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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7597057 | Replaceable looper/hook modules A hook/looper 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/looper module assembly includes modular blocks having a series of slots in which a series of hook or... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7398739 | Replaceable hook module 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... | 07/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7191717 | Modular gauge block assembly with secure lateral pins Lateral pins (20) are used to provide a tufting machine modular gauge assembly that allows damaged or broken gauge elements (10) to be replaced individually. The modular gauge assembly consists of a gauge bar (25) with a plurality of modular blo... | 03/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7107918 | Needle plate modules A needle plate module is provided with fingers having a bent portion received in a lateral channel portion enabling standard screw sizes to the fingers into the module over a wide range of finger gauge spacings. ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6409030 | Adapter for mounting a module on a carrier bar of a textile machine An assembly for a textile machine includes a carrier bar for attachment to the textile machine; a module base body carrying a plurality of tools and having a mounting; and an adapter received in the mounting and including holding and orienting arrangement... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6116173 | Module and bar for tufting tools A needle module and needle bar is disclosed in which tufting tools are cast at one end into a plate-shaped module basic body having a plane face bearing on a plane bearing face of the bar and at least one perforation, through which a fastening screw can e... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6009729 | Process for a knitting machine employing thread processing elements embedded in carrier A process can form an arrangement for a warp knitting or circular knitting machine with (a) a single hardenable retaining material, (b) a plurality of thread processing elements having proximal ends, and (c) a carrier having a face with a groove. The proc... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5974991 | Controlled needle tofting machine An individually controlled needle tufting machine has a reciprocable latch bar for latching and unlatching selective needle holders, each needle holder being guided between a pair of guide plates and carrying a respective needle so that each needle select... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5954003 | Dividing sinker with modules for tufting tools In a bar with modules for tufting tools, in particular a needle bar with needle modules, in which the tufting tools (3) are cast at one end into a plate-shaped basic body (1) of the module, at least one groove (9) running horizontally is worked in the bar... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5947042 | Dividing sinker with modules for tufting tools A combination of a bar having a bore therein, and a tufting tool module for the bar including a bore extending therethrough. A fastening screw extending through the bore of the module, and threaded into a cooperatively threaded portion of the bore of the ... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5927219 | Sinker with modules for tufting tools An improved sinker and tufting tool module combination. The sinker, especially a needle sinker, is provided with a horizontally extending groove and a threaded bore. The tufting tool module, especially a needle module, has tools secured to a lower edge th... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5878599 | Thread guide attachment arrangement in a knitting machine carrier An arrangement for a warp knitting or circular knitting machine, includes a carrier having a face with a groove. Also included is an evenly spaced plurality of thread processing elements lying in a single plane and protruding from the face of the carrier.... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5860373 | Module for tufting tools In a module with tufting tools, especially needles the tufting tools are cast with one end in a plate-shaped base The length of the base corresponds to a multiple of the center distance of the cast-in tufting tools. The base has at least one opening which... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5829372 | Mechanical tufting head This invention concerns a mechanical tufting head. In particular it concerns a tufting head suitable for use in a hand-held tufting gun, or for automated use in the production of individualized rugs or carpets.... | 11/03/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5400727 | Tufting machine with self-aligning gauging modules Symmetrical, modular blocks each having a plurality of fixed, equally spaced, gauging elements, namely loopers, needles, and reeds protruding therefrom, the blocks are positioned on the sides of the guide bars of a tufting machine, each guide bar having t... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5396852 | Tufting machine modular gauge parts A tufting machine having spaced apart needle modules removably mounted on a needle bar in the tufting machine, the modules having notches at opposite side edges remote from the needles. Each side edge is of a generally half U-shape configuration so that w... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5295450 | Tufting machine with self-aligning gauging modules Symmetrical, modular blocks each having a plurality of fixed, equally spaced, gauging elements, namely loopers, needles, and reeds protruding therefrom, the blocks are positioned on the sides of the guide bars of a tufting machine, each guide bar having t... | 03/22/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5158028 | Module with tufting tools A module with tufting tools, in particular needles, in which the tools (2) are cast in a basic body (1) the length of which is equal to a multiple of the mean distance between the tufting tools (2) cast into the basis body, is provided on its rear face (3... | 10/27/1992 |
| 4993336 | Needle locker in an overlock sewing machine A needle locker has a body having therein a first needle receiving hole and a second needle receiving hole. The first needle receiving hole is arranged in a direction perpendicular to the cloth feeding direction. The second needle receiving hole is adjace... | 02/19/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4574716 | Tufting machine with modular constructed needle bars A modular construction of needle bars wherein each of the modular units thereof comprises a mounting bracket having a first flange portion and a second flange portion arranged at right angles to each other and wherein a plurality of tufting needles each h... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4556000 | Needle structure for tufting machine Needles for constituting the needle bar of the tufting machine. Each of needles provides at the base portion of the needle shaft with a chamfered portion which is brought into contact in a face-to-face relationship with a face of grooves which are formed ... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4519326 | Segmental needle bar for multiple needle tufting machine A needle bar assembly for a multiple needle tufting machine including an elongated continuous mounting bar connected to the push rod of the needle drive mechanism for reciprocal movement, and a plurality of elongated, but substantially shorter, needle bar... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4509439 | Clamp insert for tufting elements in narrow gauge tufting machine A modular clamping apparatus for a multiple-needle tufting machine including a modular elongated bar, preferably made of solid material, and including an elongated recess opening through the face of the bar. Elongated gauge bars or members having longitud... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4483261 | Segmental needle bar for multiple needle tufting machine A needle bar assembly for a multiple needle tufting machine including an elongated continuous mounting bar connected to the push rod of the needle drive mechanism for reciprocal movement, and a plurality of elongated, but substantially shorter, needle bar... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4429648 | Staggered needle bar for tufting machines A fine gauge cut pile tufting machine has a needle mounting apparatus for supporting the needles in two staggered rows with the needles in one row being adjustable in the direction of the row to vary the stagger and compensate for the differential deflect... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4370937 | Tufting machines A tufting machine having two rows of needles 1,2 which depend from a respective needle bar 3a, 3b carried by a support member 3. Support member 3 is slidably mounted in a carrier 4 which is vertically reciprocal by a mechanism 5. Yarn is fed from a creel ... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4170949 | Needle bar for a tufting machine A needle bar for a tufting machine, comprising a main bar having a row of holes uniformly spaced at a coarse pitch, a multiplicity of contiguous segments fitted into a longitudinal location groove in one face of the main bar, each segment having a peg acc... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4157690 | Needle bar for a tufting machine A needle bar assembly for a tufting machine, comprising a member having a saw tooth surface, a row of needles disposed with their shanks in the recesses of said surface and clamps for clamping the needles in the recesses.... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4154176 | Tufting needle bar and needle bar assembly A substantially lightweight tufting needle bar and needle bar assembly of improved construction comprising preferably a hollow needle bar including a needle bar insert pin plate or base type portion having vertical bores for receiving needles. Horizontal ... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4138956 | Tufting needle modular unit A tufting machine needle module having a body member attachable to the needle bar of the tufting machine. The module has a plurality of longitudinally spaced needles formed integrally with the body member and depending therefrom in parallel relationship. ... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4067270 | Narrow gauge cut pile tufting apparatus A cut pile tufting apparatus particularly adapted for narrow needle gauges in the order of 1/10th inch, including staggered needles and relatively thin and flexible cut pile hooks.... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4014278 | Needle bars for tufting machines A tufting machine having a needle bar for mounting a multiplicity of needles reciprocable into and out of a work piece. The needle bar has a longitudinally extending channel open to face the work piece for securely receiving an insert spaced from the long... | 03/29/1977 |
