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US 4,244,309 AGranted
Method, means, and tufted product
AssigneeAbram N. Spanel
InventorsAbram N. Spanel, David R. Jacobs
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Abstract
A tufting method and apparatus for tufting yarn to a backing layer, including individual tufting elements, comprising, means to select when tufting elements will be utilized during a tufting operation, means to select particular yarns from a plurality of yarns, for tufting, means to select the length of yarn increment to be tufted, means to control the distance between successive needle strokes, and means to control lateral displacement of successive needle strokes.
Claims41
Tufting apparatus or the like comprising:
- selectable tuft applying elements;
- yarn feeding means including means to select yarn from a plurality of yarn types;
- backing layer movement means including means of adjusting said movement;
- and
- control means to simultaneously control the selectability of said tuft applying elements, the selection and feeding of yarn and the movement of the backing layer.
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Tufting apparatus including:
- a plurality of tuft applying elements;
- guide means for guiding said plurality of tuft applying elements;
- common driving means for driving said plurality of tuft applying elements including a plurality of selector elements for selecting said tuft applying elements;
- and
- means for actuating each of said plurality of selector elements to select and drive said tuft applying elements.
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The tufting apparatus or the like including:
- a needle bar having first and second rows of needles placed apart from one another;
- means of rotating said needle bar to bring alternatively said first or second rows of needles to tufting positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.