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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 1986
Filed:
Nov. 29, 1984
Jerry T Green, Hixson, TN (US);
Tuftco Corporation, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Abstract
A looper apparatus for a multiple-needle tufting machine having a hook bar including a transversely extending recess opening through the front face of the hook bar and receiving a transverse gauge bar or member having transversely spaced vertical hook slots for receiving the shank portions of corresponding looper hooks. A clamp assembly including a plurality of clamp members assembled within the lower portion of the gauge bar so that each clamp member is adapted to engage the bottom edges of the shank portions of a pair of adjacent hooks in clamping position. Each clamp member is adapted to be moved to its clamping position by a corresponding set screw extending upwardly through the lower portion of the gauge bar. The clamp members are preferably in the form of clamp balls.