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PCT No. PCT/DE96/00667 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 20, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 20, 1998 PCT Filed Apr. 17, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/34140 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 31, 1996A combination of a bar having a bore therein, and a tufting tool module for the bar including a bore extending therethrough. A fastening screw extending through the bore of the module, and threaded into a cooperatively threaded portion of the bore of the bar. The module has a plate shaped body having a first plane face which bears against a first plane face of the bar, and is urged into contact with that face by the fastening screw. There is a first stop strip extending from the first face and along a first edge of the module body. The first face of the module body is locked in a given angular position relative to the fastening screw. In one embodiment a first collar which projects from the first face of the module body, is positioned annularly around the bore and received in the bar with a locating fit. The first stop strip is closely adjacent the surface of the bar. In another embodiment the module is locked by an unthreaded portion of the shank of the fastening screw which extends through an unthreaded portion of the bore of the bar with a locating fit. In a third embodiment, the body is locked by a locking pin having one end seated in the module body adjacent its first plane surface, and the other end seated in the bar adjacent its first plane surface.
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