Double select needle tufting machine
AssigneeAbram N. Spanel
InventorsAbram N. Spanel, P. Frank Eiland, David R. Jacobs
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Abstract
A double select needle tufting machine or the like utilizing a driving and selecting means comprising band-like members attached to each of said needles with each band-like member being selectively engageable with an oscillatory shaft by which each of the needles is driven when selected. Two-color carpets or bedspreads are produced by threading one series of needles with one color yarn and the other series of needles with a second color of yarn.
Claims7
A tufting machine or the like including tufting needles for tufting yarn into a backing layer comprising:
- an oscillatory member;
- flexible band-like members selectively engageable with said oscillatory member and extending to each of said tufting needles;
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- restraining means forming tracks for said band-like members to enable said band-like members to effectively impart motion without unwanted flexing to said needles.
A tufting machine or the like including tufting needles for tufting yarn into a backing layer comprising:
- an oscillatory driving member;
- structure adjacent said oscillatory member forming a peripheral track around at least a portion of said oscillatory member;
- structure forming an extension track from said oscillatory member;
- a band-like member, engageable by said oscillatory member and extendable within said extension track to each of said tufting needles;
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- a means of selectively engaging said band-like members responsive to selection signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.