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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2017
Vandewiele NV, Kortrijk/Marke, BE;
Koen Callewaert, Tielt, BE;
VANDEWIELE NV, Kortrijk/Marke, BE;
Abstract
A method of preparing a tufting process for tufting a fabric, preferably carpet, having regions () of different color appearance by using at least two different kinds of yarns, yarns of different kinds of yarns (b, w) alternately following each other in a needle bar longitudinal direction of a needle bar of a tufting machine, comprises the steps of: a) defining a predetermined number of color mixing values, b) assigning with each color mixing value a color-related tufting aspect instruction, c) providing a color pattern representation () of the fabric to be tufted comprising a plurality of color regions (), d) assigning with each color region () one of the color mixing values.