Knitting machine and knitting method

Abstract

The invention discloses a knitting machine and a knitting method, the knitting machine comprises a core wire supply assembly, a plurality of galloping spindles, a driving assembly and a round rope adjusting assembly, the core wire supply assembly is used for supplying core wires; the multiple galloping spindles are circumferentially distributed around a preset axis, and the galloping spindles are used for conveying coating wires to the surface of the core wire; the driving assembly is in driving connection with the galloping spindles and can drive the galloping spindles to move along a preset path, so that the covering threads output by the galloping spindles are interwoven on the surface of the core thread to form a covering layer, and the covering layer and the core thread jointly form a round rope; the round rope adjusting assembly and the core wire supply assembly are distributed along a preset axis, the round rope adjusting assembly comprises a driving structure and a guide wheel, a containing groove is formed in the wheel face of the guide wheel, the round rope can penetrate through the containing groove, and the driving structure is in driving connection with the guide wheel and used for driving the guide wheel to rotate around the preset axis. Round ropes with different lines are woven.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of knitting, and particularly relates to a knitting machine and a knitting method. Background Art

[0002] Due to the shaping sense and stiffness effect of the core-spun round rope itself, its texture is clear and neat, and it is often used in various fields such as bags, table runners, table mats, belts, etc. However, the existing draw knitting machines on the market can only knit round ropes with one kind of texture. Summary of the Invention

[0003] The present invention aims to solve at least one of the technical problems existing in the prior art. For this purpose, a first aspect of the present invention provides a knitting machine capable of knitting round ropes with different textures.

[0004] A second aspect of the present invention also provides a knitting method.

[0005] A knitting machine according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention includes a core wire supply component, a plurality of draw spindles, a drive component, and a round rope adjustment component. The core wire supply component is used to supply the core wire; the plurality of draw spindles are circumferentially distributed around a preset axis, and the draw spindles are used to convey the covering wire to the surface of the core wire; the drive component is respectively drivingly connected to each draw spindle and can drive each draw spindle to move along a preset path so that the covering wires output by each draw spindle are intertwined on the surface of the core wire to form a covering layer, and the covering layer and the core wire together form a round rope; the round rope adjustment component and the core wire supply component are distributed along the preset axis. The round rope adjustment component includes a drive structure and a guide wheel. The wheel surface of the guide wheel is provided with a receiving groove, and the receiving groove allows the round rope to pass through. The drive structure is drivingly connected to the guide wheel and is used to drive the guide wheel to rotate around the preset axis.

[0006] A knitting machine according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention has at least the following technical effects:

[0007] During the working process of the braiding machine of the present application, a core wire is provided by a core wire supply assembly, multiple covering wires are provided by multiple flyer spindles, and then each flyer spindle is driven by a driving assembly to move along a preset path, so that the covering wires provided by each flyer spindle are intertwined with each other to form a covering layer on the surface of the core wire. The covering layer and the core wire together form a round rope. A part of the round rope is inserted into the receiving groove of the guiding wheel, and then the driving structure in the round rope adjusting assembly drives the guiding wheel to rotate around a preset axis to adjust the angle of the round rope, thereby forming covering layers with different patterns. It can be known from the above working process that the present application drives the guiding wheel to rotate around a preset axis to drive the round rope to rotate around the preset axis, thereby forming round ropes with different patterns. By inserting the round rope into the receiving groove of the guiding wheel, the present application can reduce the possibility that the round rope deviates from the preset axis when rotating around the preset axis, so that the guiding wheel can smoothly drive the round rope to rotate around the preset axis synchronously, thereby improving the accuracy in the process of the guiding wheel driving the round rope to rotate around the preset axis, and further improving the braiding effect of the patterns on the covering layer. The driving structure drives the guiding wheel to rotate to accurately realize the switching of braiding different pattern covering layers on the surface of the core wire.

[0008] A braiding machine according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, the round rope adjusting assembly further includes a mounting frame, the guiding wheel is arranged on the mounting frame, the driving structure is connected to the mounting frame, and a first insertion hole is provided on the mounting frame. The first insertion hole is arranged on the preset axis and extends along the preset axis. The first insertion hole is used to guide the round rope to the guiding wheel.

[0009] A braiding machine according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, the mounting frame includes a guiding pipe and a mounting seat. A second insertion hole is provided on the mounting seat. The second insertion hole is used to receive the round rope output by the guiding wheel. The guiding pipe is arranged on the preset axis and extends along the preset axis. The guiding pipe is communicated with the second insertion hole.

[0010] A braiding machine according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, the driving structure includes a motor, a transmission belt and a transmission wheel. The transmission wheel is rotatably arranged around the preset axis and is connected to the mounting frame. The motor is drivingly connected to the transmission wheel through the transmission belt. The motor can drive the transmission wheel to rotate around the preset axis through the transmission belt.

[0011] A braiding machine according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, the guiding wheel is rotatably arranged on the mounting frame around its own axis, and the receiving groove is annular.

[0012] A braiding machine according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, further includes a bunching member. The bunching member is arranged between the core wire supply assembly and the round rope adjusting assembly. A bunching hole located on the preset axis is provided on the bunching member. The bunching hole is used to receive the core wire and the covering wire.

[0013] A knitting machine according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention further includes a sensor for detecting the knitting length of the round rope, and the sensor is electrically connected to the driving structure.

[0014] A knitting machine according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, the core wire supply assembly includes a core wire tube extending along a preset axis for conveying the core wire.

[0015] A knitting machine according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention further includes a temporary storage assembly for receiving the round rope output by the round rope adjusting assembly. The temporary storage assembly includes two storage rollers with adjustable relative distance for winding the round rope.

[0016] A knitting method according to an embodiment of the second aspect of the present invention is applied to the knitting machine as described in the above embodiment. The knitting method includes the following steps:

[0017] The covering wire covers the core wire to form a covering layer with a first texture on the outer side of the core wire.

[0018] Detect the actual length of the covering layer with the first texture knitted.

[0019] If the actual length reaches the preset length, the driving guide wheel is rotated by a preset angle to drive the covering wire to rotate, and the covering wire forms a covering layer with a second texture on the outer side of the core wire.

[0020] The additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will be partially given in the following description, partially become obvious from the following description, or be understood through the practice of the present invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] The above and / or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become obvious and easy to understand from the description of the embodiments in conjunction with the following drawings, in which:

[0022] Figure 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a knitting machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0023] Figure 2 is Figure 1 a schematic connection structure diagram of the mounting frame and the guide wheel in

[0024] Figure 3 is a flowchart of a knitting method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0025] Reference numerals:

[0026] Core wire supply assembly 100;

[0027] Traveling spindle 200;

[0028] Round rope adjusting assembly 300, drive structure 310, motor 311, transmission belt 312, transmission wheel 313, guide wheel 320, accommodation groove 320a, mounting bracket 330, first insertion hole 330a, guide tube 331, mounting seat 332, first plate member 332a, second plate member 332b, third plate member 332c;

[0029] Bunching member 400, bunching hole 410;

[0030] Temporary storage assembly 500, storage roller 510;

[0031] Preset axis 600. Detailed implementation manners

[0032] The embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below. The examples of the embodiments are shown in the drawings, where the same or similar reference numerals denote the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary and are only used to explain the present invention and should not be construed as a limitation to the present invention.

[0033] In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship indicated by terms such as up, down, left, right, front, back, etc. is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as a limitation to the present invention.

[0034] In the description of the present invention, if the first and second are described only for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, they should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the quantity of the indicated technical features or implicitly indicating the sequence of the indicated technical features.

[0035] In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise clearly defined, terms such as setting, installation, connection, etc. should be understood in a broad sense, and those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention in combination with the specific content of the technical solution.

[0036] The following refers to Figure 1 and Figure 2 to describe in detail a knitting machine according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention.

[0037] Refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2, A braiding machine according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention includes a core wire supply component 100, a plurality of flyer spindles 200, a driving component, and a round rope adjusting component 300. The core wire supply component 100 is used to supply core wires; the plurality of flyer spindles 200 are circumferentially distributed around a preset axis 600, and the flyer spindles 200 are used to convey covering wires to the surface of the core wire; the driving component is respectively drivingly connected to each flyer spindle 200 and can drive each flyer spindle 200 to move along a preset path so that the covering wires output by each flyer spindle 200 are intertwined on the surface of the core wire to form a covering layer, and the covering layer and the core wire together form a round rope; the round rope adjusting component 300, the round rope adjusting component 300 and the core wire supply component 100 are distributed along the preset axis 600. The round rope adjusting component 300 includes a driving structure 310 and a guide wheel 320. The wheel surface of the guide wheel 320 is provided with a receiving groove 320a, and the receiving groove 320a allows the round rope to pass through. The driving structure 310 is drivingly connected to the guide wheel 320 and is used to drive the guide wheel 320 to rotate around the preset axis 600.

[0038] During the working process of the braiding machine of the present application, the core wire is provided by the core wire supply component 100, and a plurality of covering wires are provided by the plurality of flyer spindles 200. Then, the driving component drives each flyer spindle 200 to move along a preset path so that the covering wires provided by each flyer spindle 200 are intertwined with each other to form a covering layer on the surface of the core wire. The covering layer and the core wire together form a round rope. A part of the round rope passes through the receiving groove 320a of the guide wheel 320, and then the driving structure 310 in the round rope adjusting component 300 drives the guide wheel 320 to rotate around the preset axis 600 to adjust the angle of the round rope, thereby forming covering layers with different patterns. It can be seen from the above working process that in the present application, the guide wheel 320 is driven to rotate around the preset axis 600 to drive the round rope to rotate around the preset axis 600, thereby forming round ropes with different patterns.

[0039] It can be understood that by passing the round rope through the receiving groove 320a of the guide wheel 320, the possibility that the round rope deviates from the preset axis 600 when rotating around the preset axis 600 can be reduced, so that the guide wheel 320 can smoothly drive the round rope to rotate synchronously around the preset axis 600, thereby improving the accuracy of the guide wheel 320 driving the round rope to rotate around the preset axis 600, and further improving the braiding effect of the patterns on the covering layer. The driving structure 310 drives the guide wheel 320 to rotate to accurately realize the switching of the covering layers with different patterns woven on the surface of the core wire.

[0040] Reference Figure 1 and Figure 2In some embodiments of the present invention, the round rope adjustment assembly 300 further includes a mounting frame 330, the guide wheel 320 is disposed on the mounting frame 330, the driving structure 310 is connected to the mounting frame 330, and a first insertion hole 330a is disposed on the mounting frame 330, the first insertion hole 330a is disposed on the preset axis 600, and is extended along the preset axis 600, and the first insertion hole 330a is used to guide the round rope to the guide wheel 320. It can be understood that by inserting the round rope formed by braiding the core wire and the covering wire into the first insertion hole 330a of the preset axis 600, and inserting the round rope passing through the first insertion hole 330a into the receiving groove 320a of the guide wheel 320, the round rope can be located on the preset axis 600, and when the driving structure 310 drives the guide wheel 320 to rotate around the preset axis 600, the round rope can rotate around the preset axis 600 more stably, so that the weaving effect of the pattern on the round rope is better.

[0041] like Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, in some embodiments, the mounting frame 330 includes a guide tube 331 and a mounting seat 332, and the mounting seat 332 is provided with a second insertion hole, and the second insertion hole is used to receive the round rope output by the guide wheel 320, and the guide tube 331 is arranged on the preset axis 600 and extends along the preset axis 600, and the guide tube 331 is connected to the second insertion hole. It can be understood that since the first through hole 330a and the second through hole are both arranged on the preset axis 600, and the guide tube 331 extends along the preset axis 600, the woven round rope is passed through the first through hole 330a on the mounting seat 332, the accommodating groove 320a of the guide wheel 320, the second through hole on the mounting seat 332 and the guide tube 331 in sequence. Under the limiting action of the first through hole 330a, the second through hole and the guide tube 331, the round rope can be accurately located on the preset axis 600 and at least partially extend along the preset axis 600. When the driving structure 310 drives the mounting frame 330 to rotate, the round rope can stably rotate on the preset axis 600 to improve the accuracy of adjusting the rotation angle of the round rope during the rotation of the round rope driven by the guide wheel 320, so that the pattern woven on the round rope has a better effect.

[0042] In a specific embodiment of the present invention, the mounting seat 332 includes a first plate member 332a, a second plate member 332b, and a third plate member 332c that are connected in sequence. Both the first plate member 332a and the third plate member 332c are disposed on a preset axis 600. The guide wheel 320 is disposed on the second plate member 332b and is located between the first plate member 332a and the third plate member 332c. The first insertion hole 330a is disposed on the first plate member 332a, and a second insertion hole is provided on the first plate member 332a. It can be understood that by mounting the guide wheel 320 on the second plate member 332b, when the driving structure 310 drives the mounting frame 330 to rotate around the preset axis 600, the second plate member 332b can more stably drive the guide wheel 320 to rotate around the preset axis 600.

[0043] As Figure 1 and Figure 2 shown, in some embodiments, the driving structure 310 includes a motor 311, a transmission belt 312, and a transmission wheel 313. The transmission wheel 313 is rotatably disposed around the preset axis 600 and is connected to the mounting frame 330. The motor 311 is drivingly connected to the transmission wheel 313 through the transmission belt 312, and the motor 311 can drive the transmission wheel 313 to rotate around the preset axis 600 through the transmission belt 312. It can be understood that by driving the transmission belt 312 to rotate by the motor 311, the transmission wheel 313 can be driven to rotate around the preset axis 600 through the transmission belt 312, so that the transmission wheel 313 can drive the mounting frame 330 to rotate around the preset axis 600, so that the transmission wheel 313 on the mounting frame 330 can be driven to rotate around the preset axis 600, so that the transmission wheel 313 can drive the round rope to rotate around the preset axis 600, and further, the covering wire can braid a covering layer with various patterns on the surface of the core wire.

[0044] In a further embodiment of the present invention, there are two sets of corresponding core wire supply assemblies 100, multiple flyer frames 200, driving assemblies, mounting frames 330, guide wheels 320, and transmission wheels 313. In this case, the transmission belt 312 is respectively drivingly connected to the two transmission wheels 313, so that a single motor 311 can drive the two transmission wheels 313 to rotate synchronously through the transmission belt 312, reducing the number of motors 311 installed and improving the production efficiency of the knitting machine of the present application.

[0045] As Figure 2 shown, in some embodiments, the guide wheel 320 is rotatably disposed on the mounting frame 330 around its own axis, and the receiving groove 320a is an annular shape extending along the wheel surface of the guide wheel 320. It can be understood that by rotatably disposing the guide wheel 320 on the mounting frame 330 around its own axis, when the round rope is being conveyed, the guide wheel 320 can be rotated by the round rope to reduce the friction between the round rope and the guide wheel 320, reducing the wear of the guide wheel 320 on the round rope, so that the knitting effect of the round rope is better.

[0046] Specifically, the preset axis 600 is perpendicular to the axis of the guide wheel 320, and the preset axis 600 passes through the center of the guide wheel 320.

[0047] Reference Figure 1 and Figure 2 In some embodiments of the present invention, the braiding machine further includes a bundling member 400. The bundling member 400 is disposed between the core wire supply assembly 100 and the round rope adjusting assembly 300. A bundling hole 410 located on the preset axis 600 is formed in the bundling member 400. The bundling hole 410 is used to receive the core wire and the covering wire. It can be understood that by receiving the core wire and the covering wire through the bundling hole 410 in the bundling member 400, the covering wires provided by each flyer 200 can be concentrated, so that the covering layer formed by braiding each covering wire can fit the core wire more closely, thereby making the structure of the round rope braided by the braiding machine of the present application more compact and making the round rope braided by the braiding machine of the present application have higher strength.

[0048] Reference Figure 1 and Figure 2 In some embodiments of the present invention, the braiding machine further includes a sensor. The sensor is used to detect the braiding length of the round rope, and the sensor is electrically connected to the driving structure 310. It can be understood that when the sensor detects that the round rope is braided to the preset length, the sensor can transmit the detected information to the driving structure 310, and the driving structure 310 can correspondingly drive the guide wheel 320 to rotate a certain angle according to the detection information of the sensor, so that the braiding machine of the present application can braid round ropes with various patterns.

[0049] Specifically, the sensor is an encoder. The braiding machine further includes a driving roller and a driving motor. The driving motor is connected to the driving roller, and drives the round rope to move through the driving roller. The encoder is used to detect the rotation speed of the driving motor to indirectly detect the moving distance of the round rope.

[0050] Reference Figure 1 In some embodiments of the present invention, the core wire supply assembly 100 includes a core tube extending along the preset axis 600. The core tube is used to convey the core wire. It can be understood that by conveying the core wire through the core tube extending along the preset axis 600, the core wire can be stably conveyed along the preset axis 600.

[0051] Reference Figure 1, in some embodiments of the present invention, the knitting machine further includes a temporary storage assembly 500. The temporary storage assembly 500 is used to receive the round ropes output by the round rope adjusting assembly 300. The temporary storage assembly 500 includes two storage rollers 510 with adjustable relative distance. The storage rollers 510 are used to wind the round ropes. It can be understood that by increasing the distance between the two storage rollers 510, the length of the round ropes jointly stored by the two storage rollers 510 can be increased. By reducing the distance between the two storage rollers 510, the length of the round ropes jointly stored by the two storage rollers 510 can be reduced, thereby increasing the winding speed.

[0052] Next, refer to Figure 3 to describe in detail a knitting method according to the second aspect embodiments of the present invention.

[0053] Refer to Figure 3 , a knitting method according to the second aspect embodiments of the present invention is applied to the knitting machine as described in the above embodiments. The knitting method specifically includes the following steps:

[0054] S100. The covering wire covers the core wire to form a covering layer with a first texture on the outer side of the core wire;

[0055] S200. Detect the actual length of the covering layer with the first texture knitted;

[0056] S300. If the actual length reaches the preset length, drive the guiding wheel 320 to rotate a preset angle, so that the guiding wheel 320 drives the covering wire to rotate, and the covering wire forms a covering layer with a second texture on the outer side of the core wire.

[0057] It can be understood that first, the covering wires conveyed by each flyer 200 cover the core wire and form a covering layer with a first texture on the surface of the core wire. Then, the actual length of the covering layer with the first texture knitted is detected by a sensor. When the actual length reaches the preset length, the driving structure 310 drives the guiding wheel 320 to rotate a preset angle around the preset axis 600, so that the guiding wheel 320 drives the covering wire to rotate, so that each covering wire forms a covering layer with a second texture on the outer side of the core wire.

[0058] It should be noted that in some other embodiments of the present invention, when it is necessary to knit a covering layer with twill, the driving structure 310 can drive the guiding wheel 320 to rotate around the preset axis 600 at a certain angular velocity.

[0059] Although the embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, those of ordinary skill in the art can understand that various changes, modifications, substitutions, and variations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and purposes of the present invention. The scope of the present invention is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A knitting machine, characterized in that, Comprising: A core wire supply component for supplying core wires; A plurality of flyer spindles circumferentially distributed around a preset axis, the flyer spindles being used to convey covering wires to the surface of the core wire; A driving component respectively drivingly connected to each of the flyer spindles and capable of driving each of the flyer spindles to move along a preset path, so that the covering wires output by each of the flyer spindles are intertwined on the surface of the core wire to form a covering layer, and the covering layer and the core wire together form a round rope; A round rope adjusting component distributed along the preset axis with the core wire supply component, the round rope adjusting component including a driving structure and a guiding wheel, a receiving groove being provided on the wheel surface of the guiding wheel, the receiving groove allowing the round rope to pass through, the driving structure being drivingly connected to the guiding wheel and being used to drive the guiding wheel to rotate around the preset axis.

2. The knitting machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, The round rope adjusting component further includes a mounting frame, the guiding wheel being arranged on the mounting frame, the driving structure being connected to the mounting frame, a first insertion hole being provided on the mounting frame, the first insertion hole being arranged on the preset axis and extending along the preset axis, the first insertion hole being used to guide the round rope to the guiding wheel.

3. The knitting machine according to claim 2, wherein The mounting frame includes a guiding tube and a mounting seat, a second insertion hole being provided on the mounting seat, the second insertion hole being used to receive the round rope output by the guiding wheel, the guiding tube being arranged on the preset axis and extending along the preset axis, the guiding tube being communicated with the second insertion hole.

4. The knitting machine according to claim 2, characterized in that, The driving structure includes a motor, a transmission belt and a transmission wheel, the transmission wheel being rotatably arranged around the preset axis and being connected to the mounting frame, the motor being drivingly connected to the transmission wheel through the transmission belt, and the motor being capable of driving the transmission wheel to rotate around the preset axis through the transmission belt.

5. The knitting machine according to claim 2, characterized in that, The guiding wheel is rotatably arranged on the mounting frame around its own axis, and the receiving groove is annular.

6. The knitting machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, It further includes a bunching member arranged between the core wire supply component and the round rope adjusting component, a bunching hole being provided on the bunching member on the preset axis, the bunching hole being used to receive the core wire and the covering wire.

7. The knitting machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, It further includes a sensor for detecting the braiding length of the round rope, the sensor being electrically connected to the driving structure.

8. The knitting machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, The core wire supply component includes a core tube extending along the preset axis, the core tube being used to convey the core wire.

9. The knitting machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, It further includes a temporary storage component for receiving the round rope output by the round rope adjusting component, the temporary storage component including two storage rollers with adjustable relative distance, the storage rollers being used to wind the round rope.

10. A knitting method, characterized in that, Applied to the knitting machine as claimed in claim 1, the knitting method includes the following steps: The covering wire covers the core wire to form a covering layer with a first texture on the outer side of the core wire; Detecting the actual length of the covering layer with the first texture braided; If the actual length reaches a preset length, then by driving the guiding wheel to rotate a preset angle, so that the guiding wheel drives the covering wire to rotate, and the covering wire forms a covering layer with a second texture on the outer side of the core wire.

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