JPH0318539Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention connects a flexible wire to the base end of a rigid knitting needle body, and movably supports a stopper for preventing stitch deviation on the wire. This invention relates to improvements in knitting needles made of

[Problems that conventional technologies and ideas try to solve]

Generally, long knitting needles are used to obtain long knitted products. However, when long knitting needles (bar needles) whose entire bodies are rigid are used, the rear end portions come into contact with the knitting worker's arm, etc., thereby hindering smooth needle movement.

By connecting a soft flexible wire to the base end of the rigid knitting needle body, even if the rear end of the needle comes into contact with the knitting worker's arm because the entire length of the knitting needle is long, the needle can be moved smoothly. Knitting needles are provided that do not interfere with needle movement. Also, if you use this type of knitting needle,
Not only can the knitting part be placed on your lap while knitting, but the knitting part supported on the flexible wire can be freely bent and folded, making it extremely easy to handle, for example, when knitting is interrupted. In such cases, the woven ivy part can be folded compactly and stored. Furthermore, since the stopper is movable along the flexible wire and can be stopped at any position on the flexible wire by friction, the required length of the knitting needles can be adjusted depending on the length of the knitted product. This has the advantage that the distance from the tip of the rigid knitting needle body to the stopper can be adjusted, and flexibility in terms of the dimensions of the knitted product can be significantly increased.

However, when using this type of knitting needle for a relatively short knitted product, it is necessary to move the stopper on the flexible wire closer to the rigid knitting needle body and lock it in a predetermined position. The rear end portion of the flexible wire, which is not used for knitting work, protrudes from the rear end of the stopper and is an eyesore, and it also gets caught in the knitting part and encounters a new drawback in that it impedes smooth needle movement work.

The present invention solves the drawbacks of the conventional example, and the free end of the flexible wire protruding rearward from the stopper is bent in an inverted manner, inserted into the locking hole, and locked. The purpose is to provide knitting needles that do not interfere with work.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve this object, the knitting needle according to the present invention is a knitting needle in which a flexible wire is connected to the base end of the knitting needle main body, and a stopper for preventing stitch deviation is movably supported on the wire. , characterized in that a locking hole for locking the free end of a flexible wire that passes through the wire rod insertion hole drilled in the stopper and protrudes from the rear end of the stopper is separately formed near the wire rod insertion hole. shall be.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically explained based on embodiments shown in the drawings.

The knitting needle according to the present invention has a flexible wire 3 connected to the proximal end 2 of the knitting needle main body 1, and a stopper 4 for preventing stitch deviation from the wire 3, which is movable along the wire 3 and can be attached to the wire by friction. It is attached so that it can be locked at any position on 3. Furthermore, in order to prevent the stopper 4 from falling off, the free end portion 5 of the flexible wire 3 is provided with a stopper slip-off prevention means 6 whose terminal end is bulged into a spherical, flange-like or other appropriate shape. There is.

The stopper 4 has a desired length, and its outer shape may be determined as appropriate.

The stopper 4 is provided with a wire insertion hole 7 through which the flexible wire 3 is inserted. The wire insertion hole 7 may be formed to have a hole diameter approximately equal to the outer diameter of the flexible wire 3 so that the stopper 4 can be locked at a desired location along the flexible wire 3. .
In this way, the stopper 4 can be stopped at any position of the flexible wire 3 by the frictional force between the flexible wire 3 and the wire insertion hole 7.

Further, the stopper 4 is provided with a locking hole 8, which is separately drilled from the rear end surface 9 of the stopper 4, in the vicinity of the wire rod insertion hole 7, for locking and storing the free end portion 5 of the flexible wire 3 in a detachable manner. It has been set up. This locking hole 8 may be a through hole as shown in FIG. 2, or may be a blind hole as shown in FIG. The diameter of the locking hole 8 may be made slightly larger than the outer diameter of the stopper removal prevention means 6.

Note that a locking groove (not shown) that engages with the stopper removal prevention means 6 may be provided at a desired portion of the inner circumferential wall of the locking hole 8.

[Action/Effect]

In the present invention, the free end portion 5 of the wire inserted into the locking hole 8 is locked in the locking hole 8 by the elastic restoring force acting on the bent portion 14 of the flexible wire 3.

The knitting needle according to the present invention protrudes rearward from the stopper 4 when the stopper 4 is moved along the flexible wire 3 to approach the base end 2 of the knitting needle body in order to be used for a relatively short knitted product. The free end portion 5, which is the surplus portion of the flexible wire material 3, can be bent in an inverted manner and inserted and locked into the locking hole 8, so that the entire length of the knitting needle can be adjusted to the maximum length of the flexible wire material as desired. It can be shortened to about 1/2 of the length, and since the bent portion 14 of the wire has a smoothly curved shape, it does not get caught in the stitches of the knitted product and impede needle movement.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a knitting needle to which the present invention is applied;
The figure is a vertical sectional view of the stopper part of the first embodiment, and
The figure is a sectional view taken along the line of the stopper in FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the stopper portion of the second embodiment. 1...Knitting needle main body, 2...Knitting needle main body base end, 3...
... Flexible wire rod, 4 ... Stopper, 5 ... Wire free end, 6 ... Stopper removal prevention means, 7 ...
Wire rod insertion hole, 8...Locking hole.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A knitting needle comprising a flexible wire connected to the proximal end of a knitting needle main body, and a stopper for preventing stitch deviation being movably supported on the wire, the needle passing through a wire insertion hole formed in the stopper. A locking hole for locking the free end of the surplus portion of the flexible wire that protrudes from the rear end of the stopper that is not used for knitting work is bent in an inverted shape, and a locking hole is separately formed near the wire rod insertion hole. Knitting needles featuring: