Movable creel for automatic hosiery machine

By designing a movable yarn rack suitable for automatic sock machines, the problems of adaptability and high labor intensity in S-shaped sock knitting in existing technologies have been solved, achieving efficient yarn bobbin management and quality assurance.

CN223983794UActive Publication Date: 2026-03-10JIANGSU HENGLI CHEM FIBER
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CN · China
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Utility models(China)
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Filing Date
2025-02-24
Publication Date
2026-03-10

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Technical Problem

The existing automatic sock machines cannot meet the needs of S-shaped sock knitting, resulting in high labor intensity, low efficiency, and difficulty in ensuring accurate positioning when frequently changing yarn bobbins, which affects dyeing quality and production efficiency.

Method used

An automatic sock knitting machine with a movable yarn frame is designed, comprising a cuboid frame, a yarn path conversion mechanism, and a guide rail. It can flexibly switch DTY yarn cylinders to adapt to S-shaped sequence knitting of socks, and fix its position through a roller locking mechanism, thereby reducing labor intensity and improving efficiency.

Benefits of technology

It reduces labor intensity in quality inspection scenarios, improves the efficiency of wire splicing, adapts to DTY wire machines with different spindle numbers, reduces error rates, and enhances production efficiency and product inspection flexibility.

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Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of textile machinery, and discloses a movable creel for an automatic hosiery machine, which comprises a cuboid frame and n groups of silk path switching mechanisms (comprising a silk guide rod, a support rod a, a support rod b, a second silk guide and a third silk guide, and the three rods are parallel to the left-right direction and are sequentially arranged at intervals front and back) which are arranged in the cuboid frame at intervals up and down; the supporting rod a is provided with m first yarn guides which are distributed left and right at intervals; m yarn holes a which are vertically distributed at intervals from top to bottom are formed in the second yarn guide; m yarn holes b which are obliquely distributed at intervals from top to bottom are formed in the third yarn guide; the second yarn guide and the third yarn guide are both arranged on the supporting rod b; the second yarn guide is located behind the third yarn guide, and the corresponding yarn hole spacing is gradually reduced from top to bottom; and in the n groups of yarn path conversion mechanisms, the n second yarn guides and the n third yarn guides are sequentially arranged at intervals left and right from top to bottom. The movable creel of the automatic hosiery machine can shake socks in an S shape, and silk cylinders do not need to be replaced frequently.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model belongs to textile instrument technical field relates to a movable creel for automatic hosiery machine. BACKGROUND

[0002] In the polyester filament field, the production of DTY bobbins is a continuous and precise process. Starting from the uninterrupted production of DTY bobbins by the elasticizer, it goes through strict finished product inspection, including regular physical property sampling inspection, usually including two aspects of appearance and dyeing index full inspection, to accurately define the grade of each bobbin. The key is the dyeing inspection link. In this stage, the hosiery worker uses the hosiery machine to test each DTY bobbin into a 5 to 10 cm long sock belt, and then determines the dyeing grade of each bobbin through a series of standardized dyeing and color judgment processes, so as to judge whether the grade of the DTY bobbin is abnormal, and then the specific bobbin with abnormal grade is pulled out from the creel for subsequent grading and packaging treatment. Therefore, the quality and efficiency of the sock belt are very important to the whole quality inspection process.

[0003] The traditional hosiery machine used at present is supplied with yarn by the hosiery machine yarn accumulator at intervals, and the yarn is knotted by manual single spool, which is numbered in sequence with the normal DTY creel (such as Figure 1 ), showing a continuous S-shaped sequence (the numerical sequence in Figure 1 ) of sock belt test samples, and the sock belt is written and then judged by the color judgment section. However, because each bobbin of the traditional hosiery machine must be shaken and knotted, the sock belt worker has a high labor intensity and low efficiency.

[0004] The automatic hosiery machine can realize automatic shaking with one knot, but it cannot be directly connected with the DTY creel, and the yarn bobbins on the DTY creel need to be transferred to the creel for arrangement and transition, and then connected with the automatic hosiery machine.

[0005] A creel suitable for automatic hosiery machine is disclosed in the patent with publication number CN211394839U, which comprises a creel body, the creel body comprises a chassis and first and second supports arranged side by side on both sides of the chassis, the first support comprises a first vertical rod arranged vertically on both ends of one side of the chassis and a plurality of first horizontal rods arranged between the first vertical rods, a plurality of guide rings are arranged on each first horizontal rod, the second support comprises a plurality of second vertical rods arranged vertically on the other side of the chassis, a plurality of bobbin rods for hanging bobbins are arranged on each second vertical rod, each guide ring is arranged correspondingly to the adjacent bobbin rod, one end of each bobbin rod is movably arranged on the corresponding second vertical rod, and the other end of each bobbin rod extends towards the first support. Before the socks are woven, the yarn heads and tails of the bobbins can be connected correspondingly at one time, the number of broken yarns is reduced, and the production efficiency is improved to a certain extent. However, the creel has the following shortcomings:

[0006] (1) Only for the production scene without the need of the sequence sock, it cannot adapt to the situation of the sock dyeing test, the dyeing index is the key core index of the elastic DTY bobbin finished product inspection, usually needs to weave a section of sock belt according to the spindle number sequence, then judges the dyeing performance of each bobbin through the dyeing and judging process, and further determines the grade, the above creel cannot adapt to the requirement of the sequence sock.

[0007] (2) The inconvenience of the position and the replacement of the silk bobbin: the silk bobbin needs to be sequentially transferred from the DTY silk car to the creel one by one, and after the trial weaving is completed, the silk bobbin also needs to be sequentially transferred back to the DTY silk car, for the scene needing to frequently replace the bobbin for quality inspection, the labor intensity is too high, and the working efficiency is low.

[0008] (3) The bottom of the creel is provided with universal wheels, when the sock weaving machine is frequently switched, it needs to be frequently and accurately positioned to ensure the accurate position of the bobbin and the sock machine, which is time-consuming, and if the position is not accurate, the quality of the sock belt cannot be guaranteed, the sock is often rewoven, and the dyeing quality and the production efficiency are greatly affected.

[0009] Therefore, it is necessary to improve the automatic sock machine creel to solve the above problems. Content of the utility model

[0010] The utility model aims at solving the problems in the prior art, and provides an automatic sock machine creel.

[0011] In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

[0012] An automatic sock machine creel, comprising a cuboid frame, n groups of silk path conversion mechanisms are arranged in the cuboid frame in an up-down interval mode, and n is 2-8;

[0013] The silk path conversion mechanism comprises a guide rod, a support rod a, a support rod b, a second guide and a third guide;

[0014] The support rod b, the support rod a and the guide rod are all parallel to the left-right direction and are arranged in sequence in the front-rear direction, and both ends of the guide rod and the support rod b are fixedly connected with the cuboid frame;

[0015] The support rod a is provided with m first guides which are distributed in the left-right direction, and m is 4-12, so as to adapt to silk cars with different spindles;

[0016] The second guide is provided with m silk holes a, and the first-mth silk holes a are vertically and intervally distributed from top to bottom;

[0017] The third guide is provided with m silk holes b, and the first-mth silk holes b are inclined and intervally distributed from top to bottom;

[0018] The second guide wire device and the third guide wire device are arranged on the support rod b; the second guide wire device is located behind the third guide wire device, the distance between the ith hole a and the ith hole b is greater than the distance between the ith+1 hole a and the ith+1 hole b, i = 1, 2, …, m-1.

[0019] In the n groups of yarn path conversion mechanisms, the n second guide wire devices are arranged in sequence and spaced apart left and right from top to bottom, and the n third guide wire devices are arranged in sequence and spaced apart left and right from top to bottom.

[0020] As a preferred technical solution:

[0021] The active creel for automatic hosiery machine as described above further comprises a standard yarn support, and the cuboid frame comprises a bottom frame, the yarn path conversion mechanism is located above the bottom frame, the bottom frame is composed of a front horizontal rod, a rear horizontal rod, a left horizontal rod and a right horizontal rod, the front horizontal rod and the rear horizontal rod are parallel to the left-right direction, and the left horizontal rod and the right horizontal rod are parallel to the front-rear direction; the standard yarn support is arranged on the front horizontal rod of the bottom frame.

[0022] The active creel for automatic hosiery machine as described above is characterized in that a directional roller is arranged below each corner of the bottom frame, and a roller locking mechanism is arranged on the directional roller.

[0023] The active creel for automatic hosiery machine as described above further comprises two guide rails, the two guide rails are parallel to the front-rear direction and are arranged at intervals along the left-right direction, one pair of directional rollers is located on one guide rail and is in rolling connection with the guide rail, and the other pair of directional rollers is located on the other guide rail and is in rolling connection with the guide rail.

[0024] The active creel for automatic hosiery machine as described above is characterized in that the left and right ends of the support rod a are fixedly connected with the cuboid frame through a horizontal rod parallel to the front-rear direction.

[0025] The active creel for automatic hosiery machine as described above is characterized in that the guide wire rod is a stainless steel round pipe.

[0026] The active creel for automatic hosiery machine as described above is characterized in that the first guide wire device is a circular guide wire device.

[0027] The active creel for automatic hosiery machine as described above is characterized in that the second guide wire device is an L-shaped guide wire device, the L-shaped guide wire device comprises a vertical part, and m hole a are arranged on the vertical part.

[0028] The active creel for automatic hosiery machine as described above is characterized in that the third guide wire device is a trapezoidal guide wire device, the trapezoidal guide wire device is a right-angled trapezoidal vertical plate with a plate surface parallel to the left-right direction, and m hole b are arranged along the hypotenuse of the right-angled trapezoidal vertical plate.

[0029] Beneficial effects:

[0030] (1) The movable yarn frame of this utility model can be knotted directly with the yarn bobbin on the DTY yarn machine by pre-reserving yarn at the guide rod of the movable yarn frame without moving the bobbin. Therefore, it is convenient to flexibly switch the DTY yarn bobbin that needs to be inspected, reducing the labor intensity of the sock shaker and making it more suitable for quality inspection scenarios.

[0031] (2) When connecting yarn heads to the yarn bobbin, the movable yarn frame of this utility model is pushed from the front end to the rear end of the two guide rails, giving the employee more space to connect the yarn heads. After connecting, the movable yarn frame can be moved back from the guide rail to the accurate position corresponding to the DTY yarn cart. It is also equipped with a roller locking mechanism to fix the movable yarn frame in the accurate position, which is convenient for knotting. The improved yarn head connection efficiency enables an employee to operate multiple automatic sock machines at the same time, which greatly reduces labor costs. In addition, the movable yarn frame can connect half a cart of yarn heads at once, which is different from the traditional sock machine that requires employees to run back and forth between the yarn cart and the sock machine all day long to connect yarn heads, greatly reducing labor intensity.

[0032] (3) The movable yarn frame of this utility model can adapt to DTY yarn machines with different spindle numbers. Through the n sets of yarn path conversion mechanisms set in the cuboid frame, the S-shaped sequential sock shaking is realized, making the subsequent writing of sock belts and process cards more in line with the norm, and the subsequent color judgment and bobbin pulling are more efficient and the error rate is reduced.

[0033] (4) The movable yarn frame of this utility model has a standard yarn support in the bottom frame, which can facilitate the replacement of standard yarns of different specifications and improve the flexibility of product inspection. Attached Figure Description

[0034] Figure 1 This is a diagram showing the distribution of yarn bobbins on a DTY yarn car in the prior art; the numbers in the diagram are the spindle positions corresponding to the DTY yarn bobbins.

[0035] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a movable yarn rack for an automatic sock machine according to the present invention;

[0036] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram showing the position of a movable yarn rack for an automatic sock machine when used in conjunction with the automatic sock machine.

[0037] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the yarn path conversion of a movable yarn frame for an automatic sock machine according to this utility model;

[0038] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the standard wire support and wire guide of this utility model; in the figure, a is a schematic diagram of the L-shaped wire guide, b is a schematic diagram of the trapezoidal wire guide, c is a schematic diagram of the circular wire guide, and d is a schematic diagram of the standard wire support.

[0039] Figures 2 to 5In the middle: 1-Cuboid frame, 2-Support rod b, 3-Guide rod, 4-Support rod a, 5-Circular guide wire device, 6-Base, 7-Directional roller, 9-Standard wire holder, 10-L-type guide wire device, 11-Trapezoidal guide wire device, 12-Bottom frame, 13-Needle cylinder, 14-Square frame guide wire splitting frame, 15-Horizontal guide wire splitting rod. Detailed Implementation

[0040] The present invention will be further described below with reference to specific embodiments. It should be understood that these embodiments are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Furthermore, it should be understood that after reading the teachings of this invention, those skilled in the art can make various alterations or modifications to the present invention, and these equivalent forms also fall within the scope defined by the appended claims.

[0041] An automatic sock machine with a movable yarn rack, such as Figure 2 , Figure 5 As shown, it includes a cuboid frame 1, a standard wire support 9, n sets of wire path conversion mechanisms (n is 2-8) arranged at intervals in the cuboid frame 1, and two guide rails 6.

[0042] The cuboid frame 1 includes a base frame 12, which is composed of a front horizontal bar, a rear horizontal bar, a left horizontal bar, and a right horizontal bar. The front and rear horizontal bars are parallel to the left and right directions, and the left and right horizontal bars are parallel to the front and back directions. The standard wire bracket 9 is set on the front horizontal bar of the base frame 12.

[0043] A directional roller 7 is provided at the bottom of each of the four corners of the bottom frame 12, and a roller locking mechanism is provided on the directional roller 7;

[0044] Two guide rails 6 are parallel to the front-back direction and are spaced apart in the left-right direction. A pair of directional rollers 7 are located on one guide rail 6 and are rotatably connected to that guide rail 6. Another pair of directional rollers 7 are located on the other guide rail 6 and are rotatably connected to that guide rail 6.

[0045] The wire path conversion mechanism is located above the bottom frame 12. The wire path conversion mechanism includes a guide rod 3, a support rod a 4, a support rod b 2, an L-shaped wire guide 10, and a trapezoidal wire guide 11.

[0046] Guide rod 3 is a stainless steel round tube;

[0047] Support rod b2, support rod a4 and guide rod 3 are all parallel to the left and right direction and are arranged in a front-to-back interval. Both ends of guide rod 3 and support rod b2 are fixedly connected to cuboid frame 1.

[0048] The left and right ends of the support rod a4 are fixedly connected to the cuboid frame 1 by a horizontal rod parallel to the front and back direction.

[0049] The support rod a 4 is equipped with m circular wire guides 5 spaced out on the left and right, where m is 4-12;

[0050] The L-shaped wire guide 10 includes a vertical part, on which m wire holes a are opened, and the first to m wire holes a are vertically spaced from top to bottom;

[0051] The trapezoidal wire guide 11 is a right-angled trapezoidal plate with its surface parallel to the left and right directions. The right-angled trapezoidal plate has m wire holes b along its hypotenuse, and the first to m wire holes b are distributed at intervals from top to bottom.

[0052] Both the L-shaped wire guide 10 and the trapezoidal wire guide 11 are mounted on the support rod b 2; the vertical part is located behind the trapezoidal wire guide 11, and the distance between the i-th wire hole a and the i-th wire hole b is greater than the distance between the (i+1)-th wire hole a and the (i+1)-th wire hole b, i = 1, 2, ..., m-1;

[0053] In the n sets of wire path conversion mechanisms, n L-shaped wire guides 10 are arranged alternately from top to bottom, and n trapezoidal wire guides 11 are arranged alternately from top to bottom, and left to right.

[0054] The process of using the above device is as follows:

[0055] like Figure 3 As shown, after placing the movable yarn rack of this utility model close to the automatic sock machine and determining its position, as... Figure 4 As shown, the yarn on the first row of yarn bobbins (spindles 1-8) on the DTY yarn machine is first passed through the circular yarn guide 5 on the support rod a 4 in a left-right order above the guide rod 3, and then passed through the yarn holes on the L-shaped yarn guide 10 and the trapezoidal yarn guide 11 in a top-bottom order. It should be noted that when passing through the yarn holes on the L-shaped yarn guide 10, the yarn on the leftmost spindle (spindle 1) passes through the uppermost yarn hole on the L-shaped yarn guide 10, and the yarn on the rightmost spindle (spindle 8) passes through the lowermost yarn hole on the L-shaped yarn guide 10. After passing through the trapezoidal yarn guide 11, the yarn passes through the yarn holes on the horizontal guide yarn separating rod 15 and the square guide yarn separating frame 14 on the automatic sock machine in the order of spindles 1-8, and then enters the needle cylinder 13.

[0056] Next, take the yarn from the second row of yarn bobbins (9-16 spindles) on the DTY yarn machine and pass it through the next set of yarn path conversion mechanisms in the same way from right to left (keeping the yarn on the rightmost spindle (9th spindle) through the top yarn hole on the L-shaped yarn guide 10, and the yarn on the leftmost spindle (16th spindle) through the bottom yarn hole on the L-shaped yarn guide 10). Then, in the order of 9-16 spindles, pass them through the horizontal guide yarn separating rod 15 (arranged in order after the 8th spindle) on the automatic sock machine, and the remaining yarn holes on the square guide yarn separating frame 14, and then enter the needle cylinder 13.

[0057] On the DTY spinning machine, the third row (spindles 17-24) is threaded in the same order from left to right as the first row; the fourth row (spindles 25-32) is threaded in the same order from right to left as the second row; and the fifth row (spindles 33-40) is threaded in the same order from left to right as the first row.

[0058] After completing the threading of spindles 1-40 in the above manner, proceed with the subsequent sock knitting work.

Claims

1. A movable creel for automatic hosiery machines, comprising a cuboid frame (1), characterized in that, The yarn path conversion mechanism is arranged in the cuboid frame (1) in n groups, and n is 2-8; The yarn path conversion mechanism comprises a yarn guide rod (3), a support rod a (4), a support rod b (2), a second yarn guide, and a third yarn guide. The support rod b (2), the support rod a (4), and the yarn guide rod (3) are arranged in sequence in the front-rear direction and are spaced apart in the left-right direction. The support rod a (4) is provided with m first yarn guides which are spaced apart in the left-right direction. The second yarn guide is provided with m yarn holes a, and the first-m yarn holes a are vertically and spaced apart from top to bottom. The third yarn guide is provided with m yarn holes b, and the first-m yarn holes b are obliquely and spaced apart from top to bottom. The second yarn guide and the third yarn guide are arranged on the support rod b (2), the second yarn guide is located behind the third yarn guide, the spacing between the ith yarn hole a and the ith yarn hole b is greater than the spacing between the ith+1 yarn hole a and the ith+1 yarn hole b, i=1, 2, …, m-1. In the n groups of yarn path conversion mechanisms, the n second yarn guides are arranged in sequence and spaced apart in the left-right direction from top to bottom, and the n third yarn guides are arranged in sequence and spaced apart in the left-right direction from top to bottom. The movable creel further comprises a standard yarn support (9), and the cuboid frame (1) comprises a bottom frame (12), the yarn path conversion mechanism is located above the bottom frame (12), the bottom frame (12) is composed of a front horizontal rod, a rear horizontal rod, a left horizontal rod, and a right horizontal rod, the front horizontal rod and the rear horizontal rod are parallel to the left-right direction, the left horizontal rod and the right horizontal rod are parallel to the front-rear direction, and the standard yarn support (9) is arranged on the front horizontal rod of the bottom frame (12).

2. A movable creel for an automatic hosiery machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, A directional roller (7) is arranged below each corner of the bottom frame (12), and the directional roller (7) is provided with a roller locking mechanism.

3. A movable creel for an automatic hosiery machine according to claim 2, characterized in that, The movable creel further comprises two guide rails (6), the two guide rails (6) are parallel to the front-rear direction and are arranged at intervals in the left-right direction, one pair of directional rollers (7) is located on one guide rail (6) and is in rolling connection with the guide rail (6), and the other pair of directional rollers (7) is located on the other guide rail (6) and is in rolling connection with the guide rail (6).

4. An active creel for an automatic hosiery machine according to claim 3, characterized in that, The left and right ends of the support rod a (4) are fixedly connected with the cuboid frame (1) through a horizontal rod parallel to the front-rear direction.

5. The movable creel for an automatic hosiery machine according to claim 1, wherein The yarn guide rod (3) is a stainless steel round pipe.

6. An active creel for an automatic hosiery machine according to claim 1, wherein The first yarn guide is a circular yarn guide (5).

7. An active creel for an automatic hosiery machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, The second yarn guide is an L-shaped yarn guide (10), and the L-shaped yarn guide (10) comprises a vertical part, and m yarn holes a are arranged on the vertical part.

8. The movable creel for an automatic hosiery machine according to claim 1, wherein The third yarn guide is a trapezoidal yarn guide (11), which is a right-angled trapezoidal vertical plate and the plate surface is parallel to the left-right direction, and m yarn holes b are arranged along the hypotenuse of the right-angled trapezoidal vertical plate.

9. An active creel for an automatic hosiery machine according to claim 1, wherein, ​

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    CN211394839U