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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7506669 | Support for the reed of a seam-weaving machine for rolling-in the seam-weft thread alternatively by tilting the reed dents or a movable roll The support is provided for a reed of a seam weaving machine used for joining two opposite ends of a synthetic fabric by means of a woven seam. The reed is provided with pivotally mounted reed dents (22). The support includes a tilt strip (24) and a pr... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7240698 | Method for weaving face-to-face fabrics, fabric woven according to such a method and face-to-face weaving machine for carrying out such a method On the one hand, the invention relates to a method for weaving face-to-face fabrics on a face-to-face weaving machine, the fabrics (10),(20) consisting of weft yarns (2), ground warp yarns (3) and pile warp yarns (4), and one or se... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7168456 | Method and apparatus to remove yarns from the fringes of an industrial textile A method and apparatus for the removal of one or more lateral yarns from a woven industrial textile to prepare it for seaming. The apparatus consists of a movable table, a clamping device to hold the fabric, and a yarn removal device, consisting of a cutter and a co... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7089967 | Equipment of a weaving machine, method for the modification of a weaving machine equipment, and weaving process making use of a weaving machine having such equipment An equipment of a weaving machine in which pile warp yarns (7–13), (16–22) extend through the space between the reed dents and are distributed between a number of pile warp yarn systems and provided on the weaving machine to weave a pile fabric. A ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086424 | Method and system for weaving fabrics with two useable sides This invention relates to a method and to a system for weaving fabrics with two useable sides (W1), (W2), in which per operating cycle one weft thread (6) is inserted, and in which each fabric comprises a first figure warp thread (1) and ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7073537 | Loom for the production of a gauze material In a weaving machine for the production of a leno fabric including ground, leno, and weft threads, in which ground and leno threads form warps, the drive of the guide means (8) for the ground threads and/or of the guide means (7) for the leno threads (... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6968865 | Reed for weaving This reed for weaving is characterized in that a plurality of reed dents each having a hollow portion in a front edge section are arranged such that the hollow portions are communicated with each other so as to form guide grooves for the weft, the depths of the holl... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6948529 | Drawing mechanism, process for manufacturing same and weaving loom incorporating such a mechanism A drawing mechanism for a weaving loom including a tubular connecting rod with flattened cross-section which is coupled to at least one oscillating connecting lever by at least one connector including two plates disposed on either side of the lever and being articul... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6575201 | Fabric with a variable width A weaving method and apparatus for producing a length of fabric which has a variable width, wherein the sheet of warp threads is guided in the area of the shed with a space between the warp ends which is enlarged or reduced according to the desired width ... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6536481 | Weaving reed dent spacing arrangements A weaving reed (3) having a plurality of reed dents (14) fixed in certain positions and which may be located in a reed baulk (6). The reeds may be plain reeds or reeds, with any profile, usable virtually on any loom. The dents are formed of wires and spac... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6516834 | Reed with bracing arrangement A loom reed including upper and lower bars which support reed dents and extend along the length of the reed is provided with a connecting device for connecting a brace to the upper bar to restrict longitudinal movement of the reed during loom operation.... | 02/11/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6394146 | Split reed including a weaving reed and an auxiliary reed having a non-planar guide path A split reed has a weaving reed formed by successively arranging dents respectively provided with recesses forming a weft yarn guide path having a back surface, and an auxiliary reed respectively provided with recesses forming a weft yarn guide path havin... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6386241 | Leno weaving A reed assembly for leno weaving, the reed assembly including upper and lower reed frame members between which a plurality of dent fingers extend, each pair of neighbouring dent fingers being spaced apart to define a dent space for a crossing-over warp ya... | 05/14/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6269842 | Weaving loom with circulating magnetic shuttle A weaving loom has a transmission, which includes a driving wheel, a driven wheel, an endless driving belt that extends around the driving wheel and the driven wheel, and at least one magnet unit, which is secured to an inside surface of the belt for attr... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6213163 | Weaving reed dent spacing arrangements A weaving reed spacing arrangement having a plurality of reed dents fixed in certain positions and which may be located in a reed baulk. The reeds may be plain reeds or reeds, with any profile, usable virtually on any loom. The dents are formed of wires a... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6148868 | Reed with doglegged blades for water jet loom and weaving method using the same A reed attached to a water jet loom has reed blades each having an upper portion which is doglegged toward a cloth-fell relative to each lower portion, wherein each front edge of the doglegged reed blade facing the cloth-fell has a flat outline. A method ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6102081 | Weaving reed An improved reed for weaving machines includes upper and lower channel members having an outer width and an inner channel width. A plurality of spaced apart dents have end portions held in the upper and lower channel members. Each of the dents comprises a... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6098671 | Apparatus and method for measuring air pressure in an air jet loom reed An apparatus and method for measuring air pressure values within a channel of a loom reed is provided. An overhead roller is used to support a frame carrying a pair of pitot tubes for determining air pressure values within a channel of a loom reed. A air ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6079453 | Reed with reed dents having modified chin sections An improved reed wherein more than half or all of the dents used within the reed have smaller, modified chin sections from those currently used in the art. Also, a reed wherein more than half or all of the dents used within the reed do not have any chin p... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6073660 | Rotary apparatus for dent spacing variation for a loom reed The reed employs two spaced apart cylinders with slots in their outer surfaces. The slots extend around the axis of each cylinder a given distance. The slots of each cylinder flare out from each other from one edge to an opposite edge. Dents are supported... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6044870 | Weaving reed and gripper guide element for a loom A weaving machine includes a device for forming a shed from warp threads, a weft thread insertion unit for the insertion of a weft thread into the shed, guide elements for the weft thread insertion unit, wherein the guide elements can move into and out of... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6039088 | Reed assembly with angled dents A slay and reed assembly for use on textile machines includes a reed having dents disposed in an upper and lower channel. A reciprocating motion slay with clamping device is used to carry the reeds and moves the reeds towards and away from a fabric fell l... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6039087 | Reed assembly A reed assembly for use in a textile loom includes a plurality of individual dents held in a top channel and a bottom channel. The reed has a length defined by the ends of the top and bottom channels. The bottom channel is rigidly mounted in a slay for re... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6019139 | Weaving reed having reinforced dents An improved reed for weaving machines includes upper and lower channel members having an outer width and an inner channel width. A plurality of spaced apart dents have end portions held in the upper and lower channel members. Each of the dents comprises a... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6014992 | Mechanical loom with pneumatic weft thread insertion with synchronized clamp cutter and reed A weaving machine contains a reed (8) and a weft thread guide apparatus (32) which are connected to one another and are pivotal between an insertion position and a beat-up position. For the insertion of a weft thread, a weft insertion apparatus (14) which... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6000442 | Woven fabric having a bulging zone and method and apparatus of forming same A process and apparatus for weaving a fabric with a three dimensional bulging zone, which is formed by increasing the density of the crossing points of the warp and weft threads so as to naturally impart a bulging zone in the fabric. The density is change... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5983951 | Wear resistant loom part and loom comprising the same A wear-resistant and corrosion-resistant loom part comprises a Fe--Cr based alloy or a Fe--Cr--Ni based alloy, which has a substantially dual-phase structure comprising a ferrite phase and a martensite phase. The Fe--Cr based alloy preferably contains 10 ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5782271 | Multi-section reed for air jet loom A multi-section reed for a pneumatic loom includes at least two partial reeds or reed sections that are arranged spaced apart from one another, and a respective reed filler member arranged in the gap between the two reed sections. A substantially continuo... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5762110 | Dents for reed in high-speed weaving machine, and method of manufacturing same A dent (1A) for a reed for use on a high-speed weaving machine, comprises a thin flat strip (3) made of stainless steel, and a hard carbon film (2) formed on only the surface of a working ridge edge portion (3b) of the thin flat strip (3) to come into sli... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5758697 | Method for weaving patterns having different yarn types alternately arranged in a 1/f fluctuation A weaving method that imparts a 1/f fluctuation to the weave pattern. Adjacent and different numbered groups of different yarns, for example black yarn and white yarns, are alternately arranged in contiguous reed dents. The sequential number which is asso... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5758696 | Fe-Cr-Ni alloy for wear-resistant loom parts An Fe-Cr-Ni alloy used for parts of an automatic loom such as a heald (7) and reed (12) consisting of from 13 to 20% of Cr, from 4 to 15% of Ni, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and having a microstructure that is 60% or more strain-induce... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5664609 | Weaving reed and gripper guide element for a loom In a loom having mechanically driven weft thread insertion members, a weaving reed and a guide element for a weft thread gripper cooperate with one another, so that the guide element guidedly runs along the reed to provide an positive guidance for the gri... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5658394 | Method for increasing the surface hardness of loom components exposed to friction Loom components such as reed dents or weft brake lamellae that, during operation, are exposed to frictional abrasion by a moving weft thread, are made of cold rolled strip steel or of refined nitrided steels. The components are then exposed to a heat trea... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5649570 | Weaving loom with a combination of a weft thread cutting device and a selvage laying-in device A weaving loom for producing at least one woven fabric web (9) with at least one laid-in selvage includes a weft thread cutting device (23) and an associated selvage laying-in device (14). The cutting device and the laying-in device are mounted relative t... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5634981 | Method and apparatus for cleaning the dents of a weaving reed Avivage deposits on and between the dents of a reed, especially in an air weaving loom, are removed by heating at least a portion of the reed dents in the vicinity of the weft insertion channel to a temperature sufficient to melt the avivage which can the... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5598875 | Reeding method for 1/f fluctuation warp yarn distribution A weaving method for woven goods in which the warp yarns are disposed among reed dents of uniform spacing in a reed according to a sequence of numerical values having a 1/f fluctuation, thereby imparting a 1/f fluctuation to the arrangement of warp yarns.... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5570725 | Weaving method and reed used with 1/F fluctuations A weaving method and reed where the method is practiced with the reed having spacings between dents of 1/f fluctuations resulting in a woven fabric which has a warp density of 1/f fluctuations. The spacings are established by winding yarn having a 1/f flu... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570726 | Air weaving loom with weft hold-down members and enlarged inlet and outlet weft insertion channel An air weaving loom is equipped with a reed in which the weft thread insertion channel has an inlet channel section and an outlet channel section. Both the inlet and outlet sections have enlarged cross-sectional areas to provide space for the operation of... | 11/05/1996 |
