A History of Tufted Rugs

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Glenn Looper, "Tufting Machine" (US2123114A)

Glenn Looper, "Tufting Machine" (US2123114A)

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Made by
Glenn Looper
Date
filed 15 Dec 1936, granted 5 Jul 1938
Place
Dalton, Georgia
Number
US2123114A
Themes
Chenille & candlewick, Machine tufting & Dalton, Tools & equipment
View at the source Cited in chapter 5, note 15

Cite this source

Glenn Looper, “Tufting Machine” (US2123114A), filed 15 Dec 1936, granted 5 Jul 1938. patents.google.com/patent/US2123114A/en.

Research notes

The Looper patent behind Dalton's machine-tufting story. Patent research (Oct 2026): number, title, names and dates read from the USPTO scan.