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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1998
Yuji Kawase, Wakayama, JP;
Precision Fukuhara Works, Ltd., Kyogo, JP;
Abstract
A latch needle is provided and includes a working needle having a needle head with a hook and a latch and a body portion having a connecting projection extending outwardly therefrom, and a butt needle having a connecting indentation therein which receives the connecting projection to connect the working needle and butt needle together and a butt thereon between the needle head of the working needle and the connecting projection and the connecting indentations. The latch needle also includes reinforcement of the connection between the working needle and the butt needle in the form of a fastening projection and a fastening indentation located between the needle head and the butt on the butt needle.