| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 112800010 | Tufting (replacing subclass 79) | 41 |
| 20080210146 | Method and Apparatus for Forming Variable Loop Pile Over Level Cut Loop Pile Tufts - A tufting machine that includes spaced rows of needles of inserting yarns into a backing material. The needles are engaged by opposed loopers and level cut loop pile hooks that pass between one another so as to engage the opposite row of needles for forming cut pile and loop pile tufts of yarns in the backing material. | 09-04-2008 |
| 112800070 | Yarn manipulation by fluid flow | 1 |
| 20110308438 | Portable Creels With Insertable Yarn Trays and Improved Headers and Yarn Handling Methods - Creels having frames configured to receive one or more trays of yarn packages. The trays of yarn packages are removable from the frame and can be loaded with packages of yarn when not inserted into the frame. Separately loading trays with yarns can simplify and provide other benefits with respect to the process of loading a creel with yarn packages. Also disclosed is an assembly that is positioned with respect to a detachable header and a stationary header on a creel and that comprises an air flow unit that causes yarns to move through to an alignment mechanism that aligns the yarns for attachment to yarns already feeding into a tufting machine. | 12-22-2011 |
| 112800230 | With optical, electronic, or magnetic pattern program means | 6 |
| 20090101051 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROL OF YARN FEED IN A TUFTING MACHINE - A system and method for controlling the yarn feed for a tufting machine to form tufted patterns having different pattern fields or areas. Predetermined yarn feed amounts can be input for one or more selected yarn feed zones of selected stitches of the pattern to enable different pile heights and/or different tufts of yarns to be formed in the different pattern zones. A yarn feed device for the tufting machine will be controlled to selectively feed varying amounts of yarns for each of the yarn feed zones of the selected stitches of the pattern. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20100024700 | Stippling pattern stitching apparatus and sewing machine - The invention discloses an apparatus for easily stitching a stippling pattern, wherein the stippling pattern | 02-04-2010 |
| 20110107950 | EMBROIDERY DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING EMBROIDERY DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM - An embroidery data processing apparatus that processes embroidery data includes a reference point setting unit that sets, within a sewing area, positions of at least three reference points, a reference line setting unit that sets two reference lines being straight lines that intersect each other and each pass through at least two reference points of the at least three reference points, a plane setting unit that sets a reference plane by setting two sets of a plurality of virtual lines arranged in a matrix, a position determination unit that determines the plurality of arrangement positions based on the reference plane, a pattern selection unit that selects a type for the plurality of unit patterns from at least one type of unit pattern, and an arrangement unit that arranges the plurality of unit patterns of the type in the plurality of arrangement positions. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20120152159 | Tufting machine for producing a precise graphic design - A tufting machine producing athletic turf bearing precise graphic patterns at a high throughput rate is disclosed. The machine includes tenter frame to which a backing material is attached, a bed frame to which the tenter frame is attached, a support assembly upon which the bed frame is movably mounted, and a series of tufting frames upon which tufting head components are mounted. The tenter frame and bed frame are computer-controlled to advance and retract the backing relative to the tufting frames, and the tufting head components are computer controlled to laterally shift and to asynchronously reciprocate tufting needles as is necessary to form a desired tuft pattern. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20130047904 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CONTROLLING A TUFTING MACHINE FOR FORMING CARPET WITH ENHANCED SEAMS - A carpet and method for producing same that comprises an enhanced seam suitable for separation of an installation portion of the carpet and sacrificial edge portions of the produced carpet. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130340660 | Methods and Devices for Controlling a Tufting Machine for Forming Tufted Carpet - The invention relates to a control system for a tufting machine configured for forming tufted carpet. The tufting machine can have a system controller in communication with the tufting machine and with a plurality of yarn feed controllers for controlling operation of yarn feed motors that are configured to supply yarn from a source of yarn to the tufting machine. The system controller is programmable to enable input of a plurality of predetermined yarn feed profiles for selected stitches of a programmed pattern to be tufted such that, although at least two of the predetermined yarn feed profiles can be different, substantially the same feed length of yarn is used from each of the plurality of yarns. | 12-26-2013 |
| 112800300 | With specific fabric supporting, manipulating, cutting, or treating means | 3 |
| 112800320 | Means to feed fabric | 3 |
| 20090050037 | System and Method for Forming Artificial/Synthetic Sports Turf Fabrics - A system and method for forming synthetic/artificial grass or turf products in which a series of tufts of artificial/synthetic grass filaments or yarns are formed in a backing material. The system generally will include spaced rows of needles mounted along a tufting zone and which are reciprocated through the backing to different penetration depths. A series of loopers and a series of hooks will be aligned with and will engage the needles in order to form cut and loop pile tufts of yarns having varying lengths in the backing material. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20140000497 | Tufting machine | 01-02-2014 |
| 20150292131 | BACKING MATERIAL SHIFTER FOR TUFTING MACHINE - A backing material shift system for controlling movement of a backing material through a tufting machine includes spaced, first and second backing feed roll assemblies each carrying a series of reduced length backing feed rolls. The backing feed rolls are connected in series, with their opposite ends being supported by a series of roll stabilizing blocks. The backing feed roll assemblies are slidably supported along the frame of the tufting machine and are movable or shiftable across the tufting zone of the tufting machine in a direction transverse to the path of travel or feeding of the backing material through the tufting machine by operation of a backing material shifter. | 10-15-2015 |
| 112800400 | Including specific needle supporting or manipulating means | 14 |
| 20090050036 | GAUGING ELEMENT MODULES - A replaceable gauging element assembly includes a series of gauge modules mounted in spaced series along a gauge bar. The gauge modules each include an upper section having a front face, an intermediate section and a lower section. A series of slots are formed in the front face of the gauge modules for receiving a series of gauge parts therein, with the gauge parts releasably secured within the modules by one or more fasteners. Access openings are formed in the modules for facilitating removal of broken gauge parts from the slots. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090078180 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING VARIABLE LOOP PILE OVER LEVEL CUT LOOP PILE TUFTS - A tufting machine that includes spaced rows of needles of inserting yarns into a backing material. The needles are engaged by opposed loopers and level cut loop pile hooks that pass between one another so as to engage the opposite row of needles for forming cut pile and loop pile tufts of yarns in the backing material. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090260554 | STITCH DISTRIBUTION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR TUFTING MACHINES - A stitch distribution control system for a tufting machine for controlling placement of yarns being fed to the needles of the tufting machine by yam feed mechanisms to form a desired pattern. A backing material is fed through the tufting machine at an increased stitch rate as the needles are shifted according to calculated pattern steps. A series of loopers or hooks engage and pick loops of yarns from the needles. The yarn feed mechanisms further can be controlled so that selected loops of yarns can be back-robbed so as to be hidden from view in the finished patterned tufted article. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20130125801 | STITCH DISTRIBUTION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR TUFTING MACHINES - A stitch distribution control system for a tufting machine for controlling placement of yarns being fed to the needles of the tufting machine by yarn feed mechanisms to form a desired pattern. A backing material is fed through the tufting machine at an increased stitch rate as the needles are shifted according to calculated pattern steps. A series of loopers or hooks engage and pick loops of yarns from the needles. The yarn feed mechanisms further can be controlled so that selected loops of yarns can be back-robbed so as to be hidden from view in the finished patterned tufted article. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20160032509 | TUFTING MACHINE DRIVE SYSTEM - A tufting machine has a needle bar for carrying a plurality of needles for reciprocating into and out of a base material. A sliding needle bar shift mechanism may shift the needle bar laterally according to a pattern. The needle bar is mounted for reciprocation and for lateral movement relative to the direction of reciprocation by a drive system including a first directional drive component having a foot secured to a respective push rod of the tufting machine and a second directional drive component connected to the shift mechanism. The first and second drive components will connect to the needle bar through linear bearings or bushings so that the motion of the needle bar in multiple different directions is controlled while permitting greater machine operating and needle bar shifting speeds. | 02-04-2016 |
| 112800410 | Means to shift needle laterally of fabric feed | 4 |
| 20080236464 | SELF-ADJUSTING CAM FOLLOWER BRACKET FOR TUFTING MACHINE - The present invention provides a cam follower bracket that is used in conjunction with textile tufting machines. Typically, the present invention is used with shifting tufting machines used to produce carpet and rugs. The cam follower bracket utilizes a floating lug design that self-regulates the amount of pressure that the cam follower bearings apply against the shifter block of the tufting machine. Because the bracket is able to self-regulate the pressure, the bracket generally lasts longer and does not need to be periodically monitored and/or tightened. Therefore, less user interaction is required and less machine downtime is needed when operating a tufting machine utilizing a bracket according to the present invention in comparison with known cam follower brackets. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090205547 | YARN COLOR PLACEMENT SYSTEM - A yarn color placement system for a tufting machine including a series of different color yarns being fed to the needles of the tufting machine by yarn feed mechanisms. A backing material is fed through the tufting machine at an increased stitch rate as the needles are shifted according to the programmed pattern steps. A series of level cut loop loopers or hooks engage and pick loops of yarns from the needles, with the clips of the level cut loop loopers or hooks being selectively actuated to form cut pile tufts, while the remaining loops of yarns can be back-robbed so as to be hidden from view in the finished patterned tufted article. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20100064954 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROL OF THE BACKING FEED FOR A TUFTING MACHINE - A method of controlling the feeding of the backing material moving through a tufting machine in order to produce tufted articles such as carpets having a woven look or appearance. The backing material is indexed forwardly along its path of travel through the tufting machine by at least the stitch length for each stitch in a stitch cycle of the programmed pattern. At a desired point in the stitch cycle, the backing material can be indexed forwardly by a greater distance approximately equal to the program stitch length and a calculated jump distance to achieve a desired pattern effect. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20140352589 | TUFTING MACHINE DRIVE SYSTEM - A tufting machine has a needle bar for carrying a plurality of needles for reciprocating into and out of a base material. A sliding needle bar shift mechanism may shift the needle bar laterally according to a pattern. The needle bar is mounted for reciprocation and for lateral movement relative to the direction of reciprocation by a drive system including a first directional drive component having a foot secured to a respective push rod of the tufting machine and a second directional drive component connected to the shift mechanism. The first and second drive components will connect to the needle bar through linear bearings or bushings so that the motion of the needle bar in multiple different directions is controlled while permitting greater machine operating and needle bar shifting speeds. | 12-04-2014 |
| 112800430 | Means to selectively drive one of plural needles | 2 |
| 20080264315 | Modular Gauging Element Assembly - A modular gauging element assembly for a tufting machine is provided that allows for broken and damaged gauging elements of the tufting machine to be replaced. The modular gauging element assembly includes a series of gauge modules each having a module body including a series of spaced slots in which gauge elements are received. Locating devices help position the gauge modules along their gauge bars, after which the gauge modules can be mounted in place by fasteners received through the gauge modules. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090173261 | EMBROIDERY SEWING MACHINE - In a head group comprising two or more machine heads ( | 07-09-2009 |
| 112800450 | Supporting structure | 3 |
| 20140165892 | Tool Module for Textile Machine - A tool module ( | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140261121 | NEEDLE ASSEMBLY FOR TUFTING MACHINES - A replaceable needle module assembly for tufting machines includes a series of needle modules mounted in spaced series along a needle or gauge bar. Each needle module includes a module body having a series of needle receiving passages formed therethrough. The needles are received within and extend through each of the needle receiving passages, with the upper ends of the needles being received and engaged within corresponding recesses formed along an underside surface of the needle bar when the needle modules are mounted thereto. As a result, the needles can be securely and accurately located at a desired elevation along the needle bar. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150308025 | Tool Module for Textile Machine - A tool module ( | 10-29-2015 |
| 112800500 | Including specific loop catcher | 12 |
| 20080264314 | Gripper for a tufting machine - A gripper ( | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090107371 | Gripper for a tufting machine - A gripper ( | 04-30-2009 |
| 20100101470 | TOOL FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF FLAT TEXTILES | 04-29-2010 |
| 112800510 | Bill with clip or gate | 3 |
| 20090056606 | Apparatus and Method for Forming Level Cut and Loop Pile Tufts and Related Fabrics - A tufting machine is provided with two transverse rows of needles, one row being associated with transverse row of loopers and the other second row of needles being associated with a transverse row of gated hooks. Novel and low pile height tufted fabrics can be created with this configuration. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090266280 | Double Acting Cylinder for Tufting Machine Gate Apparatus - A gated looper apparatus has an array of individually mounted pressurizable air cylinders with piston rods acting in communication with looper gates. The air cylinders are designed to be responsive to pneumatic pressure to extend and retract the associated piston rods. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20150376825 | Level Cut Loop Looper and Clip Assembly - A level cut loop looper or hook and clip assembly for a tufting machine includes at least one module carrying a series of level cut loop loopers or hooks. Each level cut loop looper or hook generally can include a looper body along which a clip is slidably moved. Each clip will be moved between retracted and extended positions as the level cut loop loopers or hooks are reciprocated toward and away from engagement with their associated needles of the tufting machine. Actuators can be engaged to secure the clips in their extended positions as needed to selectively form cut and loop pile tufts in a backing material. | 12-31-2015 |
| 112800550 | With loop cutting means | 6 |
| 20120024209 | TUFTING GRIPPER WITH SPRING-BIASED SUPPORT OF AN INSERT - A tufting gripper ( | 02-02-2012 |
| 20180023233 | Loop Gripper With Retaining Element | 01-25-2018 |
| 112800560 | Selective cutting means | 1 |
| 20100132601 | TUFTING MACHINE - A tufting machine of novel structure which can produce a pile fabric mixing both a cut pile and a loop pile through a simple arrangement. Means for displacing a finger plate in the piercing direction of a needle through a foundation are provided so that the capturing state of a loop formed on the surface of the foundation by a looper can be released by displacing the finger plate to the surface side of the foundation. A loop captured by the loop is cut into a cut pile by means of a knife, and the released loop is not cut but becomes a loop pile. | 06-03-2010 |
| 112800600 | Including supporting structure (e.g., knife block) | 3 |
| 20120024208 | GRIPPER WITH DUAL-INSERT BODY - In order to reduce or to prevent wear on the tufting gripper ( | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120097082 | Tufting Machine for Creating a Cut Pile Carpet with Two Different Pile Heights - A tufting machine for creating cut pile carpet with two different pile heights. A knife ( | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120103239 | Tufting Knife With a Nominal Bending Point - An improved tufting knife ( | 05-03-2012 |
| 112800700 | Including specific yarn manipulating, cutting, or treating means | 4 |
| 112800730 | Feed roller | 4 |
| 20090107372 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TUFTING MULTIPLE FABRICS - A system for forming multiple patterned, tufted articles, includes a tufting machine having a series of distinct machine sections each adapted to form a desired patterned, tufted articles and each operable independently of the other machine sections. A system control can be programmed with pattern parameters for each of the patterned tufted articles to be formed, and will control the machine sections to form each of the patterned tufted articles. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090173262 | Tufting Machine - The invention concerns an improved tufting machine which comprises a tufting head translatable within said tufting machine in X- and Y-directions with respect to backing fabric by means of a movement system. The tufting head comprises a tufting mechanism having a cyclic mode of operation, a hollow needle mounted in the tufting mechanism that is moveable relative to a cooperating foot in a reciprocating manner to insert a tuft of yam into backing fabric in each cycle, a yarn supply mechanism mounted in the tufting mechanism and operable to supply a length of yam to the hollow needle in each cycle, a yarn cutter mounted in the tufting head that is selectively operable to cut the length of yam in selected cycles to produce loop or cut pile, and a computer-operated motion control system. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20120325134 | Single and Double End Modular Yarn Feed Enabling Half Gauge Shifting Using Double End Yarn Drives - A tufting machine is configured with yarn drives having two spaced apart yarn bearing surfaces each substantially wrapped with a yarn and may have only half the needles and yarn drives customarily employed, with the needles being shifted to cover two gauge positions, thereby providing single and yarn control with reduced capital cost. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20150354118 | YARN FEED ROLL DRIVE SYSTEM FOR TUFTING MACHINE - A yarn feed system, for control of the feeding of one or more yarns to the needles of a tufting machine, which can be manufactured as a substantially standardized unit or attachment removably mounted to a tufting machine includes a series of yarn feed devices each having a drive motor with a replaceable yarn feed roll drive system mounted thereto. Each yarn feed roll drive system can include a set or series of yarn feed rolls mounted within a housing and having a series of gear teeth formed thereabout, with the gear teeth of the yarn feed rolls engaged in an intermeshing arrangement so that as one of the yarn feed rolls is driven by the drive motor, the other yarn feed rolls likewise are actively driven thereby. Each of the yarn feed rolls further will include a textured roll surface that can provide for enhanced grip and control of the feeding of the yarns which are extended thereabout to the needles of the tufting machine in accordance with a tufted pattern being formed. | 12-10-2015 |
