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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 1984
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1983
Max M Beasley, Lookout Mountain, GA (US);
Tuftco Corporation, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Abstract
A knife holder module for a cut pile tufting machine including a solid knife block member having upright knife slots therethrough for receiving corresponding knives. The knife block member includes adjustable clamp elements for holding the knives within the corresponding knife slots in solid engagement with the knife block member. The rear face of the knife block member includes a rearward projecting transverse tongue member disposed at the tension angle of the knives for infinite transverse adjustment with the knife bar. The rear face of the knife block member is also disposed at an angle to the transverse alignment of the knives equal to the pitch angle of the knives. The knife bar is also adjustably mounted upon the bracket fixed to the knife shaft.