EP2363519A1 - Yarn gripping and cutting device, particularly for striping yarn fingers for knitting machines or the like - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a yam gripping and cutting device, particularly for striping yam fingers for knitting machines or the like.
- yam fingers In the field of knitting machines, yam fingers are known which are called “striping fingers" and are used generally in assemblies, which, being equipped for each yam finger with an adapted yam gripping and cutting device, allow, during production, to change the yam supplied to the needles at a feed or drop of the machine.
- Yam gripping and cutting devices comprise generally a holding element, which has a laminar body in which a recess is defined, on one side, which is adapted to receive the yam to be gripped and cut.
- the holding element is interposed between a gripping element and a cutting element, which also have a laminar body, which face the two opposite sides of the holding element.
- the gripping element and the holding element are elastically loaded toward each other on their mutually facing sides.
- the holding element can move with respect to the cutting element and the gripping element along an actuation direction in order to pass from a yam standby position, in which the portion of the holding element having the cited recess protrudes from the front side of the gripping element and of the cutting element, to a retention position, in which the portion of the holding element with the recess is retracted between the gripping element and the cutting element.
- the recess In the standby position, the recess is in a suitable position to receive the yam to be gripped and cut, which is designed to straddle the recess transversely to the actuation direction of the holding element in relation to the gripping element and the cutting element.
- the holding element retracts progressively between the gripping element and the cutting element.
- the yam, engaged by the holding element is progressively dragged between the side of the holding element and the side of the gripping element, thus actuating its retention and, immediately thereafter, the yam is brought into contact with the front side, which constitutes the blade, of the cutting element, actuating its cutting.
- yam gripping and cutting devices generally have good reliability in gripping of the yam, and such reliability derives mainly from the elastic load between the holding element and the gripping element.
- Such elastic load which is needed in order to ensure the correct gripping of the yam, may cause excessive stresses of the yam, which may cause the fraying or even the breakage of the yam during its grip when the yam is dragged, by the movement of the holding element, between the side of the holding element and the side of the gripping element.
- Breakage of the yam is not a minor problem, because it causes the loss of the yam on the part of the respective yam finger and requires a stop of the machine and the manual intervention of an operator in order to restore the correct feeding of the yam to the machine.
- Such problem in practice precludes the use of particularly delicate yarns on knitting machines that use such yam gripping and cutting devices.
- the aim of the present invention is to solve the problems described above, by providing a yam gripping and cutting device, particularly for striping yam fingers for knitting machines or the like, which effectively avoids overstraining the yam during its gripping.
- an object of the invention is to provide a yam gripping and cutting device that makes it possible to use particularly delicate yarns even on machines that use striping yam finger assemblies of the type described above.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a device that can be derived, in an extremely simple manner, from yam gripping and cutting devices of the known type.
- a further object of the invention is to provide a device that can be installed, without problems, on knitting machines as a replacement of the yam gripping and cutting devices that equip currently commercially available striping yam finger assemblies.
- a yam gripping and cutting device particularly for striping yam fingers for knitting machines or the like, comprising an element for holding the yam which has a laminar body having, on one of its sides, a recess adapted to receive the yam to be gripped and cut; laterally to said holding element, on mutually opposite sides, being respectively provided a gripping element and a cutting element; said holding element and said gripping element being pushed elastically toward each other on their mutually facing sides; said holding element being movable with respect to said gripping element and to said cutting element along an actuation direction from a standby position, in which said recess is arranged at least partially outside the space occupation of said gripping element and of said cutting element in order to receive the yam to be gripped and cut, which straddles said recess transversely to said actuation direction, to a retention position, in which said recess is retracted between said gripping element and said
- the device according to the invention comprises an element 2 for holding a yam 3, a gripping element 4 and a cutting element 5.
- the holding element 2 has a laminar body which has, on one of its sides, a recess 6 adapted to receive the yam 3 to be gripped and cut.
- the gripping element 4 which also has a laminar body, is arranged laterally to the holding element 2 and faces, with one of its sides, one side of the holding element 2.
- the holding element 2 and the gripping element 4 are pushed elastically toward each other on their sides that face each other by means of springs or by using the elastic flexibility of the laminar body of the holding element 2 and/or of the gripping element 4.
- the cutting element 5 which also preferably has a laminar body, faces with one of its sides the side of the holding element 2 that is opposite with respect to the side that the gripping element 4 faces.
- the holding element 2 can move with respect to the gripping element 4 and the cutting element 5 along an actuation direction, indicated by the arrow 7, in order to pass from a standby position of the yam 3 to a retention position of said yam 3.
- the holding element 2 is arranged with the recess 6 at least partially outside the space occupation of the gripping element 4 and of the cutting element 5, in a position that is suitable to receive the yam 3 to be gripped and cut, which is designed to straddle the recess 6 transversely to the actuation direction 7. More clearly, in the standby position, the holding element 2 protrudes, with its recess 6, from the front side of the gripping element 4 and of the cutting element 5.
- front side designates the side of the holding element 2, of the gripping element 4 and of the cutting element 5 that is designed to be directed toward the bed of the machine on which the device according to the invention has to be mounted, i.e., the side of the holding element 2, of the gripping element 4 and of the cutting element 5 that is designed to be directed toward the needles that must be fed by way of the yam finger assembly that is equipped with the device according to the invention for each one of its yam fingers.
- the figures of the accompanying drawings show, besides the device 1, also a yam finger 8 which is served by the device 1, and Figures 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 also illustrate an assembly of needles 9 of the machine to be fed by way of the yam finger 8 and an assembly of sinkers 10.
- the holding element 2 In the retention position, illustrated in Figures 1 and 5 , the holding element 2 is arranged with the recess 6 retracted between the gripping element 4 and the cutting element 5.
- the movement of the holding element 2 from the standby position to the retention position causes, in succession, the retention of a portion of yam 3, by way of its traction between the mutually facing sides of the holding element 2 and of the gripping element 4, and the cutting of the yam 3, as a consequence of the interference of said yam 3 against the front side 5a of the cutting element 5, which constitutes the blade of said cutting element 5.
- the side of the recess 6 that lies opposite the front side 5a of the cutting element 5 acts as a contrast cutter.
- the device 1 comprises spacing means 11, which are interposed between the holding element 2 and the gripping element 4 in order to limit the extent of the stresses on the yam 3 during its traction between the holding element 2 and the gripping element 4.
- the spacing means 11 can be disengaged from the holding element 2 and/or from the gripping element 4 just before the cutting of the yam 3 by the cutting element 5 so as to ensure effective gripping of the yam 3, between the holding element 2 and the gripping element 4, before its cutting.
- the spacing means 11 cited above are constituted by a protrusion 12 that protrudes from the side of the gripping element 4 that faces the holding element 2.
- the protrusion 12 instead of being arranged on one side of the gripping element 4, might be arranged on one side of the holding element 2, or there might be two protrusions, one on the holding element 2 and one on the gripping element 4, on their mutually facing sides, which mate with each other.
- the holding element 2 has a portion 2a that can engage the protrusion 12 in its stroke for transition from the standby position to the retention position with the exception of the end portion of said stroke, because the holding element 2 has, in its region that faces the protrusion 12 when said holding element 2 is in the retention position, a hollow 13, which delimits the portion 2a at the front.
- the holding element 2 disengages from the protrusion 12 just before the interference of the cutting element 5 with the yam 3 arranged in the recess 6 of the holding element 2.
- the protrusion 12 is constituted by a punch mark that protrudes from the side of the gripping element 4 that is directed toward the holding element 2.
- the device according to the invention is designed to be used in particular with assemblies of yam fingers 8 to be mounted on knitting machines, particularly circular knitting machines.
- the assembly of striping yam fingers 8 is arranged between the rotation axis of the needle cylinder of the machine and the ideal cylindrical surface along which the needles of the machine are arranged.
- Each one of the yam fingers 8, one of which is shown in Figures 1 to 5 is provided with a passage 14 for the yam 3 and is served by a related device 1 according to the invention, which is arranged so that the actuation direction 7 is oriented radially in relation to the needle cylinder and substantially horizontally.
- Each yam finger 8 can move parallel to the actuation direction 7 in order to pass from a standby position, in which its passage 14 is in a rearward position with respect to the bed, i.e., with respect to the needles 9 of the machine, to a working position, in which its passage 14 is in a forward position toward the bed , i.e., toward the needles 9 of the machine and vice versa.
- the yam finger 8 also moves along a direction which is perpendicular to the actuation direction 7, i.e., parallel to the needle cylinder axis if the machine is a circular knitting machine, so as to pass over the needles 9, as better described in EPA 07802212.6.
- the yam finger 8 is brought to the working position so as to arrange the portion of yam 3, which extends from the passage 14 to the device 1, so that it straddles the bed of the machine, i.e., so as to intersect the imaginary cylindrical surface along which the needles 9 of the machine are arranged. In this manner there is the certainty that the needles 9 of the machine, moved to work at the feed or drop, served by the assembly of yam fingers 8 being considered, grip the yam 3 fed by the yam finger 8.
- the holding element 2 Once the needles 9 have begun to grip the yam 3, the holding element 2, previously brought to the retention position, is moved, by way of its own movement along the actuation direction 7, in the standby position, as shown in Figure 2 . In this position, the holding element 2 has the recess 6 extracted frontally to the gripping element 4 and to the cutting element 5 in a suitable position to receive the portion of yam 3 that extends from the passage 14 of the yam finger 8 up to the last needle 9, which has taken the yam 3 at the feed or drop being considered, when the feeding of the yam 3 will be interrupted to the needles 9 of the machine.
- the yam finger 8 In order to interrupt the feeding of the yam 3 to the needles 9 of the machine, the yam finger 8 is moved backwards in the standby position. This retraction places the portion of the yam 3 that extends from the passage 14 to the needles 9 of the machine inside the recess 6, as shown in Figures 3 and 3 a.
- the holding element 2 is moved from the standby position to the retention position.
- the yam 3 that is placed in the recess 6 is progressively moved closer to the gripping element 4 and to the cutting element 5.
- the holding element 2 is engaged with its portion 2a against the protrusion 12 and this engagement has the effect of spacing the gripping element 4 from the side of the holding element 2 which it faces.
- This engagement between the portion 2a of the holding element 2 and the protrusion 12 persists almost until the moment of the interference of the yam 3 against the front side 5a of the cutting element 5 that constitutes the blade of said cutting element 5.
- the holding element 2 When, during a subsequent feeding of the same yam 3, the holding element 2 is moved from the retention position to the standby position, the portion 2a of the holding element 2 engages again the protrusion 12, spacing the gripping element 4 from the holding element 2 and thus ensuring the release of the yam 3.
- the device according to the invention fully achieves the intended aim, since it avoids effectively any excessive stressing of the yam, while ensuring an efficient gripping of the yam, making it possible to use even particularly delicate yarns on machines that use assemblies of yam fingers that require yam gripping and cutting devices.
- Another advantage of the device according to the invention is that it can be obtained, with modifications that are simple to provide, from yam gripping and cutting devices of the traditional type.
- the device according to the invention has been conceived particularly for striping yam fingers, it might be used with other types of yam finger without thereby abandoning the scope of protection of the invention.
- the materials used, as well as the dimensions, may be any according to requirements and to the state of the art.
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- The present invention relates to a yam gripping and cutting device, particularly for striping yam fingers for knitting machines or the like.
- In the field of knitting machines, yam fingers are known which are called "striping fingers" and are used generally in assemblies, which, being equipped for each yam finger with an adapted yam gripping and cutting device, allow, during production, to change the yam supplied to the needles at a feed or drop of the machine.
- One of these assemblies of striping yam fingers is disclosed, for example, in EPA 07802212.6 by the same applicant.
- Yam gripping and cutting devices comprise generally a holding element, which has a laminar body in which a recess is defined, on one side, which is adapted to receive the yam to be gripped and cut. The holding element is interposed between a gripping element and a cutting element, which also have a laminar body, which face the two opposite sides of the holding element. The gripping element and the holding element are elastically loaded toward each other on their mutually facing sides. The holding element can move with respect to the cutting element and the gripping element along an actuation direction in order to pass from a yam standby position, in which the portion of the holding element having the cited recess protrudes from the front side of the gripping element and of the cutting element, to a retention position, in which the portion of the holding element with the recess is retracted between the gripping element and the cutting element.
- In the standby position, the recess is in a suitable position to receive the yam to be gripped and cut, which is designed to straddle the recess transversely to the actuation direction of the holding element in relation to the gripping element and the cutting element.
- In the transition from the standby position to the retention position, the holding element retracts progressively between the gripping element and the cutting element. In the end portion of this retraction, the yam, engaged by the holding element, is progressively dragged between the side of the holding element and the side of the gripping element, thus actuating its retention and, immediately thereafter, the yam is brought into contact with the front side, which constitutes the blade, of the cutting element, actuating its cutting.
- These yam gripping and cutting devices generally have good reliability in gripping of the yam, and such reliability derives mainly from the elastic load between the holding element and the gripping element.
- Such elastic load, which is needed in order to ensure the correct gripping of the yam, may cause excessive stresses of the yam, which may cause the fraying or even the breakage of the yam during its grip when the yam is dragged, by the movement of the holding element, between the side of the holding element and the side of the gripping element. Breakage of the yam is not a minor problem, because it causes the loss of the yam on the part of the respective yam finger and requires a stop of the machine and the manual intervention of an operator in order to restore the correct feeding of the yam to the machine. Such problem in practice precludes the use of particularly delicate yarns on knitting machines that use such yam gripping and cutting devices.
- The aim of the present invention is to solve the problems described above, by providing a yam gripping and cutting device, particularly for striping yam fingers for knitting machines or the like, which effectively avoids overstraining the yam during its gripping.
- Within this aim, an object of the invention is to provide a yam gripping and cutting device that makes it possible to use particularly delicate yarns even on machines that use striping yam finger assemblies of the type described above.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a device that can be derived, in an extremely simple manner, from yam gripping and cutting devices of the known type.
- A further object of the invention is to provide a device that can be installed, without problems, on knitting machines as a replacement of the yam gripping and cutting devices that equip currently commercially available striping yam finger assemblies.
- This aim and these and other objects that will become better apparent hereinafter are achieved by a yam gripping and cutting device, particularly for striping yam fingers for knitting machines or the like, comprising an element for holding the yam which has a laminar body having, on one of its sides, a recess adapted to receive the yam to be gripped and cut; laterally to said holding element, on mutually opposite sides, being respectively provided a gripping element and a cutting element; said holding element and said gripping element being pushed elastically toward each other on their mutually facing sides; said holding element being movable with respect to said gripping element and to said cutting element along an actuation direction from a standby position, in which said recess is arranged at least partially outside the space occupation of said gripping element and of said cutting element in order to receive the yam to be gripped and cut, which straddles said recess transversely to said actuation direction, to a retention position, in which said recess is retracted between said gripping element and said cutting element to perform, in succession, the retention of a portion of the yam, by way of its traction between the mutually facing sides of said holding element and of said gripping element, and the cutting of the yam, by way of the interference of the yam with said cutting element, and vice versa, characterized in that it comprises spacing means, which are interposed between said holding element and said gripping element in order to limit the extent of the stresses on the yam during its traction between said holding element and said gripping element.
- Further characteristics and advantages of the invention will become better apparent from the description of a preferred but not exclusive embodiment of the device according to the invention, illustrated by way of non-limiting example in the accompanying drawings, wherein:
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Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of the device according to the invention with the holding element in the retention position; -
Figure 2 is a schematic perspective view of the device according to the invention with the holding element in the standby position; -
Figure 3 is a schematic perspective view of the device according to the invention in a step of transition of the holding element from the standby position to the retention position; -
Figure 3a is a sectional view ofFigure 3 , taken along a plane which is perpendicular to the plane of arrangement of the holding element; -
Figure 4 is a schematic perspective view of the device according to the invention in another intermediate step of the transition of the holding element from the standby position to the retention position; -
Figure 4a is a sectional view ofFigure 4 , taken along a plane which is perpendicular to the plane of arrangement of the holding element; -
Figure 5 is a schematic perspective view of the device according to the invention at the end of the transition of the holding element from the standby position to the retention position; -
Figure 5a is a sectional view ofFigure 5 , taken along a plane which is perpendicular to the plane of arrangement of the holding element. - With reference to the figures, the device according to the invention, generally designated by the
reference numeral 1, comprises anelement 2 for holding ayam 3, agripping element 4 and acutting element 5. - The
holding element 2 has a laminar body which has, on one of its sides, arecess 6 adapted to receive theyam 3 to be gripped and cut. - The
gripping element 4, which also has a laminar body, is arranged laterally to theholding element 2 and faces, with one of its sides, one side of theholding element 2. - The
holding element 2 and thegripping element 4 are pushed elastically toward each other on their sides that face each other by means of springs or by using the elastic flexibility of the laminar body of theholding element 2 and/or of thegripping element 4. - The
cutting element 5, which also preferably has a laminar body, faces with one of its sides the side of theholding element 2 that is opposite with respect to the side that thegripping element 4 faces. - The
holding element 2 can move with respect to thegripping element 4 and thecutting element 5 along an actuation direction, indicated by the arrow 7, in order to pass from a standby position of theyam 3 to a retention position ofsaid yam 3. - In the standby position, shown in
Figure 2 , theholding element 2 is arranged with therecess 6 at least partially outside the space occupation of thegripping element 4 and of thecutting element 5, in a position that is suitable to receive theyam 3 to be gripped and cut, which is designed to straddle therecess 6 transversely to the actuation direction 7. More clearly, in the standby position, theholding element 2 protrudes, with itsrecess 6, from the front side of thegripping element 4 and of thecutting element 5. - The expression "front side", in the present description, designates the side of the
holding element 2, of thegripping element 4 and of thecutting element 5 that is designed to be directed toward the bed of the machine on which the device according to the invention has to be mounted, i.e., the side of theholding element 2, of thegripping element 4 and of thecutting element 5 that is designed to be directed toward the needles that must be fed by way of the yam finger assembly that is equipped with the device according to the invention for each one of its yam fingers. - In order to better illustrate the characteristics and the operation of the
device 1 according to the invention, the figures of the accompanying drawings show, besides thedevice 1, also ayam finger 8 which is served by thedevice 1, andFigures 1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ,5 also illustrate an assembly ofneedles 9 of the machine to be fed by way of theyam finger 8 and an assembly ofsinkers 10. - In the retention position, illustrated in
Figures 1 and5 , theholding element 2 is arranged with therecess 6 retracted between thegripping element 4 and thecutting element 5. - The movement of the
holding element 2 from the standby position to the retention position, which can be actuated by way of means of the known type, particularly by way of the means illustrated in EPA 07802212.6, included herein by reference, causes, in succession, the retention of a portion ofyam 3, by way of its traction between the mutually facing sides of theholding element 2 and of thegripping element 4, and the cutting of theyam 3, as a consequence of the interference of saidyam 3 against thefront side 5a of thecutting element 5, which constitutes the blade of saidcutting element 5. In practice, during the traction of theyam 3 between thegripping element 4 and thecutting element 5, the side of therecess 6 that lies opposite thefront side 5a of thecutting element 5 acts as a contrast cutter. - According to the invention, the
device 1 comprises spacing means 11, which are interposed between theholding element 2 and thegripping element 4 in order to limit the extent of the stresses on theyam 3 during its traction between theholding element 2 and thegripping element 4. - Conveniently, the spacing means 11 can be disengaged from the
holding element 2 and/or from thegripping element 4 just before the cutting of theyam 3 by thecutting element 5 so as to ensure effective gripping of theyam 3, between theholding element 2 and thegripping element 4, before its cutting. - More particularly, the spacing means 11 cited above are constituted by a
protrusion 12 that protrudes from the side of thegripping element 4 that faces theholding element 2. - As an alternative, the
protrusion 12, instead of being arranged on one side of thegripping element 4, might be arranged on one side of theholding element 2, or there might be two protrusions, one on theholding element 2 and one on thegripping element 4, on their mutually facing sides, which mate with each other. - In the illustrated embodiment, the
holding element 2 has aportion 2a that can engage theprotrusion 12 in its stroke for transition from the standby position to the retention position with the exception of the end portion of said stroke, because theholding element 2 has, in its region that faces theprotrusion 12 when said holdingelement 2 is in the retention position, a hollow 13, which delimits theportion 2a at the front. - Because of the hollow 13, the
holding element 2 disengages from theprotrusion 12 just before the interference of thecutting element 5 with theyam 3 arranged in therecess 6 of theholding element 2. - Preferably, the
protrusion 12 is constituted by a punch mark that protrudes from the side of thegripping element 4 that is directed toward theholding element 2. - The device according to the invention is designed to be used in particular with assemblies of
yam fingers 8 to be mounted on knitting machines, particularly circular knitting machines. - In these circular knitting machines, the assembly of
striping yam fingers 8 is arranged between the rotation axis of the needle cylinder of the machine and the ideal cylindrical surface along which the needles of the machine are arranged. Each one of theyam fingers 8, one of which is shown inFigures 1 to 5 , is provided with apassage 14 for theyam 3 and is served by arelated device 1 according to the invention, which is arranged so that the actuation direction 7 is oriented radially in relation to the needle cylinder and substantially horizontally. - Each
yam finger 8 can move parallel to the actuation direction 7 in order to pass from a standby position, in which itspassage 14 is in a rearward position with respect to the bed, i.e., with respect to theneedles 9 of the machine, to a working position, in which itspassage 14 is in a forward position toward the bed , i.e., toward theneedles 9 of the machine and vice versa. In the transition from the standby position to the working position, theyam finger 8 also moves along a direction which is perpendicular to the actuation direction 7, i.e., parallel to the needle cylinder axis if the machine is a circular knitting machine, so as to pass over theneedles 9, as better described in EPA 07802212.6. - Operation of the device according to the invention is as follows.
- As shown in
Figure 1 , at the beginning of the feeding of theyam 3 to theneedles 9 of the machine, theyam finger 8 is brought to the working position so as to arrange the portion ofyam 3, which extends from thepassage 14 to thedevice 1, so that it straddles the bed of the machine, i.e., so as to intersect the imaginary cylindrical surface along which theneedles 9 of the machine are arranged. In this manner there is the certainty that theneedles 9 of the machine, moved to work at the feed or drop, served by the assembly ofyam fingers 8 being considered, grip theyam 3 fed by theyam finger 8. - Once the
needles 9 have begun to grip theyam 3, theholding element 2, previously brought to the retention position, is moved, by way of its own movement along the actuation direction 7, in the standby position, as shown inFigure 2 . In this position, theholding element 2 has therecess 6 extracted frontally to thegripping element 4 and to thecutting element 5 in a suitable position to receive the portion ofyam 3 that extends from thepassage 14 of theyam finger 8 up to thelast needle 9, which has taken theyam 3 at the feed or drop being considered, when the feeding of theyam 3 will be interrupted to theneedles 9 of the machine. - In order to interrupt the feeding of the
yam 3 to theneedles 9 of the machine, theyam finger 8 is moved backwards in the standby position. This retraction places the portion of theyam 3 that extends from thepassage 14 to theneedles 9 of the machine inside therecess 6, as shown inFigures 3 and 3 a. - Subsequently, the
holding element 2 is moved from the standby position to the retention position. - During this movement of the
holding element 2, theyam 3 that is placed in therecess 6 is progressively moved closer to thegripping element 4 and to thecutting element 5. It should be noted that during the passage from the standby position to the retention position, theholding element 2 is engaged with itsportion 2a against theprotrusion 12 and this engagement has the effect of spacing thegripping element 4 from the side of theholding element 2 which it faces. This engagement between theportion 2a of theholding element 2 and theprotrusion 12 persists almost until the moment of the interference of theyam 3 against thefront side 5a of thecutting element 5 that constitutes the blade of saidcutting element 5. In this manner, theyam 3 is dragged between thegripping element 4 and theholding element 2 when they are still spaced because of the engagement of theprotrusion 12 against theportion 2a of theholding element 2, as shown inFigures 4 and 4a . Thanks to this fact, an excessive stress of theyam 3, which might produce its fraying or breakage with consequent loss of theyam 3 on the part of therespective yam finger 8, is effectively avoided. - Just before the
yam 3 meets thefront side 5a, i.e., the blade of the cuttingelement 5, theportion 2a of the holdingelement 2 is disengaged from theprotrusion 12 and thus thegripping element 4 moves closer almost instantly to the holdingelement 2, safely gripping theyam 3 between thegripping element 4 and the holdingelement 2, as shown inFigures 5 and 5a . - When, during a subsequent feeding of the
same yam 3, the holdingelement 2 is moved from the retention position to the standby position, theportion 2a of the holdingelement 2 engages again theprotrusion 12, spacing thegripping element 4 from the holdingelement 2 and thus ensuring the release of theyam 3. - In practice it has been found that the device according to the invention fully achieves the intended aim, since it avoids effectively any excessive stressing of the yam, while ensuring an efficient gripping of the yam, making it possible to use even particularly delicate yarns on machines that use assemblies of yam fingers that require yam gripping and cutting devices.
- Another advantage of the device according to the invention is that it can be obtained, with modifications that are simple to provide, from yam gripping and cutting devices of the traditional type.
- Although, the device according to the invention has been conceived particularly for striping yam fingers, it might be used with other types of yam finger without thereby abandoning the scope of protection of the invention.
- The device thus conceived is susceptible of numerous modifications and variations, all of which are within the scope of the appended claims; all the details may further be replaced with other technically equivalent elements.
- In practice, the materials used, as well as the dimensions, may be any according to requirements and to the state of the art.
- The disclosures in Italian Patent Application No.
MI2010A000364 - Where technical features mentioned in any claim are followed by reference signs, those reference signs have been included for the sole purpose of increasing the intelligibility of the claims and accordingly, such reference signs do not have any limiting effect on the interpretation of each element identified by way of example by such reference signs.
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- A yam gripping and cutting device, particularly for striping yam fingers for knitting machines or the like, comprising an element (2) for holding the yam (3) which has a laminar body having, on one of its sides, a recess (6) adapted to receive the yam (3) to be gripped and cut; laterally to said holding element (2), on mutually opposite sides, being respectively provided a gripping element (4) and a cutting element (5); said holding element (2) and said gripping element (4) being pushed elastically toward each other on their mutually facing sides; said holding element (2) being movable with respect to said gripping element (4) and to said cutting element (5) along an actuation direction (7) from a standby position, in which said recess (6) is arranged at least partially outside the space occupation of said gripping element (4) and of said cutting element (5) in order to receive the yam (3) to be gripped and cut, which straddles said recess (6) transversely to said actuation direction (7), to a retention position, in which said recess (6) is retracted between said gripping element (4) and said cutting element (5) to perform, in succession, the retention of a portion of the yam (3), by way of its traction between the mutually facing sides of said holding element (2) and of said gripping element (4), and the cutting of the yam (3), by way of the interference of the yam (3) with said cutting element (5), and vice versa, characterized in that it comprises spacing means (11), which are interposed between said holding element (2) and said gripping element (4) in order to limit the extent of the stresses on the yam (3) during its traction between said holding element (2) and said gripping element (4).
- The device according to claim 1, characterized in that said spacing means (11) can be disengaged from said holding element (2) and/or from said gripping element (4) just before the cutting of the yam (3) by said cutting element (5), i.e., just before the interference of the yam (3), arranged in the recess (6) of said holding element (2), with said cutting element (5).
- The device according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that said holding element (4) has a laminar body which faces a side of said holding element (2), said spacing means (11) being constituted by a protrusion (12) on the side of said gripping element (4) that faces said holding element (2).
- The device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said holding element (2) has a portion (2a) that can engage said protrusion (12) in its stroke for passing from said standby position to said retention position, except for the end portion of said stroke.
- The device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said portion (2a) of the holding element (2) disengages from said protrusion (12) just before said cutting element (5) interferes with the yam (3) arranged in the recess (6) of said grip element (2).
- The device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said protrusion (12) is constituted by a punch mark that protrudes from the side of said gripping element (4) that is directed toward said holding element (2).
- The device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one between the laminar body of said holding element (2) and/or the laminar body of said gripping element (4) is elastically flexible and is loaded elastically against the other body.
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