Patent · US Expired

Composite needle of knitting machine

US6915667B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 22, 2002
Grant dateJul 12, 2005
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Expiry dateAug 22, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD04B35/32
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A composite needle of a knitting machine, comprises: a needle body having at a tip end a hook; a slider formed by superposing two blades, wherein the composite needle of the knitting machine is formed such that a blade groove provided in the needle body supports the blades of the slider when the needle body and the slider can separately slide in forward and backward directions; and a dust-collecting plate that is seperately formed from the needle body and that extends, when viewed from a side, from the blade groove of the needle body in an upward direction and to a hook side of the needle such that the dust-collecting plate is provided at a tip end of the slider proximate to the hook.

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