# US 2025/0146199 A1 · Tufting unit and tufting machine

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- Number: US 2025/0146199 A1
- Document ID: US20250146199A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 19/018,998
- Filed: 2025-01-13
- Published: 2025-05-08
- Earliest claimed: 2018-12-19
- Assignees: SMG Sportplatzmaschinenbau GmbH
- Applicants: SMG Sportplatzmaschinenbau GmbH
- Inventors: Johann Baptist Owegeser
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250146199A1

## CPC

- D05C 15/16: Arrangements or devices for manipulating threads (D05C15/26 takes precedence)
- D05C 15/08: Tufting machines {(D05C15/06 takes precedence)}
- D10B 2505/202: Artificial grass
- D05C: EMBROIDERING; TUFTING (making non-woven fabrics D04H; sewing D05B)
- D10B: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES

## Abstract

The invention relates to a tufting unit for a tufting machine, wherein a yarn transport gripper positions yarn strands which after cutting thereof are used by insertion elements. Furthermore, the invention relates to a tufting unit having such a tufting machine.

## Claims

### Claim 1

Tufting unit for a tufting machine, wherein the tufting unit has the following:
a yarn infeed installation for simultaneously feeding a number of yarn strands in parallel;
at least one insertion element;
a yarn transport gripper which is configured for transporting a respective free end of the yarn strands away from the yarn infeed installation such that each insertion element is in each case assigned one yarn strand; and
a cutting unit which is configured for cutting the yarn strands such that, of each yarn strand assigned to an insertion element, one yarn portion that is assigned to the respective insertion element remains;
wherein each insertion element is configured for inserting the respective assigned yarn portion into a substrate that is situated below the tufting unit, and
wherein the yarn transport gripper is mounted to as to be pivotable up to a terminal position on a pivot point.