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US 4,317,419 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.
Claims9
A method of producing a tufted product by an automatic tufting machine comprising the steps of:
- (a) selecting a location for each tuft not necessarily in row-like regimentation;
- (b) choosing at each selected location whether or not to implant a tuft therein;
- (c) selecting a yarn of choice for each tuft to be implanted;
- (d) selecting a length of choice for each selected yarn;
- and,
- (e) implanting the tufts into a backing layer.
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