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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:
Jun. 20, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles W Watkins, Ooltelwah, TN (US);
Assignee:
Tuftco Corporation, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
112 803 ; 112 8052 ;
Abstract
A needle plate support member including a plurality of forward projecting needle plate fingers affixed to the hook bar of a multiple needle cut pile tufting machine so that the needle plate fingers are disposed above the hooks to move simultaneously with the hooks and support the base fabric as the base fabric moves through the tufting machine.