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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Steven L Frost, Signal Mountain, TN (US);
Assignee:
Tuftco Corporation, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
11247523 ; 112 8073 ;
Abstract
An auxiliary yarn feed mechanism for a tufting machine having a plurality of needles for tufting yarns through a moving base fabric. A tufting machine with a pattern control yarn feed mechanism is provided with an auxiliary yarn feed to permit the tufting machine to be threaded with yarn and operated to produce rugs in a variety of sizes with side and end borders.