摘要 |
A needle for a tufting machine has its bottom end pointed and has its lower half portion flattened. The flattened portion has one edge thereof chamferred to form a tapered face. An elongated yarn insert hole is formed above the pointed tip. The hole is inclined at a predetermined angle so that its lowermost point is offset toward the tapered edge relative to a central longitudinal axis of the needle and so that its uppermost point is offset away from the tapered edge relative to the central longitudinal axis.
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