Yarn tuft holder
AssigneeBrintons Limited
InventorsMichael Winspear Burton, Bruce Peter Hodges
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Abstract
A yarn tuft holder (11) for holding yarn tufts received from one or more yarn tuft inserting devices (2) prior to removal by grippers (13) of a carpet manufacturing machine, comprising a resiliently deformable comb portion (17) for receiving and holding yarn tufts and a rigid comb portion (16) disposed adjacent the resiliently deformable comb portion and for guiding grippers configured to remove yarn tufts held by the resiliently deformable comb portion. Also, a loom for making carpet, comprising one or more of the yarn tuft holders, and a method for making carpet using the loom.
Claims17
A yarn tuft holder for holding yarn tufts received from one or more yarn tuft inserting devices prior to removal by grippers of a carpet manufacturing 5 machine comprising:
- a resiliently deformable comb portion for receiving and holding yarn tufts;
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- a rigid comb portion disposed adjacent the resiliently deformable comb portion and for guiding grippers configured to remove yarn tufts held by the resiliently deformable comb portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.