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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7814850 | Tufting machine for producing athletic turf having a graphic design A tufting machine capable of producing individual articles of athletic turf bearing precise graphic patterns is disclosed. The machine includes a support frame to which a backing material is statically held, a tufting frame that spans above and below the backing and... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7739970 | Method and apparatus for forming variable loop pile over level cut loop pile tufts A tufting machine that includes spaced rows of needles of inserting yarns into a backing material. The needles are engaged by opposed loopers and level cut loop pile hooks that pass between one another so as to engage the opposite row of needles for forming cut pile... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7490566 | Method and apparatus for forming variable loop pile over level cut loop pile tufts A tufting machine that includes spaced rows of needles of inserting yarns into a backing material. The needles are engaged by opposed loopers and level cut loop pile hooks that pass between one another so as to engage the opposite row of needles for forming cut pile... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7481172 | Variably spaced tufting needle assembly A tufting needle assembly for use with a tufting machine is disclosed that comprises at least one gauge block or needle bar having a row of back gauge elements disposed thereon. The respective back gauge elements are spaced from one another a first distance along a ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7318383 | Narrow gauge hollow needle tufting apparatus A narrow gauge hollow needle tufting apparatus is provided with longitudinally aligned yarn feed openings, longitudinal funnel slots, self aligning hollow needles, and a castellated backing support bar. ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7218987 | Tufting machine This invention concerns the production of so called “hand tufted rugs”, carpets and wall hangings by use a “tufting machine” which employs a single hollow needle through which yarn is fed into a backing fabric, to form tufts of yarn. The machine comprises a ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7216598 | 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... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7162964 | Tufting needle assembly A tufting needle assembly for use with a tufting machine is disclosed that comprises a first gauge block or needle bar having a first series of tufting needles disposed thereon. The respective tufting needles are spaced from one another along a first longitudinal ax... | 01/16/2007 |
| 6920837 | Sewing machine A sewing machine including a sewing machine upper portion with a frame, a needle rod and a sewing foot rod, which rods are guided in the frame for back and forth movement parallel to one another, a rack connected with each of the rods and which racks are driven by s... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6886477 | Tufting needle assembly A tufting needle assembly for use with a tufting machine is disclosed that comprises a first gauge block or needle bar having a first series of tufting needles disposed thereon. The respective tufting needles are spaced from one another along a first longitudinal ax... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6263811 | Tufting machine for overtufting patterns A tufting machine with a pair of closely spaced apart needle bars which reciprocate together but the needles carried by one bar may be controlled selectively to be either in a position to form pile or be retracted to a position where they do not form pile... | 07/24/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6142088 | Tufting needle A tufting needle is disclosed. The needle consists of a butt (3) and a shank (7). The butt can be integrally formed at least partially in a needle module (1), while the shank has a needle tip, provided with an eye (9), and a thread guide groove (8) on one... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6112681 | Tufting machine having a push rod seal system A tufting machine has a head, including a plurality of push rods reciprocably driven through push rod seals having a housing connected to the head of the tufting machine. The push rod seals include a driver connected to and moveable relative to the housin... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5572939 | Tufting machine drive assembly A drive assembly for reciprocating connecting links includes a single, main drive shaft and alternating, counterrotating and direct individual drive assemblies. The drive assembly is particularly adapted for use in devices such as carpet tufting machines ... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5453146 | Process for the production of a needle bar A needle bar is made from a support member and a carrier. The needle bar can be made with a plurality of needle grooves. The bar is made by adhering the support member to the carrier. Then the support member is divided into a plurality of individual segme... | 09/26/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5090341 | Hand-held tufting mending gun A hand-held tufting mending gun has a housing to which a pneumatic cylinder is fixedly mounted, the piston rod of the cylinder being connected to a needle drive member. The needle drive member is a gear rack and has its teeth in mesh with a pinion gear, t... | 02/25/1992 |
| 4895087 | Controlled starting and stopping of tufting machines A tufting machine having a mainshaft rotatably driven by one or more A.C. motors reciprocably drives a needle bar carrying a multiplicity of needles. Two brakes are associated with the shaft, the first brake being actuated when the motors are deenergized,... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4860673 | Tufting machines A tufting machine comprises parallel looper and knife mechanisms independently driven via variable-stroke eccentric mechanisms and timing belt transmission arranged at least at one end but generally both ends of the machine, the driven parts of said mecha... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4790252 | Selective needle tufting machines A tufting machine has a needle mounting construction including a multiplicity of needle support carriages, each carriage being slidably mounted in guides for controlled movement in a direction normal to the path of reciprocation of the tufting machine pus... | 12/13/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4669403 | Drive for a tufting machine A tufting machine has a needle bar drive mechanism including a first shaft on which drive eccentrics are mounted for driving connecting rod means which reciprocate the needle bar push rods and thus the needle bar. A second shaft is mounted adjacent the fi... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4665845 | High speed tufting machine The head of a tufting machine frame journals a plurality of transversely spaced push rods, the lower end of which carries a needle bar and its needles. The upper end of each push rod has an individual drive assembly which includes a sidewise extending dri... | 05/19/1987 |
| 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 |
| 4587914 | Tufting machine and method of preventing sew through and tagging in producing a tufted product A conventional tufting machine is provided with a looper control cam which enables the machine to avoid tagging and sew through. The cam reciprocates loopers which face in the direction of movement of the backing material. Each looper moves beyond the nee... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4586445 | High speed tufting machine The head of a tufting machine frame journals a plurality of transversely spaced push rods, the lower end of which carries a needle bar and its needles. The upper end of each push rod has an individual drive assembly which includes a sidewise extending dri... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4586446 | Apparatus and method for eliminating stop marks in carpets on tufting machines Apparatus and method for operating a tufting machine to prevent the formation of stop marks in the tufted fabric being made wherein upon stoppage of the tufting machine a positive overfeed of an incremental length of all of the tufting yarns occurs in a d... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4515096 | Tufting machines A tufting machine having a cam mounted eccentrically on a main drive shaft about a center of rotation that may be varied by linear movement of the cam relative to the shaft along a slot elongated about a radial line interconnecting the geometric center of... | 05/07/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4271769 | Machine for producing a textile product A machine for producing a textile product, the machine having a needle provided with a leading end portion which extends non-axially with respect to the main portion of the needle, means for reciprocating the needle, in a predetermined needle reciprocatio... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4245574 | Tufted fabric and method and apparatus for making same A tufted pile fabric having two different levels of cut pile in alternate adjacent rows and a lower level uncut loop pile selectively disposed in each row in place of the cut pile, and a tufting machine and method for producing the fabric. The machine has... | 01/20/1981 |
| 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 |
| 4241680 | Device for stopping a needle at a predetermined position This invention concerns a machine for making a textile product comprising a needle carrier shaft, reciprocation means for reciprocating said shaft, yarn feeding means for feeding yarn to a needle carried by said shaft, and control means for ensuring that ... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4226196 | Tufting machines A sliding needle bar tufting machine is provided with two needle bars each carrying a single row of needles, at least one needle bar being mounted to be adjustable in a warpwise direction relative to the other needle bar to enable the spacing between the ... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4187788 | Tufting machine A tufting machine wherein the needle bar is reciprocated by a number of like, mounting assemblies which are positioned along the length of the machine, with each assembly comprising a number of linkage arms which are pivotally interconnected to thereby mi... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4109593 | Machine for making a textile product A machine for making a textile product comprising a rotatably mounted needle carrier shaft which is arranged to be set in a plurality of predetermined angular positions, yarn feeding means for feeding at least one yarn to a needle carried by said shaft, m... | 08/29/1978 |
