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US3623440A
US3623440A US771936A US3623440DA US3623440A US 3623440 A US3623440 A US 3623440A US 771936 A US771936 A US 771936A US 3623440D A US3623440D A US 3623440DA US 3623440 A US3623440 A US 3623440A
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William Sandford Hasler
Raymond Victor Evans
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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
    • 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
    • D05C15/34—Tufting machines with provision for producing patterns by inserting loops of different nature or colour
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06B—TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS
    • D06B11/00—Treatment of selected parts of textile materials, e.g. partial dyeing
    • D06B11/002—Treatment of selected parts of textile materials, e.g. partial dyeing of moving yarns
    • D06B11/0036—Treatment of selected parts of textile materials, e.g. partial dyeing of moving yarns specially disposed for a local treatment

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  • This invention concerns the production of tufted fabrics, and has more particular reference to a method of and a means for maintaining pattern register between the individual yarns of a multiplicity thereof passing from a dyeing means to a tufting machine.
  • a tufted fabric having a pattern in the pile due to a variation in pile height, which pattern has a repeat transversely of the fabric
  • corresponding yarns of each repeat are distributed across the fabric subsequent to passage through a patterning means, the patterning means controlling the rate of yarn feed, and thus the pile height, according to the required pattern.
  • the regions of color on adjacent yarns must be maintained in their respective relative positions longitudinally of the yarn if the intended pattern is to appear in the finished fabric.
  • the distribution of corresponding yarns of each pattern repeat transversely of the sheet of pile yarns at the tufting needles, which corresponding yarns are conveniently dyed simultaneously at a common dyestuff applicator, disturbs the relative positions of the regions of dyestuff on the individual yarns at the needles and thus disturbs the pattern in the finished product.
  • the primary object of the present invention is to provide a means whereby pattern register as between adjacent yarns can be maintained and even this during distribution of corresponding yarns widthwise of the fabric to produce a pattern repeat in such fabric.
  • a tufted product having a pattern in color transversely thereof and wherein yarns are fed from a supply thereof, are dyed at spaced intervals longitudinally thereof and are tufted as a part ofa continuous process
  • the invention also includes apparatus for practicing the method aforesaid, which apparatus includes a guide means intermediate a dyeing section and a tufting machine, the said guide means defining a path therein for each yarn passing therethrough which is of sensibly constant length independently of the point of entry into and exit from such means of the yarn, such guide means being adapted to receive yarns from the dyeing section at a relative disposition consistent with the grouping of such yarns for dyeing purposes and to deliver such yarns as a sheet or sheets thereof wherein the yarns are arranged in a relative disposition consistent with a pattern or pattern repeat requirement for feeding to the tufting machine.
  • FIG. l is a diagrammatic representation of the distribution within a guide means of the yarns from a plurality of treatment modules so as to ensure a constant path length for all yarns between such modules and a tufting machine;
  • FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic perspective view ofa typical guide means and shows the form taken by the individual tubes which collectively define the guide means.
  • yarns II from a plurality of creel modules 12 are fed to a corresponding number of dyeing modules 13, dyestuff being applied and fixed at such modules and the yarn also being washed and subsequently dried thereat, and from the modules 13, such yarns 11 pass to the tufting machine 14 via a guide means 15 adapted to maintain a constant path length for each yarn between the dyeing modules the tufting machine 14.
  • Each respective dyeing module 13 will receive those yarns which are to be similarly treated, for example, the corresponding yarns of each pattern repeat of the tufted fabric and will be provided with means arranged in tandem one behind the other to apply the dyestufi to the yarns in any convenient manner, to fix such dyestuff, wash the yarn and to dry same.
  • the guide means 15 disposed between the dyeing modules and the needles of the tufting machine comprises a multiplicity of tube members 15a, one for each yarn, the said tube members all being of equal length thus to ensure a constant path length for all yarns between the dyeing modules and the needles, it being assumed that the path length between the dyeing modules 13 and the input side 15b of the guide means 15 and between the output side of such means and the needles is the same for all yarns. It has been found that the passage of the yarns through the tubes is facilitated if any necessary changes in direction thereof are acute, the radius of curvature at each such change being small.
  • the yarns are considered to be divided into eight groups, each group of yarns being intended to be subjected to a different color application, a single yarn from each group being taken to give a full pattern repeat and the remaining yarns of each group being distributed across the width of the tufting machine thus to give a corresponding number of repeats.
  • the dyestufi' as applied to a yarn is so applied at a correct position longitudinally thereof relative to dyestuff applied to other yarns of the same or another group, then to maintain this relative disposition at the tufting needles notwithstanding the distribution of the yarns widthwise of the tufting machine, all of the yarns must have the same actual path length between the dyeing module and the respective needles, such pattern length being achieved by causing the yarns to pass through the constant length tube members.
  • the distribution at the output side is important and should correspond to the gauge setting of the tufting machine, the yarns passing to such machine as a sheet or sheets of parallel yarns.
  • yarns are shown as progressing from modules, not shown, arranged at two different levels, the yarns from the upper module (or group thereof) being passed to tubes 20 having their lower ends carried by tube plate 2l while the yarns from the lower module (or group thereof) are passed to tubes 22 having their lower ends carried by tube plate 23.
  • the upper ends of all of the tubes 20, 22 are carried by a guide plate 24 from which the yarns pass, wither directly or indirectly, to the needles of the tufting machine.
  • the tubes are all of constant length but each tube has its own unique shape determined by the entry and exit positions on the plate 21, 23 and the guide plate 24 respectively.
  • the guide means shown in FIG. 2 is intended to handle a tufted fabric having 11 pattern repeats throughout its full width, while each repeat contains thereby two individual yarns.
  • This arrangement requires that 32 groups of yarns, each group being subjected to a respective dyestuff application sequence such that all yarns in a given group are alike as regards pattern while the different groups each exhibit a respective and unique pattern characteristic, are provided, and that ll yarns, one for each pattern repeat, are included within each group.
  • the groups are divided equally between the upper and lower tube plates 21, 23 and appear on such plates as a corresponding number of inlets groups 25. Within each inlet group 25 are l l inlets 26, each being coupled to a respective tube 20, 22 and each being intended to receive a single yarn.
  • the invention is not limited in its application to the context of producing tufted fabrics since it is of equal application in any other context where yarn is passed to a combining machine in sheet form.
  • a color-influencing medium is selectively applied to the yarns at spaced intervals longitudinally thereof and the yarns from at least a pattern in the said product, some of the yarns proceeding along paths having at least a part thereof arranged in nonparallel disposition relative to those of other yarns at or subsequent to the point of first color-influencing medium application and wherein the yarns are redistributed in the transverse direction thereof between the steps of medium application and fonning of the pattern, the step of maintaining a constant path length for the said yarns between the point of application of medium and the point of forming the pattern from the yarns thereby to maintain a necessary level of pattern register between the medium applied to the respective individual yarns throughout the full transverse extent of the product.
  • Apparatus comprising a guide means for location intermediate a color-influencing medium applicator and a pattern forming means to guide the yarns between the aforesaid applicator and an apparatus for forming a pattern from said yarns, the said guide means defining a path therein for each yarn passing therethrough which is of sensibly constant length independently of the point of entry into and exit from said guide means, said guide means being adapted to receive yarns from the applicator at a relative disposition consistent with their disposition for application purposes and to deliver said yams as a sheet or sheets thereof wherein the yarns are arranged in a relative disposition consistent with a pattern requirement for feeding to the apparatus for forming the pattern.
  • the guide means includes a plurality of guide tubes, one for each yarn, extending between spaced feed and delivery points, the said tubes all being ofa like length and having bends therein determined by the relative disposition of the said points.

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