Tufting machine looper with clip
First Claim
1. In combination, a hook and spring clip for use in a tufting machine, said hook being planar and comprising a shank having a mounting portion and a bill extending therefrom to define a throat therebetween, said bill having a top edge and a bottom edge extending from said throat to form a nose, said spring clip having one end secured to the shank and extending to a free end through an intermediate portion generally in spaced parallel relation to said bill, a flag adjacent the free end resiliently engaging said nose at one face of said hook, said flag being defined by a pair of webs converging at a crease in said clip, a first of said webs extending toward said free end, the other of said webs extending toward said intermediate portion and merging into said intermediate portion at an angle, said intermediate portion being disposed beneath said bill and spaced out of the plane of said one face of said hook engaged by said flag toward the other face of said hook.
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Abstract
A tufting machine hook with a spring clip secured at one end to the hook shank is resiliently engaged on a face of the bill by a flag on the clip adjacent the other end. An intermediate portion of the clip is bent so as to be disposed out of the plane of the face engaged and toward the opposite face. In one embodiment the face to which the clip is secured and the face engaged by the flag are on the same side and the free end of the clip is elongated. In the other embodiment the clip is secured to the shank at the opposite side to the face engaged by the flag and the clip is bent to cross the plane of the hook.
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- 1. In combination, a hook and spring clip for use in a tufting machine, said hook being planar and comprising a shank having a mounting portion and a bill extending therefrom to define a throat therebetween, said bill having a top edge and a bottom edge extending from said throat to form a nose, said spring clip having one end secured to the shank and extending to a free end through an intermediate portion generally in spaced parallel relation to said bill, a flag adjacent the free end resiliently engaging said nose at one face of said hook, said flag being defined by a pair of webs converging at a crease in said clip, a first of said webs extending toward said free end, the other of said webs extending toward said intermediate portion and merging into said intermediate portion at an angle, said intermediate portion being disposed beneath said bill and spaced out of the plane of said one face of said hook engaged by said flag toward the other face of said hook.
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