CPC D05C 15/30 (2013.01) [D05C 11/00 (2013.01); D05C 15/10 (2013.01); D05C 15/20 (2013.01); D05C 15/22 (2013.01); D05C 15/24 (2013.01); D05C 15/26 (2013.01); D05C 15/34 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A tufting machine, comprising:
at least one needle bar having a plurality of needles mounted therealong;
backing feed rolls feeding a backing material along a path of travel;
at least one yarn feed mechanism feeding yarns to the needles;
a plurality of gauge parts adjacent the backing material each including a body having a throat;
wherein the gauge parts are movable in one direction toward and away from the needles as the needles are reciprocated into the backing material for pick-up of loops of yarns therefrom, and in an additional direction with respect to the needles between raised and lowered positions; and
a control system including programming for controlling feeding of the yarns to the needles in coordination with movement of selected ones of the gauge parts in the additional direction such that the throats of the gauge parts are moved to their raised or lowered positions with respect to the needles as the needles are reciprocated into the backing material so as to selectively pick-up loops of yarns from the needles.
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