METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING VARIABLE CUT AND/OR LOOP PILE TUFTS OVER LEVEL CUT LOOP TUFTS - Patent 3175029

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EP 3 175 029 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	07.06.2017 Bulletin 2017/23

(21)	Application number: 15827381.3

(22)	Date of filing: 31.07.2015

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

D05C 15/32^(2006.01)

D05C 15/08^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2015/043187

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2016/019282 (04.02.2016 Gazette 2016/05)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
	Designated Extension States:
	BA ME
	Designated Validation States:
	MA

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Priority:

01.08.2014 US 201462032108 P

(71)	Applicant: Card-Monroe Corporation
	Chattanooga, Tennessee 37343 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	HALL, Wilton Ringgold, GA 30736 (US) NEELY, Marshall, Allen Soddy Daisy, TN 37379 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hofstetter, Schurack & Partner
	Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei PartG mbB Balanstrasse 57 81541 München 81541 München (DE)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING VARIABLE CUT AND/OR LOOP PILE TUFTS OVER LEVEL CUT LOOP TUFTS