US3656322A - Straight bar knitting machines - Google Patents

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US3656322A
US3656322A US52259A US3656322DA US3656322A US 3656322 A US3656322 A US 3656322A US 52259 A US52259 A US 52259A US 3656322D A US3656322D A US 3656322DA US 3656322 A US3656322 A US 3656322A
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Barry Frederick Swanwick
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  • ABSTRACT A method and means for loop doubling in straight bar rib to 21 Claims, 12 Drawing, Figures SHEET U105 12 ym w WWW
  • doubling means that two knitted loops are placed on one needle and thus the fabric knitting width may be reduced by the same number of needles as there are doublings introduced.
  • the doublings are usually equally spaced across the width of the fabric and are intended to achieve greater elasticity of a l X l rib fabric structure.
  • a rib toplain straight bar knitting machine having loop doubling means mounted on the fashioning mechanism thereof, whereinthe doubling means comprise a plurality of groups of loop transfer points, and means for moving the groups of points relative to one another the equivalent of at least two needle pitches.
  • All straight bar knitting machines are provided with a fashioning mechanism which is capable of being adapted to carry out the various loop transfer functions hereinbefore set out.
  • Thc'fashioning mechanism has a complex array of loop transfer points and obviously, at any one time, only one loop transfer point may co-operate with one needle for the loop transfer function. It is conventional practice, and essentially so, that those loop transfer points not in use are, by either longitudinal or radial displacement, located in an inoperative position whilst the operative points are positioned relative to the needles in order to efiect'their particular function.
  • the loop transfer elements associated with the doubling operation will be considered to be in the operative position on the fashioning mechanism whilst the main fashioning boxes associated with gannent shaping will be withdrawn longitudinally to stand inoperative outside of the fabric width.
  • the loop transfer elements for marking and lacing will be considered to be radially displaced to an inoperative position.
  • F IG. 1 is a section through part of a rib to plain straight bar knitting machine showing only the parts thereof essential for a clear understanding of the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a part plan 'view corresponding to FIG. 1 and showing the doubling boxes in one position
  • FIG. 4 is a section through part of a rib to plain knitting machine showing an alternative doubling means and showing only those parts of the machine essential for a clear understanding of the invention
  • FIG. 5 is afront elevation corresponding to FIG. 4 but on a reduced scale
  • FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of the right hand doubling box shown in FIG. 5,
  • FIGS. 7a and 7b are together a front elevation of the left hand end control bay showing the mechanism for controlling the longitudinal movement of the doubling boxes
  • FIG. 8 is a section on the line 8-8 of FIG. 7,
  • FIGS. 9a and 9b together are a front elevation of the centre control bay showing the mechanism for controlling the collapsing and spreading of the doubling blocks, and
  • FIG. 10 is a rear elevation of the left hand and right hand doubling boxes.
  • a conventional fashioning mechanism 4 having end frames 5 whichframes are supported on a shaft 6.
  • the shaft 6 is supported, via brackets 7, on a shaft 8 so that the mechanism can, in. known manner carry out its normal dipping functions to effect sideways transfer of knitted loops.
  • an actuating rod 12 which'is preferably of rectangular cross-section.
  • Slidably mounted on the actuating rod 12 is a series of doubling boxes 13 of equal width each having an equal number of loop transfer points 114.
  • the boxes 13 are frictionally mounted on the rod 12 and are initially positioned in spaced relationship with one another as shown in FIG. 2, the spaces each corresponding totwo needle pitches, i.e., one needle is left free between adjacent boxes.
  • the series of boxes 13 is such as to extend over the entire knitting width of the needle bar 1.
  • a stop bar 15 which is fixedly mounted, via fixing brackets 16, on the end frames of the fashioning mechanism 4.
  • the stop bar has mounted thereon spaced stop members 17 which are adapted to cooperate with lugs 18 formed on their co-acting boxes 13.
  • the stop members 17 are positioned to close the spaces between the boxes 13 as hereinafter described.
  • the fashioning mechanism, and thus also the doubling boxes 13, are then moved sideways a distance equivalent to one needle pitch and the loops are returned to the adjacent needles 2 of the needle bar 1.
  • a series of equally spaced holes are created in the fabric and a series of equally spaced doublings are achieved.
  • the fabric width remains unchanged.
  • the doubling boxes 13 are then closed together and, during the completion of the second cycle, the loops are transferred back to the needles 2 but, due to the closing up of the boxes 13, the fabric width will be reduced an amount corresponding to the number of doublings.
  • the main camshaft C now shogs back to its normal position associated with plain knitting and the machine operates to produce plain fabric in the conventional manner, the normal loop transfer functions for fashioning purposes being accomplished via the conventional motions of the fashioning mechanism which are controlled by the main camshaft C of the machine.
  • One simple arrangement for effecting the latter operation is to couple the actuating rod 12, via a bracket 19 and a guide sleeve 20 mounted on a shaft 21, to a pneumatic ram 22 as is shown in FIG. 3 of the drawings.
  • each box 13 is determined by its co-acting stop member 18 so that all of the boxes are spaced two needle pitches apart in preparation for the first cycle of the fashioning mechanism to provide the doublings in the rib fabric as hereinbefore described.
  • This positioning of the boxes 13 is effected by operating the ram 22 to move the rod 12 to the left to the position shown in FIG. 2.
  • the next cycle of the fashioning mechanism will reduce the coursewise width of the fabric.
  • the entire series of spaced doubling boxes 13 are closed together at the appropriate moment by causing operation of the pneumatic ram 22 to move the rod 12 in the opposite direction i.e., to the position shown in FIG. 3.
  • the doubling boxes 13 may be swung outwards about the pivot shaft 10 during the rib knitting period, at which time the loop transfer point 14 remain inoperative but poised above the needles in a normal standing position until the next fashioning cycle causes them to dip and perform the normal loop transfer function in a conventional manner.
  • the actuating rod 12, the doubling boxes 13 and the associated parts can be swung clear of the knitting head via a bellcrank lever 23.
  • a roller 24 freely mounted on the upper end of one arm of the lever 23 rests against the bar 12.
  • the lever 23 is pivoted about a shaft 25 and the other arm of said lever 23 has a roller 26 which rests against a cam 27 which is fixed to the main camshaft C of the machine.
  • the lever 23 and associated roller 26 rests, as shown on FIG. 1 on the lower circular periphery of the cam 27.
  • the lever 23 is in a raised position caused by the eccentric periphery of cam 27.
  • the upper arm of lever 23 is engaged by, and is held in this position by one end of a latch 28.
  • Latch 28 is pivoted at 29 and its other end is connected to the armature 30 of solenoid 31.
  • Armature 30 is normally held in an extended position by a spring 32 but, during the raising of the lever 23, the solenoid 31 is energised so that the lever 23 can pass freely in front of the latch 28, after which the latch is allowed to return to its holding position and the latch 28 again engages the lever 23 and holds it in a position where it maintains the doubling boxes 13 and the bar 12 in an inoperative position.
  • the bracket 19 is in the form of a lever which is movable into and out of engagement with a bifurcated projection 33 formed on the guide sleeve 20, thereby providing a releasable connection.
  • the doubling boxes 13 may be positioned in a variety of ways for example they may be mounted on a single rod 12 and be made to slide towards one selvedge only in which case the rib fabric must be asymmetrically knitted. The rib fabric after doubling will then be symmetrical. In this case it would not be essential to remove from the needles at the standing selvedge that width of fabric which corresponds to the pitch of the doublings.
  • the doubling boxes 13 may work in opposed groups about the centre line so that each group is move progressively inwards.
  • the initially symmetrically knitted rib fabric remains symmetrical for the continuation of plain knit fabric and it is necessary to remove all the loops from the needles and to transfer them inwards.
  • the pitch of the doublings will correspond to the physical width of the doubling boxes 13.
  • a 20 inch piece of 27 gauge rib fabric i.e., 18 needles per inch
  • nine doublings inserted to allow the fabric to be reduced in width coursewise by nine needles i.e., 9/ l 8 or /2 inch to 19% inches wide fabric.
  • nine doubling boxes each containing 35 needles would be required to insert doublings at approximately 2 inch pitch. This would be accomplished in two dips of the fashioning mechanism as hereinbefore described.
  • the pitch of the doublings were to be approximately I inch using the same mechanism, then this could be accomplished by completing the cycle as described above and then re-siting the doubling boxes to repeat the operation. In this case, the entire doubling operation would require four dips of the fashioning mechanism. If the pitch of the doublings were to be 1% inch and eight dips of the fashioning mechanism would be required and so on.
  • timing of the operation of the loop transfer points 14 is effected by virtue of the cams on the main camshaft C, selection for operation when the machine is changed to effect a fashioning motion being effected by the shogging of the camshaft mechanism in a conventional manner.
  • the command signals for operating the pneumatic ram 22 will of course be timed from the main camshaft C of the machine, but the signal may be initiated from a punched tape or other conventional control means generally used in straight bar knitting machines. 1
  • FIG. 4 Shown also in FIG. 4 in its inoperative position is the machine needle bar 34 whose needles 35 co-operate, prior to doubling, with the frame needles 2 to knit the rib welt.
  • Left hand doubling boxes are arranged in each knitting bay of the machine and are suspended from a bar 37 which is longitudinally slidable in brackets 38 situated in each knitting bay of the machine.
  • the bar passes continuously through all knitting bays and a centre control bay and extends into control bays arranged at each end of the machine.
  • right hand doubling boxes are suspended from a control bar 40.
  • Two further bars 41 and 42 are provided for effecting closing together and opening out of the doubling boxes 36, 39 in the manner described hereinafter. All four bars 37, 40, 41 and 42 are guided in the brackets 38 which are supported from a shaft 43 and move in an arcuate path guided by members 44 pivoted on a shaft 45.
  • the amount of movement of the shaft 43, and thus also of the doubling boxes 36, 39 and the loop transfer points 46 provided on the doubling boxes, is governed by a cam 47 on the main cam control shaft C of themachine.
  • a link 50 from the said one end of the lever 49 then transmits this movement to the shaft 43.
  • the left hand and right hand doubling boxes 36, 39 are essentially identical in construction and therefore only one right hand doubling box 39 will be described in detail with specific reference to FIGS. 4 and 6.
  • Each box consists of a main bracket 51 a top part of which has projections 52 attached to the bar 40 by bolts 53, and a bottom part of which is grooved at 54 and 55 to slidingly accomodate doubling blocks 56.
  • Each block 56 has fixed in it a number of the transfer points 46 held in position by clamp plate 57 and screws 58.
  • each block 56 Attached to each block 56 is a limiting bracket 59 which is tongued at 60 and 61 and grooved at 62 so that all the boxes can be collapsed together when required, or opened out so that adjacent points 46 on different blocks 56 can be spaced a distance of two needle pitches apart.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 there is one doubling block 56 of each box39 which is wider than all the others. Attached to the limiting bracket 59 of this block is a guard plate 64 which extends across the back of all the blocks 56, when in a closed position, to keep the unit dust free. It is necessary that this block be extra wide as when the doubling boxes are opened out, a normal width doubling block would come beyond the end of the main bracket 51 and have no means of support, and for space reasons, thebracket 51 is kept to a minimum width.
  • FIG. 7a In order to move the doubling boxes 36, 39 longitudinally, there is provided the usual fashioning screw 65 and associated mechanism as shown in FIG. 7a.
  • left hand and right hand racking mechanisms 66, 67 one of which is a mirror image of the other.
  • the fashioning screw shaft 68, and thus also the fashioning screw 65 is rotated clockwise which moves a nut housing 69 to the right in FIG. 7a which, via a projection 70, moves the bar 37 and all the left hand doubling boxes 36 to the right.
  • the fixed relative position of the bar 37 and the nut housing 69 is governed by adjusting screws 71.
  • the right hand racking mechanism 67 shown in FIG. 7a is of course for moving the nut housing 69, and thus all the left hand doubling boxes 36, to the left.
  • a bluff plate 83 Freely mounted at the side of the racking cam 72 is a bluff plate 83 which, in its position shown in FIG. 8, bears against a pin 84 attached to the pawl 74 to hold the pawl out of engagement with racking cam 72.
  • a link 86 attached to the bluff plate 72 is pulled downwards and causes the bluff plate 83 to rotate so that the cutout portion thereof comes into a position under the pin 84 allowing the racking pawl.74 to engage with the racking cam 72 and thereby turn the fashioning screw 65.
  • FIGS. 9a, 9b and 10 show the mechanism employed for closing and opening out the doubling boxes 36, 39.
  • the mechanism shown in FIGS. 9a and 9b is in the centre control bay of the machine and consists of two similar mechanisms 87 and 88, the left hand mechanism 87 controlling the left hand doubling boxes 36 through bars 37 and 41, and the right hand mechanism 88 controlling the right hand doubling boxes 39 through bars 40 and 42.
  • left hand and right hand doubling boxes 36 and 39 shown in FIG. 10, and their associated mechanism 87 and 88, are similarly operated and therefore only the operation with reference to the left hand doubling box 36 will be described in detail.
  • a template rail 89 Fixed to the framework of the machine is a template rail 89 to which is attached supports 90 and 91 in which a fixed shaft 92 is supported.
  • the bars 37, 40, 41 and 42 are supported as is hereinbefore described in brackets 38.
  • Slidably located on the shaft 92 is a main block 93 and an auxiliary block 94.
  • a projection 95 formed on the main block 93 is held between two adjusting screws 96 located in brackets 97 attached to the bar 37.
  • a projection 98 formed on the auxiliary block 94 is held between two adjusting screws 99 located in brackets 100 attached to the bar 41.
  • a link 101 Pivotally supported on the lower part of the main block 93 is a link 101 having, at its free end,.a freely rotatable roller 102 located in a cam track 103.
  • a further link 104 is pivotally supported between the lower part of the auxiliary block 94 and the link 101.
  • This operation is effected by means of a link 106 provided at either end of the bar 105, each link being connected to a rearwardly pivoted lever 107 having a roller 108 which follows the profile of a cam 109 on the main cam control shaft C of the machine.
  • the upper end of the links 106 are pivotally attached to the bar 105 by screws 110.
  • rotation of the cams 109 causes movements in a vertical direction, of the bar 105.
  • FIG. 10 there is shown, attached respectively to the bars 41 and 42, mechanisms 111 and 112 which control guard plates 64. Since these mechanisms are the same in each case, only mechanism 111 attached to bar 41 will be fully described.
  • the mechanism 111 comprises two brackets 113 attached to the bar 41 said brackets supporting a spindle 114. Freely mounted on the spindle 114, and between the brackets 113, are a pair of collars 115 which are urged into engagement with a projection 116 by means of springs 117 and 118.
  • the projection 116 is fixed to the guard plate 64 which, as previously mentioned, is attached to the limiting bracket 59 of the wide doubling block 56 at the end of each of the doubling boxes 36, 39.
  • the doubling boxes 36 and 39 are poised above the frames needles 2 in positions adjacent the outer quarters of the rib fabric.
  • the doubling blocks 56 are spaced apart and the loops of the previously knitted rib fabric are positioned on the frame needles 2.
  • the doubling boxes 36, 39 with their blocks 56 spaced apart are lowered to pick up the loops from the needles corresponding to the points 46.
  • the boxes are then raised slightly leaving the needles 2 corresponding to the spaces between the blocks 56 each with a loop.
  • the boxes 36, 39 are then, with the blocks 56 still spaced apart, moved one needle pitch inwards and the boxes 36, 39 are lowered to position the loops on their new needles. This results in spaced needles having two loops and the needles immediately adjacent thereto on one side having no loops. In this position, the needles having no loops correspond to the spaces between adjacent blocks 56.
  • Second dip or cycle The boxes, still in their last vertically aligned position, are lowered to pick up the loops (spaced ones of which are doubled). The boxes are then raised and their blocks 56 are closed together, after which the boxes are lowered to transfer the loops to the needles and then raised again. In this position, the outer quarters of the fabric are on a fewer number of needles with double loops at positions corresponding to the pitch of the blocks 56.
  • the blocks 56 are then spaced apart and the boxes 36 and 39 are moved outwards to positions where the spaces between the blocks 56 align with the needles without loops.
  • the boxes are then lowered to pick up their corresponding loops, raised slightly, closed together and then lowered and subsequently raised to leave the loops on consecutive needles.
  • the fabric is thus narrowed a further number of needles corresponding to the number of dips or cycles between the second and the last.
  • the number of dips or cycles is also dependent upon the width of each block 56, and thus also on the number of narrowing points 46. In this respect, it has been found convenient to use blocks of one-half inch width. However, the number of doublings or dips can be reduced by increasing the width of each block but this decreases the amount of narrowing. Similarly, the amount of narrowing can be increased but this increases the number of dips or cycles necessary. The use of one-half inch blocks has been found to strike a balance between the maximum amount of narrowing required with the minimum number of dips or cycles.
  • a method of loop doubling on a plain straight bar knitting machine which comprises transferring spaced groups of loops from the frame needles to at least one series of spaced blocks of loop transfer points, moving all of the blocks of transfer points of said series sideways in one direction the equivalent of at least one needle pitch, returning the groups of loops to the knitting needles, again transferring the loops from the knitting needles to the spaced series of transfer points, closing the blocks of transfer points of said series together and again returning the loops to the knitting needles for closing together the previously spaced groups of loops on the knitting needles with spaced doublings and on fewer needles than at the commencement of the operation.
  • a plain straight bar knitting machine having loop doubling means mounted on fashioning mechanism thereof, and wherein the doubling means comprise at least one cooperating plurality of spaced groups of loop transfer points, and control means for selectively moving the groups of points in unison at least one needle pitch while maintaining the spaced relation and in unison while moving individual ones of said groups relative to one another the equivalent of at least two needle pitches.
  • control means include an actuating rod; said doubling means include a plurality of doubling boxes extending over the length of the needle bed of the machine and being slidably mounted on the actuating rod, each of said boxes supporting a group of said loop transfer points; and said control means further including means for moving the actuating rod lengthwise of the needle bed, and stop means for controlling the extent of relative movement between the actuating rod and the doubling boxes.
  • stop means comprise a series of projections arranged on a fixed stop bar, and an upstanding lug formed on each doubling box for coacting with the projections formed on the stop bar.
  • said doubling means include left hand and right hand doubling boxes each supporting a plurality of doubling blocks each having secured thereto a group of said loop transfer points; and said control means include means for moving said doubling boxes relative to one another.
  • a knitting machine as in claim 8 including a series of limiting brackets secured to the doubling blocks to limit the extent of movement of the said blocks in an outward direction.
  • limiting brackets each comprise a flat plate element having along one edge a tongued head and along its opposite edge a grooved recess of greater depth than that of the head, the tongued head of one element being fitted into the grooved recess of the adjacent element.
  • a knitting machine as in claim 11, in which the means for effecting relative movement between the doubling blocks comprise, in respect of each doubling box, a main actuating block coupled to the operating bar of the doubling box, an auxiliary actuating block coupled to an actuating bar fixed to one of the doubling blocks, and means for moving said actuating blocks towards and away from one another.
  • a knitting machine as in claim 12, in which the means for effecting relative movement between the actuating blocks comprise a pair of interconnected links attached respectively to the actuating blocks, said links having a common roller operable in a cam track which is movable in a vertical direction.
  • control means include an actuating bar for each set of doubling boxes, and further including means for operating said guard plate which means comprise a spring loaded centering device mounted on the corresponding actuating bar and coupled to the guard plate.
  • a method of loop doubling on a straight bar knitting machine of the type havinga needle bed supporting knitting needles, a fashioning mechanism arranged above said needle bed to carry out dipping operations towards and away from said knitting needles, a plurality, in excess of two, of doubling blocks supported by said fashioning mechanism, each of said doubling blocks having a series of loop transfer points which coact with said knitting needles, and means for moving said doubling blocks relative to one another in a direction lengthwise of said knitting needles, said method comprising transferring spaced groups of loops from said knitting needles to said loop transfer points while said doubling blocks are spaced apart, moving said doubling blocks sideways the equivalent of at least one needle pitch, returning said groups of loops to said knitting needles, again transferring said loops from said knitting needles to said loop transfer points of said spaced doubling blocks, closing said blocks together, and again returning said loops to said knitting needles, whereby the previously spaced groups of loops are closed together on said knitting needles with spaced doublings and on fewer needles than at the commence
  • a straight bar knitting machine comprising a needle bed supporting knitting needles, a fashioning mechanism arranged above said needle bed to carry out dipping operations towards and away from said knitting needles, an actuating rod extending lengthwise over the length of said needle bed, a plurality, in excess of two, of doubling blocks slidably mounted on said actuating rod, each of said doubling blocks having a series of loop transfer points which co-act with said knitting needles, fluid actuated piston means operative to move said actuating rod relative to said doubling blocks and to move said doubling blocks relative to one another, said fluid actuated piston means being releasably coupled to said actuating rod, and stop means for controlling the extent of relative movement between said actuating rod and said doubling blocks, said stop means comprising a fixed stop bar having spaced projections, and upstanding lugs formed on said doubling blocks to co-act with said spaced projections.
  • a straight bar knitting machine comprising a needle bed supporting knitting needles, a fashioning mechanism arranged above said needle bed to carry out dipping operations towards and away from said knitting needles, left hand and right hand doubling boxes supported on said fashioning boxes, each of said doubling boxes supporting a plurality, in excess of two, of doubling blocks, said doubling blocks each having a series of loop transfer points which co-act with said knitting needles, means for moving said doubling boxes relative to each other lengthwise of said needle bed, and other means for moving said doubling blocks relative to one another a distance equivalent to at least two knitting needle pitches.

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