Belt driven looper drive
US5513586A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 22, 1993 |
| Grant date | May 7, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 22, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD05C15/22
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A tufting machine has a main drive shaft, a looper shaft and parallel to the main shaft, a drive train therebetween in which a spindle supports, on its end, a sprocket which is driven by an endless belt from a wheel on the drive shaft. The other face of the sprocket carries a stroke control lug provided with a orbital crank pin which reciprocates a link connected to a lever on the looper shaft thereby for rocking the looper shaft, rocking the loopers carried by the looper shaft.
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