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Single end servo motor driven scroll pattern attachment for tufting machine and computerized design system for tufting carpet

  • US 6,508,185 B1
  • Filed: 08/26/2002
  • Issued: 01/21/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A multiple needle tufting machine comprising:

  • (a) a yarn drive array receiving a plurality of yarns from a yarn supply;

    (b) a plurality of laterally spaced needles receiving the plurality of yarns from the yarn drive array;

    (c) a main drive for reciprocating the plurality of laterally spaced needles through a backing fabric fed longitudinally from front to rear through the tufting machine;

    (d) a looper mechanism acting in synchronized cooperation with the plurality of needles to seize loops of yarn from said plurality of needles; and

    (e) a master controller receiving information relative to the position of the main drive;

    wherein the yarn drive array consists essentially of single end yarn drives.

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