Groz-beckert Kg

Klaus Wagner

Eckhard Fehrenbacher

Bernhard Schuler

Siegfried Wissmann

Uwe Hennig

Albert Teufel

Ingo Landenberger

Hans Lebherz

Thomas Bregel

Uwe Henning

A stamped knitting tool, receivable for reciprocating motion in a guide groove of a knitting tool carrier forming a component of a knitting machine, includes a shank having a shank length, first and second opposite broad sides having outer faces, a full shank thickness defined by a distance between the outer face of said the first broad side and the outer face of the second broad side, and a guide region extending along a portion of the shank length. The guide region remains at all times within the guide groove when the knitting tool reciprocates in the guide groove. The knitting tool further has at least one butt carried by the shank; and at least one free surface which is provided in at least the first broad side. The free surface is recessed relative to the outer face of the first broad side, whereby a distance between the recessed free surface and the outer face of the second broad side defines a reduced shank thickness which is less than the full shank thickness. The recessed free surface extends in a direction of the shank length from the butt at least approximately to an end of the guide region.

Stamped knitting tool

A stamped knitting tool, such as a latch needle, has, on its shank, a lubricant distributing arrangement formed on at least one of the opposite broad shank faces for collecting a lubricant therein during operation of the knitting tool. The lubricant distributing arrangement is constituted by a region of reduced shank thickness extending transversely to the shank length from a distance from the upper shank edge at least substantially to the lower shank edge. The region of reduced shank thickness may be a chamfer, a recess or a depression.

Knitting tool having lubricant pockets

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Albstadt, Germany

Klaus Wagner