Knitting needle and bar for said needle

Abstract

The inventive knitting tools, in particular knitting needles (6), have a body (7) which, for alignment, has on its narrow side projections (15, 16) which have precisely machined abutment surfaces (18, 19) on their end faces. The abutment surfaces (18, 19), can be produced, for example, during a suitable stage of the manufacturing process. One of the projections (15, 16) or an additional projection (17) can be provided with abutment surfaces (20, 21) which are used for longitudinal positioning of the knitting tool. Corresponding grooves (25, 26, 27) in the needle bar (1) are assigned to the projections (15, 16, 17).

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective schematic illustration of a needle bar in accordance with the invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional illustration of the needle bar in accordance with FIG. 1, with the inventive knitting tool designed as a compound needle with its associate slider held by its own bar.

FIG. 3 is a separate illustration, drawn to a different scale, of a compound needle in accordance with FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is a separate illustration, drawn to a different scale, of the needle bar in accordance with FIG. 2.

FIG. 5 is a sectional perspective illustration of the needle bar in accordance with FIG. 4, for further explanation.

FIG. 6 is a sectional perspective illustration of a modified embodiment of the needle bar in accordance with FIG. 4, for further explanation.

Claims

1. Knitting tool (6) having a body (7) provided for the accommodation in a holding device (1), said body having at least one narrow side (8) on which at least two projections (15, 16) are arranged, each of said projections being provided with an abutment surface (18, 19) on its side facing away from the body (7).

2. Knitting tool in accordance with claim 1, characterized in that it is designed as a knitting needle (6) by being provided with a hook (14) at one end.

3. Knitting tool in accordance with claim 1, characterized in that the abutment surfaces (18, 19) are located on a common plane (E1).

4. Knitting tool in accordance with claim 1, characterized in that each of the two abutment surfaces (18, 19) is respectively arranged parallel to the narrow side (8).

5. Knitting tool in accordance with claim 1, characterized in that the longitudinal body (7) has respectively two flat sides (10, 11), said flat sides being parallel to each other and adjoining the narrow side (8), and has a narrow side (9) opposite the narrow side (8), whereby the distance between the flat sides is distinctly smaller than the distance between the narrow sides.

6. Knitting tool in accordance with claim 1, characterized in that a projection (17) is provided on the narrow side (8).

7. Knitting tool in accordance with claim 6, characterized in that the projection (17) has at least one abutment surface (20) which is oriented at an angle with respect to the narrow side (8).

8. Knitting tool in accordance with claim 6, characterized in that the projection (17), at the same time, forms one of the projections (18, 19).

9. Knitting tool in accordance with claim 6, characterized in that the projection (17) is arranged at a distance from the projections (18, 19).

10. Bar with a knitting tool in accordance with claim 1, having, provided on one side, a series of grooves (22, 23) that are parallel to each other for the accommodation of the knitting tools (6), and having at least a first and a second groove (25, 26) which intersect the grooves (22, 23) provided for the accommodation of the knitting needles (6), and which are at least slightly deeper than said latter grooves.

11. Bar in accordance with claim 10, characterized in that each of the first and the second grooves (25, 26) has a bottom (28, 29) that represents a reference surface for positioning the knitting tools (6).

12. Bar in accordance with claim 10, characterized in that the grooves (25, 26) have a width that is greater than the length of the projection (15, 16), whereby said length is to be measured parallel to the narrow side (8) of the knitting tool (6).

13. Bar in accordance with claim 10, characterized in that the grooves (25, 26) are assigned to the projections (15, 16) in order to receive said projections.

14. Bar in accordance with claim 10, characterized in that the bar (1) has a third groove (27) which intersects the grooves (22, 23) provided for the accommodation of the knitting tools (6), said third groove being at least deeper than these grooves.

15. Bar in accordance with claim 14, characterized in that the third groove (27) has a width that corresponds to the width of a projection (17) provided on the knitting tool (6).

16. Bar in accordance with claim 10, characterized in that the grooves (25, 26) are aligned parallel to each other.

17. Bar in accordance with claim 10, characterized in that each of the first and second grooves (25, 26) has a depth which is greater than the height (A1) of the projections (15, 16), and that, for the alignment of the knitting tools (6) in vertical direction, at least one support means (36, 37) is provided transverse to the bar (1), whereby the knitting needles (6) abut against said support means.

18. Bar in accordance with claim 17, characterized in that the support means (36, 37) have support surfaces (38, 39) which are in contact with the support surfaces (18, 19) of the knitting needles (6).

19. Bar in accordance with claim 17, characterized in that the support means (36, 37) are detachably connected with the bar.