Patent · US Expired

Knitting tool, such as a selector sinker or a needle, having an integral control spring

US6023948A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

GROZ-BECKERT KG · DE

Inventors

Wolfgang Schmoll · Wallhausen, DE
Klaus Ruoff · Albstadt, DE
Thomas Schmid · Zürich, CH

Key dates

Filing date	May 14, 1998
Grant date	Feb 15, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 14, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD04B35/02
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A knitting tool includes a flat shank having opposite first and second narrow sides and an elongated, narrow control spring forming an integral, one-piece part with the shank and projecting therefrom. The control spring has a first, free end and an opposite second end. The second end is directly formed on the shank and constitutes a continuation of the first narrow shank side. The knitting tool further has an elongated bay bounded by the control spring and the first narrow shank side. The bay has an open end at the first, free end of the control spring and a closed end at the second end of the control spring.

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