Patent ID: 6574995
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
A latch needle comprising:a needle body having a latch slot delimited by two opposite arranged cheeks; a latch having a latch shaft that at least partially extends inside the latch slot and that has two side surfaces and a latch opening; and a bearing device extending through said latch opening for pivoting the latch inside the latch slot, wherein at least one of the side surfaces is divided into first and second separate surface areas, said first surface area being located adjacent the latch opening and said second surface area extending along the latch shaft away from the latch opening, wherein a first distance between the side surfaces at a first location removed from the bearing device is less than a second distance at a second location adjacent to the latch opening, and wherein said first surface area of said at least one of the side surfaces extends along the needle shaft to form a guiding surface to bear against at least one of said cheeks to substantially prevent play of the needle.