Patent number: 6094944
Abstract: A pile forming textile machine (circular knit, tufting, raschel, stitch-bonding or needle punch machine) is equipped with a plurality of pile elements (1, 11, 21, 31, 41, 51, 61, 71) drawing out pile loops from pile yarns or fibers incorporated into a ground fabric and controlling this pile loops to be severed from a cutting apparatus comprising a plurality of pile elements (2, 12, 22, 32, 42, 52, 62, 72) each cooperating with one (of the plurality) of said pile elements by reciprocating movement of said cutting elements transversally to and from said pile elements, each provided with a cutting edge (1c, 11c, 21c, 31c, 41c, 51c, 61c, 71c) cooperating with a cutting edge (2c, 12c, 22c, 32c, 42c, 52c, 62c, 72c) one each of said cutting elements which will contact one another in a point by a lateral (.beta.) and a longitudinal (.alpha.) inclination, whereby the longitudinal inclination (.alpha.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 26, 1998
Date of Patent:
August 1, 2000
Assignee:
Adtec Services Limited
Inventor:
Walter Richard Schmidt