US 11,807,971 B2
Tufting tool with insert
Charles Beauduin, Halle (BE); Tobias Sternfeldt, Ulricehamn (SE); and Michael Holmudden, Ulricehamn (SE)
Assigned to VANDEWIELE SWEDEN AB, Ulricehamn (SE)
Appl. No. 17/774,964
Filed by VANDEWIELE SWEDEN AB, Ulricehamn (SE)
PCT Filed Oct. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/SE2020/051014
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/091451, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1951277-1 (SE), filed on Nov. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0380955 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. D05C 15/22 (2006.01)
CPC D05C 15/22 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tufting tool for a tufting machine, the tufting tool being formed by a first material, the tufting tool comprising:
an insert of a second material the second material being a granular material or a paste being harder than the first material, and
a cavity in the first material,
wherein the cavity is filled with the second material which, when melted, fills said cavity to form the insert.