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EP 1847639 B1 20090701 - Yarn severing sinker of a flat bed knitting machine

Title (en)

Yarn severing sinker of a flat bed knitting machine

Title (de)

Fadenschneidplatine einer Flachstrickmaschine

Title (fr)

Platine coupe fil d'une machine à tricoter à fontures rectilignes

Publication

EP 1847639 B1 20090701 (DE)

Application

EP 06008245 A 20060421

Priority

EP 06008245 A 20060421

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1847639A1] A flatbed textile knitting machine has a thread cutting plate (1) forming part of a thread cutting station. The cutting plate has a thread trap (3) and a drive element (2) that move with respect to each other over a limited range.

IPC 8 full level

D04B 15/60 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

D04B 15/06 (2013.01); D04B 15/565 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE IT TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1847639 A1 20071024; EP 1847639 B1 20090701; CN 101058919 A 20071024; CN 101058919 B 20111221; DE 502006004125 D1 20090813

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 06008245 A 20060421; CN 200710096690 A 20070423; DE 502006004125 T 20060421