Patent ID: 6510712
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
A sliding-tongue compound needle for a knitting machine comprising a needle (1) equipped with a hook (3) and a sliding tongue (2) at least partially straddling the needle and equipped with at least one butt (14), with an end (12) and with a shoulder (13), the bottom of the sliding tongue being longitudinally slotted in its distal region comprising the end (12) and the shoulder (13) so as to allow the end to be parted, the sliding tongue being movable relative to the needle so as to close and open the hook of the needle and so as to drive a stitch along via its shoulder, and which has a device (6) for the positioning and vertical guidance of the sliding tongue (2) in all positions of the sliding tongue as it moves relative to the needle (1), the device being a special shape of the needle and of the sliding tongue, such that the sliding tongue moves along a nonrectilinear path controlled at all points and having rising and falling movements.