阅读说明：本技术 缝纫机 (Sewing machine ) 是由 野松大骏 加藤大介 武田敏之 于 2019-06-25 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供缝纫机,其减少缝制开始端部的卷入的发生。缝纫机具有：缝针上下移动机构,其对缝针赋予上下移动；以及切线装置,其在针板的下侧将穿过缝针的上线切断,切线装置具有：固定切刀；可动切刀,其使上线靠近该固定切刀的线切断部而进行切断；以及由可动切刀实现的使上线靠近的动作的驱动源,可动切刀具有能够供缝针松散插入的贯通孔,在该贯通孔的内缘部具有线切断部,该缝纫机具有对驱动源进行控制的控制装置,使缝针的第一针的落针针对可动切刀的贯通孔进行,并且在缝针的第二针落针后,使可动切刀移动至由固定切刀和可动切刀切断上线的缝制开始端部的位置。(The invention provides a sewing machine, which reduces the generation of rolling of a sewing starting end. The sewing machine comprises: a needle up-and-down moving mechanism for moving the needle up and down; and a thread cutting device for cutting the upper thread passing through the sewing needle at the lower side of the needle plate, the thread cutting device comprises: fixing the cutter; a movable cutter for cutting the upper thread by approaching the thread cutting part of the fixed cutter; and a driving source for the movable cutter to move the upper thread, wherein the movable cutter has a through hole for loosely inserting the sewing needle, and a thread cutting part is provided at the inner edge of the through hole, the sewing machine has a control device for controlling the driving source, the needle dropping of the first needle of the sewing needle is performed to the through hole of the movable cutter, and the movable cutter is moved to a position where the sewing starting end of the upper thread is cut by the fixed cutter and the movable cutter after the needle dropping of the second needle of the sewing needle.)

1. A sewing machine having:

a needle up-and-down moving mechanism for moving the needle up and down; and

a thread cutting device which cuts the upper thread passing through the sewing needle at the lower side of the needle plate,

the sewing machine is characterized in that the sewing machine is provided with a sewing machine,

the thread cutting device has: fixing the cutter; a movable cutter for cutting the upper thread by approaching the thread cutting part of the fixed cutter; and a driving source for driving the movable cutter to approach the upper thread,

the movable knife has a through hole into which the needle can be loosely inserted, and the movable knife has a wire cutting portion at an inner edge portion of the through hole,

the sewing machine has a control device for controlling the driving source,

the needle of the first needle of the sewing needles is dropped to the through hole of the movable cutter,

and after the second needle of the sewing needle falls, moving the movable cutter to a position where the fixed cutter and the movable cutter cut off the sewing starting end part of the upper thread.

2. The sewing machine of claim 1,

the control device controls the driving source, and after a first needle of the sewing needle falls, the movable cutter moves to a position where the fixed cutter and the movable cutter clamp the sewing starting end of the upper thread without cutting off, and the state of clamping the sewing starting end of the upper thread is maintained.

3. The sewing machine of claim 1,

the movable cutter includes:

a thread dividing part which is arranged at the end part of the downstream side opposite to the thread cutting action of the fixed cutter and divides the upper thread; and

a thread pulling part which is arranged at the end part of the downstream side of the thread cutting action direction of the fixed cutter and pulls the upper thread,

the through hole is provided between the wire dividing portion and the wire pulling portion.

4. The sewing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3,

the sewing machine is provided with an air blowing mechanism which blows air to the sewing starting end part of the upper thread.

5. The sewing machine of claim 4,

the sewing machine is provided with a catching part for catching the sewing starting end part of the upper thread blown up by the blowing of the air realized by the blowing mechanism.

6. The sewing machine of claim 4,

the control device controls the blowing mechanism to start blowing air before the cutting action of the sewing starting end portion of the upper thread realized by the movable cutter after the second needle of the sewing needle falls, and to end blowing air after the cutting action of the sewing starting end portion of the upper thread realized by the movable cutter is completed.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a sewing machine for processing a sewing start end portion of a needle thread.

Background

The existing sewing machine has: a needle up-and-down moving mechanism which moves the needle up and down; a kettle mechanism for capturing the upper thread passing through the sewing needle; and a thread cutting device that cuts the upper thread and the lower thread at the end of sewing, and performs sewing by forming a stitch by the cooperative operation of the needle vertical movement mechanism and the pot mechanism (for example, see patent document 1).

Patent document 1: japanese patent laid-open publication No. 2007-029437

In the conventional sewing machine, the sewing starting end portion of the upper thread passing through the eyelet of the sewing needle is pulled into the lower side of the cloth by the pot mechanism at the first needle to be sewn. If the sewing start end portion of the upper thread is pulled into the lower side of the cloth as described above, the upper thread may be caught in the second needle and the stitches thereafter. This causes a so-called bird nest in a entangled state, which causes a problem of lowering sewing quality.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to improve sewing quality.

(1) The invention described is a sewing machine, comprising:

a needle up-and-down moving mechanism for moving the needle up and down; and

a thread cutting device which cuts the upper thread passing through the sewing needle at the lower side of the needle plate,

the sewing machine is characterized in that the sewing machine is provided with a sewing machine,

the thread cutting device has: fixing the cutter; a movable cutter for cutting the upper thread by approaching the thread cutting part of the fixed cutter; and a driving source for driving the movable cutter to approach the upper thread,

the movable knife has a through hole into which the needle can be loosely inserted, and the movable knife has a wire cutting portion at an inner edge portion of the through hole,

the sewing machine has a control device for controlling the driving source,

the needle of the first needle of the sewing needles is dropped to the through hole of the movable cutter,

and after the second needle of the sewing needle falls, moving the movable cutter to a position where the fixed cutter and the movable cutter cut off the sewing starting end part of the upper thread.

(2) The invention described in (1) is characterized in that, in the sewing machine described in (1),

the control device controls the driving source, and after a first needle of the sewing needle falls, the movable cutter moves to a position where the fixed cutter and the movable cutter clamp the sewing starting end of the upper thread without cutting off, and the state of clamping the sewing starting end of the upper thread is maintained.

(3) The invention described in (1) or (2) is characterized in that, in the sewing machine described in (1),

the movable cutter includes:

a thread dividing part which is arranged at the end part of the downstream side opposite to the thread cutting action of the fixed cutter and divides the upper thread; and

a thread pulling part which is arranged at the end part of the downstream side of the thread cutting action direction of the fixed cutter and pulls the upper thread,

the through hole is provided between the wire dividing portion and the wire pulling portion.

(4) The invention described in (1) to (3) is characterized in that, in the sewing machine described in any one of (1) to (3),

the sewing machine is provided with an air blowing mechanism which blows air to the sewing starting end part of the upper thread.

(5) The invention described in (4) is characterized in that, in the sewing machine described in (4),

the sewing machine is provided with a catching part for catching the sewing starting end part of the upper thread blown up by the blowing of the air realized by the blowing mechanism.

(6) The invention described in (4) or (5) is characterized in that, in the sewing machine described in (4),

the control device controls the blowing mechanism to start blowing air before the cutting action of the sewing starting end portion of the upper thread realized by the movable cutter after the second needle of the sewing needle falls, and to end blowing air after the cutting action of the sewing starting end portion of the upper thread realized by the movable cutter is completed.

ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS OF INVENTION

The movable cutter of the invention is provided with a through hole into which a sewing needle can be loosely inserted, a thread cutting part is arranged at the inner edge part of the through hole, and a control device controls a driving source to make the needle falling of the first needle of the sewing needle to be carried out aiming at the through hole of the movable cutter.

Therefore, the sewing start end portion of the needle thread can be satisfactorily held in the through hole, and the occurrence of bird's nest due to the sewing of the sewing start end portion can be more effectively reduced.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a sewing machine as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the periphery of a needle plate of the sewing machine.

Fig. 3 is a block diagram of a control system of the sewing machine.

Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the thread cutting device and the thread recovering device.

Fig. 5 is an oblique view of the thread cutting device.

Fig. 6 is an oblique view of a portion of the thread cutting apparatus.

Fig. 7 is a bottom view of the movable cutter.

Fig. 8 is an oblique view of the thread recovering device.

Fig. 9 is a flowchart of sewing start control.

Fig. 10 is a diagram showing the change in the height of the sewing needle at the time of the sewing start control and the execution timing of various operations in the sewing start control.

Fig. 11 (a) to 11 (D) are explanatory views showing operations of the thread cutting device and the thread collecting device in the sewing start control in this order.

Fig. 12 is a perspective view of the periphery of the pinhole corresponding to fig. 11 (a).

Fig. 13 is a perspective view of the periphery of the pinhole corresponding to fig. 11 (B).

Fig. 14 is a perspective view of the periphery of the pinhole corresponding to fig. 11 (D).

Description of the reference numerals

10 Sewing machine

11 stitch

12-needle bar

16 needle plate

161 pinhole

30 sewing needle up-down moving mechanism

31 Sewing machine motor

32 Upper shaft

40 line recovery unit

41 blowing mechanism

411 nozzle

412 solenoid valve for air supply

42 catching part

421 dust collecting guide part

422 dust collecting and recovering part

80 tangent line device

81 Movable knife

813 branching part

814 stay wire part

815 long hole (through hole)

816 thread cutting part

82 fixed cutter

821 line cutting part

83 tangent motor

120 control device

K cloth (quilt sewing material)

D lower line

U-shaped on-line

U1 needle side part

Part of U2 clothing side

U3 sewing starting end

Detailed Description

[ schematic Structure of embodiment of the invention ]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to fig. 1 to 14. Fig. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a sewing machine 10 as the present embodiment, fig. 2 is a perspective view of the periphery of a needle plate of the sewing machine 10, and fig. 3 is a block diagram of a control system.

The sewing machine 10 is a so-called electronic circulation sewing machine, and includes: a sewing machine frame 20; a needle up-down moving mechanism 30 for moving up and down the needle bar 12 holding the needle 11; a needle plate 16 provided at a needle falling position of a sewing machine base 21 of the sewing machine frame 20; a kettle mechanism 50 which is arranged at the lower side of the needle plate 16 and winds the upper thread U and the lower thread D of the sewing needle 11; a feed mechanism 60 as a moving mechanism for arbitrarily moving the cloth K as a material to be sewn along the X-Y plane with respect to the sewing needle 11; a thread cutting device 80 for cutting the upper thread U and the lower thread D after the last needle is dropped; a thread collecting device 40 for collecting a sewing starting end portion U3 of the top thread U cut by the thread cutting device 80 below the needle plate 16; and a control device 120 that controls the operations of the above-described respective configurations.

The thread adjusting device, the thread take-up lever, the middle presser foot mechanism, and the like are well-known mechanisms mounted on the sewing machine, and therefore, the illustration and the detailed description thereof are omitted.

Next, the above-described respective configurations will be explained in order.

[ Sewing machine frame ]

As shown in fig. 1, the sewing machine frame 20 is composed of: a sewing machine base part 21 located at a lower part; a longitudinal body portion 22 of the sewing machine rising upward from one end of the base portion 21 of the sewing machine; and a sewing machine arm 23 extending from an upper portion of the sewing machine longitudinal body portion 22 along the sewing machine bed portion 21.

Here, in the explanation of the structure of the sewing machine 10, the vertical movement direction of the needle bar 12 described later is referred to as the Z-axis direction, the direction orthogonal thereto and parallel to the longitudinal direction of the sewing machine base 21 and the sewing machine arm 23 is referred to as the Y-axis direction, and the direction orthogonal to both the Z-axis direction and the Y-axis direction is referred to as the X-axis direction.

When the sewing machine 10 is installed on a horizontal surface, the Z-axis direction is a vertical up-down direction, and the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction are horizontal directions.

Further, one side in the Y-axis direction and the side of the face portion 24 of the sewing machine frame 20 are referred to as "front", the opposite side thereof is referred to as "rear", the left-hand side in the state where one side in the X-axis direction and the face portion 24 face each other is referred to as "left", the right-hand side is referred to as "right", the vertically upper side in the Z-axis direction is referred to as "upper", and the opposite side thereof is referred to as "lower".

A horizontal work table 14 is provided at the upper end of the base 21 of the sewing machine, and a needle plate 16 having a needle hole 161 formed therein is provided in a flush manner at the needle falling position.

An upper shaft 32 (main shaft) facing in parallel with the longitudinal direction (Y-axis direction) is rotatably supported inside the front end of the sewing machine arm 23.

Further, a lower shaft 51 facing in parallel with the longitudinal direction (Y-axis direction) thereof is rotatably supported inside the sewing machine base 21.

[ Up-and-down moving mechanism of sewing needle ]

As shown in fig. 1, the needle vertical movement mechanism 30 includes: a sewing machine motor 31 composed of a servo motor provided at an upper portion of the sewing machine longitudinal body portion 22; an upper shaft 32 connected to an output shaft of the sewing machine motor 31 to rotate; a needle bar crank 34 fixedly attached to an end portion of the upper shaft 32 on the side of the sewing machine face; a crank rod 35 having one end connected to the needle bar crank 34 at a position eccentric from the rotation center of the upper shaft 32; and a needle bar 12 connected to the other end of the crank lever 35 via a needle bar holding portion 36.

The needle bar 12 holds the needle 11 at its lower end portion, and is supported by the sewing machine arm 23 so as to be reciprocally movable up and down in the Z-axis direction.

The sewing machine motor 31 is a servo motor and has an encoder 37 (see fig. 3). The controller 120 detects the rotation speed, the upper axis angle, and the like of the sewing machine motor 31 from the encoder 37, and controls the operation of the sewing machine motor 31.

The configurations of the needle bar crank 34, crank lever 35, needle bar holding portion 36, and the like are the same as those of known configurations, and therefore detailed descriptions thereof are omitted.

[ feed mechanism ]

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the feed mechanism 60 moves the cloth K along the upper surface of the horizontal needle plate 16 and arbitrarily moves and positions the cloth K with respect to the sewing needle 11.

Therefore, the feeding mechanism 60 includes: a lower plate 61 and a base 62 supported on an upper surface of the base 21 so as to be movable in an X-axis direction and a Y-axis direction; a cloth presser foot 63 supported by the base 62 so as to be able to be lifted and lowered, for holding the cloth K from above the lower plate 61; a lifting motor 64 for lifting the cloth presser foot 63; an X-axis motor 65 serving as a driving source for moving the cloth presser 63 in the X-axis direction via the base 62; and a Y-axis motor 66 serving as a driving source for moving the cloth presser 63 in the Y-axis direction via the base 62.

The lower plate 61 is an elongated flat plate disposed along the X-Y plane, and has a rectangular frame-like front end portion and a wide opening at the center portion.

The base 62 is erected on the rear end side of the upper surface of the lower plate 61, and the base 62 and the lower plate 61 move along the X-Y plane together with the cloth presser 63.

A cloth presser 63 supported by the base 62 is disposed above the front end of the lower plate 61. The cloth presser 63 is also rectangular frame-shaped and supported to be movable up and down along a long hole formed at the front end of the base 62. The lower plate 61 and the cloth presser foot 63 can be overlapped so that the openings thereof substantially coincide with each other, and sewing is performed inside the openings. The base 62 is provided with a not-shown lifter which swings the front end portion upward and downward by a lifter motor 64, and the cloth presser 63 is engaged with the front end portion of the lifter to be provided with a lifting operation.

Both the X-axis motor 65 and the Y-axis motor 66 are stepping motors whose operation amounts are controlled by the control device 120. The sewing machine base 21 incorporates a known transmission mechanism for converting the torque of the X-axis motor 65 and the torque of the Y-axis motor 66 into linear motions in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction, and transmitting the linear motions in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction from the X-axis motor 65 and the Y-axis motor 66 to the base 62 and the lower plate 61.

[ kettle mechanism ]

The tank mechanism 50 has: a middle pot, not shown, having a half-rotary pot, reciprocating inside the large pot 54 in synchronization with the up-and-down movement of the needle bar 12; a bobbin and a bobbin case, not shown, which are housed inside the middle tank; a driver 55 for imparting reciprocating rotation to the centering pot; a crank rod 53 having one end connected to a crank portion 33 formed on the upper shaft 32; a reciprocating rotary shaft 52 having an arm portion 521 connected to the other end of the crank lever 53; and a lower shaft 51 which is accelerated by the reciprocating rotation shaft 52 and is reciprocated, and the lower shaft 51 reciprocates the middle tank via a driver 55. The sewing machine motor 31 is a driving source for the vertical movement of the needle bar 12 and the rotational movement of the pot mechanism 50, and the middle pot is reciprocated and rotated at the same cycle as the upper shaft 32, and the upper thread is wound around the lower thread by the vertical movement of the sewing needle 11 and the rotational movement of the pot mechanism 50. The structure and structure of the semi-rotary kiln are well known, and therefore, detailed description thereof is omitted.

[ thread cutting device ]

Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the thread cutting device 80 and the thread recovering device 40, fig. 5 is a perspective view of the thread cutting device 80, fig. 6 is a perspective view of a part of the thread cutting device 80, and fig. 7 is a bottom view of the movable knife 81.

The thread cutting device 80 includes: a movable knife 81 that rotates around the Z axis; a fixed knife 82 which cooperates with the movable knife 81 to cut the upper thread U and the lower thread D; a tangent motor 83 as an actuator serving as a drive source for the rotational operation of the movable knife 81; a tangent cam 84 provided on an output shaft of the tangent motor 83; a tangent link 85 that swings by the tangent cam 84; a connecting rod 86 for transmitting the reciprocating motion of the front and rear parts from the tangent link 85 to the movable knife 81; a rotary wrist 87 connected to the connecting rod 86 for rotary operation; and a coupling link 88 for coupling the swing arm 87 and the movable knife 81.

The thread cutting motor 83 is mounted at a position higher than the needle plate 16 in the X-axis direction (left direction) of the output shaft at the rear part of the sewing machine frame 20.

A tangent cam 84 is fixedly provided on an output shaft of the tangent motor 83. The tangent cam 84 is an outer peripheral cam, and an upper end portion of a tangent link 85 is abutted on an outer periphery thereof via a roller not shown.

The tangent link 85 is a long link body extending in the Z-axis direction, and is supported in the sewing machine frame 20 so as to be rotatable about the X-axis at a position slightly above the middle portion in the longitudinal direction. As described above, the roller that abuts the outer periphery of the tangent cam 84 is provided at the upper end of the tangent link 85, and the lower end is coupled to the rear end of the coupling rod 86 so as to be rotatable about the X axis.

Therefore, if the tangent motor 83 is driven, the tangent link 85 can be swung in the front-rear direction at the upper end and the lower end via the tangent cam 84, and can provide the connection rod 86 with a reciprocating movement in the front-rear direction.

The connecting rod 86 is a rod-shaped body extending in the Y axis direction, and has a rear end connected to the lower end of the tangent link 85 and a front end connected to the left end of the swivel wrist 87 so as to be pivotable about the Z axis.

The swing arm 87 is a link body substantially along the X axis direction, and is supported by a step screw 871 so that its longitudinal intermediate portion is rotatable about the Z axis on the lower surface side of the needle plate 16.

Since the left end of the swivel wrist 87 is connected to the connecting rod 86, the left and right ends thereof are provided with a swinging motion in the front-rear direction.

The right end of the pivot arm 87 is connected to the tip end of the connecting link 88 so as to be pivotable about the Z axis.

The connecting link 88 is a link body extending in the Y axis direction, and a rear end portion thereof is connected to the vicinity of the rotating end portion of the movable knife 81 so as to be rotatable about the Z axis.

The movable knife 81 is supported by a step screw 811 on the lower surface side of the needle plate 16 so as to be rotatable about the Z axis.

The rotating end of the movable knife 81 is oriented substantially in the X-axis direction, and can be rotated back and forth by applying a reciprocating motion in the back and forth direction from the connecting link 88.

As shown in fig. 7, the movable knife 81 has a through hole 812 formed in a right end portion thereof through which the stepped screw 811 is inserted, and a left end portion thereof is rotated forward and backward.

A line-dividing portion 813 having a shape that is sharpened toward the rear is formed at the rear end of the rotating end of the movable knife 81, and a string-drawing portion 814 that is recessed toward the rear is formed at the front end of the rotating end.

Further, an elongated hole 815 (through hole) extending in the circumferential direction of rotation is formed through the rotating end portion of the movable cutter 81. A wire cut portion 816 is formed on the inner edge portion and the rear end portion side of the long hole 815.

The thread cutting portion 816 has an edge formed so that the cross-sectional shape on the upper surface side of the movable knife 81 (the side in sliding contact with the fixed knife 82) is acute.

The movable knife 81 is disposed on the lower surface of the needle plate 16 so that the tip of the branching portion 813 passes directly below the needle hole 161 by rotating.

Then, after the needle 11 of the last needle drop that has been sewn passes through the needle hole 161 upward, the movable knife 81 is rotated rearward, and if the dividing portion 813 passes through the needle hole 161 from the front side to the rear side of the needle hole 161, the portion U1 on the needle 11 side and the portion U2 on the cloth K side in the loop drawn from the needle hole 161 to the lower needle thread U can be divided.

When the movable knife 81 is rotated to a predetermined retreating position, the portion U1 on the needle 11 side in the loop of the upper thread U moves inward in the rotational radius direction than the dividing portion 813, and the portion U2 on the cloth K side in the loop of the upper thread U moves outward in the rotational radius direction than the dividing portion 813 together with the lower thread D and moves to the thread pulling portion 814 along the outer edge portion of the rotational end of the movable knife 81.

At this time, the string-pulling portion 814 of the movable cutter 81 moves rearward relative to the string-cutting portion 821 of the fixed cutter 82.

On the other hand, the fixed knife 82 is provided between the movable knife 81 and the needle plate 16 in the Z-axis direction in a state where the thread cutting portion 821 serving as the cutting edge thereof faces rearward. Then, if the movable knife 81 is rotated forward from the predetermined final retracted position, the portion U2 on the clothing K side in the loop of the upper thread U and the lower thread D are drawn toward the thread cutting portion 821 side of the fixed knife 82. Since the leading end of the thread pulling portion 814 is not sharpened, the portion U2 on the clothing K side of the upper thread U and the lower thread D are not cut at the position where the leading end of the thread pulling portion 814 and the thread cutting portion 821 intersect, and enter between the lower surface of the fixed cutter 82 and the upper surface of the movable cutter 81. Further, if the movable cutter 81 is further rotated rearward, the portion U2 on the cloth K side of the upper thread U and the lower thread D are guided to the inside of the elongated hole 815, and when the thread cutting portion 821 of the fixed cutter 82 and the thread cutting portion 816 of the elongated hole 815 are crossed, the portion U2 on the cloth K side of the upper thread U and the lower thread D are pinched and cut.

Further, the long hole 815 formed to penetrate between the branching portion 813 and the pull portion 814 is larger than the opening of the pinhole 161, and the branching portion 813 overlaps the entire pinhole 161 so as to be accommodated inside the long hole 815 when viewed from the Z-axis direction by rotating the movable knife 81 to a position rearward of the pinhole 161.

Since the thread cutting portion 816 is formed at the rear end portion of the inner edge portion of the long hole 815, the needle drop is performed in a state where the needle hole 161 is overlapped inside the long hole 815, and the needle thread U can be cut even when the movable knife 81 is rotated forward when the needle 11 is lifted above the needle hole 161.

[ thread recovery device ]

Fig. 8 is an oblique view of the thread recovering device 40.

As shown in fig. 4 and 7, the thread recovery device 40 includes: an air blowing mechanism 41 for blowing air to the sewing starting end portion U3 of the top thread U cut by the thread cutting device 80; and a catching portion 42 that catches the sewing start end portion U3 of the needle thread U blown up by the blowing of the air.

The blower mechanism 41 includes: a nozzle 411 arranged slightly rearward on the right side of the needle plate 161 and ejecting air slightly forward on the left side toward the needle hole 161 or in a direction passing through the vicinity thereof when viewed from below on the lower side of the needle plate 16; and an air supply source, not shown, for supplying high-pressure air to the nozzle 411.

The catching part 42 has: a dust collection guide 421 having a U-shaped cross section and disposed on the opposite side of the nozzle 411 with respect to the needle hole 161 when viewed from below; and a rectangular cylindrical dust collection and collection unit 422 connected to an end portion of the dust collection guide 421 on the downstream side in the air blowing direction.

The dust collection guide 421 has a bottom plate along the X-Y plane and side wall portions on both sides erected along the X-Z plane at both ends in the Y-axis direction of the bottom plate, and can guide the sewing start end portion U3 of the upper thread U leftward inside them.

The dust collection guide 421 has a right end extending to the vicinity of the left end of the needle plate 16, and the left end of the dust collection guide 421 is connected to the upper end of the dust collection part 422.

The dust collection and collection unit 422 is a rectangular tubular body that is open at the top and bottom, and is connected to the dust collection guide 421 with a right side cutout at the upper end.

Further, a duster plate 423 inclined obliquely downward to the left is provided at a position facing the left end of the dust collection guide 421 inside the upper end of the dust collection unit 422. The duster plate 423 can adjust the inclination angle, and can dust the sewing start end portion U3 of the upper thread U moving leftward in the dust collection guide 421 downward in the dust collection unit 422, thereby satisfactorily collecting the sewing start end portion U3.

The dust collection and collection unit 422 has an open lower end, and a collection box or a collection bag is mounted on the lower end of the collection box or the collection bag, which is a sewing start end U3 of the needle thread U that can be detached.

[ control System of Sewing machine ]

As shown in fig. 3, the control device 120 is schematically configured by: a ROM 122 in which various programs for control are stored and stored; a CPU 121 that performs various arithmetic processes in accordance with these various programs; a RAM 123 serving as a work memory in various processes; and an EEPROM 124 which stores various sewing data and setting data.

The sewing machine motor 31 and the encoder 37 of the needle vertical moving mechanism 30, the X-axis motor 65, the encoder 651, the Y-axis motor 66, the encoder 661, the elevating motor 64 of the feeding mechanism 60, the thread cutting motor 83 of the thread cutting device 80, the encoder 831, the solenoid valve 412 for supplying high-pressure air to the nozzle 411 of the blowing mechanism 41 of the thread recovering device 40, and the like are connected to the control device 120 via a system bus, not shown, via an interface, a driving circuit, and the like.

The encoder 37 detects the shaft angle of the output shaft of the sewing machine motor 31, the encoder 651 detects the shaft angle of the output shaft of the X-axis motor 65, the encoder 661 detects the shaft angle of the output shaft of the Y-axis motor 66, and the encoder 831 detects the shaft angle of the output shaft of the wire motor 83.

Further, an operation input unit 125 for inputting various settings related to sewing and a pedal 126 as a signal input unit for executing sewing and the like are connected to the control device 120.

The operation input unit 125 sets various commands such as the number of stitches and the needle drop position in the sewing pattern data, for example.

The pedal 126 indicates the start of input sewing by being stepped on.

[ basic Sewing operation control in Sewing ]

The control device 120 performs, as basic sewing operation control, reading of a needle drop position from sewing pattern data at a predetermined upper axis angle for each needle based on an output of the encoder 37 together with the start of driving of the sewing machine motor 31, and controls the X-axis motor 65 and the Y-axis motor 66 to position the lower plate 61 and the cloth presser 63 so that needle drop is performed at the needle drop position read from the sewing pattern data. Then, if needle drop is performed sequentially for all the needle counts determined by the sewing pattern data, the thread cutting motor 83 of the thread cutting device 80 is controlled to reciprocate back and forth so that the entire movable knife 81 passes below the needle hole 161, and the upper thread U and the lower thread D are cut by the thread cutting section 816, and the sewing machine motor 31 is stopped to end the sewing.

[ Sewing start control in sewing ]

In parallel with the basic sewing operation control described above, the control device 120 executes the sewing start control by the thread cutting device 80 and the thread collecting device 40 during several stitches from the start of sewing.

Next, the sewing start control will be described with reference to fig. 9 to 14. Fig. 9 is a flowchart of the sewing start control, fig. 10 is a timing chart of the sewing start control, fig. 11 (a) to 11 (D) are explanatory views of the operation of the sewing start control, and fig. 12 to 14 are oblique views of the periphery of the needle hole in the sewing start control.

In the sewing start control, the controller 120 starts driving of the sewing machine motor 31 for sewing (step S1), and controls the thread cutting motor 83 to position the movable knife 81 at the initial position (step S3).

The "initial position" of the movable cutter 81 is a position where the entire pinhole 161 is overlapped so as to be accommodated inside the long hole 815 of the movable cutter 81 when viewed from the Z-axis direction. In the "initial position", the rotation angle of the movable knife 81 may be any rotation angle as long as it is within a range in which the entire pinhole 161 is accommodated inside the long hole 815 of the movable knife 81, but the thread cutting portion 816 is preferably closer to the thread cutting portion 821 of the fixed knife 82. The axial angle of the tangential motor 83 satisfying this condition is registered in advance in the EEPROM 124, and the tangential motor 83 is controlled so as to stop at a position where the output of the encoder 831 detects the axial angle.

In a state where the movable knife 81 is at the initial position, the needle drop of the first needle from the start of sewing is performed, and as shown in fig. 12, the sewing needle 11 protrudes into the long hole 815 of the movable knife 81 through the needle hole 161.

At this time, as shown in fig. 11 (a), the sewing starting end portion U3 of the needle thread U passing through the sewing needle 11 is caught by the tip of the outer pot of the pot mechanism 50 and is pulled to the lower side thereof through the long hole 815 of the movable knife 81.

Next, if the sewing needle 11 ascends to the top dead center (upper axis angle 0 °), the control device 120 counts the second needle of the sewing needles. At this time, the sewing start end portion U3 of the needle thread U is maintained in a state inserted into and inserted through the long hole 815 of the movable knife 81.

Then, the needle 11 starts the second needle lowering operation, and if the encoder 37 detects a predetermined upper shaft angle P1 (see fig. 10), the controller 120 controls the thread cutting motor 83 to position the movable knife 81 at the pre-cutting position (step S5).

The "position before cutting" of the movable knife 81 refers to a position where the movable knife 81 moves forward from the initial position and the movable knife 81 does not completely overlap the needle hole 161 when viewed from the Z-axis direction, and a position where the upper thread U is not cut and a gap is generated to such an extent that the upper thread U can be loosely sandwiched between the second thread cutting portion 816 of the movable knife 81 and the thread cutting portion 821 of the fixed knife 82 when viewed from the Z-axis direction, as shown in fig. 11 (B) and 13.

The axial angle of the tangential motor 83 satisfying this condition is registered in advance in the EEPROM 124, and the tangential motor 83 is controlled so as to stop at a position where the output of the encoder 831 detects the axial angle.

Thus, the sewing start end portion U3 of the needle thread U can be maintained in a state inserted into and passed through the long hole 815 of the movable knife 81.

The "predetermined upper shaft angle P1" described above may be set to a value between the top dead center of the second needle that becomes the sewing needle 11 and the cloth K, but here, an upper shaft angle that becomes the top dead center of the thread take-up lever (52 ° when the top dead center is set to 0 ° and the bottom dead center is set to 180 °) is exemplified.

Then, in a state where the movable knife 81 is positioned at the pre-cutting position, the needle drop of the second needle from the start of sewing is performed, and the sewing needle 11 protrudes into the needle hole 161.

Then, if the encoder 37 detects a predetermined upper axis angle P2 (see fig. 10), the control device 120 controls the air supply solenoid valve 412 of the thread collection device 40 to eject high-pressure air from the nozzle 411 (step S7, fig. 11 (C)).

The predetermined upper axis angle P2 may be set to a value after the second needle of the sewing needle 11 reaches the cloth K or before the cutting of the sewing start end U3 of the needle thread U is performed, but here, an upper axis angle (for example, 152 °) near the bottom dead center of the sewing needle 11 is exemplified.

In addition, the control device 120 starts counting of the high-pressure air ejection continuation time together with the ejection of the high-pressure air. The discharge continuation time is a time for continuing at least until the cutting of the sewing start end portion U3 of the needle thread U is completed. For example, the length of one cycle of the vertical movement of the needle 11 is set. Here, 100msec is illustrated.

Next, if the needle 11 ascends to the top dead center (upper axis angle 0 °), the control device 120 counts the third needle of the needle 11. At this time, although the stitch of the second needle is formed by the upper thread U and the lower thread D, the sewing start end portion U3 of the upper thread U is kept at a position separated from the needle hole 161 (the position of the thread cutting portion 821 of the fixed cutter 82), and thus is prevented from being caught in the stitch.

Further, since the sewing start end portion U3 is blown to the side opposite to the needle hole 161 by air, the entanglement of the stitches to the sewing start end portion U3 can be avoided even at this point.

Then, if the needle 11 starts the lowering operation of the third needle and the encoder 37 detects a predetermined upper shaft angle P3 (see fig. 10), the control device 120 controls the thread cutting motor 83 to position the movable knife 81 at the cutting position and cut the sewing start end portion U3 of the upper thread U (step S9).

The "cutting position" of the movable knife 81 is a position in which the movable knife 81 moves forward from the position before cutting, the thread cutting portion 816 of the movable knife 81 is shifted from the thread cutting portion 821 of the fixed knife 82, and is located on the front side of the thread cutting portion 821, as shown in fig. 11 (D) and 14.

The axial angle of the tangential motor 83 satisfying this condition is registered in advance in the EEPROM 124, and the tangential motor 83 is controlled so as to stop at a position where the output of the encoder 831 detects the axial angle.

Thereby, the sewing start end portion U3 of the needle thread U is cut. Then, the sewing start end portion U3 of the cut upper thread U is blown up toward the dust collection guide portion 421 of the catching portion 42 by the high-pressure air from the nozzle 411 of the thread collecting device 40, passes through the dust collection collecting portion 422, and is collected.

The predetermined "upper shaft angle P3" may be the upper dead point of the start of the third stitch of the sewing needle 11 or later, but is preferably the upper shaft angle before the start of the movement of the cloth K by the feed mechanism 60 or later. Here, the timing of the stitch knot of the second needle, i.e., 64 ° is exemplified.

Then, the control device 120 adds the duration of the continuous ejection of the high-pressure air, controls the air supply solenoid valve 412 of the wire collection device 40, and stops the supply of the high-pressure air to the nozzle 411 (step S11).

Then, the control device 120 ends the sewing start control.

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The movable knife 81 of the sewing machine 10 has an elongated hole 815 into which the sewing needle 11 can be loosely inserted, and the control device 120 controls the thread cutting motor 83 so that the needle of the first needle of the sewing needle 11 is dropped into the elongated hole 815 of the movable knife 81, and the thread cutting portion 816 is provided at an inner edge portion of the elongated hole 815.

Therefore, the sewing start end portion U3 can be held well in the long hole 815, and the occurrence of bird's nests due to the sewing of the sewing start end portion U3 can be reduced more effectively.

Further, by dropping the needle into the elongated hole 815, the needle can be moved to the holding position with respect to the fixed knife 82 by a small rotation angle at the next needle drop, and interference between the movable knife 81 and the needle 11 can be easily avoided at the next needle drop.

Further, since the movable knife 81 is rotatable, if the movable knife 81 is rotated in a state where the sewing start end portion U3 of the upper thread U is loosely inserted into the long hole 815 of the movable knife 81, it is easy to separate the sewing start end portion U3 of the upper thread U from the needle hole 161 at the time of forming the stitch of the second needle, and it is possible to more effectively reduce the occurrence of bird's nests caused by the sewing of the sewing start end portion U3.

Further, since the sewing start end portion U3 is cut, the length of the end portion of the top thread U remaining on the cloth K can be shortened, and thus the sewing quality can be improved.

Further, since the sewing start end portion U3 of the needle thread U is cut by the thread cutting device 80, a dedicated device for cutting the sewing start end portion U3 can be eliminated.

In particular, since a large number of devices such as the pot mechanism 50 and the thread cutting device 80 are disposed below the needle plate 16, it is difficult to secure a space for installing new devices, and it is particularly effective to eliminate the need for a dedicated device.

The controller 120 of the sewing machine 10 controls the thread cutting motor 83 to perform the sewing start control, i.e., after the first needle of the sewing needle 11 is dropped (for example, the upper axis angle of the second needle is 52 °), the movable knife 81 is moved to the pre-cutting position where the sewing start end U3 of the needle thread U is sandwiched between the fixed knife 82 and the movable knife 81 and is not cut, and after the second needle of the sewing needle 11 is dropped (for example, the upper axis angle of the third needle is 64 °), the movable knife 81 is moved to the cutting position where the sewing start end U3 of the needle thread U is cut by the fixed knife 82 and the movable knife 81.

Therefore, the sewing start end portion U3 of the upper thread U can be separated from the needle hole 161 and held when the stitch of the second needle is formed, and the occurrence of bird's nest caused by the sewing of the sewing start end portion U3 can be more effectively reduced.

Further, since the sewing starting end portion U3 of the needle thread U is held by the thread cutting device 80, a dedicated device for holding the sewing starting end portion U3 can be eliminated.

Further, since the sewing machine 10 includes the thread recovery device 40, and the thread recovery device 40 recovers the sewing start end portion U3 of the upper thread U cut by the thread cutting device 80, the cut sewing start end portion U3 can be recovered to a fixed place after determination, and cleaning work and maintenance work can be easily performed.

Further, the thread recovering device 40 has an air blowing mechanism 41, and the air blowing mechanism 41 blows air toward the sewing starting end portion U3 of the upper thread U.

Since the sewing start end portion U3 can be caused to float in a fixed direction by the blowing of the air by the blowing mechanism 41, the occurrence of bird's nest due to the sewing of the sewing start end portion U3 can be effectively reduced.

Further, the thread recovery device 40 includes: an air blowing mechanism 41 for blowing air toward the sewing start end portion U3 of the upper thread U; and a catching part 42 for catching the sewing starting end part U3, so that the sewing starting end part U3 can be positively guided and collected, the collection omission can be reduced, and the sewing starting end part U3 can be more effectively collected.

The controller 120 controls the air blowing mechanism 41 to start blowing air before the cutting operation of the sewing start end portion U3 of the needle thread U by the movable knife 81 after the second needle of the sewing needle is dropped, and to end blowing air after the cutting operation of the sewing start end portion U3 of the needle thread U by the movable knife 81 is completed.

Since the sewing start end portion U3 can be caused to float in a fixed direction by this blowing of air, the occurrence of bird's nests due to the sewing of the sewing start end portion U3 can be effectively reduced at a more appropriate timing.

Further, the sewing start end portion U3 can be guided and collected more reliably, and the sewing start end portion U3 can be collected efficiently while reducing the number of collection omission.

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In the present embodiment, an example of an electronic circulation sewing machine is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a control of cutting the sewing start end portion of the upper thread U can be applied to other types of sewing machines having a thread cutting device. For example, the present invention can be applied to a sewing machine for a sewing machine.

Further, as the tank mechanism 50, a configuration having a semi-rotary tank is exemplified, but the type of the tank may be any other type.

The thread cutting device 80 is exemplified by a device in which the movable knife 81 rotates around a vertical axis, but is not limited thereto, and as long as the thread cutting device has a structure in which the fixed knife and the movable knife can hold the sewing start end portion U3 by controlling the operation amount, the control of holding the sewing start end portion of the needle thread U can be applied. Therefore, for example, a thread cutting device having a movable cutter of a direct-acting type or a movable cutter that rotates about a horizontal axis can also be applied.

Further, the control device 120 performs control for ending the blowing of the air by the elapse of a fixed time from the start of the blowing of the air, but may perform control for ending the blowing of the air after the detection of a predetermined upper axis angle.