Device for cutting a textile filament
AssigneeMefina S.A.
InventorAntonio Jimenez
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Abstract
The filament cutter comprises a shank (1) with a head (2) and a substantially cylindrical portion (4), applied against the head (2) by a spring (5). In the space (7,8) is disposed a cutting member (9), having notched recesses and so arranged that a filament engaged between the member (4) and the head (2) will come into engagement with the notches so as to be cut.
Claims4
A device to cut a textile thread and to retain at least one of its bits by pinching between two members urged against each other by a spring, one of these members being constituted by a head of a shank, the other member surrounding this shank, a space being provided between this other member and the head of the shank, a cutting member being disposed in said space, characterized in that the cutting member is constituted by a piece mounted on a portion of the shank which passes through said space, this piece having at least one leg extending radially into said space, this leg having a slot extending inwardly from its end, towards the shaft to define two parts of the leg located on either side of the slot and arranged to diverge outwardly from a radial plane perpendicular to the axis of the shaft, so as to provide between them a V-shaped throat for receiving and cutting the thread.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.