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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7359761 | System and method for pre-tensioning backing material A tufting machine control system for controlling the tension applied to a backing material as it enters the tufting zone of the tufting machine, including a pair of driven backing feed rolls for feeding the backing material. The drive motors for the backing feed rol... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 4996932 | Multiple-needle pattern-stitching sewing machine The present invention relates to a multiple-needle sewing machine which is capable of making stitch tracings in zigzag, etc. on a cloth by moving up and down a plurality of needles, with the cloth held between a needle plate and a cloth holder and moved r... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4713130 | Tufting process and apparatus for manufacturing weatherstripping Weatherstripping is produced continuously by two or more spaced apart tufting heads, which may be operating at different stitch rates. The or each strip of weatherstripping comprises at least two rows of tufts sequentially inserted by two tufting heads. H... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4658739 | Needle plate member for a staggered needle tufting machine A needle plate member for a staggered needle tufting machine in which the rear free edge of the needle plate is provided with transversely spaced notches therein for receiving the passage of the front needles while supporting the base fabric being stitche... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4597344 | Method of operating a sewing machine, especially a multi-needle sewing machine, and an arrangement for performing the method A sewing machine, particularly a multi-needle sewing machine, includes at least one sewing arrangement which includes a reciprocating needle mounted on a needle holding arrangement and a gripper mounted on a gripper holding arrangement for angular displac... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4501212 | Tufting machines Tufting apparatus and method for producing a high density tufted fabric in a wide range of gauges and patterns. In one embodiment the needles and backing material support fingers are laterally shifted together by a common drive controlled by a cam having ... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4445447 | Tufting machine apparatus A tufting machine having a needle bar moveable transversely to the direction of movement of the base material has a stitch placement drive including a stepper cam and a cam drive adapted selectively to rotate the cam through a predetermined angle and in a... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4440102 | 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 ... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4254718 | Method and means of tufting A tufting method and apparatus for tufting yarn to a backing layer, including individual tufting elements, comprising, means to control forward and lateral displacement of successive needle strokes. A preferred embodiment includes means to select particul... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4244309 | Method, means, and tufted product A tufting method and apparatus for tufting yarn to a backing layer, including individual tufting elements, comprising, means to select when tufting elements will be utilized during a tufting operation, means to select particular yarns from a plurality of ... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4224884 | Tufting machine A tufting machine which employs at least one row of tufting needles and a pin roll in the needle plate to control transverse movement of the backing material. The pin roll impales the incoming backing material to be tufted and is shifted laterally one-hal... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4100863 | Tufting machine A tufting machine which employs multiple rows of tufting needles and a pair of nip rolls adjacent the needle plate to control movement of the backing material. The nip rolls are shifted laterally one-half gauge for each reciprocation of the needle bar to ... | 07/18/1978 |
| 3964408 | Patterning device for tufting machines or the like A patterning device for a tufting machine including a rotary shaft carrying three cams and driven in timed relationship with the tufting machine. Two of the cams each act to cyclically oscillate a respective pawl carrying carriage in opposite directions t... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3964407 | Shiftable needle plate A tufting machine having a needle plate supported for lateral movement relative to the needles. The needle plate may be shifted laterally in accordance with a pattern. The support for the needle plate includes a pair of laterally extending rods movable in... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3934524 | Machine and method for producing dense pile fabric Apparatus and method of making a very dense tufted fabric using a programmed intermittent backing fabric feed in combination with means for changing the relative lateral displacement of the point of needle penetration into the backing fabric. The method i... | 01/27/1976 |
