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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7857011 | Drive for a web machine A drive system for a weaving loom includes a switching wheel (5) which can be driven by of a main drive motor (7) and can be axially displaced between at least two switching positions, which, in a first switching position, is in drive connection with t... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7819142 | Method for introducing a weft thread in an air weaving machine and air weaving machine Method for introducing a weft thread in an air weaving machine, wherein the instant when the supply of compressed air to a set or sets of auxiliary blowers is interrupted is controlled based on measurements on the transported weft thread during transport of this wef... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7726351 | Device for the picking of weft threads in an air jet weaving machine A device for inserting of weft threads in an air jet weaving machine comprising at least one set of main nozzles (13, 14) which are mounted in series, and to which individual regulating valves (21, 22) are assigned, is provided with a control and regul... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7699289 | Throttle valve for weaving looms A valve (13a) is described comprising: a housing (50) having a fluid inlet for (54) receiving a flow of compressed fluid and a fluid outlet (55); a flow duct (60) movably mounted with respect to the housing, the duct (62 | 04/20/2010 |
| 7341077 | Method for operating a loom A loom having a first drive motor (10), which for instance drives a batten (13), and having at least one second drive motor (44), which drives a dobby (46), is provided with a control and regulating device (48), which forms a rotat... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7110847 | Method for adjusting the weaving parameters of weaving machines, and control device A method to adjust weaving parameters of weaving machines when changing the weaving rate based on optimized weaving-parameter values, one or more altering functions being used to determine and adjust weaving-parameter values which match the changed weaving rate.... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7088061 | Drive system for a group of machines A drive system powering a group of machines each fitted with a rectifying unit, wherein the inputs of the control devices of the machines' drive motors are interconnected by an electrical bus which implements a power exchange. The system enables swapping current fro... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6994122 | Heald frame for weaving machine A heald frame for a weaving machine includes stops (15, 16) made of a material with shock-absorbing properties associated with the ends of the healds (10). A gap is provided between the heald ends and the stops, such gap ensuring that the healds can be... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6957671 | Device for creating a gauze fabric Apparatus for producing a leno fabric includes a plurality of juxtaposed stationary needles (1) each fitted with one guide eye for a single warp and in addition a device (13) fitted with a plurality of juxtaposed warp guide eyes, the device (13)... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6953067 | Method for deflecting a warp thread during weaving and a weaving machine In order to deflect a warp thread sheet (2) in a weaving machine, a deflecting device (18)is provided which is guided in guides (26) that also guide heald frames (13, 14, 15, 16). The deflecting device positions a segment (46) of t... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6401762 | Reed and reed dent for weaving machines A reed (60) for a weaving machine. The reed includes juxtaposed reed dents (61), the ends of which are held in a lower profiled bar (62) and in an upper profiled bar (8). The reed dents in at least a sub-segment projecting from the lower profiled bar have... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6318412 | Device for securing a weaving reed to a batten An elongated connecting blade or bracing element (14) is used to fix a reed (1) to a batten beam (12). The blade runs substantially in the longitudinal direction (A) of the reed (1) and is connected to the upper profiled bar (4) of the reed (1) and to the... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6276403 | Gripper weaving machine with guide elements A gripper weaving machine with a plurality of guiding devices(28) for guiding gripper carrying rapiers (1,2). The guiding devices (28) have two rows of guiding elements (35,36) with two guiding surfaces (37,38) that are associated with the bottom side of ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6186190 | Selvage insertion apparatus for a weaving machine A selvage insertion apparatus (13) for a weaving machine with at least one insertion arm (18) and at least one filling thread clamp (17) which can be applied through a drive device to control a filling thread and which operate from a common drive shaft (4... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6179014 | Drawing gripper for a rapier loom for receiving and positioning a filling to be inserted into a loom shed A gripper-loom drawing gripper for receiving a yarn supplied by a yarn feeder and resting on a deflection guide, the gripper serving to position the yarn and carry it into the shed. The drawing gripper is configured to define a longitudinal cavity extendi... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6170536 | Method and apparatus for optically monitoring filing yarns Method and apparatus for optically monitoring filling yarns inserted into a guide duct (10). Substantially collimated light rays are generated and directed transversely to the guide duct (10) onto photo-detectors (23), with the detection of interruption o... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6167918 | Gripper system for gripper loom In a rapier for a gripper loom, the rapier is made of synthetic material and includes at least one layer of reinforcing fibers. The gripper is mounted at the front end of the rapier, and the layer of reinforcing fibers begins at a distance away from said ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6161597 | Gripper weaving machine A gripper weaving machine having at least one rapier (1) which carries a gripper (3) and is driven by a drive wheel (9) and which is guided outside a shed by guide elements (13, 15), where the guide elements are part of guidance devices and are arranged t... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6068028 | Yarn scanning process and yarn unwinding sensor In a method of scanning, with the aid of a sensor device, a yarn of a predetermined length which is intermittently withdrawn from a winding reservoir provided on the storage drum of a yarn feeding device for weaving machines, the yarn pulse acceptance for... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6014990 | Filling yarn stretching device for a loom A device for stretching an inserted filling (14), in particular for use in an airjet loom, includes a channel (5) adjoining a filling insertion conduit (4) of a reed (3), a blow nozzle directed at a branch channel intersecting the channel (5) in substanti... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6009918 | Power loom A power loom harness fitted with an upper and a lower cross-sectional contoured rail is arranged to support heddles by extending through eyes at the ends of the heddles. An inset is combined with a first of the rails in order to reduce play, in the direct... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6009917 | Selvedge-forming device with independent control and eccentric drive system A selvage-forming device (1) for a loom includes yarn guide structures (2, 3, 5) to guide at least two selvage yarns (8, 11) that are alternating raised and lowered to form a selvage shed (12). These yarn guide structures are powered through the intermedi... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5853032 | Loom gripper drive with apparatus for changing the path of motion of the gripper band A loom gripper band driving device includes apparatus for changing the path of motion of the gripper band. The drive device includes a band driving wheel connected to a gear that engages a gear segment pivotable about a fixed support shaft and that is con... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5544680 | Weft thread brake with rotary drive A weft brake for an airjet loom includes a controlled drive for causing at least one thread guide to deflect the weft and thereby brake it, and a transmission which permits relative motion between the drive and the thread guide. The transmission is placed... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5544679 | Defective weft yarn insertion prevention A feed mechanism for several weft yarns, each with its own feed device capable of selecting the weft yarn to be inserted, includes sensors for monitoring the weft yarns for quality defects and for, upon detection a defect in a weft yarn, precluding the we... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5025838 | Supporting mechanism for the back rest in a weaving machine Supporting mechanism for the back rest in a waving machine, consisting of at least two supports which support the back rest at its respective ends, characterized in that each support (11) essentially consists of at least two leaf springs (12, 13) mounted ... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4909285 | Thread clip A thread clip including a clamping mechanism (1) consisting of a first jaw (2) and a second jaw (3); a spring mechanism (4) which presses the clamping mechanism jaws (1) together; an electromagnetic device (5) which can open the clamping mechanism against... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4909283 | Tucking-in device for weaving machines A tucking-in device for weaving machines includes a thread clamp (10) for gripping the free ends (16) of inserted weft threads (4), and a tucker arm (12) for drawing the thread ends (16) from the closed clamp (10) back into the shed (6). The tucking-in de... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4905740 | Device for forming a selvedge on a cloth on weaving machines A device for forming a selvedge on a cloth on weaving machines, of the type which consists of at least one mechanism (8, 9, 10) for forming one or more selvedges (4, 5, 6, 7), where tucking in the thread ends (42, 43) of the cloth or cloths (2, 3) is done... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4898214 | Method and apparatus for removing an improperly inserted weft thread from an air-jet loom A method and apparatus to remove a defectively inserted weft thread includes preventing the severing of the weft thread from the ready supply of weft thread, releasing lengths of weft thread less than twice the width of the material from the ready supply ... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4877063 | Main injector with increased tensioning force, for airjet weaving machines An apparatus for fluidly injecting a weft thread into the shed of a weaving loom with increased force exerted on the weft thread consists of a main injection nozzle and a fluid jet injection tube of predetermined length and constant cross section diameter... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4850398 | Device for supplying a weft thread to a main blower of an air jet weaving loom A weft thread is inserted in a fluid jet loom by accelerating the weft thread to its insertion speed before the thread reaches the outlet of the main blower nozzle. The thread is accelerated to its insertion speed, for example, by an auxiliary nozzle upst... | 07/25/1989 |
