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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1999
Yasuhiko Matsuda, Tabata, Toyama-shi, Toyama-ken, JP;
Michio Ito, Kamogawa-machi, Uozu-shi, Toyama-ken, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A metallic needle bed having a multiplicity of needle sliding grooves which are formed in parallel so as to slidably support a knitting needle on a surface thereof. Two or more short needle plates are removably fixed in a successively detachable/attachable manner, on an upper surface of metallic reinforcing support member which has a length substantially equal to a desired needle bed length. The short needle plates are formed with a plurality of the needle sliding grooves on a surface thereof, obtain a desired needle bed dimension when connecting these needle plates in a longitudinal direction, and are formed with a taper surface having a thickness gradually decreasing toward an edge portion at a rear surface on a side where a knitted loop forming portion of the knitting needle is projected/retracted.