Patent ID: 7451787
Filing Date: 2008-11-18
Classification: D03D

Abstract:
1. A weft introduction needle for a ribbon needle loom, which has a bent arm which can be fastened at one end to a drive element of a ribbon needle loom and at the other end has a hook for picking up a weft loop, the arm being assigned, essentially over its entire length, a guide bow which with the arm forms a longitudinal slot for receiving at least one weft thread and which is connected at the end facing the hook to the arm via a connection part, wherein the arm has arranged on it, on a side facing away from the guide bow, a guide element which extends, starting from the region of the hook, over only a portion of the length of the arm, the guide element forming, on the region facing away from the hook, a deflection point for deflecting the free limb of the weft loop, outside the effective range of the knitting needle wherein the guide element is designed as a second guide bow spaced from the arm which is arranged on that side of the arm facing away from the first guide bow and which, extending over the hook, extends from a first connection point proximate the front end of the weft introduction needle, over only a portion of the length of the arm to a second connection point where said second guide bow is connected to the arm, the second connection point on the arm forming the deflection point.