<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/xml/zthes-05.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>31422135</termId><termName>tufting machines</termName><termType>PT</termType><termNote><![CDATA[ Manual or mechanized devices, comprising rows of pulsating needle-like devices operating along a series of rollers, designed to manufacture carpet or other upholstory products by inserting loose pile yarn into a pre-woven carrier/backing material, thus creating a patterned or looped surface. As yarn is individually fed to each of the needles in the needle row, an additional set of tufting needles is inserted into the backing cloth; before the former row of needles retracts, loopers pick up the yarn in a repeated process that creates a series of loops on the surface of the carrier material. ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>2026-03-30 20:53:46</termCreatedDate><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31422136</termId><termName>tufting machine</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>BT</relationType><termId>31422254</termId><termName>textile machines</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>