops, and the chain stitch line 5 knitted by the stitch part 1 in a no-load way is transferred to the end of the sock to form a stitch head;

S6: after the sock head is knitted, the conveying part 3 rotates anticlockwise, and the front end of the chain stitch line 5 knitted by the head sewing part 1 in an idle load way is sucked by the tubular air suction device 22 of the scissor part 2; the thread cutting device 21 in the scissors part 1 is driven by the second air cylinder 23 to enter a cutting position from a stop position to cut the thread end of the chain stitch thread 5 at the front end of the short sock, at the moment, the conveying part 3 rotates to a first preset angle B, the scissors part 2 acts to cut the thread end which is positioned in the tubular air suction device 22 and connected to the sewed sock part, and the thread end is sucked away by the tubular air suction device 22 and discharged to the thread end collecting device; the cut thread shearing device 21 returns to the stop position from the cutting position under the action of the spring 25, the conveying part 3 continues to rotate anticlockwise along the central axis 3b to move the sock part which is knitted by sewing out of the sewing head part 1, and the sock part which is not knitted by sewing out is positioned at the sewing head part 1 to be knitted by sewing;

S7: the conveying part 3 rotates anticlockwise continuously around the central axis 3b, knitting needles of the stitch head part 1 knit with knitting loops on the conveying part 3 until the sock stitch head knitting is finished, the conveying part 3 rotates continuously, meanwhile, the stitch head part 1 continuously knits out chain stitch yarns 5 in no-load mode, redundant chain stitch yarns 5 are sucked by the tubular air suction device 22 of the scissor part 2, and the chain stitch yarns 5 are folded in the tubular air suction device 22; when the conveying part 3 rotates to a second preset angle C, the thread cutting device 21 in the scissors part 2 enters the cutting position from the stop position again to cut off the chain stitch thread 5 at the rear end of the sock, and the part of the chain stitch thread 5 connected with the stitch head part 1 is sucked into the tubular air suction device 22; after being cut, the thread cutting device 21 returns to the stop position from the cutting position, and the stitch head part 1 continues to knit the chain stitch thread 5 in an idle load manner;

S8: the carrying section 3 is rotated clockwise to return to the starting position, and the sewing process of S1-S7 is repeated.

In the operation of the stitch, as shown in fig. 6, the first needle 11 and the second needle 12 of the stitch portion 1 interact with each other to knit the thread end of the chain stitch line 5 through the supporting needle 13 in a no-load manner; the conveying part 3 starts to convey the socks for sewing, the front end of the thread end of the chain stitch thread 5 knitted by the sewing head part 1 in no-load is sucked by the tubular air suction device 22, the position E of the front end of the conveying part 3 in the figure is a starting position, if the chain stitch thread 5 is longer, the chain stitch thread may be folded at the tubular air suction device 22;

As shown in fig. 7, the carrying section 3 rotates counterclockwise from the start position E along the central axis 3b to carry the socks to be stitched to the stitching section 1; at the moment, the tubular air suction device 22 sucks the whole thread end into the tube, and the head sewing part 1 performs head sewing on the socks;

As shown in fig. 8, the conveying part 3 rotates to a first preset angle B, the thread cutting device 21 on the scissors part 2 is operated by the second cylinder 23 to cut the thread end which is positioned in the suction tube type air suction device 22 and connected to the sewed sock part, the thread end is sucked by the tube type air suction device 22 and discharged to the thread end collecting device, and the thread cutting device 21 retracts to the original position under the action of the spring 25;

As shown in fig. 9, the conveying part 3 continues to rotate counterclockwise to move the sock part with stitched ends out of the stitched part 1, so as to ensure that the sock part without stitched ends is positioned at the stitched part 1 for stitching knitting;

As shown in fig. 10, the sock head sewing is finished, the conveying part 3 continues to rotate counterclockwise, the sewing head part 1 continues to knit the chain stitch line 5 in an idle state, the excessive chain stitch line 5 is sucked into the tubular suction device 22 by the scissor part 2, and the chain stitch line is folded in the tubular suction device 22;

When the conveying part 3 rotates to a second preset angle C, the scissors part 2 acts under the action of the second air cylinder 23, the scissors 21 cut off the chain stitch line 5, the part of the chain stitch line 5, which is connected with the stitch head part 1, is completely sucked into the tubular air suction device 22, and the thread cutting device 21 retracts under the action of the spring 25;

The stitch portion 1 continues to knit the chain stitch line 5 in an empty state, the carrying portion 3 is rotated clockwise to be reset, and the knitting process of the above fig. 6 to 10 is repeated.

Preferably, the first preset angle B is 0 ° to 90 ° from the start position E of the conveyor 3, and the second preset angle C is 180 ° to 270 ° from the start position E of the conveyor 3. In the actual knitting process, the elasticity of the socks is different, the length of the thread end of the reserved knitting chain stitch line 5 needs to be changed, and the trimming position can be adjusted by adjusting the first preset angle B and the second preset angle C, so that the length of the thread end is controlled.

A hosiery knitting machine, comprising the hosiery knitting machine toe-sewing device of any one of the foregoing.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and should not be taken as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. The utility model provides a hosiery machine margin to seam device, includes scissors portion (2), margin to seam portion (1), transports portion (3), margin to seam portion (1) with transport portion (3) mutually support and carry out socks margin to knit, a serial communication port, scissors portion (2) with margin to seam portion (1) follow in proper order transport portion (3) circumference arrange, scissors portion (2) be provided with trimming device (21) of cutting socks end line head, trimming device (21) make cutting motion formation cutting plane (6) with margin to seam portion (1) left margin to seam curb plate (14) are the contained angle setting, and the contained angle is 0 ~ 90.

2. A toe-stitching device according to claim 1, characterized in that said scissors portion (2) comprises a connecting plate (24), said connecting plate (24) comprises a first side plate (241) and a second side plate (242), the included angle between said first side plate (241) and said second side plate (242) is 0-90 °, said second side plate (242) is fixed on the toe-stitching side plate (14), and said first side plate (241) is fixedly connected with said thread-cutting device (21).

3. A toe-stitching device for hosiery knitting machines according to claim 2, characterized in that said scissors portion (2) comprises tubular suction means (22) for sucking the toe to assist in cutting the yarn, said scissors means (21), tubular suction means (22) and toe-stitching portion (1) being arranged in succession circumferentially along the delivery portion (3).

4. A toe-stitching device for hosiery knitting machines according to claim 3, characterized in that said tubular suction device (22) has its end axis arranged parallel to the cutting plane (6) defined by said thread-cutting device (21).

5. A toe-stitching device according to claim 2, characterized in that said thread-cutting means (21) is arranged on the left side of said first side plate (241) and comprises a first blade (211) and a second blade (212), said first blade (211) and said second blade (212) perform a complementary action of relative rotation around the tail support axis, the first blade (211) is provided at the tip with a cutting edge for cutting the thread, the second blade (212) is provided at the tip interacting with the first blade (211) with a cutting edge for cutting the thread, and said cutting edges work together when the first blade (211) and the second blade (212) rotate relatively.

6. A toe sewing device of a hosiery knitting machine according to claim 5, characterized in that the scissors portion (2) comprises a second cylinder (23), and the second cylinder (23) is fixed on the left side of the first side plate (241) and connected with the tail of the thread trimming device (21) and can drive the thread trimming device (21) to extend out of the thread trimming.

7. A toe-stitching device according to claim 4, characterized in that said scissors (2) comprise a spring (25), said spring (25) being connected to the thread-cutting device (21) and being able to be compressed by the action of the second cylinder (23) and to return the thread-cutting device (21) to the retracted position by the action of the elastic force after cutting the thread.

8. The toe-stitching device of hosiery knitting machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the toe portion (1) comprises a first needle (11), a second needle (12) and a supporting needle (13), the first needle (11) and the second needle (12) being able to knit the chain stitch (5) along the respective knitting paths, the supporting needle (13) supporting the knitted chain stitch (5) by its tip and being oriented in the knitting direction of the toe of the hosiery.

9. A toe-stitching device according to claim 8, characterized in that the plane of said supporting needle (13) forms an angle with the cutting plane (6) of 90 ° to 180 °.

10. A hosiery knitting machine, characterized in that it comprises a toe-stitching device of a hosiery knitting machine according to any one of the preceding claims 1 to 9.

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