ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,580, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SMG Sportplatzmaschinenbau GmbH (Voehringen, Germany).
"Tufting unit and tufting machine" was invented by Johann Baptist Owegeser (Illerrieden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a tufting unit for a tufting machine, wherein a yarn transport gripper positions yarn strands which after cutting thereof are used by insertion elements. Furthermore, the invention relates to a tufting unit having such a tufting machine."
The patent was filed on Jan. 13, 2025, under Application No. 19/018,998.
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