Latch needle
AssigneeGroz-Beckert KG
InventorsRoland Simmendinger, Jürgen Veeser
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Abstract
A latch needle for a loop-forming textile machine includes a needle shank and a needle latch with a back. The needle shank has a slot for receiving the needle latch and a first contact portion adapted to the back. The needle latch is pivotably mounted on the needle shank about a pivot axis between an open position and a closed position. In the open position, the back bears against the first contact portion. The latch needle has a damping spring adapted to the back and/or to the first contact portion in order to damp a contact of the back of the needle latch when in the open position, against the first contact portion.
Claims20
A latch needle for a loop-forming textile machine, the latch needle comprising:
- a needle shank;
- a needle latch with a back;
- the needle shank having a slot for receiving the needle latch, and a first contact portion adapted to the back;
- the needle latch pivotably mounted on the needle shank about a pivot axis for movement between an open position and a closed position;
- wherein the back bears against the first contact portion of the needle shank in the open position of the needle latch;
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- a damping spring adapted to the back and/or the first contact portion, the damping spring configured to dampen a contact of the back of the needle latch against the first contact portion when the needle latch is in the open position, wherein the damping spring is not in contact with the needle latch when the needle latch is in the closed position.
A latch needle for a loop-forming textile machine, the latch needle comprising:
- a needle shank;
- a needle latch with a back;
- the needle shank having a slot for receiving the needle latch, and a first contact portion adapted to the back;
- the needle latch pivotably mounted on the needle shank about a pivot axis for movement between an open position and a closed position;
- wherein the back bears against the first contact portion of the needle shank in the open position of the needle latch;
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- a damping spring adapted the back and/or the first contact portion, the damping spring configured to dampen a contact of the back of the needle latch against the first contact portion when the needle latch is in the open position, the damping spring comprising a freely resilient end and a connecting portion firmly connected to the needle shank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.