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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181585 | Apparatus and method for compressed air system A compressed air system adapted for use in connection with a tufting machine having a yarn applicator adapted to penetrate a backing of a surface covering and place a stitch in the backing of the surface covering, a presser foot and a funnel block. The compressed ai... | 05/22/2012 |
| 7836836 | Self-adjusting cam follower bracket for tufting machine The present invention provides a cam follower bracket that is used in conjunction with textile tufting machines. Typically, the present invention is used with shifting tufting machines used to produce carpet and rugs. The cam follower bracket utilizes a floating lug... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7578249 | Tufting machine head shaker An antivibratory system is provided by means of a servo motor driven shaker affixed to the head or bed frame of a tufting machine and programmed for rotation of a balancing weight to minimize vibration caused by operation of tufting machine at a particular speeds an... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7478605 | Carpet making machinery The specification discloses carpet making machinery (10) with at least one needle head (26) and an associated loop forming head (27) disposed on either side of a pile forming station (28) through which a backing material web (29) i... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7431974 | Tufted fabric with embedded stitches The present invention provides for tufted needlefelts with partially or totally obscured loop bights that provide good tuft bind. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7347151 | Control assembly for tufting machine A tufting machine and a method of controlling a tufting machine for forming cut and loop pile tufts of yarns in a backing material that includes a hook assembly having a series of hooks/loopers and a series of clips independently moveable between extended and retrac... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7284492 | Replaceable hook modules A hook module assembly for a tufting machine is provided that allows for broken and damaged hooks of a level cut loop tufting machine to be replaced. The hook module assembly includes modular blocks having a series of slots in which level cut loop hooks are received... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7191716 | Automatic tufting method and apparatus therefor The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for the automatic insertion of an individual upholstery tuft (3) and washer (1) from a plurality of connected tufts (4) and a plurality of connected washers (2) into an upholstered a... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7096806 | Yarn feed system for tufting machines A yarn feed system, enabling the control of individual yarns to the needles of a tufting machine, and which system can be manufactured as a substantially standardized unit or attachment that can be removably mounted to a tufting machine. The yarn feed unit includes ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7011724 | Textile products having flame retardant properties and methods of manufacture A textile product with enhanced flame and/or smoke retardant properties and a method of forming the same is disclosed. The textile product is comprised of a textile material having a primary layer or backing with intumescent particles coated, sprayed, sprinkled, or ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6951590 | Stitched pile surface structure and process and system for producing the same A stitched pile surface structure and a process and apparatus for producing and finishing the same is disclosed. The stitched pile surface structure includes a backing having a thickness T. A plurality of parallel lines of stitches extends longitudinally along the b... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6945183 | Yarn feed system for tufting machines A yarn feed system, enabling the control of individual yarns to the needles of a tufting machine, and which system can be manufactured as a substantially standardized unit or attachment that can be removably mounted to a tufting machine. The yarn feed unit includes ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6868797 | Device and method for automatically tufting upholstery The present invention is a device for the automatic tufting of upholstery units using tufts comprising a retaining link with a tuft element at either end and associated with further tufts is provided. The device comprises engagement device for a tuft device for sepa... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6718894 | Device and method for automatically tufting upholstery A device for the automatic tufting of upholstery units using tufts (22) comprising a retaining link (12) with a tuft element (14a, 14b) at either end and associated with further tufts (24, 26) is provided. The device ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6318730 | Tufting machine push rod housing gland seal assembly An improved tufting machine push rod housing gland seal assembly for use with a tufting machine is disclosed. The gland seal assembly of the invention includes an elongate carrier formed by a longitudinal axis, having a first end and a spaced second end, ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6293210 | Needle reciprocation There is disclosed a material or fabric making or processing operation involving needle penetration of a fibre, fabric or material layer (12) in which the needle penetration action is controlled by control means (18) by which the needle penetration charac... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6269759 | Apparatus for producing a stitched pile surface structure An apparatus for producing a stitched pile surface structure is disclosed. The apparatus has a plurality of transversely spaced needles forming a needle array, with each needle having a predetermined width dimension (142D). The needles in operation being ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6228460 | Tufted articles and related processes Processes for tufting substrate or primary carpet backing using conventional double needle bars but in which the needles may be shifted less than a full gauge. Processes of the present invention may employ a conventional double needle bar tufting machine ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6016757 | Tufting device for a brush tufting machine A tufting device for the filling tool of a brush tufting machine is provided which permits the operating stroke of the filling tool to be varied and adjusted without affecting operating speed and precision of operation. The tufting device has a guide bloc... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5743200 | Apparatus for manufacturing tufted rugs An apparatus (10) is provided for tufting an embroidered rug using an automated tufting machine and an X-Y gantry, wherein the tufting needle to rotate without creating adverse affects in the tufted pattern. A tufting head (42) is carried by an upper gant... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5653184 | Water cooled tufting machine An individual controlled needle tufting machine has a reciprocating latch bar for latching and unlatching to selective needle carriers, each needle carrier being guided in a respective guide formed in a guide block and carrying a respective needle so that... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5575228 | Variable gauge tufting apparatus A single or multiple needle bar tufting machine is provided with loop forming fingers above the substrate or base fabric and by laterally shifting the needles during tufting, rows of loop stitches are formed over the loop forming fingers on the face of th... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5566629 | Tufting machine patterning apparatus A tufting machine includes a pattern attachment mounted between a yarn feeding device and the needles, the yarn feeding device feeding yarn to the needles at a constant rate in an amount sufficient to accommodate the yarn requirements of the needle and lo... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5513586 | Belt driven looper drive A tufting machine has a main drive shaft, a looper shaft and parallel to the main shaft, a drive train therebetween in which a spindle supports, on its end, a sprocket which is driven by an endless belt from a wheel on the drive shaft. The other face of t... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5357886 | Apparatus for the production of tufting material In the case of an apparatus for the production of textile pile fabric, and preferably for the production of two bilaterally symmetrical webs of textile pile fabric, comprising a conveying device, able to be driven in steps, for at least one taut support f... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5287819 | High speed dynamically balanced tufting machine A tufting machine having individual crank assemblies for reciprocating the push rods which carry the needle bar. Successive crank shafts aligned with each other and parallel to two main drive shafts which are rotated in opposite directions. Gears on the m... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5046438 | Needle for use in tufting machine 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 in... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5042405 | Yarn control method and apparatus A yarn control system and apparatus for use in the manufacture of non-woven, non-knitted fabrics which have a pile supported by a backing cloth, such as carpets, the apparatus including a plurality of needles for inserting yarns from yarn supplies into th... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4619212 | Tufting machine and method of tufting for producing multiple rows of tufts with single lengths of yarn A laterally shiftable needle bar of a tufting machine, carrying a plurality of laterally spaced needles, is reciprocated in a vertical path for simultaneously inserting loops of yarn, carried by the needles, through a base fabric, the fabric being fed in ... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4538536 | Optical apparatus for monitoring for thread breakage A laser beam scanning device (17) is provided for monitoring for thread breakage in tufting machines (31) in which a carrier web (16) is passed from below to a spiked roller (11) and is deflected by the spiked roller into a substantially horizontal direct... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4506611 | Three-dimensional thick fabrics and methods and apparatus for making same Three-dimensional thick fabrics are made from a laminate of fabric plies by first inserting pointed rods through the laminate to form rows of holes after which needles are reciprocated through the different holes to pull loops of various yarns through the... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4499835 | Tufting machines A tufting machine having a lint removal system in which supply air under full shop pressure is supplied to a conduit extending the width of the machine. The conduit has a plurality of pilot air controlled valves for communicating the air in the conduit to... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4480563 | Tufting needle In a tufting needle for tufting machines comprising an operative shank portion of oblong cross-section and containing a thread guide and eye and an anchoring shank portion by which the needle is embedded in a needle module, said anchoring portion is of el... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4406309 | Method and apparatus for forming a woven pile fabric A method and apparatus for weaving pile fabrics of the type whose pile tufts are formed by shogging pile yarns weftwise over warpwise extending pile wires. Two sets of pile yarns are employed extending through respective sets of pile yarn guides arranged ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4361171 | Weaving defect detector A weaving detector for detecting weaving defects generated on the surface of a ground fabric of a carpet or rug moving in a first direction is disclosed. The weaving detector moves in the direction of the width of the cloth and includes one or more detect... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4285287 | Apparatus for shifting tufting machine needle bar A tufting machine having a needle bar shifter apparatus including a follower member operatively connected to the needle bar and positioned within a guideway tiltable about both a lower pivot and an upper pivot. External force applied by positioner devices... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4237802 | Tufting machine monitor A tufting machine having belt and pulley drive system for driving the yarn feed rolls and backing fabric feed rollers from the main shaft has rotational speed sensors for determining the rotational speed of the main shaft, the yarn feed rolls, the input s... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4227335 | Graphic art toy The present invention relates to a graphic arts toy wherein a flexible string may be selectively attached at a wide variety of points around an exposed display surface to portray any desired pictorial representation and wherein the string may be quickly a... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4151805 | Tufting method and apparatus for eliminating stop marks in carpets Method and apparatus for eliminating the formation of stop marks during the tufting of carpets by stopping the needle bar at substantially the same position each time the machine is stopped by varying start-up procedures in order to remove any looseness i... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4069775 | Yarn tension compensating mechanism The invention provides a roll over which a sheet of dyed and dried yarns passes from a drying chamber. During operation of the apparatus, the roll is maintained in a position diverting the yarns out of a straight path, creating a surplus in the path. When... | 01/24/1978 |
