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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2005
Applicants:
Bob Hagens, Denver, NC (US);
Uwe Stingel, Messtetten, DE;
Eckhard Fehrenbacher, Bondorf, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Groz-Beckert KG, Albstadt, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04B 35/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The cutting needle () according to the invention is, for example, a latch needle and has a knife element () secured to the shank (). The knife element () defines a cutting edge () which projects obliquely upward from the shank. The knife element () is arranged externally of the range of motion of the latch () and cuts open a loop situated on the shank when it is overdriven outward. The knife element () is made, for example, of a suitable spring steel and is held unremovably on the shank ().