SLIDER TYPE COMPOUND NEEDLE FOR KNITTING MACHINE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a slider type compound needle for knitting machine which allows the knitting of finer and more even stitches and, in addition, makes the transfer of stitches to one or more receiving elements easier. SOLUTION: This slider type compound needle comprises a needle 1 equipped with a hook 3 and a slider 2 straddling the needle and equipped with an end 12 and a shoulder 13, and the top of the slider is longitudinally slotted in its distal region which forms the end 12 and the shoulder 13 so as to allow the end to be parted and the slider is movable relative to the needle to close and open the hook of the needle and to carry a stitch by its shoulder. The compound needle has means 6 for the vertical guidance of the slider 2 as it moves relative to the needle 1 so that the slider moves in a non-rectilinear path.