| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 112475170 | Stitch forming | 58 |
| 20080264320 | FABRIC JOINING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A fabric joining method and system for attaching a first piece of fabric having synthetic content to a second piece of fabric having synthetic content. The method includes welding the first piece of fabric to the second piece of fabric at a seam and sewing the first piece of fabric to the second piece of fabric using a stitch that crosses the welded seam. An example method includes ultrasonically welding a first piece of fleece fabric to a second piece of fleece fabric followed by stitching along and across the welded seam completely through the fabric layers using a zig-zag stitch. The system includes a first piece of fabric, a second piece of fabric fused to the first piece of fabric at a welded seam, and a thread stitched across the welded seam. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090007830 | Method and Sewing Machine for Forming Single-Thread Locked Handstitches - A sewing thread ( | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090038521 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING THE INSTRUCTION OF QUILTING TECHNIQUES - An apparatus to facilitate the instruction of quilting techniques includes a background pattern and a stitching pattern printed on a fabric panel. The fabric panel may be a length of fabric configured to receive inks which define the background pattern and the stitching pattern. The background pattern may be a plurality of geometric shape arranged to simulate one or more quilted fabric designs such as those designs found on a typical quilted fabric. The stitching pattern includes at least one quilting stitching design which defines a guideline for stitching the stitching pattern. The apparatus also includes at least one instructional mark printed on the fabric panel. The instructional mark defines a quilting instruction which guides a user in stitching the stitching pattern. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20110041745 | TRANSFORMABLE STRUCTURE FOR A MULTI THREAD SINGLE LINE SHUTTLE STITCH LINE AND METHOD AND MACHINE FOR ITS REALIZATION - A multi-thread single-line shuttle stitch line, consisting of at least three threads, where each top thread is independently and separately connected with each bottom thread in a pre-determinable sequence of such connection through perforations in the material, with all of said top and bottom threads passing through said perforations, making one stitch line. The top threads can be intertwined, as can the bottom threads. A process for producing a multi-thread single-line shuttle stitch line, where at least three threads are involved to form said stitch line, with a stitch of said stitch line being formed by connecting a top thread with a bottom thread by cooperation of a needle and a shuttle, and a desired number of said needles with said top threads and a desired number of said shuttles with said bottom threads being used, with only one of said needles and one of said shuttles cooperating at a time, forming a current couple; with any of said needles forming said current couple with any of said shuttles in a desired sequence. Thus, a high degree of variability in the sequence of connecting the top and bottom threads allows for a flexible transformation of the structure of the stitch line in the process of its production. Needles are fixed to a revolver with needle bars located along the periphery of said revolver and oriented along the rotation axis of said revolver, and equipped with a device, which provides for the enabling of said current couple; shuttles are fixed to another revolver with said shuttles located along the periphery of said revolver, and are equipped with a device, which provides for the enabling said current couple. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20130327262 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR STITCHING COMPOSITE MATERIALS - A composite material includes a composite body having a composite surface, and a reinforcing element extending through the composite body in a first plurality of stitches and a second plurality of stitches. The first plurality of stitches are aligned relative to the composite surface substantially similarly to each other. The second plurality of stitches are aligned relative to the composite surface substantially dissimilarly to each other. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140048003 | Stitching Machine - A stitching machine may include a needle apparatus, a sewing thread spool receiving device, and a bobbin thread spool receiving device. The stitching machine may further include a bobbin thread tensioner configured to receive bobbin thread from the bobbin thread spool receiving device. The bobbin thread tensioner may be further configured to supply the bobbin thread to the needle apparatus. The bobbin thread spool receiving device is configured to receive a bobbin spool holding approximately 700 meters or more of bobbin thread. The bobbin thread spool receiving device may be located above a stitching location of the stitching machine. The stitching machine may provide improved access to a bobbin spool, enhanced manufacturing efficiency, and enhanced manufacturing flexibility. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140076222 | SEAM RAVEL PREVENTING METHOD, SEAM RAVEL PREVENTING APPARATUS AND SEAM STRUCTURE - A thread hook and a looper thread holder are arranged on a rear side of a needle drop position of a sewing machine. When usual sewing is completed, the thread hook and the looper thread holder swing and move close to a looper. A hook part provided at a tip end of the thread hook holds a needle thread loop caught by the looper and positions it on an advance end side of the looper away from the needle drop position, and a thread receiving part provided at a tip end of the looper thread holder holds a looper thread extending from the looper to cloths and positions it on the front side away from the needle drop position. The sewing machine performs sewing for at least one stitch while maintaining positions of the needle thread loop and the looper thread. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20150368837 | ZIGZAG SEWING MACHINE AND AUTOMATIC-PAUSE CONTROL METHOD OF ZIGZAG SEWING MACHINE - A zigzag sewing machine including a sewing mechanism; a first storage device that stores pattern data that include attribute data and stitch data; a pattern selection section that sequentially selects optional pattern data stored in the first storage device; a second storage device that stores pattern data that have been selected by the pattern selection section as an arranged combinational pattern; a command data insertion section that inserts and adds pause data at an optional position midway of a pattern data string stored in the second storage device; a pause command section that reads out the pause data and that supplies the pause signal to the sewing machine drive unit; and a display device that displays the combinational pattern, the display device further displaying a pause symbol at a position in the combinational pattern where the pause symbol has been inserted and added. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160032507 | STITCH LINE FORMING METHOD - While feeding an upholstery member, a sewing needle is reciprocated to form needle receiving holes, and an upper thread is passed through each needle receiving hole, caused to cross a lower thread, and pulled out of the needle receiving hole. The sewing cycle is repeatedly performed to form a stitch, so that stitches form a stitch line in a surface sheet. A direction of a force, which is generated by applying tension to the lower thread and which acts to rotate thread ends of a pair of adjacent stitches in each needle receiving hole about a crossing part of the upper thread and the lower thread, is defined as a rotation direction. The sewing needle is rotated in a direction opposite to the rotation direction to incline a diagonal line of the quadrangular shape forming the cross section relative to the feeding direction of the upholstery member. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160122928 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR STITCHING VEHICLE INTERIOR COMPONENTS AND COMPONENTS FORMED FROM THE METHODS - A method of applying stitching to an interior component is provided herein. The interior component having only a single layer of a substrate layer. The method including the steps of: a) penetrating substrate layer with an awl of a sewing head to form a piercing therethrough; b) retracting the awl from the substrate layer; c) inserting a needle of the same sewing head through the piercing through the substrate layer to grasp a thread positioned on a show surface of the outer skin layer; d) pulling the thread through the substrate layer; e) looping the thread with a previous stitch passed through the substrate layer; f) advancing the sewing head to another position with respect to the interior component, wherein a backside of the substrate layer is free of obstructions; and g) repeating steps a-f until a predetermined amount of stitches are applied to the interior component. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160122929 | Sewing Machine and Control Method Thereof - A sewing machine includes a thread take-up lever that supplies an upper thread to a needle from a thread supply source, a hook which catches the upper thread inserted in the needle, and which intertwine the upper thread with a lower thread, and a control unit that controlling a hook release phase at which the hook releases the upper thread in such a way that a hook/upper-thread necessary amount that is necessary when the upper thread is intertwined with the lower thread becomes smaller than a thread-take-up-lever/upper-thread supply amount that is supplied by an operation of the thread take-up lever. The control unit controls the hook release phase at a plurality of timings. | 05-05-2016 |
| 112475180 | Embroidery | 44 |
| 20100077951 | Indicia and method for piercing patchwork quilts - A series of pattern indicia are detachably affixable to multiple blocks of fabric in accordance with a formatting sequence that encodes an overall decorative pattern of a patchwork quilt top. A method of piecing the blocks to form the quilt top uses the pattern indicia to keep track of the position of each block in the decorative pattern, so that the pattern layout may be disassembled to facilitate sewing the blocks together. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100147203 | Three-dimensional Wiping Substrate And Method Therefor - A planar substrate has a moisture activated shrinking filament applied thereon. When wetted, the shrinking filament shrinks and causes the planar substrate to gather and pucker. The planar substrate with the filament thereon may be compressed into a compact shape when in a dry state. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20120260838 | MAKING A DECORATIVE DESIGN WITH DECORATIVE ELEMENTS ARRANGED IN FREELY MOVABLE FASHION - Decorative elements are sewn, with a first-type sewing thread, to a base member in accordance with a first pattern. One surface of the base member is covered with a see-through cover member, and an embroidery sewing operation is performed on the superposed base member and cover member. Then, the sewing thread, sewing the decorative elements on the base member, is removed from the base member. The embroidery sewing operation is performed in accordance with a second pattern surrounding the decorative elements sewn on the base member in accordance with the first pattern. Thus, the decorative elements are freely movably accommodated in a space defined between the base member and the cover member, so that they can freely move within the space in response to movement of the base member. Such a decorative design with the movable decorative elements can be made on the base member easily and efficiently. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20130055943 | SINGLE- OR MULTIPLE-HEAD EMBROIDERY MACHINE HAVING A DOUBLE-LOCK-STITCH ROTATING GRIPPER - A single- or multiple-head embroidery machine has stitch-forming tools which are formed in each case by a thread-guiding needle that interacts with a double-lock-stitch gripper to form stitches, and also has a feed device for obtaining relative movements between the embroidery material and the stitch-forming tools. The relative movements occur depending on the movements of the needle. In order to avoid a temporal overlap between the stitch-forming phase and the feed movement of the embroidery material, the double-lock-stitch gripper rotates at a rotational speed which corresponds to n times the rotational speed of the machine main shaft, wherein “n” is an integer greater than the number “2”. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130263769 | Custom Embroidery Frame - Aspects of the present invention relate to systems and methods of utilizing a custom embroidery system. A custom embroidery frame is comprised of a custom receiving cavity sized and shaped to receive a composite piece for embroidery. The size and the shape of the custom receiving cavity correspond with a size and a shape of the portion of the composite piece onto which an embroidery device will embroider. Additionally, a gasket with a size and a shape adapted to be inserted into the receiving cavity and around the portion of the composite piece may optionally be utilized. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20140069309 | Imaged Fabric with Embroidery - Exemplary methods of making an applique are disclosed. Exemplary methods may include providing a fabric layer, and transferring a graphic onto the fabric layer, the graphic having a plurality of registration marks configured to align an embroidery contour. The methods may further include creating an adjusted embroidery contour using at least the registration marks, and applying an embroidery along the adjusted embroidery contour. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20160118163 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR COATED STRING-SHAPED BODY - A method for manufacturing a covered string-like object, the method comprising a placement step of placing a string-like object on a sheet-like flexible backing, a sewing step of sewing the string-like object to the backing with an embroidery material, and a separation step of separating the backing from the string-like object. According to the method for manufacturing a string-like object, a string-like object can be easily and reliably covered with an embroidery material. | 04-28-2016 |
| 112475190 | Electronically stored pattern | 26 |
| 20100162932 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLE YARN COLOR AND MULTIPLE PILE HEIGHT TUFTING MACHINE - A tufting machine comprising a yarn applicator adapted to receive feed yarn and penetrate a surface covering backing and a cutting means adapted to cut the feed yarn to produce a stitch. The tufting machine also comprises a yarn control module that includes a yarn feed wheel adapted to guide the feed yarn, an actuator adapted to move the yarn feed wheel between an engaged position and a disengaged position, and a yarn feed gear adapted to engage the feed yarn when the actuator moves the yarn feed wheel into the engaged position. The tufting machine further comprises a power source adapted to move the yarn feed gear and a remote process control computer system adapted to send a first signal and a second signal to the yarn control module. The tufting machine produces a patterned surface covering having a plurality of yarn colors and a plurality of pile heights. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100180809 | METHOD FOR IMPROVED STITCH GENERATION - A method for creating an altered embroidery design, the method comprising altering an embroidery design to create an altered embroidery design, the altered embroidery design comprising an at least one design element, determining a size of the at least one design element, selecting a stitch type for the at least one design element by comparing the size of the at least one design element to a set of values, wherein the stitch type can be selected from the set of values based on the size of the at least one design element, and generating a stitch pattern for the at least one design element. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100199903 | Method of Incorporating Microwave Structures within Reinforced Composites by Overstitching Patterns of Conductive Fibers onto Reinforcement Fabric - A method of attaching conductive fiber to composite laminate reinforcement fabric and to other fabrics utilizing stitching which comprises: a means of precisely arranging said conductive fiber on the surface of said reinforcement fabric to minimize radio frequency losses; an overstitching means wherein said conductive fiber is attached to said reinforcement fabric by a non-conductive retention thread. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100224112 | AUTOMATIC SIZING OF EMBROIDERY - A stitch pattern for a word or other design is created using known methods of forming a stitch pattern for the word to be stitched. The horizontal and vertical dimensions of the stitch pattern are then compared to the dimensions of the sewing area. This comparison is expressed as a ratio which may be used to adjust the size of the stitch pattern to optimally fit the sewing area. The ratio may be applied to individual stitch patterns for letter characters that are combined to form a word or may be applied to a stitch pattern for an entire word or design. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20110041746 | POSITIONING OF STITCH DATA OBJECTS - A method is provided for embroidering embroidery elements by means of a processor-controlled sewing machine ( | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110048305 | INTEGRATED MOTOR DRIVE SYSTEM FOR MOTOR DRIVEN YARN FEED ATTACHMENTS - A yarn feed system, enabling the control of individual yarns to the needles of a tufting machine, and which system can be manufactured as a substantially standardized unit or attachment that can be removably mounted to a tufting machine. The yarn feed unit includes a series of yarn feed devices each including a drive motor for feeding one or more selected yarns to the needles of the tufting machine, and a series of yarn feed controllers integrated with each yarn feed drive motor for monitoring and controlling the operation of the yarn feed devices to control the feeding of the yarns to the needles according to programmed pattern instructions. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110146553 | SEWING MACHINE HAVING A CAMERA FOR FORMING IMAGES OF A SEWING AREA - A sewing machine ( | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110168070 | SEWING MACHINE MODIFICATION TOOLS - A method for editing images representing sewing elements ( | 07-14-2011 |
| 20120174846 | 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. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120222604 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETECT POSITION OF NEEDLE - A system, device, and method for detecting the position of a needle during a needlework operation. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120222605 | Stitch Pattern and Method of Embroidering - An embroidery sewing appliqué technique. A tacking stitch is produced and positioned inside a column of a fabric that holds down the fabric on top of a base or host material, such as a garment. Running parallel to the tacking stitch, a column or satin stitch runs near and to the outside of the tacking stitch. The column or satin stitch has a higher density than that utilized in normal embroidery applications. The higher density satin stitch varies with needle size and thread size. The satin stitch cuts the fabric along the outer edge of the fabric. The tack stitch on the inside of the satin stitch locks the fabric down therefore not allowing the inner edge of the satin to be lifted away from the garment by virtue of the running tack stitch and without a separate cutting step. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120234224 | EMBROIDERY SEWING MACHINE - Pattern data of an embroidery pattern includes data of given points for defining plural positions associated with the embroidery pattern as reference positions for pre-movement of the embroidery frame and distance data that indicates respective distances between the respective given points and a predetermined starting point. Before embroidering or trace is started, any one of the given points is specified or selected, and the embroidery frame is moved to the reference position associated with the selected given point through manual operation of a switch. When the embroidering or the trace starts, the embroidery frame is automatically moved from the selected reference position to a position corresponding to the starting point of the embroidery pattern on the basis of the distance data between the specified given point and the starting point, and then the embroidering or the trace is started from the position corresponding to the starting point. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20130014682 | Method and System for Stacked Stitch PatternsAANM BRINDZIK; BarbaraAACI JonkopingAACO SEAAGP BRINDZIK; Barbara Jonkoping SE - A system and method for receiving a selection of a first stitch pattern, operating a sewing machine to sew the first stitch pattern onto a material, receiving a selection of a second stitch pattern and operating the sewing machine to sew the second stitch pattern onto the material, wherein the combination of the first stitch pattern and the second stitch pattern create a stacked stitch pattern on the material. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130042797 | Method and System for Automatic Applique Design - A automatic appliqué system and method including a user input element configured to receive a selection of an alignment stitch pattern, an attachment stitch pattern and a border stitch pattern, a processor executing a set of instructions and a sewing element being controlled by the processor based on the set of instructions to sew the alignment stitch pattern into a base material, sew the attachment stitch pattern aligned over the alignment pattern of the top material thereby attaching the top material to the base material, wherein after sewing the attachment stitch pattern a portion of the top material extends beyond an area bounded by the attachment stitch pattern such that the portion of the top material is to be trimmed to form edges of the top material in the area of the attachment stitch pattern and sew the border stitch pattern around the edges of the top material. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130125803 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING SEWING PATTERNS OF A SEWING MACHINE - A method and device for controlling sewing patterns of a sewing machine allows the user to edit the patterns or pattern strings saved in the database, and to mirror the patterns, or control the respective data of sewing. The sewing pattern can be easily and freely edited, and the information of all the sewing operations is clearly displayed on the display. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20140216318 | STITCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STITCH STOP EMBELLISHMENTS - Aspects and embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for embellishing fabric. In accordance with embodiments, a stitching system for a sewing machine is provided comprising a processor configured to control the sewing machine and a user interface configured to receive a stitch selection corresponding to a set of commands executable by the processor to instruct the sewing machine to sew the stitch selection. The set of commands may comprise a first command to sew a first portion of the stitch selection, a second command to stop sewing after completion of the first portion, and a third command to sew a second portion of the stitch selection after completion of the second command. The systems and methods of the present invention may advantageously allow an operator to create a running sequence of perfectly replicated embellishments. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140311392 | 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. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140366788 | METHOD FOR IMPROVED STITCH GENERATION - A method for user-defined lock stitches, the method comprising allowing a user to create a user-defined stitch pattern comprising a defined size. The method further includes storing the user-defined stitch pattern as a custom stitch pattern that can be inserted into a design at the defined size. The user-defined stitch pattern may include a tie-in, tie-off stitch pattern. The method may further include generating and sewing stitch coordinates for the custom stitch pattern. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140366789 | METHOD FOR IMPROVED STITCH GENERATION - A method of generating continuous underlay for a group of design elements in an embroidery design, including identifying a group of design elements, creating a graph of the group of design elements, determining an order for sewing a continuous underlay for the group of design elements using the graph, and generating a stitch pattern for the group of design elements, the stitch pattern based at least in part on the order for sewing the continuous underlay for the group of design elements. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140366790 | METHOD FOR IMPROVED STITCH GENERATION - A method for push compensation of a design element is provided including determining a width of a first end of a design element, determining a push compensation for the first end of the design element by comparing the width of the first end of the design element to a list of push compensation values for certain width ranges, and performing the push compensation on the first end of the design element. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150007760 | 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. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150330005 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INFLUENCING THE POSITION OF KNOTS BETWEEN THE UPPER THREAD AND THE LOWER THREAD WHEN SEWING WITH A SEWING MACHINE - A device and the method for influencing the position of the knot ( | 11-19-2015 |
| 20160069010 | Method for Selective Display of Yarn in a Tufted Fabric with Offset Rows of Needles - A novel method of tufting carpets is provided to allow the use of the same sequence of colored yarns on front and rear staggered needle bars to yield sufficient gauge stitch density to provide for a solid appearance of any of the selected colors et, and utilizing optimized tacking of rear yarns to minimize loose yarn on the backing. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160090673 | Method for Controlling Sewing Operating of a Sewing Machine - In a method for controlling sewing operation of a sewing machine, a stitch needle completes an in-and-out movement on a fabric with a first tension applied to an upper thread when the stitch needle, with respect to a fabric-feeding mechanism, is at a first relative position corresponding to a first pattern part of a predetermined stitch pattern. Afterward, the stitch needle is moved, with respect to the fabric-feeding mechanism, to a second relative position corresponding to a second pattern part of the predetermined stitch pattern, and completes an in-and-out movement on the fabric at the second relative position with a second tension, which is greater than the first tension, applied to the upper thread. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160115631 | Pantograph Projection - The present invention relates to a sewing machine, specifically a long-armed stitcher. The present invention includes a computer device that may store pantograph patterns therein. The data including the pantograph patterns may be sent to projection units associated with the sewing machine head of the long-armed stitcher. The projection units use projection elements to project the pantograph patterns on the fabric to be stitched, allowing an operator of the stitcher to trace the projected pattern with a needle associated with the sewing machine head. Measurement devices associated with the sewing machine head determine head movement and alter the projected pattern accordingly such that the needle of the sewing head may continue to follow the pantograph pattern despite the head having moved in order to trace the pattern. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160201240 | Forming Shapes with an Embroidery Machine | 07-14-2016 |
| 112475220 | Relief | 1 |
| 20090038522 | Handicraft clip - A handicraft clip is provided for forming a pleat in a cloth. The clip includes a relatively wide base plate and a narrower fastening plate connected to the base plate via a connecting hinge portion having a reduced thickness for allowing pivotal movement of the fastening plate relative to the base plate. The base plate is formed with a generally elliptical through-hole, while the fastening plate is provided with a locking protrusion to be fitted into the through-hole of the base plate when the base plate and the fastening plate are superposed on each other. The fastening plate includes a cloth holding portion of -a generally constant width. The cloth holding portion is formed with a slit for insertion of a cloth. The slit extends from the distal end of the cloth holding portion toward the locking protrusion. | 02-12-2009 |
| 112475230 | Pile type | 10 |
| 20100224113 | Servo Driven Crank Adjusted Shifting Mechanism - A crank adjusted shifting mechanism having a servo driven eccentric in communication with a drive rod and optional clamping assembly provides for a fast and programmable needle bar shifting mechanism for a tufting machine. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20110100277 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CONTROLLING THE TENSION OF YARN IN A TUFTING MACHINE - A tufting machine for forming tufted carpet having means for inserting loops of at least two different yarns into a backing material moving through the tufting machine and means for controlling the deviation of the ratio of different yarns projecting from a top surface of the backing material. It is contemplated that the tufting machine can be used to maintain the color of the tufted carpet at a desired color during the operation of the tufting machine. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20120137944 | 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. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120222606 | Tufting machine and method - A method for using a tufting machine to produce athletic turf bearing precise graphic tuft patterns at a high throughput rate is disclosed. The utilized machine includes tenter frame and a series of tufting frames upon which tufting head components are mounted. The entire length of a piece of backing material is wrapped around the tenter frame, and the tenter frame circulates the backing past the tufting frames, and the tufting head components are shifted as may be necessary to form a desired graphic tuft pattern. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20130025518 | METHODS FOR TUFTING A CARPET PRODUCT - Methods of tufting a pattern in a backing material using a plurality of different yarns A, B, . . . n that are threaded in the needles of a needle bar in a non-repeating sequence or pattern of yarn sets across the width of the needle bar. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130180440 | System and Method for Forming Artificial Turf Products with a Woven Appearance - A system and method for forming synthetic/artificial grass or turf tufted fabric materials in which a series of tufts or artificial/synthetic grass or turf yarns is formed in a backing material. The system generally will include a row of needles mounted along a tufting zone and which are reciprocated through the backing material to deliver a series of yarns into the backing materials. The needles are arranged in needle groups with the needle groups spaced apart along the length of the needle bar. A series of gauge parts, typically including cut-pile hooks, will be aligned with and will engage the needles in order to form cut and pile tufts defining spaced grass/turf tuft formations in the backing material. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20140245938 | LOOPER MODULE FOR TUFTING CHAIN-STITCH FABRICS - A looper module for tufting machines in which loop pile tufts of yarns are formed in a backing material in a chained stitch formation includes a module body in which a series of looper assemblies are received. The module body generally includes a series of slotted openings in which the looper assemblies are received, and further can include a looper support section that projects upwardly from the module body and includes a series of slotted openings formed in spaced series therealong. The looper assembly generally includes a primary looper, having a loop pile looper portion and a pattern looper portion. First and second transfer loopers are attached to the body of the primary looper. Each of the transfer loopers generally includes a throat portion that generally extends along and inwardly toward a throat of the loop pile looper portion of the primary looper. One of the transfer loopers further can be configured so as to be movable toward and away from the primary looper and the other transfer looper as needles carrying the yarns pass therebetween for the engagement and pick-up of yarns from the needles to form tufts of yarns in the backing material. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140283724 | Method for Selective Display of Yarn in a Tufted Fabric With Double End Yarn Drives - A novel method of tufting carpets is provided to allow the use of four or more colors of yarn at sufficient stitch density to provide for a solid appearance of any of the selected colors at any location on the carpet, and utilizing natural tacking of rear yarns to minimize loose yarn on the backing. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140331906 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING PATTERNED 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 with various graphic pattern effects being formed therewith. The system generally will include at least one needle bar having at least one row of needles mounted along a tufting zone and reciprocated through the backing to a desired penetration depth, and will present a desired set or group of yarns to a series of pattern pixels or stitch areas. A series of level cut loop loopers or hooks will be aligned with and will engage the needles in order to form tufts of yarns in the backing material. Clips of the level cut loop loopers will be selectively controlled to control the retention of selected ones of the yarns presented at each pattern pixel. The remaining, non-selected yarns generally are not retained at the pattern pixels, and can be formed as lower pile tufts or removed from the backing material. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20160032510 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING VARIABLE CUT AND/OR LOOP PILE TUFTS OVER LEVEL CUT LOOP TUFTS - A tufting machine including spaced rows of needles for inserting yarns into a backing material. The needles are engaged by a series of cut pile hooks and level cut loop loopers or hooks that generally are arranged at spaced elevations. The cut pile hooks will engage one of the rows of needles for forming cut pile tufts of yarns in the backing material. The level cut loop loopers or hooks engage the other row of needles and each include clips. The clips are selectively moved into a position substantially blocking retention of loops of yarns picked up and/or formed along their level cut loop loopers or hooks for formation of loop and cut pile tufts of yarns in the backing material. | 02-04-2016 |
| 112475240 | Blind stitch forming | 1 |
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