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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hans-Kurt Wohnhas, Albstadt, DE;
Bernd Hillenbrand, Albstadt-Truchtelfingen, DE;
Gerd Horn, Albstadt, DE;
Assignee:
Groz-Beckert KG, Albstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D05B 8/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D05B 8/500 ;
Abstract
A needle for introducing a thread into or through a fabric includes an elongated needle blade having a longitudinal axis; a needle point; and an eye traversing the needle blade at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis. The needle eye has an inlet and an outlet situated on opposite sides of the needle blade. The needle further has a protuberance formed on the needle blade. The protuberance adjoins the eye outlet and projects laterally away from the needle blade.