Method of producing for review a tufted fabric pattern
AssigneeAllied Corporation
InventorRalph H. Bost, Jr.
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Abstract
A method of producing for review a tufted fabric pattern prior to actually tufting the fabric with a tufting device is provided. The method comprises the steps of: a. converting specified tufting parameters into a plurality of digital patterns; b. converting the digital patterns into a plurality of video signals; and c. displaying the resultant graphics on a cathode-ray tube means. Variations in tufting parameters can be easily and rapidly screened to determine if a desirable pattern emerges, thereby accelerating the development of marketable tufted fabric patterns.
Claims4
A method of producing for review a tufted fabric pattern prior to actually tufting the fabric with a tufting device comprising at least two needle bars, comprising the steps of:
- a. converting the tufting parameters of:
- a cam pattern for each of the needle bars, a cam phase, a creel pattern for each of the needle bars, and a creel phase, into a plurality of digital patterns;
- b. converting the digital patterns into a plurality of video signals;
- and
- c. displaying the resultant graphics on a cathode-ray tube means.
A method of producing for review a tufted fabric pattern prior to actually tufting the fabric with a tufting device comprising a staggered needle bar, comprising the steps of:
- a. converting the tufting parameters of:
- a stitch rate, a cam pattern for the staggered needle bar, and a creel pattern for the staggered needle bar, into a plurality of digital patterns;
- b. converting the digital patterns into a plurality of video signals;
- and
- c. displaying the resultant graphics on a cathode-ray tube means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.