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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2005
Applicants:
Jeff Smith, Hixson, TN (US);
Mike Bishop, Signal Mountain, TN (US);
Brian Lovelady, Soddy Daisy, TN (US);
Roberta M. Rumfola, Hamburg, NY (US);
Inventors:
Jeff Smith, Hixson, TN (US);
Mike Bishop, Signal Mountain, TN (US);
Brian Lovelady, Soddy Daisy, TN (US);
Roberta M. Rumfola, Hamburg, NY (US);
Assignee:
Tuftco Corporation, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D05C 15/12 (2006.01); D05C 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tufting machine as disclosed with a variable yarn feed mechanism and a method for tufting patterns with yarns from two rows of needles offset longitudinally from one another in a fashion that the different stitch lengths are selected in a fashion that the yarns from each row of needles are complementary to the other and maintain a consistent stitch density.