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Apparatus and method for forming level cut and loop pile tufts and related fabrics

  • US 8,082,861 B2
  • Filed: 08/29/2008
  • Issued: 12/27/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a multiple needle tufting machine of the type having a yarn feed control and transversely spaced rows of front yarn carrying needles and rear yarn carrying needles adapted for reciprocation through a backing fabric to form loops of yarn on a face thereof, a yarn seizing apparatus comprising:

  • a transverse row of reciprocating front loopers adapted to seize yarns from the front yarn carrying needles when penetrating the backing fabric; and

    a transverse row of reciprocating gated hooks having associated knives, and adapted to seize yarns from the rear yarn carrying needles when penetrating the backing fabric.

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