Patent ID: 7398739

Claim:
A module for use in a looper assembly for a tufting machine, comprising: a module body; a plurality of individual hooks or loopers, each including a base removeably mounted within a portion of said module body, and a forwardly projecting end extending away from said module body; a spring member received in said module body; a series of fasteners removeably engaging said module body, each of said fasteners extended through said module body for urging said spring member against at least one of said hooks or loopers to hold said at least one hook or looper in a desired position within said module body, wherein said spring member engages and bears against said bases of a plurality of said hooks or loopers; wherein there are more hooks or loopers than fasteners, and each of said hooks or loopers is individually removeable from said module body to enable replacement of individual hooks or loopers within said module.