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Universal multi-needle tufting machine

  • US 3,162,155 A
  • Filed: 02/15/1960
  • Issued: 12/22/1964
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/1960
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. IN A MULTI-NEEDLE TUFTING MACHINE OF THE TYPE HAVING A NEEDLE BAR RECIPROCATED AT UNIFORM AMPLITUDE, AND A PLURALITY OF NEEDLES CARRIED BY SAID NEEDLE BAR FOR RECIPROCATION THEREWITH TO INSERT YARNS THROUGH A BASE FABRIC FED BENEATH SAID NEEDLES TO FORM LOOPS, THE COMBINATION WITH SAID NEEDLES OF CONTROL MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID NEEDLE BAR AND SAID NEEDLES FOR PROTRACTING AND RETRACTING SELECTIVELY SAID NEEDLES ALONG THE PATH OF THEIR RECIPROCATION, MEANS SYNCHRONIZED WITH THE FEED OF SAID BASE FABRIC FOR ACTUATING SAID CONTROL MEANS, AND LOOPER MEANS BENEATH SAID FABRIC FOR ENGAGING THE LOOPS FORMED BY SAID YARNS.

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