Patent ID: 7044172
Filing Date: 2006-05-16
Classification: D03D

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for loading a row of tuft retention sites in a bar of a gripper loom with a row of tufts arranged in a predetermined pattern sequence, the apparatus including a carrier having a row of yarn transfer sites and a group of yarn sources movable along said row of tuft retention sites, drive means for sequentially moving said group of yarn sources along said row of tuft retention sites and temporarily locating a desired yarn source in registry with a predetermined tuft retention site, and a group of selectively operable tuft forming means corresponding in number to the number of yarn sources in said group, said group of tuft forming means being movable along said row of tuft retention sites together with said group of yarn sources, on selection each tuft forming means of said group being arranged to deposit a tuft into said predetermined tuft retention site.