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Tufting machine with modular constructed needle bars

  • US 4,574,716 A
  • Filed: 12/04/1984
  • Issued: 03/11/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/04/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A needle bar of modular construction for use in a tufting machine and comprising an elongate bar and a plurality of aligned modular units of tufting needles carried by said bar, each of said modular units comprising a mounting bracket having a first flange portion and a second flange portion arranged at right angles to each other, said flanges having inner and outer faces with the inner faces of the respective flanges being in engagement with said elongate bar, a plurality of tufting needles each having a shank portion and an opposing tapered end having a transversely arranged yarn receiving eye therein, said shank portions of said needles being juxtaposed to the outer face of said first flange, solder means securing said tufting needles to the outer face of said first flange portion in uniformly spaced-apart parallel relation with the eyes of said needles in alignment with each other, and fastener means cooperating with said second flange portions of said modular units for mounting the modular units on said elongate bar with the eyes of all of the tufting needles in alignment with each other and with all of the needles in uniformly spaced-apart parallel relation to each other.

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