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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7341010 | Seed disk drive hub A hub assembly for a seed disk has a conical surface that mates with a cylindrical edge on a hub portion of a seed disk to establish the concentricity of the two components. A pair of paddles on the hub are received in, and inter-fit with corresponding recesses on t... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7318456 | Modular weaving system with individual yarn control A modular weaving machine includes a loom chassis and a plurality of modular warp units. The warp units are each configured for supporting a plurality of removable bobbins thereon, the bobbins being pre-loadable with a plurality of warp threads. The loom chassis is ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7178558 | Modular weaving for short production runs A modular weaving machine includes a loom chassis and a plurality of modular warp units. The warp units are each configured for being pre-loaded with a plurality of warp threads. The loom chassis is configured to receivably support the warp units thereon, so that th... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7066212 | Method for producing a woven and a heddle particularly for use thereby A method for producing tissue with the aid of a weaving loom comprising a stop bar, at least one shed and a heddle for carrying out the method. The inventive method is characterized in that warp thread guiding a filling yarn cooperates with a longitudinal heddle con... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059356 | Shed-forming device for a power loom A shed forming device (1) for a power loom has a plurality of heddle shafts, to which a drive mechanism with a plurality of servo motor groups (13, 14) is assigned. The servo motor groups are located below each of the heddle shafts (3 through | 06/13/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6948530 | Weaving machine A weaving machine is constructed to use a magnetic traction device to reciprocate the shuttle in moving weft threads over warp threads at a high speed without producing noise and preventing direct contact between parts. ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 5564473 | Apparatus and method for correcting irregularities in a series shed weaving machine An apparatus and method for correcting an irregularity during the insertion of a weft yarn into a weaving rotor of a series shed weaving machine involves drawing a length of weft yarn from a supply unit and delivering the weft yarn to the weaving machine ... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5293906 | Circular loom for and method of weaving ribbon-shaped weft A circular loom comprises weft ribbon shuttle assemblies and a control system for detecting the position of one of the shuttle assemblies at spaced points about the periphery of the loom, and then presetting warp ribbon-setting air cylinders in advance of... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5188153 | Fill yarn insertion and beatup using inflatable membrane An apparatus and method for integral fill yarn insertion and beatup is provided. A modified rapier contains a channel for holding fill yarn. The channel is covered with a flexible and inflatable boot, and an inflating apparatus for this boot is also attac... | 02/23/1993 |
| 4884598 | System for instantaneously detecting breakage of a weft yarn in a multiphase loom shed A system for instantaneously detecting breakage of a weft yarn within the shed of a multiphase loom comprising a series of closed-loop induction coils which extend in succession along the entire weaving zone to cooperate with the rotating shuttle weft yar... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4850399 | Weaving loom with pneumatic weft thread injection To provide for accurately timed injection of selected lengths of weft threads to shuttles moving, in sequence, in front of injectors (85, 545), a continuously rotating measuring drum (32) has the weft thread (51, 180) passing in front thereof, the weft th... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4848410 | Magnetic shuttle drive system for a multi-system weaving loom To provide for positive guidance of shuttles in a multi-system traveling shed weaving loom, in which the shuttles move continuous, endless loop path, having a straight portion (15a) and two essentially semi-circular curved return path portions (15b), the ... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4817680 | Method and system for introducing a weft thread of finite length in a storage shuttle of a weaving loom To introduce weft threads (31) or picks of finite length into a storage shuttle (1), the shuttle is formed with a longitudinal recess (4) which is divided into two chambers (11, 12) by a longitudinally extending separating wall (8) leaving a gap (10) betw... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4815504 | Multi-system weaving loom To compensate for difference in path length between a warp thread guide element and a reference position, for example adjacent a take-up beam (3) beyond the shed (8), a plurality of guide elements (34) are located between a run-on guide rod (31) and the s... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4790358 | Multi-system weaving loom with permanent magnet shuttle drive To decrease noise as magnetically moved shuttles engage a guide reed (10) located behind a shed (8), while being moved by magnetic shuttle moving elements (16) to move the shuttles (9) by magnetic coupling therewith, the shuttle moving elements (16) inclu... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4763699 | System of detection of shed closed to shuttle passage in multi-step textile looms System of detection of a shed closed to passage of a shuttle in a multi-phase weaving textile loom. This invention is comprised of the following: sensitive control bars made elastically movable along the vertical direction, with a stroke at least equallin... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4739804 | Shed-forming arrangement for rectilinear weaving looms with wavy shed A wavy shed forming arrangement for rectilinear weaving looms it consists of a wobbling non-rotating element driven about a driving axis and connected by connections to be reciprocated which are fixed to the lifters on which the warp threads are suspended... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4538648 | Heald control system for a travelling wave shedding loom A heald control system for a multi-phase or travelling wave shedding loom in which each heald is upperly connected elastically, by way of an elastic traction element, to a single support plate which is removably locked to the fixed part of the loom, and t... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4479517 | Low profile circular loom In a circular loom a reed and at least one shuttle are arranged between an upper and a lower running ring of a machine frame. A rotor driving the shuttle, a harness arranged in a concentric circle about the rotor for shedding the warp threads, and tension... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4413658 | Warp and weft weaving machine A weaving machine has a continuous line of heddles 9 defining a shed and undulating means 8 for traversing the shed along the line as a wave 12, 13 and moving a weft-inserting means 15 in synchronism therewith from the inlet 17 to the outlet 18 ends of th... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4410017 | Method and apparatus for pneumatic insertion of a weft thread in the shuttle of a multi-feed weaving loom A method for the pneumatic insertion of the weft thread (24, 24a) into the shuttles (9) of a multi-feed weaving loom. The weft thread (24, 24a), of a respectively predetermined length, is inserted by means of an air flow in an injector (23) into the weft ... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4392515 | Weaving loom with a waving shed having an improved frame The invention relates to a weaving loom with waving shed heddle frames which when built in accordance with the invention insures that the heddles do not have lateral displacement when the frames are operated by controls respectively acting on both sides o... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4378820 | Apparatus for beating-up weft thread in travelling wave shedding looms An apparatus for beating-up weft thread to be used in traveling wave shedding looms comprises a stationary reed for dividing warp threads and a rotary shaft having plates secured thereto and forming combs arranged helically along the shaft. The plates of ... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4280537 | Apparatus for gripping a running weft thread on travelling-wave looms The present invention relates to an apparatus for gripping a weft thread. This apparatus comprises an element for braking a weft thread, representing a tire placed on the periphery of a disk and a gripping block partially embracing the tire, the latter be... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4253498 | Travelling wave shedding looms relative to the shuttle loading system A travelling wave shedding loom has a plurality of devices for winding and loading shuttle bobbins. One such device is provided for each shuttle, and the respective devices move with their associated shuttles around a continuous path within the loom.... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4250932 | Method of and an apparatus for supplying weft thread carriers in travelling-wave looms The present invention relates to methods of and apparatus for supplying weft thread carriers. In this method a thread is wound in the form of coils onto a spool of a carrier whereupon the carriers along with the thread are admitted into a weaving zone whe... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4217936 | Weaving machines of the non-reciprocating continuous type A weaving machine of the non-reciprocating continuous type comprises weft carriers which are advanced along the weft direction by impulses imparted by a series of rocking sinkers arranged along the weft direction. The impulses are applied by pivotal movem... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4202383 | Apparatus for winding a weft thread onto spools of carriers in travelling-wave looms In the proposed apparatus for winding a weft thread onto spools of carriers, there is provided a disk rotatable in the horizontal plane on which are mounted constantly meshed satellite gears and winding members rotated by these satellite gears which engag... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4196756 | Loom shuttle and beat-up mechanism The invention provides a loom shuttle and beat-up device including rotary means for driving the shuttle and beat-up. In one case the same rotary element serves to drive the shuttle and beat-up the weft, in an alternative two elements are used, one to driv... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4194539 | Loom shuttle A loom shuttle having a yarn receiving chamber including yarn restraining elements in the chamber, the yarn restraining elements are so arranged as to enable yarn to be loaded without restraint and to apply restraint to the yarn as it is being withdrawn t... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194538 | Weft thread gripping mechanism for a loom with a travelling-wave shed and a disk-type beat-up motion The proposed weft-thread gripping mechanism includes gripping members elastically tightened together and installed at the side of exit of weft thread carriers from a travelling-wave shed. The gripping members, one of which is movable relative to the other... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4175594 | Apparatus for threading weft carriers for travelling-wave loom The apparatus relates to travelling-wave looms, wherein weft thread carriers are conveyed along a closed trajectory of the type disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,835,893. The apparatus includes a rotatable disk carrying rotatable winding members, lower grips f... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4158373 | Method of and apparatus for threading the weft thread carriers in travelling-wave looms The present invention relates to methods of and apparatus for threading the weft thread carriers and may be most effectively used on travelling-wave looms. In this method, the weft thread is introduced into a thread tensioner while the last coil thereof i... | 06/19/1979 |
| 4155378 | Method for driving shuttles of a wave-shed machine, and wave-shed loom for carrying out the method A method of driving shuttles through sheds formed by warp yarns of a wave-type loom in which a transport edge of the shuttles is lubricated before entrance into the warp yarns, and a wave-shed loom for carrying out the method of driving the shuttles.... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4146062 | Selection system for controlling the heald loops of a weaving machine of the non-reciprocating continuous type A weaving machine of the non-reciprocating continuous type comprises a selection control system for the heald loops. The control system has sliding selectors which are linked to the loops and which are operated by selector controls mounted on carriages. T... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4143685 | Weaving looms A loom in which each warp yarn passes through a retraction region and a shedding region, and in which means are provided for creating gaseous fluid flow along each warp yarn so that the yarns, or those that are not otherwise restrained, are moved to form ... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4136717 | Travelling-wave loom with loom-stopping mechanism A mechanism of a travelling-wave loom comprises a rotary reed and a separating grate composed of pivoted and stationary portions forming a channel for the weft thread carriers to be partially accommodated therein. Each of the portions is formed by plates,... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4135556 | Control for the weft-thread carries in the shed of a multished loom A method of and a device for stopping the movement of a weft-carrier or shuttle when an obstruction is in the shed of a loom without damaging the loom or fabric being woven. The device includes a power operated shuttle drive mechanism adapted to engage th... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4132248 | Winding device for filling-yarn bobbins Winding device for the filling-yarn bobbins of shuttles of a multi-shed loom having a filling station, which device has a yarn guide rotating on a circular path and conducting a filling yarn, as well as first means for the successive movement of the empty... | 01/02/1979 |
