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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7685952 | Capstan rollers for tufting machine yarn feed A capstan roller assembly is provided between the yarn supply and scroll type yarn feed attachments for a tufting machine in order to minimize the underfeeding of yarn to the pattern being tufted due to irregularities in the feeding of the yarn from the yarn supply.... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7333877 | System and method of producing multi-colored carpets A system and method for producing multi-colored carpets using a tufting machine. The present invention features a system and method for: providing a multi-colored pattern which is analyzed for validity with reference to a particular tufting machine; collecting param... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7080601 | Yarn feeder A yarn feeder for a tufting machine is compact and simple in structure and is still capable of freely changing the heights of piles formed by each pile yarn on a fabric. The yarn feeder includes yarn feed rolls for feeding pile yarns to a row of needles of the tufti... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6945184 | Double end servo scroll pattern attachment with single end repeat capability for tufting machine A tufting machine having a servo driven yarn feed attachment adapted to feed two yarns on each yarn feed roll is provided with a tube bank that allows tufting of two single end patterns on the tufting machine from one set of yarn drives. ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6935257 | Tuft feeding mechanism A tuft forming mechanism including a yarn feed mechanism and a yarn severing means (6, 18), the yarn feed mechanism including a passage (5) along which yarn (2) is guided to said yarn severing means (6, 18) and an intermittently rotatable... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6877447 | Double end servo scroll and direct scroll driver pattern attachment for tufting machine The present invention provides a double end yarn drive pattern attachment for tufting machines characterized by independent servo-motor control of yarn feed rolls capable of increased torque to carry multiple yarn ends on a single feed roll, thereby economically ret... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6834601 | 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 ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6807917 | 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 ... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6758154 | Tufting machine A tufting machine includes a feed roller assembly formed of a plurality of coaxially aligned and detachable shaft members. ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6725789 | Puller roller system for tufting machines A puller roller system for tufting machines having a series of intermeshed puller rolls for tensioning a series of yarns to one or more needles of the tufting machine. According to one embodiment of the invention, the puller roller system includes at least one tooth... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6651572 | Yarn feed roller assembly for a tufting machine A yarn feed roller assembly for a tufting machine for producing multiple pile heights. The assembly comprises at least two rollers 5,6 driven at different speeds and a plurality of actuators 9, 14, 15 each arranged to bring an end of yarn selectively into... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6550407 | Double end servo scroll pattern attachment for tufting machine The present invention provides a double end yarn drive pattern attachment for tufting machines characterized by independent servo-motor control of yarn feed rolls capable of increased torque to carry multiple yarn ends on a single feed roll, thereby econo... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6516734 | Independent servo motor controlled scroll-type pattern attachment for tufting machine and computerized design system The present invention provides a scroll-type yarn feed attachment for tufting machines characterized by independent servo-motor control of yarn feed rolls.... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6508185 | Single end servo motor driven scroll pattern attachment for tufting machine and computerized design system for tufting carpet The present invention provides a single end scroll-type yarn feed attachment for tufting machines characterized by an array of single end yarn drives operated by servo motor controllers, and methods of using such an attachment to create and tuft new carpe... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6502521 | Independent single end servo scroll pattern attachment for tufting machine and computerized design system The present invention provides a single end scroll-type yarn feed attachment for tufting machines characterized by independent servo-motor control of yarn feed rolls while eliminating tube banks typical of tufting machine feed attachments and produces new... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6446566 | Yarn feed for assembly for a tufting machine A tufting machine has a yarn feed roller assembly with a plurality of rotatable driver rollers driven at different speeds and a plurality of actuators in the form of a pivotable arm having in one embodiment a pair of yarn feed reels one of which is arrang... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6439141 | Independent single end servo scroll pattern attachment for tufting machine and computerized design system The present invention provides a single end scroll-type yarn feed attachment for tufting machines characterized by independent servo-motor control of yarn feed rolls while eliminating tube banks typical of tufting machine feed attachments to produce new t... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6401639 | Tufting apparatus with dual yarn feed mechanism for producing patterned tufted goods Apparatus for feeding yam from a yam supply to a reciprocating needle of a multicolored patterned tufting apparatus comprising a dual yarn feeder for increased productivity of the tufting apparatus or increasing the number of different yams or both. The d... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6283053 | Independent single end servo motor driven scroll-type pattern attachment for tufting machine The present invention provides a single end scroll-type yarn feed attachment for tufting machines characterized by independent servo-motor control of yarn feed rolls while eliminating tube banks typical of tufting machine feed attachments and produces new... | 09/04/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6244203 | Independent servo motor controlled scroll-type pattern attachment for tufting machine and computerized design system The present invention provides a scroll-type yarn feed attachment for tufting machines characterized by independent servo-motor control of sets of yarn feed rolls, an improved tube bank, and a software design system to facilitate use of the attachment.... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6234095 | Yarn feed attachments for tufting machines A tufting machine having a yarn feed roll attachment wherein the rolls are driven by a chain drive and having an adjustable tension applying device including a housing having a yoke defined by two arms separated by a slot. The arms of the yoke include pla... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6213036 | Tufting machine yarn feed pattern control A tufting machine has a yarn feed pattern assembly including a housing having a mounting plate for mounting a multiplicity of yarn feed rollers from the exterior of said mounting plate and a multiplicity of servo motors connected to said mounting plate on... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6202580 | Tufting apparatus with yarn pullback mechanism for producing patterned tufted goods Apparatus for feeding yarn from a yam supply to a reciprocating needle of a multi-color pattern carpet tufting apparatus comprises a yarn pullback mechanism mechanically linked to a yarn feeder such that when the yarn feeder moves out of engagement with a... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6009818 | Tufting machine pattern yarn feed device A pattern yarn feed device for use with a tufting machine in the manufacture of tufted articles includes at least one yarn feed roll assembly positioned on a frame of a tufting machine adjacent a yarn feed path. The yarn feed roll assembly has an elongate... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5983815 | Tufting machine with pattern yarn feed and distribution device A tufting machine with an improved pattern yarn feed and distribution device for use in tufting a graphic pattern into the face of a tufted article. An improved pattern yarn feed drive is provided with at least two separate yarn drive control sections whi... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5899152 | Yarn feed system for a tufting machine A yarn feed system (10) for a tufting machine comprises multiple pairs of feed rollers (11, 12) disposed one pair above the other. One of each pair of rollers (12) comprises multiple independent side-by-side axially aligned feed roller elements (13), each... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5867880 | Method and device for producing textile products from fibers and/or filaments and products obtained A method for producing textiles from fibers and/or filaments circulating in the form of a web by performing transverse texturing of the fibers and/or filaments as well as stretching thereof, and collecting the fibers and/or filaments in the form of at lea... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5806446 | Individual yarn feeding apparatus An individual yarn feeding apparatus (10) for compensating for variations in the feed rate of individual yarn threads due to the lateral shifting of needle bars in various selected pile heights between tufts. The individual yarn feeding apparatus (10) is ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5743201 | Tufting machine pattern yarn feed mechanism A yarn feed mechanism for use with a tufting machine is disclosed. The tufting machine has a needle bar with an aligned series of spaced tufting needles disposed thereon, each of which is supplied with yarn from a yarn supply for penetrating a backing mat... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5622126 | Tufting machine yarn feed mechanism A yarn feed mechanism for a tufting machine includes yarn feed rolls disposed along parallel axes transversely adjacent to the parallel paths of travel of yarns from yarn sources to the needles. A yarn control assembly surrounds each roll, each yarn contr... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5544605 | Auxiliary yarn feed module for tufting machine with pattern control yarn feed mechanism An auxiliary yarn feed mechanism for a tufting machine having a plurality of needles for tufting yarns through a moving base fabric. A tufting machine with a pattern control yarn feed mechanism is provided with an auxiliary yarn feed to permit the tufting... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5383415 | Textured surface effect fabric and methods of manufacture Tufting apparatus includes servomotors driving front and back yarn feed rolls for feeding yarns to the needles of the front and back needle bars, respectively. Incremental servomotor control for each stitch enables a height differential between immediatel... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5239734 | Process and device for manufacturing textile products from fibres and/or filaments and products obtained The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a textile product by starting with fibers and/or filaments in which these fibers and/or filaments travel in the form of a web. The technique consists in subjecting the fibers and/or filaments to... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5182997 | Tufting machine yarn feed roller assembly A yarn feed roller assembly for a tufting machine for selectively controlling the speed at which yarn is fed to each needle of the tufting machine so that different pile heights may be produced by each needle. The assembly has a pivotable control arm corr... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5158027 | Presser foot for hollow needle tufting apparatus Tufting apparatus for producing textile goods includes a plurality of hollow needles which are reciprocated vertically to penetrate a backing. Yarn is fed pneumatically through the needles and implanted into the backing, the backing being shifted transver... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5094178 | Method and apparatus for tufting accent yarns in patterned pile fabric A method and apparatus for forming high accent pile loops at spaced intervals in a tufted pile fabric. The apparatus for carrying out this method includes separate yarn feed rolls for being selectively driven at a high speed, a low speed, and a minimal sp... | 03/10/1992 |
