Tufting machine hook for forming low pile fabric
First Claim
1. A cut pile hook for use in a tufting machine, said hook being planar and comprising a body member having a bill and a shank having a mounting portion, said bill extending from the shank to define a throat therebetween, a barb extending from said bill remote from said shank, said bill having a top edge and a bottom edge that extends from said throat to said barb, said barb having a top edge that slopes toward the top edge of said bill and a bottom edge spaced below the bottom edge of said bill to define a joining edge connecting to the bottom edge of said barb and the bottom edge of said bill, the improvement wherein said top edge of said bill is dimensionally reduced relative said bottom edge for a portion of the extent of the top edge of said bill, said reduced portion extending from adjacent the top edge of the barb to at least substantially intermediate said joining edge and said throat.
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Abstract
A cut pile tufting machine having needle plate backing support fingers oscillated in timed relationship with the hooks and the needles to support the backing material during needle penetration and to withdraw from the needle path as the hooks move across the needle path to seize loops has the bill of the hooks reduced in thickness on a portion thereof. The bill has a lower or cutting edge and an upper edge, and the portion of reduced thickness is provided by narrowing the upper edge relative to the lower edge along that portion of the bill on which a loop seized by the hook is drawn against and cut.
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- 1. A cut pile hook for use in a tufting machine, said hook being planar and comprising a body member having a bill and a shank having a mounting portion, said bill extending from the shank to define a throat therebetween, a barb extending from said bill remote from said shank, said bill having a top edge and a bottom edge that extends from said throat to said barb, said barb having a top edge that slopes toward the top edge of said bill and a bottom edge spaced below the bottom edge of said bill to define a joining edge connecting to the bottom edge of said barb and the bottom edge of said bill, the improvement wherein said top edge of said bill is dimensionally reduced relative said bottom edge for a portion of the extent of the top edge of said bill, said reduced portion extending from adjacent the top edge of the barb to at least substantially intermediate said joining edge and said throat.
- 5. In a tufting machine, means for supporting a moving backing material, a plurality of yarn carrying needles supported on one side of said backing material, means for reciprocating said needles for penetrating the backing material and forming loops therein, a hook corresponding to each needle disposed on the opposite side of said backing material from said needles, means for oscillating the hooks toward and away from the path of the needles in timed relationship with the needle reciprocation for seizing respective loops, and a knife cooperating with each hook for cutting loops of yarn seized and retained thereon, the improvement wherein each hook comprises a body member having a bill and a shank, said bill extending from the shank to define a throat therebetween, a barb extending from said bill remote from said shank, said bill having a top edge and a bottom edge that extends from said throat to said barb, said barb having a top edge that slopes toward the top edge of said bill and a bottom edge spaced below the bottom edge of said bill to define a joining edge connecting the bottom edge of said barb and the bottom edge of said bill, said top edge of said bill being dimensionally reduced relative to said bottom edge for a portion of the extent of the top edge of said bill, said reduced portion extending from adjacent the top edge of the barb to at least substantially intermediate said joining edge and said throat.
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