Patent ID: 11913153
Assignee: SMG SPORTPLATZMASCHINENBAU GMBH
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 0:
1. Tufting unit for a tufting machine, wherein the tufting unit (IQ) has the following:
a yarn infeed installation for simultaneously feeding a number of yarn strands (30) in parallel;
at least one insertion element;
a yarn transport gripper which is configured for transporting a respective free end of the yarn strands away from the yarn infeed installation such that each insertion element is in each case assigned one yarn strand;
a cutting unit which is configured for cutting the yarn strands such that, of each yarn strand assigned to an insertion element, one yarn portion that is assigned to the respective insertion element remains; and
wherein each insertion element is configured for inserting the respective assigned yarn portion into a substrate that is situated below the tufting unit, and
the yarn infeed installation has a plurality of rotating yarn holders.