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- the present invention relates to a linear knitting machine.
- the present invention relates to a Raschel-type, tricot or similar warp linear knitting machine with single or double needle-bed, commonly also known as Raschel-type warp loom, used for manufacturing knitted items.
- Raschel-type linear knitting machines with double needle-bed are provided with two rows of needles, each one being housed in a respective needle-bed and supported by a respective bar. Every needle-bed is further equipped with a series of latches that can be coupled to the needles for so-called “compound” systems, and a series of “stitch-combs” commonly used for preventing the loop from being taken upwards when the needle gets up for discharging the stitch and taking a new thread. Also the series of latches and stitch-combs are supported by respective bars, which are parallel to the needle bars and develop longitudinally along the whole machine.
- Needle bars, latch bars and stitch-comb bars are moved synchronously with a forward-backward motion by means of (more or less complex) systems consisting of compound levers suitably arranged (in the form of quadrilaterals), accurately calculated and apt to make the movements they are designed for.
- Modern computer-assisted design technologies enables to study accurately the laws of motion of said compound levers with a perfect synchronism between the various fabric-forming elements, starting from the same cam set into motion by a drive shaft.
- This system is based on very delicate balances between levers, fulcrums, speeds, accelerations, paths, trajectories and any other factor constituting the mechanism as a whole.
- said compound levers are designed by analyzing the shape changes of the concerned elements due to working defects, temperature changes and clearances that cannot be avoided in order to operate the knitting machine within the tolerance limits the knitting system can tolerate.
- yarns have given limits of mechanical resistance, within which they have to be worked so as to avoid their breaking, stress deformation, bad fabric-formation, which all mean bad quality. Therefore, compound levers are also designed as a function of the type of thread used and of the thread tensioning and feeding values determining the fabric width.
- a first drawback is the little versatility of said machines for manufacturing different items.
- needles, latches and stitch-combs (which are regarded as consumables) can be replaced by personnel working in the knitwear factory; whereas for other parts, such as for instance a cam replacement, personnel working in the manufacturing firm should intervene, since this involves various disassembling and recalibrating operations.
- a further disadvantage of knitting machines as described above consists in that the mechanisms of movement should necessarily be carried out with highly precise physical elements that show almost inexistent deformations under stress. This means a high accuracy in the choice of materials, shapes, size, working tolerances, which results in high manufacturing costs.
- a further disadvantage consists in the shape of the rotating shaft associated to the control cams and set into rotation by the motor.
- Said shaft which extends on the whole longitudinal development of the machine (needlebeds have a length above 3.5 meters), involves serious problems as far as working, balancing, vibration reduction, assembly are concerned, which problems result exactly from the size of said shaft.
- the technical task underlying the present invention is to provide a linear knitting machine that is able to substantially obviate the drawbacks referred to above.
- an important aim of the invention is to conceive a linear knitting machine that is versatile and can be easily adapted to different working types, without requiring the intervention of specialized personnel.
- Another technical task is to propose a linear knitting machine that is cheap, with small overall size and simple from a structural point of view.
- the technical task and the aims referred to above are basically achieved by a linear knitting machine characterized in that it comprises one or more of the technical solutions claimed below.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic view in lateral elevation, some parts being removed so as to better show others, of a knitting machine according to the present invention
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic view in front elevation, some parts being removed so as to better show others, of the knitting machine according to the present invention
- FIG. 3A is a view in lateral elevation of a constructive detail of the machine shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 according to a first execution variant
- FIG. 3B is a view in lateral elevation of a constructive detail of the machine shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 according to a second execution variant
- FIG. 4 is a plan view of another constructive detail of the knitting machine
- FIG. 5 is a schematic view in lateral elevation of a lower portion of the knitting machine
- FIG. 6 shows a schematic view in lateral elevation, some parts being removed so as to better show others, of a knitting machine according to an alternative embodiment with respect to the one shown in FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 7 shows a section of FIG. 6 along lines VII-VII.
- the numeral 1 globally refers to a linear knitting machine according to the present invention.
- the present invention can advantageously apply to Raschel-type linear knitting machines with single or double needle-bed.
- the knitting machine 1 comprises a first 2 and a second 3 needle-bed ( FIG. 1 ), which extend longitudinally along said machine 1 . Every needle-bed 2 , 3 is provided with a bar 4 , developing along the whole longitudinal development of the machine 1 and housing a respective row of needles 5 .
- every needle-bed 2 , 3 can be further equipped with a plurality of latches 6 for needles 5 commonly known as “compound” needles, which are known and will not be therefore described in detail in the present disclosure.
- the latches 6 operate synchronously with the needles 5 and are supported by a respective bar 7 placed in every needle-bed 2 , 3 .
- the machine 1 can further be equipped with a plurality of stitch-combs 8 , used for preventing the loop made by the machine 1 from being taken upwards when the needle 5 gets up for discharging the stitch and taking a new thread.
- the stitch-combs 8 which are also known in the specific technical field and will be therefore schematically shown and not described in detail, are supported by a respective bar 9 arranged in every needle-bed 2 , 3 .
- the bar 4 holding the needles 5 , the bar 7 holding the latches 6 and the bar 9 holding the stitch-combs 8 , which are present in every needle-bed 2 , 3 , are placed side by side and parallel to one another and extend along the whole longitudinal development of the machine 1 .
- a plurality of thread-guides 10 further develops, which are also known and will not be therefore described in further detail, which arrange a series of threads between the needles 5 of the two needle-beds 2 , 3 .
- the combined movement of the thread-guides 10 synchronized with the movement of the needles 5 , of the latches 6 and of the stitch-combs 8 results in fabric formation, which is not shown in the accompanying figures for higher clarity.
- the machine 1 is further provided with a motor 11 , preferably arranged centrally in the machine 1 as will be described better in the following.
- the motor 11 moves the aforesaid bars 4 , 7 , 9 with a forward-backward motion getting towards/away from said thread-guides 10 for enabling the needles 5 to take or release the thread.
- the motor 11 is connected to the bars 4 , 7 , 9 through suitable transmission means 12 comprising stiff rods 13 connected to the bars 4 , 7 , 9 on respective opposite ends.
- every bar 4 , 7 , 9 is stiffly connected to three rods 13 , each being positioned on said opposite ends of the respective bar.
- every rod 13 is made up of one stiff body, having an elongated shape and a longitudinal development parallel to a respective direction A of forward-backward movement.
- Every rod 13 has a first end 13 a stiffly engaged to a respective bar 4 , 7 , 9 , and a second end 13 b , opposite the first one 13 a , operatively connected to a rotating element 14 .
- every needle-bed 2 , 3 is provided with two rotating elements 14 arranged on said opposite ends of the respective bars 4 , 7 , 9 .
- every bar 4 , 7 , 9 is moved by means of the synchronous movement of two rotating elements 14 transmitting motion along direction A to the two rods 13 associated to the ends of the bar.
- every rotating element 14 comprises at least one cam disc 15 (which is referred to in the following as cam) turning around a respective axis X.
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- the rotating element 14 has at least two cams 15 coaxial to one another and mutually engaged.
- the rotating element 14 has a first cam 15 a equipped with an active surface extending perpendicularly to said axis X and having a cam guide 16 made up of a recess on said active surface.
- a second cam 15 b Spaced away from the first cam 15 a , a second cam 15 b develops, having two active surfaces opposite to one another and transversal to said axis X.
- Two respective cam guides 16 also made up of a recess on the respective active surface, develop on the active surfaces of the second cam 15 b.
- every cam guide 16 has a basically circular development and extends around the axis of rotation X of the respective cam 15 according to a trajectory predefined as a function of the movement to be transmitted to said bars 4 , 7 , 9 .
- the machine 1 further comprises two box-shaped bodies 16 , each of them being arranged below an end of the respective bars 4 , 7 , 9 .
- Every box-shaped body 17 is made up of a chamber containing two rotating elements 14 adjacent to one another, each of them belonging to a respective needle-bed 2 , 3 .
- the rotating elements 14 contained in every box-shaped body 17 turn in the same directions around respective axes X parallel to one another, and are immersed in a lubricating substance, such as oil for instance, so as to reduce the frictions of the rotating elements 14 during the movement thereof.
- a lubricating substance such as oil for instance
- said rotating elements 14 contained in every box-shaped body 17 can turn in the opposite direction, as is shown in FIG. 3B .
- one of the cams 15 a , 15 b of a respective rotating element 14 is housed between the two cams 15 a , 15 b of the adjacent rotating element 14 .
- the second end 13 b of every rod 13 is provided with a roller 18 inserted slidingly into a respective cam guide 16 .
- a roller 18 inserted slidingly into a respective cam guide 16 .
- the rollers 18 inserted into the cam guides 16 slide along a path defined by the shape of said guide 16 .
- the roller is moved by determining its shift along direction A of the rod 13 with the forward-backward motion.
- every rod 13 is associated to respective longitudinal guide means 19 , 29 .
- Said guide means 19 , 29 comprise guide bushings 19 designed to guide the rod 13 in its forward-backward longitudinal movement according to the direction of movement A, and guide bearings 29 for preventing said rods 13 from rotating around an axis Y, which is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the elements 14 .
- every rod 13 is suitably worked so that the guide bearings 29 oppose the efforts tending to make it turn around axis Y.
- the bushings 19 are made up of hollow cylindrical elements into which the ends 13 a , 13 b of every rod 13 are inserted.
- the bushings 19 engage the respective rods 13 for enabling the movement of the latter only in the direction of movement A.
- rods 13 are partially housed inside the box-shaped body 17 so that the respective rollers 18 are completely immersed in the lubricating liquid.
- six rods are inserted into every box-shaped body 17 , three of them being associated to a rotating element 14 belonging to the first needle-bed 2 and three of them being associated to a rotating element 14 belonging to the second needle-bed 3 .
- every rotating element 14 of every needle-bed 2 , 3 can be associated to two, four or more rods.
- every rod 13 is further equipped with a recess 20 inside which develops a rotating shaft 21 fitted onto a respective rotating element 14 and belonging to said transmission means 12 .
- every rod 13 develops diametrically beside the active surface in which the respective cam guide 16 is obtained.
- the recess 20 placed between the first 13 a and the second 13 b end of every rod 13 gets through the center of the respective cam 15 .
- the recess 20 is further basically elliptical in shape so as to enable the sliding along direction A of the rod 13 around said shaft 21 .
- the transmission means include four rotating shafts 21 , each of them having a first end 21 a associated to the motor 11 and a second end 21 b opposite the first one 21 a and fitted onto a respective rotating element 14 .
- the transmission means 12 are further provided with a rotating pulley 22 associated to the motor 11 by means of a toothed belt 23 engaged to a rotating pin 11 a of said motor 11 .
- the pulley 22 is associated to a toothed wheel turning around a respective axis of rotation parallel to the longitudinal development of the machine 1 ( FIGS. 2 , 3 A, 3 B).
- the gear associated to the pulley 22 is further engaged to two connection elements 24 arranged on the sides of the gear associated to said pulley and fitted onto the first end 21 a of respective shafts 21 .
- connection elements 24 are made up of gears 24 associated on opposite sides of the gear associated to the pulley 22 for rotating in respective directions.
- Every gear 24 a is arranged in a respective needle-bed 2 , 3 and is associated to the first ends 21 a of two respective shafts 21 connected to the rotating elements 14 of said needle-bed 2 , 3 .
- the motor 11 is arranged between the ends of the bars 4 , 7 , 9 in a basically median position with respect to the box-shaped bodies 17 ( FIGS. 2 and 5 ).
- the shafts 21 of every needle-bed 2 , 3 are both fitted onto opposite ends of the same gear 24 a and develop in an opposite direction with respect to the motor 11 and to the corresponding box-shaped body 17 .
- every shaft 21 connected to the respective rotating element 14 comprises a first portion 25 near the motor 11 and associated to the respective connection element 24 , and a second portion 26 associated to the rotating element 14 .
- every shaft 21 is made up of two portions 25 , 26 joined to one another by means of a connection joint 27 .
- the joint 27 keeps said portions engaged and coaxial to one another.
- the first portion 25 of every shaft 21 is supported by a suitable support 28 resting onto the machine body.
- the motor 11 sets into rotation, by means of the belt 23 , the pulley 22 and thus also the connection elements 24 connected thereto.
- the two shafts 21 of every needle-bed 2 , 3 transmit the rotation to the respective rotating elements 14 around axis X.
- the roller 18 slides within the respective guide 16 and cannot slide in a transversal direction with respect to the longitudinal development of the respective rod 13 .
- the guide bearings 29 enable the movement of the rod 13 only in said direction A and prevent, as described above, the rotation of the rods 13 along axis Y.
- roller 18 meets a wave-shaped portion 16 a of the guide 16 , said roller is moved in direction A so that the whole rod 13 and therefore the respective bar 4 , 7 , 9 are shifted.
- cam guides 16 obtained in every cam 15 can have any shape so as to obtain differentiated movements of the rods 13 associated thereto.
- FIGS. 6 and 7 Another embodiment of the knitting machine 1 , shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 , can be carried-out by using double profile cams 15 moving the rods 13 by means of two movement bearings 30 associated thereto. Said movement bearings 30 slide externally on two tracks 31 a , 31 b obtained on said cams 15 .
- the invention achieves important advantages.
- the machine is very simple from a structural point of view, especially as far as the rod moving elements are concerned.
- cams having guides adapted to the specific purpose are carried out and those in use are replaced.
- the simple construction of the rods enables cam replacement also by a non-specialized operator, who does not have to execute any adjustment on the machine. Acting upon the box-shaped body, the operator can easily disassemble the cams and reassemble replacement cams. Advantageously, the intervention of specialized personnel is avoided, which enables to save money.
- every cam can be associated to a type of item or yarn to be worked, stored and then used whenever a given item has to be manufactured.
- Another important advantage of the present invention is the simple structure, the small overall size and, therefore, the low manufacturing costs.
- the rotating elements can get one into the other and enable to save much space.
- the box-shaped body will be small-sized.
- the rods are simply made up of stiff elements, carried out as one piece and not subject to particular adjustments and/or jointed movements.
- the rotating shafts are slim in structure since they are made up of separate portions that are much shorter than the longitudinal development of the whole machine. Therefore, problems involving assembly and the excessive weight of the shafts are eliminated.
- the joints eliminate torsional phenomena that might occur with very long shafts, involving a different rotation of the elements contained in the same body, which rotate with an angular offset due to said torsion of the shaft.
- the shafts of the first needle-bed and therefore also the elements, can rotate in the same direction or in an opposite direction with respect to the one of the second needle-bed.
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- The present invention relates to a linear knitting machine.
- In particular, the present invention relates to a Raschel-type, tricot or similar warp linear knitting machine with single or double needle-bed, commonly also known as Raschel-type warp loom, used for manufacturing knitted items.
- As is known, Raschel-type linear knitting machines with double needle-bed are provided with two rows of needles, each one being housed in a respective needle-bed and supported by a respective bar. Every needle-bed is further equipped with a series of latches that can be coupled to the needles for so-called “compound” systems, and a series of “stitch-combs” commonly used for preventing the loop from being taken upwards when the needle gets up for discharging the stitch and taking a new thread. Also the series of latches and stitch-combs are supported by respective bars, which are parallel to the needle bars and develop longitudinally along the whole machine.
- Needle bars, latch bars and stitch-comb bars are moved synchronously with a forward-backward motion by means of (more or less complex) systems consisting of compound levers suitably arranged (in the form of quadrilaterals), accurately calculated and apt to make the movements they are designed for.
- In particular, examples of known machines belonging to this type can be found in documents U.S. Pat. No. 3,221,520, U.S. Pat. No. 3,568,470, U.S. Pat. No. 3,460,358, U.S. Pat. No. 4,332,149, U.S. Pat. No. 3,950,942, DE 3620259 and WO03/071018.
- Modern computer-assisted design technologies enables to study accurately the laws of motion of said compound levers with a perfect synchronism between the various fabric-forming elements, starting from the same cam set into motion by a drive shaft.
- This system is based on very delicate balances between levers, fulcrums, speeds, accelerations, paths, trajectories and any other factor constituting the mechanism as a whole.
- Moreover, said compound levers are designed by analyzing the shape changes of the concerned elements due to working defects, temperature changes and clearances that cannot be avoided in order to operate the knitting machine within the tolerance limits the knitting system can tolerate. As a matter of fact, it should be pointed out that yarns have given limits of mechanical resistance, within which they have to be worked so as to avoid their breaking, stress deformation, bad fabric-formation, which all mean bad quality. Therefore, compound levers are also designed as a function of the type of thread used and of the thread tensioning and feeding values determining the fabric width.
- That is why the machine is normally carried out for manufacturing a given item according to the customer's needs. In other words, movements and size of the compound levers are adjusted and calibrated (in textile jargon “sampled”) for manufacturing a specific item. However, known machines as described above have great drawbacks.
- A first drawback is the little versatility of said machines for manufacturing different items.
- As a matter of fact, it should be pointed out that in order to change the layout of the machine so as to obtain movements differing from the predefined ones, very delicate and complex adjustments are carried out, requiring the intervention of personnel having specific instruments and knowledge. For instance, if a yarn whose characteristics differ from the ones previously worked is used, the compound levers should be modified by specialized personnel, changing the path of the elements involved in fabric formation.
- As a matter of fact, needles, latches and stitch-combs (which are regarded as consumables) can be replaced by personnel working in the knitwear factory; whereas for other parts, such as for instance a cam replacement, personnel working in the manufacturing firm should intervene, since this involves various disassembling and recalibrating operations.
- That is why only a technician working for the firm manufacturing the knitting machine can make changes, if necessary, to said knitting machine trying to simulate and calculate possible implications of the system as a function of the changes required by the customer.
- The intervention of specialized personnel is highly expensive because of idle times in which the machine is not used and of costs involving operators' transfer.
- A further disadvantage of knitting machines as described above consists in that the mechanisms of movement should necessarily be carried out with highly precise physical elements that show almost inexistent deformations under stress. This means a high accuracy in the choice of materials, shapes, size, working tolerances, which results in high manufacturing costs.
- Moreover, it should also be pointed out that the aforesaid compound levers, beyond being quite bulky, require quite large spaces for their movement. Also the positioning of the cams, as is known spaced from one another, and the positioning of the motor involve a particularly large overall size of the whole machine.
- A further disadvantage consists in the shape of the rotating shaft associated to the control cams and set into rotation by the motor. Said shaft, which extends on the whole longitudinal development of the machine (needlebeds have a length above 3.5 meters), involves serious problems as far as working, balancing, vibration reduction, assembly are concerned, which problems result exactly from the size of said shaft.
- Under these circumstances, the technical task underlying the present invention is to provide a linear knitting machine that is able to substantially obviate the drawbacks referred to above.
- Within said technical task, an important aim of the invention is to conceive a linear knitting machine that is versatile and can be easily adapted to different working types, without requiring the intervention of specialized personnel.
- Another technical task is to propose a linear knitting machine that is cheap, with small overall size and simple from a structural point of view.
- The technical task and the aims referred to above are basically achieved by a linear knitting machine characterized in that it comprises one or more of the technical solutions claimed below.
- The following is a description of a preferred but not exclusive embodiment of a linear knitting machine according to the invention to an indicative and nonlimiting purpose, as is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:
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FIG. 1 shows a schematic view in lateral elevation, some parts being removed so as to better show others, of a knitting machine according to the present invention; -
FIG. 2 shows a schematic view in front elevation, some parts being removed so as to better show others, of the knitting machine according to the present invention; -
FIG. 3A is a view in lateral elevation of a constructive detail of the machine shown inFIGS. 1 and 2 according to a first execution variant; -
FIG. 3B is a view in lateral elevation of a constructive detail of the machine shown inFIGS. 1 and 2 according to a second execution variant; -
FIG. 4 is a plan view of another constructive detail of the knitting machine; -
FIG. 5 is a schematic view in lateral elevation of a lower portion of the knitting machine; -
FIG. 6 shows a schematic view in lateral elevation, some parts being removed so as to better show others, of a knitting machine according to an alternative embodiment with respect to the one shown inFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 7 shows a section ofFIG. 6 along lines VII-VII. - With reference to the accompanying drawings, the
numeral 1 globally refers to a linear knitting machine according to the present invention. - In particular, the present invention can advantageously apply to Raschel-type linear knitting machines with single or double needle-bed.
- The
knitting machine 1 comprises a first 2 and a second 3 needle-bed (FIG. 1 ), which extend longitudinally along saidmachine 1. Every needle-bed bar 4, developing along the whole longitudinal development of themachine 1 and housing a respective row ofneedles 5. - Advantageously, every needle-
bed latches 6 forneedles 5 commonly known as “compound” needles, which are known and will not be therefore described in detail in the present disclosure. - The
latches 6 operate synchronously with theneedles 5 and are supported by arespective bar 7 placed in every needle-bed - Known
needles 5 with oscillating latch can also be used. In this case, accordingly, thelatch bars 7 are not used in theknitting machine 1. - Moreover, the
machine 1 can further be equipped with a plurality of stitch-combs 8, used for preventing the loop made by themachine 1 from being taken upwards when theneedle 5 gets up for discharging the stitch and taking a new thread. The stitch-combs 8, which are also known in the specific technical field and will be therefore schematically shown and not described in detail, are supported by arespective bar 9 arranged in every needle-bed - Under these circumstances, the
bar 4 holding theneedles 5, thebar 7 holding thelatches 6 and thebar 9 holding the stitch-combs 8, which are present in every needle-bed machine 1. - Above said
needles 5, a plurality of thread-guides 10 further develops, which are also known and will not be therefore described in further detail, which arrange a series of threads between theneedles 5 of the two needle-beds guides 10 synchronized with the movement of theneedles 5, of thelatches 6 and of the stitch-combs 8 results in fabric formation, which is not shown in the accompanying figures for higher clarity. - With reference to
FIGS. 2 and 5 , it should be pointed out that themachine 1 is further provided with amotor 11, preferably arranged centrally in themachine 1 as will be described better in the following. - The
motor 11 moves theaforesaid bars guides 10 for enabling theneedles 5 to take or release the thread. - In particular, the
motor 11 is connected to thebars stiff rods 13 connected to thebars - In further detail, every
bar rods 13, each being positioned on said opposite ends of the respective bar. - As is better shown in
FIG. 1 and inFIG. 2 , everyrod 13 is made up of one stiff body, having an elongated shape and a longitudinal development parallel to a respective direction A of forward-backward movement. - Every
rod 13 has afirst end 13 a stiffly engaged to arespective bar second end 13 b, opposite the first one 13 a, operatively connected to arotating element 14. - Preferably, as is shown in
FIG. 2 , every needle-bed rotating elements 14 arranged on said opposite ends of therespective bars bar rotating elements 14 transmitting motion along direction A to the tworods 13 associated to the ends of the bar. - In detail, every rotating
element 14 comprises at least one cam disc 15 (which is referred to in the following as cam) turning around a respective axis X. Advantageously, as is better shown inFIGS. 1 and 4 , the rotatingelement 14 has at least twocams 15 coaxial to one another and mutually engaged. - Still in further detail, the rotating
element 14 has afirst cam 15 a equipped with an active surface extending perpendicularly to said axis X and having acam guide 16 made up of a recess on said active surface. Spaced away from thefirst cam 15 a, asecond cam 15 b develops, having two active surfaces opposite to one another and transversal to said axis X. Two respective cam guides 16, also made up of a recess on the respective active surface, develop on the active surfaces of thesecond cam 15 b. - Under these circumstances, it should be pointed out that for every
rotating element 14 three cam guides 16 are provided for, two of them being placed in thesecond cam 15 b and one in thefirst cam 15 a, respectively (FIG. 4 ). - Preferably, every
cam guide 16 has a basically circular development and extends around the axis of rotation X of therespective cam 15 according to a trajectory predefined as a function of the movement to be transmitted to saidbars - Advantageously, the
machine 1 further comprises two box-shapedbodies 16, each of them being arranged below an end of therespective bars - Every box-shaped
body 17 is made up of a chamber containing tworotating elements 14 adjacent to one another, each of them belonging to a respective needle-bed - As is shown in
FIG. 3A , therotating elements 14 contained in every box-shapedbody 17 turn in the same directions around respective axes X parallel to one another, and are immersed in a lubricating substance, such as oil for instance, so as to reduce the frictions of therotating elements 14 during the movement thereof. Alternatively, by varying the number of gears, saidrotating elements 14 contained in every box-shapedbody 17 can turn in the opposite direction, as is shown inFIG. 3B . - With particular reference to
FIG. 4 , it should also be pointed out that one of thecams rotating element 14 is housed between the twocams rotating element 14. - In other words, inside every box-shaped
body 17 the tworotating elements 14 are adjacent and offset so that therespective cams 15 can get into one another resulting in highly reduced overall sizes. - As is shown in
FIG. 1 , thesecond end 13 b of everyrod 13 is provided with aroller 18 inserted slidingly into arespective cam guide 16. Taking into consideration a single needle-bed rods 13 associated to the threebars rotating element 14 that is equipped, as described above, with three cam guides 16 for housing saidrollers 18. - Thus, during the rotation around axis X of every
rotating element 14, therollers 18 inserted into the cam guides 16 slide along a path defined by the shape of saidguide 16. On wave-shapedportions 16 a of saidguide 16, the roller is moved by determining its shift along direction A of therod 13 with the forward-backward motion. - Moreover, every
rod 13 is associated to respective longitudinal guide means 19, 29. Said guide means 19, 29 compriseguide bushings 19 designed to guide therod 13 in its forward-backward longitudinal movement according to the direction of movement A, and guidebearings 29 for preventing saidrods 13 from rotating around an axis Y, which is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of theelements 14. In particular, everyrod 13 is suitably worked so that theguide bearings 29 oppose the efforts tending to make it turn around axis Y. - The
bushings 19 are made up of hollow cylindrical elements into which the ends 13 a, 13 b of everyrod 13 are inserted. Thebushings 19 engage therespective rods 13 for enabling the movement of the latter only in the direction of movement A. - It should also be pointed out that the
rods 13 are partially housed inside the box-shapedbody 17 so that therespective rollers 18 are completely immersed in the lubricating liquid. - In a preferred embodiment of the invention, six rods are inserted into every box-shaped
body 17, three of them being associated to arotating element 14 belonging to the first needle-bed 2 and three of them being associated to arotating element 14 belonging to the second needle-bed 3. - In other solutions of embodiment, every rotating
element 14 of every needle-bed - Moreover, every
rod 13 is further equipped with arecess 20 inside which develops arotating shaft 21 fitted onto a respectiverotating element 14 and belonging to said transmission means 12. - In particular, as is better shown in
FIG. 1 , everyrod 13 develops diametrically beside the active surface in which the respective cam guide 16 is obtained. In this situation, therecess 20 placed between the first 13 a and the second 13 b end of everyrod 13 gets through the center of therespective cam 15. - The
recess 20 is further basically elliptical in shape so as to enable the sliding along direction A of therod 13 around saidshaft 21. - In particular, the transmission means include four
rotating shafts 21, each of them having afirst end 21 a associated to themotor 11 and asecond end 21 b opposite the first one 21 a and fitted onto a respectiverotating element 14. - The transmission means 12 are further provided with a rotating
pulley 22 associated to themotor 11 by means of atoothed belt 23 engaged to arotating pin 11 a of saidmotor 11. - In particular, the
pulley 22 is associated to a toothed wheel turning around a respective axis of rotation parallel to the longitudinal development of the machine 1 (FIGS. 2 , 3A, 3B). - The gear associated to the
pulley 22 is further engaged to twoconnection elements 24 arranged on the sides of the gear associated to said pulley and fitted onto thefirst end 21 a ofrespective shafts 21. - In particular, the
connection elements 24 are made up ofgears 24 associated on opposite sides of the gear associated to thepulley 22 for rotating in respective directions. - Every
gear 24 a is arranged in a respective needle-bed respective shafts 21 connected to therotating elements 14 of said needle-bed - As mentioned above, the
motor 11 is arranged between the ends of thebars FIGS. 2 and 5 ). - Under these circumstances, the
shafts 21 of every needle-bed same gear 24 a and develop in an opposite direction with respect to themotor 11 and to the corresponding box-shapedbody 17. - Advantageously, every
shaft 21 connected to the respectiverotating element 14 comprises afirst portion 25 near themotor 11 and associated to therespective connection element 24, and asecond portion 26 associated to therotating element 14. - In other words, every
shaft 21 is made up of twoportions - Preferably, as shown in
FIG. 5 , thefirst portion 25 of everyshaft 21 is supported by asuitable support 28 resting onto the machine body. - Thus, the
whole shaft 21 cannot get does not risk to became flexed by applying an excessive effort onto said connection joint 27. - During operation, the
motor 11 sets into rotation, by means of thebelt 23, thepulley 22 and thus also theconnection elements 24 connected thereto. - Thus, the two
shafts 21 of every needle-bed rotating elements 14 around axis X. - It should be pointed out that the
shafts 21 associated to the tworotating elements 14 housed within a respective box-shapedbody 17 rotate in the same directions (FIG. 3A ). By adding a gear, thesame shafts 21 can rotate in opposite directions (FIG. 3B ). Accordingly, also therotating elements 14 belonging to the two needle-beds and housed within arespective body 17 are set into rotation in the same or in opposite directions. - As a result of the rotation of the
cams 15, theroller 18 slides within therespective guide 16 and cannot slide in a transversal direction with respect to the longitudinal development of therespective rod 13. As a matter of fact, theguide bearings 29 enable the movement of therod 13 only in said direction A and prevent, as described above, the rotation of therods 13 along axis Y. - When the
roller 18 meets a wave-shapedportion 16 a of theguide 16, said roller is moved in direction A so that thewhole rod 13 and therefore therespective bar - Under these circumstances, it should be pointed out that the rotation of the
rotating elements 14 of every needle-bed respective bars needles 5, thelatches 6 and the stitch-combs 8 associated thereto. - It should also be pointed out that the cam guides 16 obtained in every
cam 15 can have any shape so as to obtain differentiated movements of therods 13 associated thereto. - Another embodiment of the
knitting machine 1, shown inFIGS. 6 and 7 , can be carried-out by usingdouble profile cams 15 moving therods 13 by means of twomovement bearings 30 associated thereto.Said movement bearings 30 slide externally on twotracks cams 15. - The invention achieves important advantages.
- First of all, the machine is very simple from a structural point of view, especially as far as the rod moving elements are concerned.
- As a matter of fact, motion is transmitted by the rotating element only by means of the stiff rod and there are no quadrilaterals or other complicated compound levers. Advantageously, in order to change the movement of the bars, the cams having said guide cams causing the movement of said bars are replaced.
- In other words, depending on the type of thread, on the type of item or on an error in the movement of a bar detected during the operation of the knitting machine, cams having guides adapted to the specific purpose are carried out and those in use are replaced.
- Thus, after carrying out cams with suitable guides, several variations in bar movement are provided.
- The simple construction of the rods enables cam replacement also by a non-specialized operator, who does not have to execute any adjustment on the machine. Acting upon the box-shaped body, the operator can easily disassemble the cams and reassemble replacement cams. Advantageously, the intervention of specialized personnel is avoided, which enables to save money.
- Moreover, every cam can be associated to a type of item or yarn to be worked, stored and then used whenever a given item has to be manufactured.
- Another important advantage of the present invention is the simple structure, the small overall size and, therefore, the low manufacturing costs.
- As a matter of fact, as referred to above, the rotating elements can get one into the other and enable to save much space. As a consequence, also the box-shaped body will be small-sized. Moreover, the rods are simply made up of stiff elements, carried out as one piece and not subject to particular adjustments and/or jointed movements.
- It should further be pointed out that the rotating shafts are slim in structure since they are made up of separate portions that are much shorter than the longitudinal development of the whole machine. Therefore, problems involving assembly and the excessive weight of the shafts are eliminated.
- Furthermore, the joints eliminate torsional phenomena that might occur with very long shafts, involving a different rotation of the elements contained in the same body, which rotate with an angular offset due to said torsion of the shaft.
- Moreover, as referred to above, the shafts of the first needle-bed, and therefore also the elements, can rotate in the same direction or in an opposite direction with respect to the one of the second needle-bed.
- As a consequence, in case of rotation in opposite direction, the masses in movement are counterbalanced, thus avoiding the accumulation of energy due to unavoidable vibrations. Said energy is therefore advantageously dispersed thanks to the counter-rotation of the shafts.
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