Patent ID: 6318281
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: D05B

Abstract:
A sewing machine needle comprising:(a) a blade having first and second ends;(b) a shank extending from said first end of said blade and adapted to be clamped in a sewing machine;(c) a point provided at said second end of said blade;(d) an elevation provided on said blade adjacent said point;(e) an eye traversing said blade adjacent said point; said eye having(1) a first eye end oriented toward said shank;(2) a second eye end oriented toward said point;(3) a thread inlet side;(4) a thread outlet side; said elevation being situated on said thread outlet side between said point and said first eye end; and(5) two facing eye walls bounding said eye and each having a respective edge at said thread outlet side; each said edge extending from said first eye end to said second eye end recessed from an imaginary straight line connecting said first eye end with said elevation; and(f) a thread trough provided in said blade and extending from said thread outlet side of said eye toward said point; said thread trough having facing side walls constituting respective continuations of said eye walls.