Releasably interlocking needlestrip and needle-carrier for textile machines

Releasably interlockable needlestrip and needle-carrier for textile machines comprising a generally U-shaped elongated needle carrier having a pair of longitudinally extending spaced legs connected at one each of the corresponding ends thereof by a transverse bight section, said legs and bight section thereby defining a longitudinally extending recess therebetween, a plurality of protuberances provided on one of said legs projecting into said recess, an elongated needlestrip having opposed sidewalls and top and bottom faces, a bracket member having a least a pair of legs angularly connected relative to each other such that one of said legs is positionable in abutting relationship with one of the sidewalls of said needlestrip and the other of said legs is positionable in abutting relationship with the top face of said needlestrip, said needlestrip and bracket member when positioned in said abutting relationship being dimensioned and configured to fit snugly within the recess of said needle carrier, and a plurality of slots formed in the surface of said one leg of the bracket member remote from the sidewall of the needlestrip, each said slot having a first vertically extending segment and a second longitudinally extending segment, said protuberances and slots being so configured and arranged on said needle-carrier and bracket member that upon insertion of the needlestrip and abutting bracket member into the recess of said needle carrier said protuberances are alignable with the vertical segments of corresponding slots and are slidable therein for mechanical and releasable interlocking of the needlestrip, bracket member and needle-carrier.