| 摘要 |
<p>A looper apparatus for a multiple-needle tufting machine having a hook bar including a transversely extending recess opening through the front face of the hook bar and receiving a transverse gauge bar or member having transversely spaced vertical hook slots for receiving the shank portions of corresponding looper hooks. A clamp assembly including a plurality of clamp members assembled within the lower portion of the gauge bar so that each clamp member is adapted to engage the bottom edges of the shank portions of a pair of adjacent hooks in clamping position. Each clamp member is adapted to be moved to its clamping position by a corresponding set screw extending upwardly through the lower portion of the gauge bar. The clamp members are preferably in the form of clamp balls.</p> |
