Method and container for verfying whether all fragments of a broken needle are present

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PATENT NO 10443171
APP PUB NO 20150252505A1
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14429823

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Quality assurance in sewing a textile sewn sequentially in a plurality of workstations (11) can be provided using a carriage 14 that can be moved between the workstations (11). Should a needle (12) break off in a workstation (11), the carriage (14) is moved to this workstation (11). The fragments (13) of the needle (12) are arranged in the container (20) and once it has been established that all the fragments (13) have been removed from the workstation (11) a replacement needle is provided for this workstation. The container (20) has an accommodation space (21) delimited by a main body (22) and a lid (23). A retaining magnet (34) is arranged in the region of a base (32) of the main body (22) extending along one axis (A) to retain magnetizable fragments (13) of a needle (12).

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GROZ-BECKERT KGPARKWEG 2 72458 ALBSTADT 72458

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Gunasekera, Stanley Tarique Albstadt, DE 1 3
Schmidt, Reiner Albstadt, DE 10 46

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