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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2018
Paul Rodgers, Bacup, GB;
Paul Rodgers, Bacup, GB;
Other;
Abstract
Upholstery tufting apparatus comprises an insertion needle () with an aperture () to receive a tuft for insertion into an article to be upholstered. The tuft is presented to the needle aperture () along a tuft feed axis (). The apparatus has a plurality of tuft strings (), a first string () with tufts of a first length and a second string () with tufts of different second length. The apparatus has one or more tuft feed units, and an actuator operatively connected to said tuft feed unit(s). The first and second tuft strings () are associated with the tuft feed unit(s). A selected one of the tuft feed unit(s) is actuatable by the actuator to align one of the first and second strings () with the tuft feed axis () according to the length of tuft required to be inserted into an article to be upholstered. A method for tufting an upholstered article employing said apparatus is also described.