Patent ID: 7284492
Filing Date: 2007-10-23
Classification: D05C

Abstract:
1. A module for use in a looper assembly for a tufting machine, comprising: a module body having a series of slots formed therein; a plurality of individual hooks or loopers, each including a base received in one of said slots formed in said module body, and a forwardly projecting end; a series of fasteners removeably engaging said module body, each of said fasteners extended through said module body for engaging and urging a locking member against said base of at least one of said hooks or loopers so as to hold said at least one hook or looper in said module body; wherein there are more hooks or loopers than fasteners, and each of said hooks or loopers is individually removeable from said module body upon disengagement of a fastener that is in engagement with said locking member adjacent each of said hooks or loopers being removed to enable replacement of individual hooks or loopers within said module.