Patent ID: 6178786
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
Knitting machine needle comprising a shaft (2, 30, 37, 47) having a front side (8) and a back (5, 52), said shaft having a recess (11, 31, 38, 50) open towards the front side (8); a selection element (12, 32, 39, 49) being received at least partly in said recess and being provided with a controllable raising butt (20) for selectively raising or not raising said needle, said selection element (12, 32, 39, 49) being arranged swivellably relative to the shaft (2, 30, 37, 47) in such a manner that said selection element can selectively be swivelled into at least a first position in which aid raising butt (20) projects forwards over the front side (8) for raising said needle in cooperation with a raising cam part (26), and a second position, in which said raising butt (20) in retracted behind the front side (8) such that said needle is not raised by said raising cam part (26), and a spring (21, 34, 44, 51) pretensioning said selection element (12, 32, 39, 49) into one of the two positions.