摘要 |
{PG,1 A cutting device for cutting-off tufts of yarn for use with a tufting machine comprising a body having a portion defining a cutter-shaft contacting surface defining at least one yarn entry passage and at least one air passage communicating, a cutter shaft slidably displaceable over said surface and having wall portions defining at least one tuft displacing passage extending therethrough, ducting means aligned with the displacing passage of said shaft to receive tufts therefrom when the shaft is displaced to be in communication with said air passage, and yarn feed means adapted to feed yarn through said yarn entry passage into the tuft displacing passage of the shaft when aligned therewith; said tuft displacing passage and cutter shaft being displaceable from alignment with the yarn entry passage into alignment with said air passage and co-operate with said yarn entry passage and cutter-shaft contacting surface to sever yarn when supplied by said feed means. |