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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2023
Card-monroe Corp., Chattanooga, TN (US);
William M. Christman, Jr., Chattanooga, TN (US);
Ricky E. Mathews, Sale Creek, TN (US);
Card-Monroe, Corp., Chattanooga, TN (US);
Abstract
A yarn feed system configured to control feeding of individual yarns to the needles of a tufting machine, and which system can be manufactured as a substantially standardized unit or attachment that can be removably mounted to a tufting machine. The yarn feed unit includes a series of yarn feed devices each of which can include a motor package having two or more yarn feed motors coupled together with a shared or integrated motor controller configured for controlling each motor of the motor package independently. The yarn feed devices can feed one or more selected yarns to associated ones of the needles of the tufting machine according to pattern instructions for a pattern being tufted.