METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING VARIABLE LOOP PILE OVER LEVEL CUT LOOP PILE TUFTS

摘要

A tufting machine that includes spaced rows of needles of inserting yarns into a backing material. The needles are engaged by opposed loopers and level cut loop pile hooks that pass between one another so as to engage the opposite row of needles for forming cut pile and loop pile tufts of yarns in the backing material.