Inventors:
Jeff Smith - Hixson TN, US
Mike Bishop - Signal Mountain TN, US
Brian Lovelady - Soddy Daisy TN, US
Roberta Rumfola - Hamburg NY, US
International Classification:
D05C 15/14
Abstract:
A tufting machine as disclosed with a variable yarn feed mechanism and a method for tufting patterns with yarns from two rows of needles offset longitudinally from one another in a fashion that the different stitch lengths are selected in a fashion that the yarns from each row of needles are complementary to the other and maintain a consistent stitch density.