conventional latex coating to bind the carpet yarns in position to the carpet backing a force engaging an individual tuft and pulling it from the body of the carpet will pull out individual tufts rather than unravel a strand of yarn from the carpet backing application_number US 66736976 A description a conventional tufted carpet is formed by conventional tufting techniques utilizing a conventional tufting machine the tufted carpet coming out of the tufting machine will have a backing 2 having tufted thereinto a yarn 4 the backing 2 may be any conventional carpet backing material such as jute woven or non woven polypropylene etc the carpet yarn will be conventional yarn used for making carpeting and may be any type of conventional material such as an acrylic or nylon the portion of the carpet containing the large loops 6 is called the face of the carpet and the large loops 6 are called the tufts of the carpet the small loops 8 are on the back side of the carpet and are called the backstitch of the carpet an appropriate solvent is placed on the back of the carpet on the backstitches 8 of the yarn the carpet is fed face down underneath a conventional roll coater which applies the solvent solution to the back of the carpet the solvent solution will then be dried either in steam or with dry heat no washing of the carpet is carried out to remove the solvent from the carpet after the solvent is dried a conventional latex adhesive coating 10 is placed on the back of the carpet and there may even.