Kenneth C Curtis

US Patent:

44481373, May 15, 1984

Filed:

Jan 26, 1983

Appl. No.:

6/447974

Inventors:

Kenneth C. Curtis - Dalton GA
John C. Densmore - Dalton GA

Assignee:

Tuftco Corporation - Chattanooga TN

International Classification:

D05C 1500

US Classification:

112 79R

Abstract:

A modular looper apparatus for a multiple-needle tufting machine including a modular hook bar made of solid material and including a transversely extending recess opening through the front face of the hook bar. Transverse gauge bars or members having transversely spaced vertical hook slots opening through the front and bottom portions of the gauge bar are inserted within the recess for receiving the shank portions of the corresponding looper hooks, in operative position. The looper hooks are locked in their operative positions by set screws extending upward through the bottom portion of the hook bar, into the recess and in vertical alignment with the corresponding hook slots.