Method of producing a tufted article or product
AssigneeGroz-Beckert KG
InventorWarren J. Meade
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Abstract
A method of producing tufted products is disclosed. The method includes the steps of installing a second set of reed fingers (8) relative to a tufting machine, feeding a pair of backing sheets (7,9) to the tufting machine with the second set of reed fingers (8) positioned between the backing sheets (7,9); operating the tufting machine in a normal manner to form a face-to-face structure through the backing sheets; and cutting or dividing the face-to-face structure to form two separate tufted products. No additional or extra backing stitch is included in the face-to-face structure formed through the backing sheets. Also disclosed is the installation of an optional lower presser foot (5) which, if present, temporarily holds the yarn during needle retraction.
Claims10
A method of producing tufted products with a tufting machine on which a second set of reed fingers (8) and, optionally, a lower presser foot (5) has/have been installed, said method including the steps of feeding to the tufting machine a pair of backing sheets (7,9) with the second set of reed fingers (8) positioned between the backing sheets (7,9);
- operating the tufting machine in normal manner to form through the backing sheets (7,9) a face-to-face structure without the inclusion of any additional/extra backing stitch and in which the lower presser foot (5) if included temporarily holds the yarn during needle retraction;
- cutting or dividing the face-to-face structure to form two separate tufted products.
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