EP1132514A3 - Independent servo motor controlled scroll-type pattern attachment for tufting machine and computerized design system - Google Patents

Independent servo motor controlled scroll-type pattern attachment for tufting machine and computerized design system Download PDF

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EP1132514A3
EP1132514A3 EP01111949A EP01111949A EP1132514A3 EP 1132514 A3 EP1132514 A3 EP 1132514A3 EP 01111949 A EP01111949 A EP 01111949A EP 01111949 A EP01111949 A EP 01111949A EP 1132514 A3 EP1132514 A3 EP 1132514A3
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design system
servo motor
type pattern
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tufting machine
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Michael R. Morgante
Randall E. Stanfield
Mike Bishop
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Tuftco Corp
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D05—SEWING; EMBROIDERING; TUFTING
    • D05C—EMBROIDERING; TUFTING
    • D05C15/00—Making pile fabrics or articles having similar surface features by inserting loops into a base material
    • D05C15/04—Tufting
    • D05C15/08—Tufting machines
    • D05C15/26—Tufting machines with provision for producing patterns
    • D05C15/32—Tufting machines with provision for producing patterns by altering the loop length
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D05—SEWING; EMBROIDERING; TUFTING
    • D05C—EMBROIDERING; TUFTING
    • D05C15/00—Making pile fabrics or articles having similar surface features by inserting loops into a base material
    • D05C15/04—Tufting
    • D05C15/08—Tufting machines
    • D05C15/16—Arrangements or devices for manipulating threads
    • D05C15/18—Thread feeding or tensioning arrangements
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D05—SEWING; EMBROIDERING; TUFTING
    • D05B—SEWING
    • D05B19/00—Programme-controlled sewing machines
    • D05B19/02—Sewing machines having electronic memory or microprocessor control unit
    • D05B19/04—Sewing machines having electronic memory or microprocessor control unit characterised by memory aspects
    • D05B19/08—Arrangements for inputting stitch or pattern data to memory ; Editing stitch or pattern data
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D05—SEWING; EMBROIDERING; TUFTING
    • D05B—SEWING
    • D05B19/00—Programme-controlled sewing machines
    • D05B19/02—Sewing machines having electronic memory or microprocessor control unit
    • D05B19/12—Sewing machines having electronic memory or microprocessor control unit characterised by control of operation of machine
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D05—SEWING; EMBROIDERING; TUFTING
    • D05D—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES D05B AND D05C, RELATING TO SEWING, EMBROIDERING AND TUFTING
    • D05D2205/00—Interface between the operator and the machine
    • D05D2205/02—Operator to the machine
    • D05D2205/08—Buttons, e.g. for pattern selection; Keyboards
    • D05D2205/085—Buttons, e.g. for pattern selection; Keyboards combined with a display arrangement, e.g. touch sensitive control panel

Abstract

The present invention provides a scroll-type yarn feed attachment (30) for tufting machines characterized by independent servo-motor control of sets of yarn feed rolls, an improved tube bank, and a software design system to facilitate use of the attachment.
EP01111949A 1996-11-27 1997-11-27 Independent servo motor controlled scroll-type pattern attachment for tufting machine and computerized design system Expired - Lifetime EP1132514B9 (en)

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US3195496P 1996-11-27 1996-11-27
US31954P 1996-11-27
EP97120835A EP0854220B1 (en) 1996-11-27 1997-11-27 Independent servo motor controlled scroll-type pattern attachment for tufting machine and computerized design system

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EP97120835A Division EP0854220B1 (en) 1996-11-27 1997-11-27 Independent servo motor controlled scroll-type pattern attachment for tufting machine and computerized design system

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EP1132514A2 EP1132514A2 (en) 2001-09-12
EP1132514A3 true EP1132514A3 (en) 2002-03-06
EP1132514B1 EP1132514B1 (en) 2004-08-18
EP1132514B9 EP1132514B9 (en) 2004-12-22

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US2862465A (en) * 1955-05-16 1958-12-02 Card Joseph Lewis Thread feed mechanism and pattern control therefor
US3752094A (en) * 1971-07-06 1973-08-14 Deering Milliken Res Corp Strand delivery means
US3943865A (en) * 1966-03-07 1976-03-16 Deering Milliken Research Corporation Controlled delivery of yarn
GB2002828A (en) * 1977-08-17 1979-02-28 Pickering Ltd E Improvements in tufting machines
US4469037A (en) * 1982-04-23 1984-09-04 Allied Corporation Method of producing for review a tufted fabric pattern
US4867080A (en) * 1988-12-15 1989-09-19 Card-Monroe Corporation Computer controlled tufting machine and a process of controlling the parameters of operation of a tufting machine
US5058518A (en) * 1989-01-13 1991-10-22 Card-Monroe Corporation Method and apparatus for producing enhanced graphic appearances in a tufted product and a product produced therefrom
US5588383A (en) * 1995-03-02 1996-12-31 Tapistron International, Inc. Apparatus and method for producing patterned tufted goods

Patent Citations (8)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2862465A (en) * 1955-05-16 1958-12-02 Card Joseph Lewis Thread feed mechanism and pattern control therefor
US3943865A (en) * 1966-03-07 1976-03-16 Deering Milliken Research Corporation Controlled delivery of yarn
US3752094A (en) * 1971-07-06 1973-08-14 Deering Milliken Res Corp Strand delivery means
GB2002828A (en) * 1977-08-17 1979-02-28 Pickering Ltd E Improvements in tufting machines
US4469037A (en) * 1982-04-23 1984-09-04 Allied Corporation Method of producing for review a tufted fabric pattern
US4867080A (en) * 1988-12-15 1989-09-19 Card-Monroe Corporation Computer controlled tufting machine and a process of controlling the parameters of operation of a tufting machine
US5058518A (en) * 1989-01-13 1991-10-22 Card-Monroe Corporation Method and apparatus for producing enhanced graphic appearances in a tufted product and a product produced therefrom
US5588383A (en) * 1995-03-02 1996-12-31 Tapistron International, Inc. Apparatus and method for producing patterned tufted goods

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