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US3411327A
US3411327A US571931A US57193166A US3411327A US 3411327 A US3411327 A US 3411327A US 571931 A US571931 A US 571931A US 57193166 A US57193166 A US 57193166A US 3411327 A US3411327 A US 3411327A
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    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
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    • D04B35/00—Details of, or auxiliary devices incorporated in, knitting machines, not otherwise provided for
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  • This invention relates to knitting needles, and in particular to a knitting needle that may be so extended that its hook and butt may be relatively positioned with respect to each other. Such a feature is desirable since it allows the effective length of a knitting needle to be changed as desired, and permits of standard needle parts for a variety of needle applications.
  • FIG. 1 is an elevational view of a knitting needle according to the invention.
  • a latch type knitting needle combination comprises a hook part and a butt part 12.
  • the hook part 10 is provided with a hook 13 and a conventional latch 14.
  • the latch 14 is pivotally supported at a point 18 on the part 10.
  • Disposed along the shank of the part 10 are a pair of notches 20, 22 adapted to seat a tooth-like member 24 on the butt part 12.
  • the needle part 12 has a butt 26 that may be positioned nearer or farther from the hook 13 as desired by placing the toothlike member 24 in either the notch 20 or the notch 22.
  • the hook part 10 is provided with a hooked boss 30 which may be used to pull the hook part 10 out of its needle bed (not shown) so that the tooth-like member 24 of the butt part 12 may be repositioned from one notch to another, thereby changing the effective length of the needle.
  • a knitting needle having a hook and a butt and means for selectively positioning said but to one of a plurality of positions with respect to said hook, said knitting needle including a first part having said hook thereon and a second part having said butt thereon, one of said parts being provided with a'plurality of notches, and the other of said parts being provided with a toothlike member, said tooth-like member being selectively operatively engageable with either of said notches, one of said parts being provided with a hooked boss for disengaging said tooth-like member from the notches of said part having such notches, whereby said tooth-like member may be repositioned to a different one of said plurality of notches.

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Nov. 19, 1968 L, A. BECKENSTEIN 3,411,327
EXPANDABLE KNITTING NEEDLE Filed Aug 11, 1966 INVENTOR. Leonard A. Beckenstein gab 1'! 7;; ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,411,327 EXPANDABLE KNITTING NEEDLE Leonard A. Beckenstein, Farmingdale, N.Y., assignor to The Singer Company, New York, N.Y., a corporation of New Jersey Filed Aug. 11, 1966, Ser. No. 571,931 1 Claim. (Cl. 66-123) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE An expandable knitting needle is disclosed as having two relatively positionable parts. One part has a pair of notches, while the other part has a tooth engageable with either notch, such former needle part being provided with a hooked boss that may be easily seized to allow the needle parts to be pulled apart for relatively positioning such needle parts.
This invention relates to knitting needles, and in particular to a knitting needle that may be so extended that its hook and butt may be relatively positioned with respect to each other. Such a feature is desirable since it allows the effective length of a knitting needle to be changed as desired, and permits of standard needle parts for a variety of needle applications.
Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide a versatile knitting needle that permits the butt of such needle to be located at varying distances from its hook.
The invention will be described with reference to the figure, which figure is an elevational view of a knitting needle according to the invention.
Referring to the figure, a latch type knitting needle combination comprises a hook part and a butt part 12. The hook part 10 is provided with a hook 13 and a conventional latch 14. The latch 14 is pivotally supported at a point 18 on the part 10. Disposed along the shank of the part 10 are a pair of notches 20, 22 adapted to seat a tooth-like member 24 on the butt part 12. The needle part 12 has a butt 26 that may be positioned nearer or farther from the hook 13 as desired by placing the toothlike member 24 in either the notch 20 or the notch 22. The hook part 10 is provided with a hooked boss 30 which may be used to pull the hook part 10 out of its needle bed (not shown) so that the tooth-like member 24 of the butt part 12 may be repositioned from one notch to another, thereby changing the effective length of the needle.
3,411,327 Patented Nov. 19, 1968 While the invention has been described in its preferred form, it is to be understood that the words which have been used are words of description rather than of limitation and that changes within the purview of the appended claims may be made Without departing from the true scope and spirit of the invention. For example, it would be well within the scope of the invention to place instead a tooth on the hook part 10 and a pair of notches on the butt part 12 for accommodating such tooth; or it would be within the scope of the invention to change the size and shape of the notches and tooth as desired.
Having thus set forth the nature of the invention, what is claimed herein is:
1. A knitting needle having a hook and a butt and means for selectively positioning said but to one of a plurality of positions with respect to said hook, said knitting needle including a first part having said hook thereon and a second part having said butt thereon, one of said parts being provided with a'plurality of notches, and the other of said parts being provided with a toothlike member, said tooth-like member being selectively operatively engageable with either of said notches, one of said parts being provided with a hooked boss for disengaging said tooth-like member from the notches of said part having such notches, whereby said tooth-like member may be repositioned to a different one of said plurality of notches.
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,902,752 3/ 1933 Baumgartel 66--75 2,626,513 1/ 1953 Lombardi 6650 2,861,441 11/1958 Green et a1. 66-50 3,097,510 7/1963 Brown 66--49 X 3,315,494 4/ 1967 Farmer 66--30 FOREIGN PATENTS 878,289 1/ 1943 France.
309,465 4/ 1929 Great Britain.
351,046 6/ 1931 Great Britain.
404,601 4/ 1932 Great Britain.
753,211 7/ 1956 Great Britain.
147,763 6/ 1931 Switzerland.
MERVIN STEIN, Primary Examiner.
RONALD FELDBAUM, Assistant Examiner.
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US3875767A (en) * 1971-12-14 1975-04-08 Statni Vyzkumny Ustav Textilni Oscillation suppressing knitting needle
EP0908548A1 (en) * 1997-10-08 1999-04-14 Precision Fukuhara Works, Ltd. A split latch needle

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GB309465A (en) * 1928-01-07 1929-04-08 Edwin Wildt Improvements in or relating to knitting machines and to needles and needle jacks therefor
GB351046A (en) * 1930-03-20 1931-06-22 Spiers William Ltd Improvements in or relating to circular knitting machines
CH147763A (en) * 1929-07-10 1931-06-30 Dresdner Strickmaschinenfabrik Adjustable needle for flat knitting machines.
US1902752A (en) * 1931-01-29 1933-03-21 Baumgartel Carl Straight bar knitting machine
GB404601A (en) * 1932-04-13 1934-01-18 Perssons Vaef Och Stickmaskin Improvements in or relating to jacquard knitting machines
FR878289A (en) * 1941-01-28 1943-01-15 Reutlinger Strickmaschinenfab Process for the production of patterned knits, and a flat knitting machine for its implementation
US2626513A (en) * 1949-03-19 1953-01-27 Lombardi Vincent Knitting machine and method
GB753211A (en) * 1950-12-15 1956-07-18 George Fendrick Improvements in independent needle knitting machines
US2861441A (en) * 1953-03-10 1958-11-25 Hemphill Co Method and apparatus for knitting
US3097510A (en) * 1959-12-14 1963-07-16 M brown
US3315494A (en) * 1964-01-05 1967-04-25 Wildt Mellor Bromley Ltd Patterning mechanism for circular knitting machines

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GB309465A (en) * 1928-01-07 1929-04-08 Edwin Wildt Improvements in or relating to knitting machines and to needles and needle jacks therefor
CH147763A (en) * 1929-07-10 1931-06-30 Dresdner Strickmaschinenfabrik Adjustable needle for flat knitting machines.
GB351046A (en) * 1930-03-20 1931-06-22 Spiers William Ltd Improvements in or relating to circular knitting machines
US1902752A (en) * 1931-01-29 1933-03-21 Baumgartel Carl Straight bar knitting machine
GB404601A (en) * 1932-04-13 1934-01-18 Perssons Vaef Och Stickmaskin Improvements in or relating to jacquard knitting machines
FR878289A (en) * 1941-01-28 1943-01-15 Reutlinger Strickmaschinenfab Process for the production of patterned knits, and a flat knitting machine for its implementation
US2626513A (en) * 1949-03-19 1953-01-27 Lombardi Vincent Knitting machine and method
GB753211A (en) * 1950-12-15 1956-07-18 George Fendrick Improvements in independent needle knitting machines
US2861441A (en) * 1953-03-10 1958-11-25 Hemphill Co Method and apparatus for knitting
US3097510A (en) * 1959-12-14 1963-07-16 M brown
US3315494A (en) * 1964-01-05 1967-04-25 Wildt Mellor Bromley Ltd Patterning mechanism for circular knitting machines

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US3875767A (en) * 1971-12-14 1975-04-08 Statni Vyzkumny Ustav Textilni Oscillation suppressing knitting needle
EP0908548A1 (en) * 1997-10-08 1999-04-14 Precision Fukuhara Works, Ltd. A split latch needle
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