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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 1989
Filed:
May. 06, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sigeki Itoh, Nara, JP;
Kiyoshi Yoneda, Osaka, JP;
Assignees:
Suminoe Orimono Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Yoneda Tekkoh, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
112 8043 ; 112 8044 ;
Abstract
A tufting machine is provided with a needle block movable up and down, needle carriers mounted on the needle block, the carriers carrying needles aligned crosswisely of the machine, wherein the needles are individually driven to insert into a backing fabric by means of actuators operatively connected to each of them and a needle selector for selecting the needles by controlling the operation of the actuators.