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US 7,007,516 B2Granted
Latch needle for a loop-forming textile machine
AssigneeGroz-Beckert KG
InventorManfred Sauter
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Abstract
The latch needle (1) of the invention has a latch (7), which is provided on its free end, on its side facing away from the hook (3), with one or more recesses (18, 19). The function of these recesses is to reduce the moment of inertia of the latch (7), which leads to an increased service life of the latch. Between the recesses (18, 19), a rib remains, whose top side functions like a skid for loops to be transferred. The indentations (18, 19) are preferably elongated depressions. However, corresponding openings may be provided as a substitute instead.
Claims13
A latch needle for a loop-forming textile machine, including:
- a needle body, a hook formed on the needle body, and a bearing device disposed on the needle body in the vicinity of the hook, and,
- a latch, which is held and pivotably supported on the bearing device by one end, and whose other end has a shaped face associated with and facing the hook;
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- wherein the latch, on its other end, has at least one indentation disposed in an outer face of the latch other than the shaped face.
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