Stamped knitting tool for knitting machines
US4548056A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 4, 1984 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 4, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB21G1/04
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A stamped knitting tool for knitting machines, for instance a latch needle, compound needle, bearded needle, plush hook or the like, has a hook formed on a stem with an intermediate neck, the hook being entirely made of a profiled material of substantially rectangular cross section, up to the end of the hook or the beginning of a hook point embodied there. In order to assure that the hook is capable of withstanding the great stresses occurring during the knitting process without the danger of premature breakage or bending open of the hook or other damage while keeping the hook at an appropriately small size, the hook (5), beginning at a maximum value (3) of the cross-sectional dimensions close to the neck (4), formed with steadily decreasing tapering cross-sectional dimensions from the vicinity of the neck (4) toward the end of the hook or the region of the beginning of the hook point (9).
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