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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:
May. 13, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roy T Card, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Joseph L Card, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1122662 ; 112 / ;
Abstract
A conventional tufting machine is provided with a looper control cam which enables the machine to avoid tagging and sew through. The cam reciprocates loopers which face in the direction of movement of the backing material. Each looper moves beyond the needle as the needle descends, so that the looper bill tip is held beyond the needle as it passes along one side of the loops, then the looper is reciprocated to catch the loop before the needle is retracted.