Abstract: A heating element comprises a heating film having an electrically nonconductive support layer and a conductive layer. The conductive layer of the present invention comprises a metallic layer or material that is deposited onto the support layer. The heating element system is suitable for integration into the seating surface or backrest surface of an automotive vehicle which may also comprise additional components such as upholstered units and sensors to facilitate the comfort of the occupant of the vehicle.

Abstract: An air conditioning device for a seat comprises an air-permeable base body which is fitted under a seat surface, and a heating element fitted in the base body, or between the seat surface and the base body. The base body and the heating element are mat-shaped. They are arranged substantially parallel to each other, and have substantially equal surface areas.

Abstract: The conditioned seat, has at least one seat contact surface (31), the outer side of which faces towards part of a passenger in the seat. An air-conditioning device (18) supplies conditioned air to the region of the inner side of the seat contact surface (31). An electrical heating element (24) is arranged in the region of the inner side of the seat contact surface (31) for warming the seat contact surface (31). A temperature sensor (28) detects the temperature in the region of the seat contact surface (31). For achieving a fast adjustment of the seat temperature to a preset desired temperature independent from the ambient temperature a controlling system (20) is provide which is in connection both with the air-conditioning device (18) and with the electrical heating element (24) and controls these corresponding to a pre-set desired temperature value in dependence on the temperature measured by the temperature sensor (28).

Abstract: A latch needle for loop forming textile machines includes a steel needle shank and a nonmetallic latch. The steel needle shank has upper and lower edges, a sawslot defined in the needle shank and a needle hook at one end of the needle shank. The needle also includes an axle which extends transversely across the sawslot and contacts the needle shank. The latch is pivotally mounted on the axle and is provided with a noucat at one end. The latch is pivotal between an open and a closed position. When the latch is in the closed position, the noucat rests on the needle hook and when the latch is in the open position, the back surface of the latch contacts part of the needle shank. The nonmetallic material which the latch is composed of is a fiber reinforced thermoplastic homopolymer or copolymer plastic.

Abstract: A stamped knitting tool for textile machines and particularly for knitting machines is provided with a shank member and a working member. The shank member includes upper and lower edges and first and second end surfaces, and has at least one butt extending from one of the edges and a recess defined in the first end surface and laterally bounded by a web portion of the shank member on each side. The recess is divided into a guide region adjacent the first end surface and a following anchorage region at the rear, and the edges of the web portions facing recess have an irregular profile in the anchorage region. The working member has a needle head or needle hook disposed at one end and a connecting member portion disposed at the other end, with the connecting member portion being positioned in the recess of the shank member so that it is held in a form-locking manner by the web portions in the guide region and so that it is anchored to the shank member in the anchorage region.

Abstract: A stamped knitting tool for knitting machines, for instance a latch needle, compound needle, bearded needle, plush hook or the like, has a hook formed on a stem with an intermediate neck, the hook being entirely made of a profiled material of substantially rectangular cross section, up to the end of the hook or the beginning of a hook point embodied there.In order to assure that the hook is capable of withstanding the great stresses occurring during the knitting process without the danger of premature breakage or bending open of the hook or other damage while keeping the hook at an appropriately small size, the hook (5), beginning at a maximum value (3) of the cross-sectional dimensions close to the neck (4), formed with steadily decreasing tapering cross-sectional dimensions from the vicinity of the neck (4) toward the end of the hook or the region of the beginning of the hook point (9).