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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7350542 | Blowing nozzle for supporting a weft thread in a weaving machine Blowing nozzle for supporting a weft thread in a weaving machine, provided with a flow-through canalisation (17) for a fluid tracing a bend (20) near the free end of the blowing nozzle (3) to subsequently flow into the environment via at least o... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 6880584 | Weft end collector A weft end recovery apparatus comprises weft end carrier for carrying by water flow weft ends formed as a result of weft insertion, a plurality of storing and dewatering sections to receive the weft ends carried from the weft end carrier together with the water, and... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6223779 | Auxiliary selvage forming and weft thread cutting device A loom with pneumatic weft thread insertion and including a reed, a weft thread guide device connected with the reed and pivotable therewith between an insertion position and a beat-up position, a stationary weft insertion device having at least one blowi... | 05/01/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6021820 | Weaving device with practile fluid handling A weaving device utilizing a projectile and a pressurized medium to guide the projectile as it transports a weft thread from a supply spool through a section of warp threads. A device is also used to introduce and decelerate the projectile. The pressurize... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5950685 | Monolithic shed holding component for series shed weaving rotor A blower nozzle provided for the weft thread insertion is associated with the monolithic shed holder element for the weaving rotor of a series shed weaving machine. The shed holder element is manufactured from a piece of metal. The blower nozzle is integr... | 09/14/1999 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5253681 | Reed for forming a gap in the fabric produced on an air weaving loom The reed of an air weaving loom is divided into spaced sections for forming a fabric gap. The warp threads are guided through the reed sections, but are absent in a zone of the fabric gap. The weft threads that would bridge the fabric gap are cut in the g... | 10/19/1993 |
| 4936353 | Weft catching aspirator with mechanical brake In a shuttleless loom a weft filament is inserted pneumatically in a weft direction through a warp shed by a nozzle on one side of the shed and is caught by a pneumatic aspirator aligned in the direction on the other side of the shed from the nozzle. A me... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4907627 | Weft guide and shed retainer for a fluid jet loom A shed retaining and weft guide member for multiple shed, fluid jet looms includes a tubular section with mating male and female ends, a thickened end wall portion, a weft thread exit slot biased to a closed position during weft insertion, and a tapered b... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4905741 | Weft thread inserting device for pneumatic looms A pneumatic loom having at least two blow nozzles arranged in a bundle, is equipped with a weft thread insertion alignment device (2) located in a fixed position between the blow nozzles and the weft thread guide channel formed by the reed teeth. The alig... | 03/06/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4787422 | Weaving reed with profiled teeth A profiled weaving reed, especially for shuttleless looms with pneumatic weft thread insertion, has profiled reed teeth which are so deformed along the path of weft thread insertion that a first deformation forms an edge slanted in the direction of weft t... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4732178 | Loom A device for securing cloth-forming parts to the sley (1) of a loom comprises, to receive fixing screws (4), a clamping element (51, 52) in the form of a slide block. The clamping element bears directly on the sley on only one side of a plane which extend... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4655259 | Lamella for a picking comb of a weaving rotor The weaving rotor for a series shed weaving machine is formed with picking combs which have lamellae of unitary structure to define a weft-guiding part and a warp-guiding part. The lamellae may be made of ceramic pressings with the two projections on the ... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4655262 | Reeds for air jet looms Reeds for an air jet loom. Each reed has a weft insertion channel. The reed teeth are formed in such a way that they have a first region for the guide channel and a straight section for seating-up of the weft thread. The profiling of the teeth allows seco... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4569376 | Reed with incorporated confiner for shuttleless loom with pneumatic weft insertion The loom reed (5) is formed of dents (9) defining a channel through which the weft is inserted and is drawn and guided by air jets produced by relay nozzles (3). To form the insertion channel, each dent (9) has a triangular projecting front part formed wi... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4532965 | Weft yarn picking channel The weft yarn picking channel is constructed for use in pneumatic weaving machines. In one embodiment, the picking channel is formed of discrete guide elements of wire construction which are secured on a sley. In another embodiment, the guide elements can... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4529014 | Loom reed with plastic profiled dents A loom reed (10) comprised of plastic dent strips (A, B) is illustrated having a profiled section (32, 34) which is reinforced for weft yarn beat-up into the cloth (C). The profiled section includes a web (38, 48) of reduced thickness which creates additi... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4529015 | Device designed to help the insertion of a weft yarn in a weaving loom A device adapted to be introduced into the shed of a weaving loom. The device is designed to facilitate insertion of a weft by an air stream. The device has a plurality of leaves which are spaced apart to allow the passage of the warp yarns. The leaves ar... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4485850 | Auxiliary device for weft insertion on an air jet loom On a fluid jet loom on which a reed is formed by an array of air guide elements having front cutouts for defining an air guide channel, an auxiliary reed is arranged movable towards and away from the reed in order to temporarily cover the front opening of... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4478259 | Reed for jet weaving machines The reed dents for the reed of a jet weaving machine have recesses on their forward edges for guiding and beating-up the weft thread, and they are given a bend along their longitudinal extent so as to incline toward the fell of the fabric. The inclined up... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4458730 | Loom with pneumatic weft insertion The loom includes a reed constituted by a plurality of blades which are in alignment and parallel to each other. These blades have respective substantially circular apertures which have the same diameter and are aligned with each other to form a straight ... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4438790 | Apparatus for guiding a fluid medium driven weft thread in the shed of a loom and use of the apparatus at a multiple longitudinal traversing shed loom An apparatus for guiding a weft or filling thread in the shed of a loom, the weft thread being driven by a flowing fluid medium, comprises two lamellae combs which can dip into and out of the warp threads. The lamellae or equivalent plate-like guide eleme... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4432399 | Filling-thread monitoring device for jet looms A filling-thread monitoring device for jet looms in which a filling thread is guided during its introduction into the shed of a loom in a first guide channel which is formed by spaced members and is partially open on its side, contains a first filling thr... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4427036 | Weft guide device in a jet loom A weft guide device in a jet loom having a reed carrier for carring a reed thereon is disclosed. The guide device made according to this invention generally comprises an array of weft guide members mounted on said reed carrier along the reed and each havi... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4422482 | Guide tooth for a weaving machine The guide tooth of the weaving machine has an upper leg with a straight outside edge for passage through the spot threads in the low shed position in parallel relation. The length of the straight edge is greater than the interval between pairs of successi... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4422484 | Weft guide device in a jet loom A weft guide device in a jet loom having a reed carrier for carrying a reed thereon is disclosed. The guide device made according to this invention generally comprises an array of weft guide members mounted on said reed carrier along the reed and each hav... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4401139 | Weft picking device of air jet loom A weft picking device of an air jet loom, comprises a plurality of air guide members in alignment with the direction of weft picking, each air guide member being spaced predetermined distances from adjacent air guide members to define respective spaces th... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4386632 | Weft guiding comb for a jet loom A weft yarn guiding comb for a jet loom having a slay, on which the comb is mounted to turn with the slay between a yarn guiding position and a yarn extricating position, includes a plurality of weft yarn guides each comprising a root portion, a substanti... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4380254 | Weft guidance tube for looms A weft guidance tube for a fluid weft insertion system of weaving apparatus includes an elongated member having a longitudinal channel therein. A plurality of segments are juxtaposed in the channel. Each of the segments includes a base and an upper end, w... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4371007 | Picking method and apparatus on textile looms involving the use of a fluid medium In an apparatus for the fluid insertion of the weft in a loom which comprises a swingable sley extending across the loom and carrying a reed for the battening of a weft inserted into a warp shed formed by warp threads extending through the reed transverse... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4357963 | Loom with weft picking by a flowing medium In the loom, a thread guide channel is formed by upper plates and lower plates located in different cross-sectional planes of the channel. The lower plates are fixed to a sley, while the upper plates have their own guidance system formed in such a way tha... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4354534 | Reed for jet looms A reed for a jet loom, in which the filling yarns are introduced into the shed by a gaseous fluid expelled from nozzles arranged spaced apart over the loom width and which periodically enter the shed, which reed has first reed blades having a profiling on... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4344465 | Method and apparatus for jetting auxiliary fluid in jet loom An improved method and apparatus for jetting auxiliary fluid to a fluid and filling guide passage formed on a sley in a jet loom wherein a plurality auxiliary nozzles are vertically disposed at predetermined intervals to confront the opening of the guide ... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4328842 | Apparatus for weft insertion in a weaving loom An apparatus for picking a weft through the shed of a loom in which separator elements interposed between the warp threads are provided with a recess defining a passageway along which the weft thread is conveyed during the picking operation. The picking i... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4319611 | Picking comb for jet looms A picking comb, particularly for jet looms. The comb has an array of active, monitoring and passive guide teeth each having a picking portion and a mounting portion and fixed by its mounting portion in spaced side-by-side releation on a carrier means. At ... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4187888 | Supply system for a pneumatic weaving machine A supply system for a pneumatic weaving machine, comprising a pressurized air container connected to a pressurized air conduit through a main control valve, a main blowing nozzle and a number of (groups of) auxiliary blowing nozzles, which are each connec... | 02/12/1980 |
