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US3613400A
US3613400A US856303A US3613400DA US3613400A US 3613400 A US3613400 A US 3613400A US 856303 A US856303 A US 856303A US 3613400D A US3613400D A US 3613400DA US 3613400 A US3613400 A US 3613400A
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Milan Havranek
Drahomir Zouhar
Jaroslav Javorek
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04B—KNITTING
    • D04B15/00—Details of, or auxiliary devices incorporated in, weft knitting machines, restricted to machines of this kind
    • D04B15/32—Cam systems or assemblies for operating knitting instruments

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  • the present invention relates to knitting machines and 1n particular to a novel cam therefore by which the force of impact of the needle or sinker butts is reduced.
  • knitting machine cams are constructed so that at their point of contact with the butt of the needles or sinkers etc., they are provided with an operatively resilient member which, may if desired be provided with a fixed buffer whereby the force of the resultant impact is completely absorbed.
  • the present invention results in the virtual elimination of unwanted impact, vibration and reverse acceleration of the needles etc.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic view of a needle sinker and countercam in front elevation
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view of the needle sinker of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a front elevation of a modified form of countercam
  • FIG. 4 is a section of the countercam taken along line AA of FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 5 is a view of a modified cam with a resilient mounting of the buffer element in front elevation
  • FIG. 6 is a side elevation section of the cam of FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 7 is another modification of the cam
  • FIG. 8 is a side elevation section of the cam of FIG. 7;
  • FIG. 9 is a front elevation of still another modification in the countercam.
  • FIG. 10 is a side elevation of the countercam of FIG. 9;
  • FIG. 11 is a front elevation of yet another countercam.
  • FIG. 12 is a plan view of the countercam of FIG. 11.
  • FIG. 1 there will be seen a needle/sinker cam arrangement comprising a butt 1 or needle 2 which is both operated by and impacts against a cam system comprising a stitch cam 4 and countercam 5 which are adapted to oscillate in a known manner.
  • a coil spring 7 mounted within the countercam 5 is a coil spring 7, which abuts against a fixed buffer member 10 of lightweight material, formed at the end of the butt 1.
  • the stitch cam 4 is provided with a resilient finger 8 formed by cutting the body of the stich cam 4 with an angularly directed slot 9 which has a circularly cut bottom 12.
  • the outer surface of the finger 8 comprises the operative cam surface of the stitch cam 4 and rides upon the shoulder of the butt 1 to move the needle/ sinker.
  • the inner surface 14 of the slot 9 forms the inner surface thereof.
  • the cam arrangement shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 provide two resilient points at each of the two points of contact between needle/ sinker and cam.
  • the first resilient member comprises finger 8 formed on the stitch cam 4 and overcomes any impact force or concussion between the cam 4 and the butt 1 as the two move relative to each other.
  • the second resilient point is at the countercam 5 itself and comprises the combination of coil spring 7 and the fixed buffer member 10.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 there is shown a countercam 5 one portion of which forms, by means of a recess 9a, a finger 8a which extends substantially perpendicularly to the direction of movement of needles 2 or jacks 3.
  • the recess 9a is shallow and is provided with only one wall 14a of any length, its opposite well being of minor extent relative thereto.
  • the exterior wall 13a of the finger 8a provides the operative cam surface of the arrangement.
  • the type of countercam structure shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 may be preferably used with a stitch cam 4 which does not have the resilient finger 8 since the finger 8a serves the purpose of resiliently absorbing energy as the finger 8.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 still another modification is shown in which the countercam 5, which is otherwise similar to that shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, is provided with a flat spring member 6 fixed at one end to the under surface of countercam 5 by a suitable rivet or other fastener.
  • the spring 6 extends crosswise of the cam 5 to a point wherein its free end is located below a vertical bore in which a buffer member 10a is secured.
  • the buffer member 10a preferably is in the form of a headed pin and is located in the bore with its head in contact with the spring member 6 whereby it may be forced downward against the spring by the needle 2 while maintaining contact with the butt 1. During such movement the buffer member 10a is prevented from falling by its contact with the spring.
  • the buffer member 10a may on the other hand comprise a ball member or any other suitable form desired.
  • the embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 is of course similar in operation to that shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and preferably. is used together with the stripper 4 shown therein.
  • FIGS. 7 and 8 Still another embodiment is shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 wherein the countercam 5 is provided with a bore having a narrow circular opening situated beneath the butt 1. Within the bore there is located a special shaped metallic buffer member 11 such as a ball bearing beneath which is provided a resilient plug 15 made of solid rubber or other plastic resilient material. The plug 15 is held within the bore against the spherical buffer 11 by an adjustable screw 16 threaded into the bore. By adjusting the screw 16 the spring characteristic of the plug 15 may be changed as desired, forcing the ball 11 against the narrow bore opening.
  • FIGS. 9 and 10 there is shown a modified countercam similar to that shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 except that there is provided a pair of parallel extending fingers 8/; separated in fork-like fashion by an angular slot 18.
  • the exterior surfaces 131; of course are again the operative cam surfaces.
  • FIGS. 11 and 12 there is shown another embodiment in which a buffer 17 forms an integral part of the resilient spring like member 19 similarly secured to the under surface of the countercam 5 by suitable rivets in the manner shown, for example in FIGS. 5 and 6.
  • the buffer 17 angularly overlap the fixed cam surface portion 20 of the countercam (or of the stitch cam 4 if used in connection therewith) so that the stroke of the buffer 17 and spring 19 is limited, thus preventing these elements from overriding the operative surfaces.
  • the spring ratio or rate of the various resilient elements must be chosen to overcome the force of the impact of needle/ sinker against the cam but not to interfere with the operation of the knitting machine as a whole. It is however, preferable and it has been found highly advantageous in eliminating the maximum impact and resultant vibration that the various spring elements and fixed buffers be formed and calibrated to obtain a frequency between 1 and 5 times greater than the frequency of the first harmonic which would occur on the impact of the butt against the cam arrangement.
  • the present cam device may be employed on either flat or circular knitting machines in place of the present cam arrangements. No special tools or installation is required and its installation will be obvious to those skilled in the art.
  • the spring 6 or 7, or the rubber plug is pressed downwardly, whereby kinetic energy is accumulated in the resilient elements 6-, 7 or 15 resulting in substantially dampening the impact of the knitting element 2.
  • This damping takes place along a path substantially longer then in the cams known hitherto since such cams were not resilient and did not act in a substantial linear direction to the impact force.
  • the energy is again released after the butt 1 has been advanced to a further part of the cam 4 or 5 by normal operation of knitting machine thus having no kickback effect.
  • the energy is accumulated by the resilient bending of finger 8 or 8a.
  • the energy is accumulated in the resilient spring 19.
  • a knitting machine cam arrangement for operating slidable knitting elements comprising a countercam body, having a surface adapted to engage with a butt of each knitting element to provide movement thereto, said surface being provided with a resilient element at the point of contact with each said butt and movable axially with respect to said countercam for a fixed distance to absorb the impact of said knitting element and define the extent of its movement, a stitch cam body adapted to move relative to the butt in a substantially transversely directed movement, said stitch cam body having an integrally extending resilient finger, said finger being integral at one end with said stitch cam body and adapted to provide a second impact absorbing cam surface for said butt.
  • a knitting machine cam arrangement for operating slidable knitting elements comprising, in combination a stitch cam and a counter cam, each having a surface adapted to engage a butt of each said knitting element, said cams being respectively provided with first resilient means and second resilient means acting on each said butt whereby the impact of the movement of each said knitting element during operation is successively absorbed by said resilient means.
  • said first resilient means comprises a finger integrally extending from said stitch cam and having a cam surface engaging with each said butt
  • said second resilient means comprises a resilient element mounted on said counter cam at the point of contact with each said butt
  • said second resilient means comprises a buffer and a spring element mounted on said counter cam in axial alignment with said butt.
  • a knitting machine cam arrangement for operating slidable knitting elements comprising, in combination a stitch cam and a counter cam, each having a surface adapted to engage a butt of each said knitting element, said cams being provided with first resilient means and second resilient means acting on each said butt whereby the impact of the movement of each said knitting element during operation is successively absorbed by said resilient means, wherein said first resilient means comprises a finger integrally extending from said counter cam and cantilevered below said knitting elements, and said second resilient means comprises a resilient element mounted on said counter cam at the point of contact with each said butt.

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US4048817A (en) * 1975-10-06 1977-09-20 Macchine Tessili Circolari Matec S.P.A. Knitting machine cam
CN110453346A (zh) * 2019-07-31 2019-11-15 苏州市天翱特种织绣有限公司 一种十六色选纬装置

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US4048817A (en) * 1975-10-06 1977-09-20 Macchine Tessili Circolari Matec S.P.A. Knitting machine cam
CN110453346A (zh) * 2019-07-31 2019-11-15 苏州市天翱特种织绣有限公司 一种十六色选纬装置

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