Latch needle

Abstract

The present invention relates to a latch needle (1) for a knitting machine, having a needle bar (6), a needle hook (2) molded at the needle bar, and a needle latch (5) pivotally supported at the needle bar (6), wherein the lower side of the needle bar (6) includes a recess (30) at a region between a coupling point (50) of the needle latch (5) and the needle hook (2).

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a latch needle for a knitting machine with a needle shank, a hook molded on the needle shank and a latch mounted pivotably in the needle shank. Background technique [0002] In order to facilitate the unlooping of the loop from the latch needle, different improvements have been proposed to the needle, the purpose of which is to make it as easy as possible for the loop to be unlooped from the needle to rise from the needle shank via the closed latch to the needle hook. [0003] DE 15 85 099 shows a latch needle in which the needle shank tapers toward the hook, wherein the tapering is achieved by the underside of the needle shank having a course that rises toward the hook. This reduces the cross-section of the needle shank towards the needle hook. The loop that slides over the closed latch to the needle hook undergoes a slight expansion due to this cross-sectional reduction, which makes stripping easier. However, the tapering ...

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Problems solved by technology

However, the tapering of the shank of this known needle leads to a reduction in the opening width of the hook, which is disadvantageous especially when inserting several yarns or a yarn thicker than the hook dimension into the hook Impact

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