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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8141505 | Yarn color placement system A yarn color placement system for a tufting machine including a series of different color yarns being fed to the needles of the tufting machine by yarn feed mechanisms. A backing material is fed through the tufting machine at an increased stitch rate as the needles ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6971326 | Method for running a tufting machine The invention concerns a tufting machine having at least one needlebar, loopers, hooks to pick up yarn delivered through the needles of the needlebar, knives to cut yarn loops and driving means, with the needle action and/or the looper action and/or the hook action,... | 12/06/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6902789 | Tufted carpet and backing fabric A carpet which is suitable for use in a vehicular passageway, includes a backing fabric that is woven by using the multi-filament yarns for the warps and wefts. A binding resin is applied to the filaments which compose the weft. The filaments which make up the weft ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6827030 | Magnetically driven tufting machines and methods A tufting machine has drives for shifting needle bars, pushing needle bars, rocking loopers, knives, and hooks. The drives require less maintenance, result in less wear, are highly accurate, can operate at high speeds and at high loads, and are easily programmable. ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6283052 | Tufting machine with needle bar motor A tufting machine has a reciprocating needle bar which may be shifted laterally by a drive which includes at least one linear motor. Each linear motor has two major elements which may be coupled together electromagnetically. One of the elements is connect... | 09/04/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6014937 | Fine gauge tufting machine with staggered needle bar A tufting machine with two rows of needles may be mounted staggered relative to each other on a single needle bar is provided with a single row of loopers cooperable with either or both rows of needles. The rows of needles are longitudinally spaced by a r... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5979344 | Tufting machine with precision drive system An improved tufting machine with a precision drive system for laterally shifting the reciprocating needle bars of the tufting machine across a tufting zone in which tufts of yarn are made in a backing material advanced through the machine beneath the need... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5970893 | High shear strength clay liner, method and apparatus for its production Apparatus for forming a high shear strength clay liner comprising two synthetic geotextiles surrounding a semihydrated layer of swellable clay. The apparatus includes two parallel needle bars each carrying a row of needles reciprocating in opposed directi... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5794551 | Tangential drive needle bar shifter for tufting machines A tangential drive needle bar shifter for tufting machines. The tangential drive needle bar shifter includes a computer system for creating and storing selected carpet patterns and for controlling the operation of at least one motor which drives the needl... | 08/18/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5738030 | Pattern method for multicolor designs The present invention provides a method for use in a machine for placing a plurality of colors of threads into a backing web to form a desired pattern having (a) a plurality of thread placement tools for placing a selected thread color from a plurality of... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5706744 | Method and apparatus for producing tufts from different yarns in longitudinal lines Front and rear needle bars are provided with front and rear needles for inserting yarns into a backing material. An excess of front loopers are provided for the front needles and an excess of rear loopers are provided for the rear needles. The front loope... | 01/13/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5566630 | In-line needle bar arrangement for tufting machines An in-line needle bar arrangement for tufting machines (10) for tufting a selected fabric. A pair of needle bars (12A,B) are provided with registered faces (20) configured to engage one another such that the needles (14) carried thereby are positioned to ... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5526760 | Tufting machine needle bar shifter The present invention provides a tufting machine having a needle bar movable between at least two transverse locations in response to a control signal, a motor, a yarn supply, a backing cloth feed, a stitch drive, looper drive, yarn feed roller and all ti... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5499588 | Method and apparatus for producing tufts in longitudinal lines Front and rear needle bars are provided with front and rear needles for inserting yarns into a backing material. An excess of front loopers are provided for the front needles and an excess of rear loopers are provided for the rear needles. The front loope... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5461996 | Tufting machine and method for producing tufted design in carpeting and product with tufted design A tufting machine and method of tufting on a backing fabric, where the machine for carrying out the method includes a needle push bar, loopers, a needle selector for selecting certain ones of the needles at every needle stroke cycle and for inserting the ... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5427039 | Sliding needle bar drive for tufting machines A drive mechanism for connecting the output drive of a tufting machine pattern control to the needle bar of the tufting machine includes a linkage having a pair of links each connected at one end to a plate fastened to the output drive rod of the pattern ... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5392723 | Tufting machine and method for producing design in carpeting and the like An intermittent drive for a backing fabric feed is applied to a tufting machine together with a needle select apparatus, a pattern control, and a mechanism for laterally shifting a needle or the backing fabric. The intermittent drive moves the backing fab... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5224434 | Method and apparatus for producing tufts from different yarns in longitudinal lines Front and rear needle bars are provided with front and rear needles for inserting yarns into a backing material. An excess of front loopers are provided for the front needles and an excess of rear loopers are provided for the rear needles. The front loope... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5205229 | Tufting process, and a device for implementing said process The process consists of a cloth being let off at a variable speed between each stitch or to maintain the cloth in a fixed position, the hooks being moved in synchronism with the needles. The device consists of a frame bearing needles, a frame bearing hook... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5193472 | Dual sliding needle bar tufting apparatus A tufting machine has two slidable needle bars in back-to-back relationship, each needle bar being reciprocated toward and away from a backing material in unison. Each needle bar carries a plurality of transversely spaced apart needles mounted in needle m... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5058518 | Method and apparatus for producing enhanced graphic appearances in a tufted product and a product produced therefrom A tufting machine with front and back laterally shiftable needle bars carry needles for producing loops in a backing material the accent yarns being fed to the needles by yarn feed controls and the border yarns by standard feed. The operation of the yarn ... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4903624 | Cut loop over cut pile fabric and apparatus for and method of producing the same Laterally shiftable front and back needle bars are slideably mounted on a main needle bar, the front needle bar carries a front row of needles and a back needle bar carries a back row of needles. Cut pile loopers cooperate with the needles of the back row... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4903625 | Apparatus and method for producing a cut loop overlay of a loop pile base fabric in a single pass of the base fabric through the tufting machine A conventional tufting machine is provided with front and back juxtaposed, laterally shiftable, needle bars positioned on a common needle bar support, the needles of the front needle bar cooperating with loop pile loopers and the needles of the back needl... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4870915 | Yarn feed system for tufting machines A tufting machine having laterally shifting needles has a controlled amount of yarn fed to the needles, the amount of yarn being appropriate for the insertion of a diagonal back stitch such as arises during lateral shift of the needles relative to a backi... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4841886 | Needle plate for double needle bar loop pile tufting apparatus A needle plate member for a multiple needle loop pile tufting machine including double needle bars supporting transverse rows of front and rear needles in which at least one row of needles has a narrow gauge. Finger members or needle plate fingers project... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4836118 | Apparatus and method for producing a cut loop overlay of a loop pile base fabric in a single pass of the base fabric through the tufting machine A conventional tufting machine is provided with front and back juxtaposed, laterally shiftable, needle bars positioned on a common needle bar support, the needles of the front needle bar cooperating with loop pile loopers and the needles of the back needl... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4829917 | Control system for hydraulic needle bar positioning apparatus for a tufting machine An electronic computer control for a hydraulic actuator for shifting a needle bar to different transverse positions in a tufting machine. The computer control directs the hydraulic actuator to be driven in response to the predetermined stitch pattern info... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4815401 | Tufting machine indexing drive apparatus An indexing mechanism for a tufting machine for indexing a needle bar or a backing material feed roller has three oscillating input gear sectors, a drive transmission corresponding to each gear sector, an output member and a programmable selector mechanis... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4815403 | Cut loop over cut pile fabric and apparatus for and method of producing the same Laterally shiftable front and back needle bars are slideably mounted on a main needle bar, the front needle bar carries a front row of needles and a back needle bar carries a back row of needles. Cut pile loopers cooperate with the needles of the back row... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4800828 | Double needle bar loop pile tufting apparatus A multiple needle tufting machine incorporating a pair of relatively transversely adjustable front and rear needle bars, each needle bar supporting corresponding front and rear needles in transverse rows for simultaneous penetration of a base fabric movin... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4662291 | Tufting machine sliding needle bar support A tufting machine has a needle bar for carrying a plurality of needles for reciprocating into and out of a base material. A sliding needle bar mechanism may shift the needle bar laterally according to a pattern. The needle bar is mounted for reciprocation... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4653413 | Tufting machine needle bar drive A tufting machine has a needle bar shifter for moving the needle bar transversely of the direction of the movement of the backing fabric, a pattern cam determining the amount and frequency of the shifts. The cam is driven in timed relationship with the re... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4637329 | Tufting machine with modular constructed needle bars A needle bar of modular construction for use in a tufting machine wherein each of the modular units has a mounting bracket with a plurality of uniformly spaced apart tubes soldered thereto and each tube receives the shank of a tufting needle therein with ... | 01/20/1987 |
