Multi-color tufting machine
US4047491A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 25, 1976 |
| Grant date | Sep 13, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 25, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD05C15/34
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A tufting machine having multi-color selection capability in which an improved selection means enables the selection of one of a plurality of yarns which upon selection is pneumatically transported to a tufting station where a bit-length of yarn is severed and tufted to a backing layer. The selection process comprises individual selection band-like members which, upon selection by solenoid means, engage with an oscillating shaft from which said band-like members extend tangentially. The band-like members are connected to elements which are used to engage yarn and which feed, meter and pull back such yarn when they are driven by the oscillatory shaft.
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