Patent ID: 7726156

Claim:
A sinker for a knitting system on a knitting machine, provided with a latch needle with a latch, said sinker having a body that is formed from a flat metal part with flat side surfaces and has a working section, which is arranged next to a latch needle during operation, and which moves back and forth transverse to a longitudinal direction of the needle, and further having a driving section which engages in a cam during the operation, and wherein: the working section has a recess extending in the longitudinal direction of the sinker between a sinker back and a sinker upper edge and having a lower formed-on loop-forming edge and an upper holding-down edge; the working section further has at least two thickness regions as measured between the side surfaces, with the thickness (d 2 ) of the first thickness region being reduced as compared to the thickness (d 1 ) of the second thickness region; the upper holding-down edge is arranged in the first thickness region; and, a transition from the thicker second thickness region to the reduced first thickness region is located entirely at or above said lower formed-on loop forming edge.