Method and apparatus for tufting high and low cut pile in the same row

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Conventional multi-needle tufting machines may be modified and provided with the special looper element of the present invention so that without backdrawing or robbing from a previous loop a row of stitching is formed to provide a pattern of any number of high cut loops and low cut loops. The looper element is reciprocated by the conventional mechanism and the loops are cut by long and short knives reciprocated by the conventional knifebar on the machine. The looper element may be made from flat plate in one plane to provide a support portion and a closed end, like a nose with an internal space which, enters the loop. A bottom member like a finger on the nose and a top member defines the …