Stationary Relative To One Another Patents (Class 112/80.53)
  • Publication number: 20140245938
    Abstract: A looper module for tufting machines in which loop pile tufts of yarns are formed in a backing material in a chained stitch formation includes a module body in which a series of looper assemblies are received. The module body generally includes a series of slotted openings in which the looper assemblies are received, and further can include a looper support section that projects upwardly from the module body and includes a series of slotted openings formed in spaced series therealong. The looper assembly generally includes a primary looper, having a loop pile looper portion and a pattern looper portion. First and second transfer loopers are attached to the body of the primary looper. Each of the transfer loopers generally includes a throat portion that generally extends along and inwardly toward a throat of the loop pile looper portion of the primary looper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Card-Monroe Corp.
    Inventors: Wilton Hall, Todd Woodall