Patent ID: 7328664

Claim:
A tufting needle ( 4 ) comprising a needle body ( 7 ) having a shaft ( 9 ) which, at an end, terminates in a tip ( 8 ) and which is provided with an eyelet ( 6 ) and, in the vicinity thereof, has a hollow flute ( 15 ); the opening direction of the eyelet ( 6 ) is oriented perpendicularly to a reference plane ( 28 ), wherein the hollow flute ( 15 ) is provided with at least one chamfer ( 33 , 34 ) which is arranged at an inclination to the reference plane ( 28 ) and which, in the vicinity of the needle center ( 29 ), forms an acute angle (α) with the reference plane ( 28 ); the angle (α) is smaller than an angle (β) which is formed by the chamfer ( 33 , 34 ) with the reference plane ( 28 ) at a greater lateral distance from the needle center ( 29 ).