Global Patent Index - EP 2415917 B1

EP 2415917 B1 20140312 - Compound needle for flatbed knitting machine

Title (en)

Compound needle for flatbed knitting machine

Title (de)

Schiebernadel für Flachstrickmaschinen

Title (fr)

Aiguille de type compound pour machine à tricoter rectiligne

Publication

EP 2415917 B1 20140312 (EN)

Application

EP 11006394 A 20110803

Priority

JP 2010178134 A 20100806

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2415917A1] [Abstract] [Problem to be solved] There is provided a compound needle for a flatbed knitting machine, which can make a slider hard to move backward owing to a pulling force to a downward of a needle bed gap, which acts on an old loop, even if a state where a tongue rises relatively is temporarily held, when the tongue is moved relatively so as to close a hook. [Solution] A bottom portion of a tongue 6, there formed a step portion 6e between a slide contact portion 6c and an contacting portion 6d, has a shape concaved to the upper side in comparison with a conventional shape 6f. A stitch held on an upper edge 6a receives a pulling force to a downward of a needle bed gap 8. A direction that the pulling force acts on the stitch is almost identical to a direction that the contacting portion 6d contacts a flat face 4b. Therefore, since a component force in the direction along the flat face 4b is hardly generated, a slider 5 is made hard to move backward. If the contacting portion 6d has a circular arc shape, only a component force in the direction constantly perpendicular to the flat face 4b is generated and a component force in the direction along the flat face 4b is not generated, so that the slider 5 can be made further hard to move backward.

IPC 8 full level

D04B 35/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

D04B 35/06 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2415917 A1 20120208; EP 2415917 B1 20140312; CN 102373573 A 20120314; CN 102373573 B 20140813; JP 2012036531 A 20120223; JP 5719544 B2 20150520

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 11006394 A 20110803; CN 201110202947 A 20110720; JP 2010178134 A 20100806