EP0547331A2 - Aiguille à clapet pour des machines textiles formant des mailles - Google Patents

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EP0547331A2
EP0547331A2 EP92117899A EP92117899A EP0547331A2 EP 0547331 A2 EP0547331 A2 EP 0547331A2 EP 92117899 A EP92117899 A EP 92117899A EP 92117899 A EP92117899 A EP 92117899A EP 0547331 A2 EP0547331 A2 EP 0547331A2
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tongue
needle
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Siegmund Sos
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Groz Beckert KG
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Theodor Groz and Soehne and Ernst Beckert Nadelfabrik KG
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04B—KNITTING
    • D04B35/00—Details of, or auxiliary devices incorporated in, knitting machines, not otherwise provided for
    • D04B35/02—Knitting tools or instruments not provided for in group D04B15/00 or D04B27/00
    • D04B35/04—Latch needles

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  • the invention relates to a latch needle for stitch-forming textile machines with a needle shaft and a needle tongue pivotally mounted in a tongue slot of the needle shaft by means of a transverse axis, which at one end carries a tongue spoon which adjoins a tongue shaft and which cooperates with the needle hook in the tongue closed position and whose tongue shaft is formed with a bearing bore is and has an end portion extending from the region of the bearing bore to the end facing away from the tongue spoon, and with an elongate spring element which is anchored in the region of one end of the needle shaft and with its other free end in the Tongue slot protrudes and, at least when the needle tongue is in the closed position, overlaps an associated support surface on the end part of the tongue shaft, the needle tongue being able to be moved elastically into a partially open intermediate position by the spring element acting on it.
  • a latch needle with these features is known from DE-PS 37 02 019.
  • the partially open intermediate position of the needle tongue permits the unimpeded insertion of the thread into the needle hook when the knitted fabric is cast on for the first time, ie at the start of the knitting process or when picking up stitches, as is explained in detail in this patent specification.
  • the needle tongue is pivotally mounted with its bearing bore on the axis, which in turn is formed by a cylindrical pin rotatably inserted into corresponding bores in the needle shaft cheeks laterally delimiting the tongue slot or by essentially cylindrical shapes of the needle shaft cheeks which protrude into the bearing bore.
  • the tongue shaft Since a certain bearing play is required between the axis and the bearing bore with a view to the smooth movement of the needle tongue, the tongue shaft must be guided relatively exactly laterally in the tongue slot.
  • the contact surface is also small for the end of the spring element, because it must always be ensured that the bearing bore is surrounded on all sides by a sufficiently strong bearing shell.
  • the exact positioning of the end of the spring element on such a small contact surface of the needle tongue sometimes causes difficulties in mass production, which can lead to the spring element missing the contact surface with its end, which leads to defects in the knitwear and the latch needle immediately unusable.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to remedy this situation and to create a latch needle which, even with smaller needle sizes, ensures perfect interaction of the spring element with the latch, without placing excessive demands on the manufacturing accuracy, in particular of the latch slot.
  • the latch needle mentioned at the outset is characterized according to the invention in that the tongue shaft has in the region of its end part an open-ended opening which extends into the bearing bore, on the edge of which the bearing surface is arranged, and that the tongue shaft with the corresponding holes in the Tongue slot limiting needle shaft cheeks rotatably mounted axis is rigidly connected.
  • the latch and the axis form an inseparable unit, so that a lateral Tilting or deflecting the needle tongue during the swiveling movement to a harmful extent is not possible because the stub shaft of the axle, which is rotatably mounted in the holes in the needle shaft cheeks, can be fitted into the holes in a tolerated manner without great effort. Therefore, the precision of the longitudinal needle slot no longer has to be high because it no longer needs to guide the tongue shaft laterally. In addition, because of the rigid connection between the needle tongue and the axis, the otherwise customary measures for captively securing the axis in the needle shaft cheeks are eliminated.
  • the bearing surface for the end of the spring element can extend directly to the axis, with the result that even with small needle sizes, a sufficiently large bearing surface for the Spring element is available.
  • the idea of the invention is not limited to small needle sizes; it can be used reliably for all needle sizes.
  • latch needles are known in which the needle tongue is formed with a slot-like opening protruding into its bearing bore.
  • these latch needles are not equipped with a spring element which interacts with the needle latch.
  • the needle tongue is pivotally mounted on an axis connected to the needle shaft in a rotationally fixed manner, the aim in one case being to achieve interchangeability of the needle tongue through the open design of the so-called tongue eye, while in another case, the thin, plastically deformable tongue shaft is bent in the manner of an eyelet around the axis formed integrally on the needle shaft.
  • the opening in the region of the end part of the latch shaft is advantageously designed to widen outward from the bearing bore, the opening angle of the opening border being approximately 60 ° in a preferred embodiment.
  • the arrangement can expediently be such that the opening is delimited by two legs of the end part of the tongue shaft, of which the leg opposite the back of the tongue shaft bears the bearing surface on its inside, while the leg opposite the bearing surface is shortened in the tongue longitudinal direction. It is advantageous if the shortened leg is rounded at the end.
  • the tongue shaft can be rigidly connected to the axis in any manner appropriate per se. Simple manufacturing relationships result when the tongue shaft on the axis in particular by means of Laser spot welding is welded on.
  • FIG. 1 to 4 show a latch needle according to the invention, illustrating four different latch positions, each in a schematic partial representation, in a side view and partially cut away.
  • the latch needle has a needle shaft 1, which optionally carries a foot (not shown) and to which a needle hook 3 is connected via a needle neck 2.
  • a needle shaft 1 which has a rectangular cross-sectional shape, a tongue slot 4 is formed which extends in the longitudinal direction of the needle shaft and which, starting from the upper side of the needle shaft, extends to the underside of the needle shaft in such a way that an opening 5 is provided on the underside of the needle shaft for lint removal.
  • a needle tongue 6 is pivotally mounted at a bearing point by means of a transverse axis 7.
  • the axis 7 is designed in the form of a cylindrical steel pin, which is rotatably mounted in cylindrical bores 8, which are aligned with one another, of the needle shaft cheeks 9 which delimit the tongue slot 4 on both sides with little bearing play.
  • the needle tongue 6 has a tongue shaft 10, which is provided at the bearing point with a transverse, continuous bearing bore 11 assigned to the axis 7 and at the end carries a tongue spoon 12 which cooperates with the needle hook 3 in the closed position, as shown in FIG. 2 is illustrated.
  • a groove-like depression 13 which extends from the upper side of the needle shaft and extends in the longitudinal direction of the needle shaft and in which an elongated spring element 14 is anchored at one end, which is anchored at its other end 15, is formed in the needle shaft 1 protrudes into the tongue slot 4.
  • the spring element 14, which is designed as a straight piece of spring wire in the illustrated embodiment, can also be a round, flat or square spring; as shown, it can be straight or curved or appropriately bent.
  • the end of the spring element 14 is firmly clamped at 16 by caulking.
  • the bottom 17 of the recess 13 is gently inclined towards the underside of the needle shaft in such a way that the end 15 of the spring element 14 lying in the tongue slot 4 can be moved freely up and down.
  • the tongue shaft 10 has an extended end part 18 (FIG. 3) in the area between the bearing bore 11 and the end face remote from the spoon 12, such that the needle tongue 6 forms a double-armed lever which is pivotably mounted by means of the axis 7.
  • an opening 20 opening from the end face at 19 is formed, which extends into the bearing bore 11, in such a way that the bearing shell surrounding the axis 7 on the side of the needle tongue 6 facing away from the tongue spoon 12 is removed in the region of the opening 20 is.
  • the bearing bore 11 is opened through the opening 20 over a circumferential area of approximately 120 °, as indicated at 21 in FIG. 3.
  • the opening 20 itself is designed to widen in a wedge shape from the bearing bore 11, the opening angle of the opening edge indicated at 22 being approximately 60 °.
  • the leg 24 opposite the support surface 26 is shortened in the longitudinal direction of the tongue; it is rounded at the end at 28, so that its inner surface forming part of the boundary of the opening 22 is subsequently formed over a rounded region at 28 on the back 25 of the tongue shaft 10.
  • the needle tongue 6 is rigidly connected to the axis 7.
  • the tongue shaft 10 is welded to the axis 7 by means of laser spot welding.
  • the welding points are indicated at 29 in FIG. 4.
  • the assembly is carried out in such a way that after inserting the cylindrical axis 7 into the bores 8 of the needle shaft cheeks 9, the needle tongue 6 is pushed onto the axis 7 from above in a position in which its longitudinal axis is at an angle of approximately 90 with the needle shaft longitudinal axis ° includes, whereupon the weld at 29 is carried out from below through the opening 5 by means of a laser.
  • the needle tongue 6 thus forms an inseparable unit with the welded-on axis 7, which cannot be lost via the bores 8 and the axis 7 in the tongue slot 4 and can be pivoted about the axis 7 is stored.
  • the bearing play between the cylindrical axis 7 and the cylindrical bores 8 is dimensioned appropriately, so that on the one hand easy mobility of the needle tongue 6 is ensured and on the other hand lateral tilting or deflection of the needle tongue 6 during the pivoting movement are avoided.
  • the length of the spring element 14 is selected such that it overlaps the contact surface 26 of the tongue end part 18 when the needle tongue 6 is in the closed position (FIG. 2), with the spring element 14 at the same time In the closed position of the needle tongue 6, compared to the relaxed state shown in FIG. 1, its end 15 is raised upwards somewhat and is thus prestressed.
  • the needle tongue 6 If, starting from this closed position, the needle tongue 6 is released, it can be transferred from the prestressed spring element 14 to the partially open intermediate position shown in FIG. 1, in which the longitudinal central axes of the needle tongue 6 and the needle shaft 1 form an angle of approximately 30 ° enclose with each other as indicated at 30.
  • the size of this angle depends on the respective needle construction; in any case, it is less than 90 °.
  • the support surface 26 extends from the end face 19 to the axis 7 directly because of the opening 20, it is sufficiently long, even with small needle sizes, for a secure engagement to ensure the end 15 of the spring element 14.
  • the needle tongue 6 is pivoted clockwise from the stitch hanging in the needle hook 3, starting from the intermediate position according to FIG. 1, in the direction of the fully open position according to FIG. 4, the support surface 26 rises from it End 15 of the spring element 14. Since the opening 20, starting from the bearing bore 11, widens towards the outside towards the funnel-shaped end face 19, and since the second leg 24, rounded at the end at 28 and opposite the support surface 26, is correspondingly short, the needle tongue 6 can be completely free Execute from the intermediate position (Fig. 1) pivotal movement towards the fully open position of FIG. 4, without being affected by the spring element 14.

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CA2084362C (fr) 1995-02-07
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