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Lightweight quad mount tufting machine shiftable needle bar assembly

US11613836B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 12, 2019
Grant dateMar 28, 2023
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Expiry dateDec 18, 2040

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD05C15/18
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A lightweight needlebar drive is provided that vertically reciprocates a needlebar by driven feet mounted to the lower ends of pushrods, where the feet are laterally positionable by virtue of a plurality of stub shafts passing through and received in bearings on adjacent brackets connected to the needlebar.

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