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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4777988 | Reading device for dobby A reading device for use in a dobby having a peg cylinder connected to a heddle frame for operation thereof comprises a first bracket, a second bracket, a means for permitting physical contact between the first and second brackets and device to oscillate ... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4766936 | Card switching apparatus for dobby A card switching apparatus for a dobby comprises a bracket mounted for rocking motion around a shaft, a cylinder supported on said bracket and having a rotary shaft, a gear securely mounted on said rotary shaft of said cylinder, an input power shaft, anot... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4525787 | Program automaton for weaving machines There is provided a program automaton for a weaving machine that includes means for effecting deweaving when there is more than one color in the repeat. The invention includes programmable counter means and a counter-switch. On deweaving, the counter mean... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4417604 | Method and dobby for synchronizing all heddle frames of a weaving machine A method and apparatus for synchronizing all heddle frames of a weaving machine which are operated by a punched-card-controlled dobby. The pattern card cylinder or the reading needles are moved to positions in which during a read, all the reading needles ... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4351368 | Dobby The invention relates to dobbies of the type with double swinging levers and fastening hooks, provided with an auxiliary actuating system ensuring functioning for a weave different from that corresponding to the conventional reading device. To this end, a... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4250930 | Reading device for dobbies or other weaving mechanism In a reading device for dobby or other weaving mechanism with double swinging levers and retaining hooks, of the type in which said hooks are actuated by a disc with radial lugs or the equivalent, at least one input gear connected for rotation with the sh... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4067364 | Apparatus for reversing and racing a card in a dobby machine An apparatus for reversing and racing a card in a dobby machine by using a planetary gear mechanism for reversing a card cylinder by a specified angle and operating a card handle fixed on the shaft, thus avoiding damage to the machinery even when operatio... | 01/10/1978 |
