Patent ID: 8438877

Claim:
Knitting device ( 10 ) comprising: a needle bed ( 12 ) comprising a base body ( 20 ) with guide channels ( 13 , 14 , 15 ) provided on an exterior circumferential surface ( 22 ), wherein each guide channel ( 14 ) is delimited by two flat sides ( 50 , 51 ) of two channel walls ( 18 , 19 ) and a channel floor ( 23 ), wherein the channel walls ( 18 , 19 ) are seamlessly connected with the base body ( 20 ) and made without joints of a same material, wherein the guide channel ( 14 ) has a channel cross-section with a channel width ( 24 ), said width to be measured from a flat side ( 50 ) of a channel wall ( 18 ) to a flat side ( 51 ) of a channel wall ( 19 ), and with a channel depth ( 26 ), said depth to be measured parallel to the channel walls ( 18 , 19 ) away from the floor ( 23 ) and extending up to the exterior circumferential surface ( 22 ), and wherein the channel depth ( 26 ) is at least three quarters and at most 5 times the size of the channel width ( 24 ), a knitting tool ( 16 ) having a shank ( 28 ), said shank being arranged in the guide channel ( 14 ) so as to be shiftable in a longitudinal direction and being provided with a foot ( 35 ), said foot extending from the guide channel ( 14 ), and adjoining the foot ( 35 ), at least one recess ( 36 ) is provided on an upper side ( 42 ) of the knitting tool ( 16 ).