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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 1983
Filed:
Aug. 10, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Max M Beasley, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Assignee:
Tuftco Corporation, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
112 / ; 112 / ;
Abstract
A looper apparatus for a multiple-needle tufting machine, and particularly for a narrow gauge tufting machine, including transversely spaced loopers or hooks and a plurality of corresponding spring clips or looper clips mounted on a clip support spaced in front of the hooks, and mounted to reciprocate with said hooks, so that only the clamping portions of said clips engage only the corresponding free end portions of the hooks.