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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2020
Vandewiele NV, Kortrijk, BE;
Frank Callens, Oostrozebeke, BE;
Kristof Oosterlynck, Ooigem, BE;
Vincent Lampaert, Vichte, BE;
Frank Shanley, Lancashire, GB;
Vandewiele NV, Kortrijk, BE;
Abstract
A presser foot module () for a tufting machine. The module has a module body () for attachment to a tufting machine and the plurality of fingers () extending from the body in a first direction which, in use, is opposite to the direction in which the backing medium () is fed through the tufting machine. The module body () has a downwardly depending lip () defining a presser surface (A) extending across an end of the body which is adjacent to the interface with the fingers (). Each finger () has an unsupported end opposite to the module body () so as to provide access to an open gap between adjacent fingers in a direction opposite to the first direction.