Patent ID: 6205940
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: D05B,D05C

Abstract:
In a tufting machine for forming pile carpet according to a stitch pattern comprised of a predetermined number of steps, the machine having a frame, a main drive shaft housed within the frame, a plurality of tufting needles mounted on a reciprocating needle bar assembly operatively connected to said main drive shaft so as to be moveable between a raised position and a lowered position, a yarn feed system operatively connected to said main drive shaft for feeding yarns to said plurality of needles and drive means for driving said main drive shaft so as to feed yarn and successively form rows of tufted loops from the yarns, the improvement comprising:control means for controlling the stopping of the tufting machine at a preset stop step in the stitch pattern, the preset stop step being selected in relation to a step count in the stitch pattern; andbrake means operatively connected to said main drive shaft for stopping said main drive shaft in response to said control means.