Roy T. Card
36Patents
27h-index
9Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 16, 1971 → Jul 10, 2006
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4366761A | Dual shiftable needle bars for tufting machine | Textiles; Paper | 95 | Expired |
| US5058518A | Method and apparatus for producing enhanced graphic appearances in a tufted product and a product produced therefrom | Textiles; Paper | 88 | Expired |
| US5983815A | Tufting machine with pattern yarn feed and distribution device | Textiles; Paper | 74 | Expired |
| US5224434A | Method and apparatus for producing tufts from different yarns in longitudinal lines | Textiles; Paper | 74 | Expired |
| US6834601B2 | Yarn feed system for tufting machines | Textiles; Paper | 69 | Expired |
| US6009818A | Tufting machine pattern yarn feed device | Textiles; Paper | 65 | Expired |
| US5743201A | Tufting machine pattern yarn feed mechanism | Textiles; Paper | 64 | Expired |
| US4867080A | Computer controlled tufting machine and a process of controlling the parameters of operation of a tufting machine | Textiles; Paper | 64 | Expired |
| US4981091A | Computer controlled tufting machine and a process of controlling the parameters of operation of a tufting machine | Textiles; Paper | 62 | Expired |
| US5622126A | Tufting machine yarn feed mechanism | Textiles; Paper | 62 | Expired |
| US4440102A | Tufting machine and method of tufting for producing multiple rows of tufts with single lengths of yarn | Textiles; Paper | 61 | Expired |
| US4619212A | Tufting machine and method of tufting for producing multiple rows of tufts with single lengths of yarn | Textiles; Paper | 61 | Expired |
| US4630558A | Tufting machine and method of tufting for producing multiple rows of tufts with single lengths of yarn | Textiles; Paper | 59 | Expired |
| US4903625A | Apparatus and method for producing a cut loop overlay of a loop pile base fabric in a single pass of the base fabric through the tufting machine | Textiles; Paper | 57 | Expired |
| US4815403A | Cut loop over cut pile fabric and apparatus for and method of producing the same | Textiles; Paper | 55 | Expired |
| US4836118A | Apparatus and method for producing a cut loop overlay of a loop pile base fabric in a single pass of the base fabric through the tufting machine | Textiles; Paper | 52 | Expired |
| US4419944A | Multiple stroke looper mechanism for stitching machine | Textiles; Paper | 52 | Expired |
| US4903624A | Cut loop over cut pile fabric and apparatus for and method of producing the same | Textiles; Paper | 52 | Expired |
| US7096806B2 | Yarn feed system for tufting machines | Textiles; Paper | 43 | Expired |
| US4669171A | Process of installing knives in a cut pile tufting machine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 43 | Expired |
| US4103629A | Looper apparatus for forming cut pile and loop pile in the same row of stitching in a narrow gauge tufting machine | Textiles; Paper | 42 | Expired |
| US4048930A | Method and apparatus for forming J-tuft pile | Textiles; Paper | 42 | Expired |
| US5706744A | Method and apparatus for producing tufts from different yarns in longitudinal lines | Textiles; Paper | 40 | Expired |
| US5499588A | Method and apparatus for producing tufts in longitudinal lines | Textiles; Paper | 38 | Expired |
| US4586445A | High speed tufting machine | Textiles; Paper | 37 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.