Modular gauge parts assembly for cut/loop tufting machines
First Claim
1. A modular assembly for supporting loopers and spring clips adapted for mounting in a tufting machine for producing cut and loop pile selectively, said assembly comprising, a plurality of loopers, each looper having a shank including a mounting portion at one end and a bill extending therefrom terminating in a nose, a first body member, said first body member having means for receiving and securing the mounting portion of said loopers in spaced side-by-side disposition, a plurality of spring clips, there being one clip for each looper, said clips having a shank including a mounting portion at one end and extending toward an offset flag, a second body member, said second body member having means for receiving and securing the mounting portions of said spring clips in spaced side-by-side disposition, the spacing between adjacent clips being substantially the same as the spacing between adjacent loopers, said first and second body members having means defining complementary reference surfaces disposed relative to the disposition of said loopers and said clips for co-operative engagement of said body members and for engagement of each flag resiliently with the nose of a respective looper, and means for securing said body members together as a unit in co-operative engagement.
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Abstract
A cut/loop tufting machine looper/clip assembly wherein a pair of body members respectively support a plurality of loopers or clips. The body members have complimentary reference surfaces for co-operative mating engagement of the members and for engagement of a flag on the clip resiliently with the nose of the looper as required for tufting cut pile and loop pile selectively. The body members are secured together to form a modular unit for installation in the tufting machine.
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- 1. A modular assembly for supporting loopers and spring clips adapted for mounting in a tufting machine for producing cut and loop pile selectively, said assembly comprising, a plurality of loopers, each looper having a shank including a mounting portion at one end and a bill extending therefrom terminating in a nose, a first body member, said first body member having means for receiving and securing the mounting portion of said loopers in spaced side-by-side disposition, a plurality of spring clips, there being one clip for each looper, said clips having a shank including a mounting portion at one end and extending toward an offset flag, a second body member, said second body member having means for receiving and securing the mounting portions of said spring clips in spaced side-by-side disposition, the spacing between adjacent clips being substantially the same as the spacing between adjacent loopers, said first and second body members having means defining complementary reference surfaces disposed relative to the disposition of said loopers and said clips for co-operative engagement of said body members and for engagement of each flag resiliently with the nose of a respective looper, and means for securing said body members together as a unit in co-operative engagement.
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