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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2023
Applicants:
Jason Daniel Detty, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Robert A. Padgett, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Inventors:
Jason Daniel Detty, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Robert A. Padgett, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Assignee:
Tuftco Corporation, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D05C 15/34 (2006.01); D05C 15/10 (2006.01); D05C 15/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D05C 15/34 (2013.01); D05C 15/10 (2013.01); D05C 15/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for automatedly inserting void stitches in the manufacture of pixel mapped patterns on tufting machines having an array of independent yarn feed devices feeding yarns to reciprocating needles employs an algorithm to determine if a stitch should have a void substituted for the stitch and then implemented.