Groz-Beckert Kg

Andreas Englmeier

Michael Klein

Ingo Bitzer

The invention relates to a gripper for a tufting machine, which has a gripper body and an insert. In the longitudinal direction, the gripper has a holding section and a guiding section. At the end further away from the holding section, in the longitudinal direction, the guiding section terminates in a hook which has an inner side in which a joint gap is arranged between the gripper body and the insert. According to the invention, the gripper is characterised in that a stop means, against which the insert abuts in the longitudinal direction towards the holding section, is arranged on the gripper body in the gripper's guiding section in order to limit the size of the joint gap in the inner side of the hook.

Gripper for a tufting machine

A tufting gripper () comprises a pocket () with an insert () that is associated with a spring means () in order to at least temporarily clamp and secure said insert in place in the pocket in a prespecified position. The spring means () pushes the insert () preferably in the direction of the tip of the gripper and creates a particularly smooth transition at this location between the base body () of the tufting gripper () and the insert (), in particular the tip () of said insert.

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Raesfeld, Germany

Andreas Englmeier