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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 1977

Filed:

Sep. 08, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:

Paul E Jolley, Chattanooga, TN (US);

Harvey M Wooten, Rising Fawn, GA (US);

Assignee:

The Singer Company, New York, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D05B / ; D05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
112226 ; 112 / ; 112221 ;
Abstract

A tufting machine having a needle bar for mounting a multiplicity of needles reciprocable into and out of a work piece. The needle bar has a longitudinally extending channel open to face the work piece for securely receiving an insert spaced from the longitudinally extending walls of the channel. The insert includes a multiplicity of grooves facing the respective longitudinally extending wall, and a needle is securely received intermediate each of the grooves and the corresponding wall.


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