US3850120A - Narrow gauge tufting machine - Google Patents

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US3850120A
US3850120A US00328839A US32883973A US3850120A US 3850120 A US3850120 A US 3850120A US 00328839 A US00328839 A US 00328839A US 32883973 A US32883973 A US 32883973A US 3850120 A US3850120 A US 3850120A
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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
    • D05C15/10—Tufting machines operating with a plurality of needles, e.g. in one row
    • D05C15/12—Tufting machines operating with a plurality of needles, e.g. in one row in more than one row
    • 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
    • D05C15/22—Loop-catching arrangements, e.g. loopers; Driving mechanisms therefor

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  • the needles of one row are laterally off-set or staggered in relation to the needles of the other row, and the loopers are shifted laterally as well as longitudinally during operation of the machine such that each looper operatively engages a needle in each row in forming the pile fabric.
  • the present invention relates to a tufting machine adapted to fabricate narrow gauge pile fabric suitable for use as upholstery, carpeting or the like.
  • a tufting machine which comprises means for feeding the backing material longitudinally therethrough, and two closely spaced rows of tufting needles defining multiple pairs of needles and with the needles of each pair being longitudinally'and laterally spaced from each other.
  • the rows of needles are mounted for vertical reciprocation in a direction transverse to the path of travel of the backing material and are arranged to carry yarns through the backing material to form rows of tufts therein.
  • Looper means are disposed beneath the path of travel for forming the pile from the yarns carried by the needles, the looper means comprising one looper for each pair of needles and means mounting the loopers for concurrent reciprocation in both the longitudinal and lateral directions so that each looper is adapted to operatively engage both needles of the associated pair of needles.
  • FIG. 1 is a fragmentary sectional side view of a tufting machine incorporating the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a fragmentary sectional plan view taken substantially along the line 2-2 of FIG. 1 and illustrating one embodiment of the loop construction formed in the backing fabric in accordance with the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of the means for reciprocating the loopers in a direction oblique to the machine direction;
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of the loopers and associated needles as shown in FIG. 3.
  • a tufting machine which incorporates the features of the present invention is indicated generally at 10. It will be understood that only those portions of the machine which incorporate the present invention have been illustrated, and that the non-illustrated portions are generally conventional.
  • the machine includes a frame 12 which is adapted to be supported on a horizontal surface such as the floor of a building, and the frame 12 carried a plurality of spike or feed rolls 14 in the conventional manner.
  • the rolls 14 are designed to feed an elongate backing material 16 longitudinally across the needleplate 18 and through the machine to define the machine direction indicated by the arrows 19 in FlGS. l and 2.
  • the needle mechanism 20 of the tufting machine includes the needle carrier 22 mounting multiple pairs of tufting needles.
  • Each pair of needles comprises a forward needle 24a and a rear needle 24b, withthe rear needle being both longitudinally and laterally spaced from the forward needle to define an oblique direction indicated by the arrow 26 as seen in FIG. 2.
  • the multiple pairs of needles further define two closely spaced parallel rows of needles extending laterally across the machine, the forward row comprising the needles 24a and the rear row comprising the needles 24b.
  • the needle carrier 22 is mounted on the frame for reciprocation in a direction transverse to the path of travel of the elongate backing material 16 in a manner conventional in the art. Upon such reciprocation of the needles, the yarns 28 are carried through the backing material to form the rows of tufts 30 in the manner hereinafter further described.
  • looper means generally indicated at 32.
  • the looper means 32 comprises a plurality of loopers 34 disposed beneath the path of travel of the backing material and immediately below the needle mechanism 20. Also, the number of loopers 34 corresponds to the number of pairs of needles.
  • each looper includes a forward bill 35 which is inclined to extend in the oblique direction 26, and the loopers are mounted to the frame for reciprocation along the same direction. Thus the bill of each looper is adapted to operatively engage both of the needles of its associated pair during reciprocation thereof.
  • the means for mounting the loopers 34 comprises the rocker arms 36 which are mounted to the frame for oscillation about the axis of the pivot shaft 37.
  • the drive for the rocker arms 36 includes the oscillating drive shaft 38 and connecting link 39 as seen in FIG. 1, the shaft 38 being oscillated by the main drive shaft (not shown) of the machine in a conventional manner.
  • a slide 40 is carried by the rocker arms 36 and is mounted for lateral reciprocation along the upper surfaces of the arms. More particularly, the slide 40 is mounted for reciprocation along the channel defined by the oppositely facing sides of the slide block 42 on each rocker arm and as best seen in FIG. 3.
  • the frame 12 includes a fixed head portion 44 on opposite sides of the machine, and each head portion mounts an inwardly extending plate 45.
  • the plate 45 in turn each mounts a downwardly extending pin 46 having a cylindrical end portion 48 extending below the surface of the plate 45.
  • the ends of the slide 40 each fixedly mount an end plate 49 having an inclined slot 50 receiving the end portion 48 of the pin 46 therein.
  • the slot 50 on each end plate is disposed in a direction parallel to the oblique direction 26, such that movement of the pin 46 along the slot resulting from the oscillation of the rocker arms 36 causes the slide 40 to reciprocate laterally along the rocker arm within the slide block 42.
  • the slide 40 further mounts a looper bar 52, the looper bar in turn mounting the loopers 34.
  • the slide 40 and the loopers 34 are caused to laterally reciprocate.
  • the loopers concurrently reciprocate in the longitudinal and lateral directions, and the resulting movement is along the oblique direction 26 as seen in FIG. 2.
  • the elongate backing material 16 if continuously or intermittently fed by the feed rolls 14 along a predetermined longitudinal path of travel from right to left as seen in FIG. I and beneath the needle mechanism 20.
  • the needles reciprocate in a direction transverse to the path of the backing material and carry the yarns through the backing material while the loopers reciprocate along the oblique direction to operatively engage the needles and form the rows of tufts 30 in the backing material 16.
  • the reciprocation of the needle carrier is coordinated with the reciprocation of the loopers such that the loopers catch the loops of yarn when the needles penetrate the backing material 16.
  • each looper operatively engages a needle from each row permits the number of loopers to be reduced by half, thereby permitting the spacing between the needles and thus the gauge of the machine to be minimized.
  • a tufting machine for forming a narrow gauge pile fabric or the like comprising a frame, means mounted on said frame for feeding elongate backing material longitudinally along a path of travel, multiple pairs of tufting needles mounted on said frame for reciprocation in a direction transverse to the path of travel and arranged to carry yarns through the backing material to form rows of tufts therein, the needles of each of said pairs being both longitudinally and laterally spaced from each other to define an oblique direction, and said pairs of needles being laterally spaced from each other a distance substantially corresponding to the lateral spacing of the needles of each pair so that the rows of tufts formed in the backing material are substantially equally spaced, means for concurrently reciprocating said multiple pairs of tufting needles to carry the yarns through the backing material, and
  • looper means mounted on said frame and operatively associated with said pairs of needles for forming pile from the yarns carried by the needles, said looper means comprising a plurality of loopers disposed beneath said path of travel of the backing material and corresponding in number to the number of pairs of needles, means mounting said loopers for reciprocation in said oblique direction such that each looper is adapted to operatively engage both of the needles of the associated pair, and means for reciprocating said loopers in said oblique direction and in timed relation with the reciprocation of said pairs of tufting needles.
  • loopers each include a forward bill which is adapted to engage the needles, said bill being inclined to extend in said oblique direction.
  • a tufting machine for forming a narrow gauge pile fabric or the like comprising a frame,
  • each of said pairs being both longitudinally and laterally spaced from each other to define an oblique direction and to define two closely spaced parallel rows of needles extending laterally across said machine,
  • looper means for concurrently reciprocating said multiple pairs of tufting needles to carry the yarns through the backing material, and loop means mounted on said frame and operatively associated with said pairs of needles for forming pile from the yarns carried by the needles, said looper means comprising a plurality of loopers dis- 6 posed beneath said path of travel of the backing reciprocating said slide such that said loopers rematerial and corresponding in number to the numciprocate in said oblique direction and in timed reber of pairs of needles, each of said loopers includlation with the reciprocation of said pairs of tufting ing a forward bill which is inclined to extend in said needles. oblique direction, 5 5.
  • means mounting said loopers for reciprocation in said means mounting said loopers further comprises a said oblique direction such that each looper is pin fixedly carried by one of said slide or said frame, adapted to operatively engage both of the needles and a slot disposed in the other of said slide or said of the associated pair, said mounting means comframe and receiving said pin therein, said slot being disprising a rocker arm mounted for oscillation in the 10 posed in a direction parallel to said oblique direction longitudinal direction and a slide carried by said such that movement of said pin along said slot resulting rocker arm and mounted for lateral reciprocation from the oscillation of said rocker arm causes said slide along said rocker arm, said loopers being fixedly to reciprocate laterally along said rocker arm and said carried by said slide, and loopers to reciprocate in said oblique direction.

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US5193472A (en) * 1991-05-15 1993-03-16 Spencer Wright Industries, Inc. Dual sliding needle bar tufting apparatus
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US6014937A (en) * 1994-04-06 2000-01-18 Tuftco Corporation Fine gauge tufting machine with staggered needle bar
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