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Tufting machine gauging element configuration

  • US 5,896,821 A
  • Filed: 07/18/1997
  • Issued: 04/27/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/18/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An improved tufting machine looper assembly for use on a tufting machine, the tufting machine forming tufted piles of yarn in a backing material being passed through a tufting zone, the tufting zone being positioned with respect to the looper assembly, said looper assembly comprising:

  • an elongate casted modular gauge block; and

    a plurality of elongate loopers extending from said casted gauge block, each said looper having a proximal end fixedly embedded in said casted gauge block and a spaced distal end;

    said plurality of loopers being formed into a first series of spaced loopers and a second alternating series of spaced loopers, respectively;

    one each of the loopers of said first series of loopers being paired with an adjacent one of the loopers of the second series of loopers, respectively, to form spaced pairs of loopers extending at least partially along the length of said casted gauge block;

    wherein the loopers within each said pair of loopers are spaced apart from one another a first distance; and

    wherein said pairs of loopers are spaced apart from one another a second distance different than said first distance.

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