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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2002
Ernst-Dieter Plath, Albstadt, DE;
SIPRA Patententwicklungs- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Albstadt, DE;
Abstract
The invention describes a compound needle having a needle part ( ) and a slide part ( ) for knitting, warp knitting or hosiery machines. The needle part ( ) has a needle shaft ( ) and a needle hook ( ), the needle shaft ( ) being provided with a slot-shaped recess ( ) and a guide channel. The slide part has a slide shaft ( ), which is insertable into the guide channel and is movable to and fro in the latter, and a slide hook ( ) which is open in the opposite direction to the needle hook ( ), said slide hook being insertable into the recess ( ) in order to take over a stitch ( ) located on the needle shaft ( ). According to the invention, the guide channel is provided with a cover ( ) bridging the slide shaft ( ) at least on a part of its length, and the thickness of the slide hook ( ) is greater at least in a spread portion taking over the stitch ( ) and keeping it wide than the width of the guide channel, and/or the thickness of the needle hook ( ) is smaller than the thickness of the needle shaft ( ). In addition, a knitting machine equipped with compound needles of this type is described (FIG. ).