Patent ID: 6293211
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: D05C

Abstract:
Apparatus for producing patterned tufted goods comprising:a tufting frame;a backing transport system mounted to the frame for advancing a backing in a direction past a yarn applying region;a yarn applicator disposed at the yarn applying region and mounted to the frame for penetrating the backing and implanting the yarn in the backing successively along a row during movement of the backing to form a plurality of yam tufts in the backing;a yarn supplier for supplying a plurality of continuous lengths of different yarns to the yarn applicator,a yarn cutter for selectively cutting the yarn implanted in the backing;a first control system for controlling the yarn supplier in accordance with a color pattern so as to select which of the continuous lengths of yarns, if any, is implanted in the backing at each penetration; anda second control system independent of the first control system for controlling the yarn cutter in accordance with a cut/loop pattern so as to selectively cut the yarn implanted in the backing to form a cut tuft or alternatively form a loop tuft, so that a tufted good has both cut tufts and loop tufts.