VIBRATION-DAMPED, HIGHLY ELASTIC KNITTING TOOL, PARTICULARLY HIGH-SPEED KNITTING MACHINE NEEDLE

摘要

A yarn handling or knitting tool to provide for overall resiliency of a low-profile knitting needle. The knitting tool shank has rib portions of which one is not more than 1.1 mm in height, the rib portions with spaced guide portions defining therebetween an open window which is filled with a vibration and shock absorbing material. One of the rib portions is formed with a through-slit or interruption. Thus, the vibration or shock damping material is securely retained within the window without two enclosing rib portions to reduce the resiliency of the needle and its ability to absorb shock and vibration transmitted along the length of the shank during operation of the needle in the knitting machine. The interruption or slit can be placed at the end of the rib portion, adjacent a guide portion, centrally or at any other location along the length of the rib portion. If a plurality of rib portions and windows are provided, the interruptions or break points are, preferably, located alternately at an upper and lower side of the needle.