Sliding-tongue compound needle for a knitting machine

摘要

Sliding-tongue compound needle comprising a needle (1) equipped with a hook (3) and with a sliding tongue (2) straddling the needle and equipped with an end (12) and with a shoulder (13), the bottom of the sliding tongue being longitudinally slotted in its distal region comprising the end (12) and the shoulder (13) so as to allow the end to be parted, the sliding tongue being movable relative to the needle to close and open the hook of the needle and to carry a stitch by its shoulder. This needle has means (6) for the vertical guidance of the sliding tongue (2) as it moves relative to the needle (1) so that the sliding tongue moves in a non-rectilinear path.