Method and apparatus for tufting cut pile and loop pile in the same row of stitching

Claim 1

IN A TUFTING MACHINE, MEANS FOR FEEDING A BASE FABRIC IN ONE DIRECTION, A YARN-CARRYING NEEDLE TO PENETRATE THE BASE FABRIC AND FORM LOOPS THEREIN, MEANS TO RECIPROCATE THE NEEDLE, MEANS FOR FEEDING YARN TO SAID NEEDLE, A RECIPROCATORY HOOK TO ENTER THE LOOPS IN SUCCESSION AND FACING IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THE DIRECTION OF FABRIC FEED, THE FEEDING OF THE FABRIC MOVING THE LOOPS UPON THE HOOK TOWARD ITS CLOSED SIDE, MEANS FOR RECIPROCATING SAID HOOK, A KNIFE FOR COOPERATING WITH SAID HOOK TO SEVER LOOPS THEREON WHEN SAID HOOK HAS BEEN MOVED AWAY FROM SAID NEEDLE IN THE DIRECTION OF FABRIC FEED, MEANS FOR RECIPROCATING SAID KNIFE, A SPRING CLIP FIXED TO SAID HOOK, SAID CLIP HAVING A FREE END BIASED AGAINST SAID HOOK NEAR ITS FREE END TO PERMIT THE PASSAGE OF A LOOP BETWEEN THE FREE ENDS OF SAID HOOK AND SAID CLIP WHEN SUFFICIENT TENSION IS EXERTED UPON SAID LOOPS, AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY BACKDRAWING YARN TO PULL LOOPS FROM THE FREE END OF SAID HOOK WHEN SAID HOOK RECIPROCATES IN THE DIRECTION OF FABRIC FEED.