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EP 2 397 590 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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14.11.2012 Bulletin 2012/46 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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21.12.2011 Bulletin 2011/51 |
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Date of filing: 20.06.2011 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC):
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Designated Contracting States: |
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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 |
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BA ME |
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Priority: |
18.06.2010 JP 2010139815
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Applicant: Shima Seiki Manufacturing., Ltd. |
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Wakayama-shi
Wakayama 641-0003 (JP) |
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Inventor: |
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- Sonomura, Minoru
Wakayama-shi
Wakayama 6418511 (JP)
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Representative: Wimmer, Hubert |
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WAGNER & GEYER
Gewürzmühlstrasse 5 80538 München 80538 München (DE) |
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Compound needle for flatbed knitting machine |
(57) [Problem to be solved] The present invention provides a compound needle for a flatbed
knitting machine in which positioning of an opening/closing body and a base body is
easily made when the opening/closing body and the base body are coupled to each other
and a large force is hardly applied to the coupling portion.
[Solution] A coupling portion 16 between blades 13, 14 as an opening/closing body
12 of a slider 11 and a base body 15 is positioned in the front-rear direction by
providing a coupling groove 15b formed so as to correspond to the lengths of upper
stages 13e, 14e on one side face of the base body 15, fitting the upper stages 13e,
14e into the coupling groove 15b, and making rear ends of the connecting portions
13d, 14d have in contact with an contacting portion 15c. Rear portions of the blades
13, 14 are divided into the upper stages 13e, 14e and lower stages 13c, 14c so that
the lengths of the blades 13, 14 can be shortened in the front-rear direction. A force
required for positioning the coupling portion 16 in the vertical direction can be
made to act from the lower side easily. The lower stages 13c, 14c sag and absorb a
force received by front portions of the blades 13, 14 from the bottom of the slider
groove 17d so that the force is hardly applied to the coupling portion 16.

