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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7913519 | Latch needle with rotating swivel pin The knitting needle 1 comprises a novel bearing arrangement 16 for its latch 10. The bearing arrangement 16 comprises a swivel pin 20 that is positively and non-rotationally coupled with the latch. An anti-loosening safety may be provided on the... | 03/29/2011 |
| 6931890 | Latch needle A latch needle (1) is provided with a latch (5), which has a clearing profile (19) on its latch shank end (18). The clearing profile (19) serves to keep the sawslot (6) free of dirt. To that end, it has at least one special ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6209360 | Latch needle having a latch supported on a pin A latch needle includes a head; a cheek having two facing side walls each having an inner wall face and an outer wall face; a sawslot defined by the inner wall faces of the side walls; and a pivot pin being formed at least on one of the side walls by plas... | 04/03/2001 |
| 5956976 | Latch needle for loop-forming textile machines A latch needle for loop-forming textile machines includes a needle shank having an upper side, a back and a sawslot extending into the needle shank from the upper side and oriented parallel to the shank. A hook is provided at an end of the needle shank. A... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5509280 | Latch needle for textile machines A latch needle for textile machines has a needle shank having a longitudinal slot formed therein. The needle shank includes a needle hook located at one end of the needle shank, and two opposing shank cheeks each defining a lateral side of the longitudina... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5488840 | Latch needle for a textile machine A latch needle for a textile machine includes a needle shank having a sawslot defined in the needle shank by two facing cheeks forming part of the needle shank; a pivot pin supported by the cheeks and extending transversely to the length dimension of the ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 4817398 | Latch needle for loop forming textile machines A latch needle for loop forming textile machines includes a steel needle shank and a nonmetallic latch. The steel needle shank has upper and lower edges, a sawslot defined in the needle shank and a needle hook at one end of the needle shank. The needle al... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4781040 | Latch needle for knitting machine Disclosed is a latch needle for knitting machine to be readily assembled from a latch having a pair of transversely protruded pivots and plastically formed from a synthetic resin, as well as an extended needle body consisting of a shank portion. A hook po... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4747277 | Latch needle for a textile machine A latch needle for a textile machine including a latch displaceable in a longitudinal slot of a needle shank and pivotally mounted by means of a continuous bearing bore on two coaxial shaft stubs disposed at needle shank cheeks which laterally delimit the... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4723425 | Latch needle for textile machine A latch needle for a textile machine. The latch needle has a latch which is displaceable in a longitudinal slot of a needle shank and is pivotally mounted by means of a continuous bearing bore on a one-piece, cylindrical shaft bolt which is inserted into ... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4665717 | Latch needle for Raschel machine A latch needle for a Raschel machine having a branch stem branched from a portion are side of the stem below the latch so as to extend downward substantially in parallel to the lateral side of the stem, and having a thickness greater than that of the stem... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4020319 | Method of forming a knitting needle latch pivot High energy heat, such as the high energy obtained from a laser or a maser, is applied against both wall portions of a latch pivot formed by displacing portions of the opposite walls of the slot in the needle. The applied high energy heat melts portions o... | 04/26/1977 |
