Patents Assigned to SIDETUFT, LLC
  • Cross-tufting machine and process for carpet manufacturing
    Patent number: 9222207
    Abstract: A cross-tufting machine and process for manufacturing carpet. The cross-tufting machine includes a sewing head and a tufting gun. The sewing head is movably mounted on support railing and a support platform is provided to support carpet that is to be provided with a tufted secondary pattern. The carpet moves in steps on top of the support platform in a machine direction and the sewing head traverses back and forth in a cross-wise direction wherein the tufting gun forms the tufted secondary pattern in the carpet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: SIDETUFT, LLC
    Inventors: Robert S. Weiner, M. Steven Berger, David B. Porter