Tufting machines
AssigneeFirth Carpets Limited
InventorDavid Booth
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Abstract
A sliding needle bar tufting machine is provided with two needle bars each carrying a single row of needles, at least one needle bar being mounted to be adjustable in a warpwise direction relative to the other needle bar to enable the spacing between the two rows of needles to be varied. In an alternative construction a needle bar is arranged at each side of a needle bar carrier and both needle bars are adjustable along a common support member mounted in the carrier.
Claims9
A sliding needle bar tufting machine characterized by a pair of needle bars, a single row of needles carried by each needle bar, a pair of looper bars, a single row of loopers carried by each looper bar for co-operating with a respective one of said rows of needles, and means mounting said needle bars and said looper bars for adjustment of said bars in a warpwise direction thereby to permit corresponding warpwise adjustment of the spacing respectively between the two rows of needles and the two rows of loopers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.