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(11) EP 2 458 052 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
05.09.2012 Bulletin 2012/36

(43) Date of publication A2:
30.05.2012 Bulletin 2012/22

(21) Application number: 11009237.6

(22) Date of filing: 22.11.2011
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
D04B 35/06(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
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
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 22.11.2010 JP 2010260511

(71) Applicant: Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd
Wakayama-shi, Wakayama 641-8511 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Sonomura, Minoru
    Wakayama 641-8511 (JP)

(74) Representative: Wimmer, Hubert 
WAGNER & GEYER Gewürzmühlstrasse 5
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


(54) Compound needle for flatbed knitting machine


(57) [Problem to be solved] There is provided a compound needle of a flatbed knitting machine that can reliably guide a tongue to be sunk in a slider groove at clearing time in which a slider having the tongue formed with two blades is moved back with respect to a needle body.
[Solution] In a clearing time, a head portion (14g) of a blade (14) is put in a clearing portion (12i) of a slider groove (12c), and a sloping portion (14f) is pressed with a pressing portion (12f) on the under surface of an overhanging portion (12e). A tongue (14a) is sunk in the slider groove (12c), and a stitch can smoothly move back along a needle shank (12b). An arm (14b) is extended on the rearward beyond the overhanging portion (12e), so that it is possible to form a compound needle (11) by combining a needle body (12) with a slider (13) from above, even though a curving portion (14e) is provided subsequent to the tongue (14a).







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