Transfer needle for a loop-forming knitting machine

摘要

Previously, transfer needles have had an elongated shank, divided into high and low portions. The high portion was on one side with an indentation that served as a rectangular fastening for the transfer spring. In contrast, the needle described in US Patent 6 807 831 has a body with two even and flat sides, which are joined to one another on the top and back by narrow sides. A narrow slit opens out at one of the narrow sides and extends parallel or at an acute angle to the flat sides and into the body. A substantially rectangular fastening portion of the transfer spring is retained in this slit.