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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7798178 | Shed forming device for a weaving machine The invention relates to a shed forming device for a weaving machine, comprising two or more sets of hooks (2), which are provided with complementary hooks (2a, 2b) operating in conjunction with a pulley (40), the complement... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7610939 | Jacquard machine The invention relates to a Jacquard machine, comprising 2 sets of knifes moving up and down in opposition, which each, at each of their extremities, are taken up in separate knife grids (4a, 4b) being driven by a cinematic drive chain ( | 11/03/2009 |
| 7490633 | Shed-forming mechanism, a loom fitted with such a mechanism, and a method of selecting moving hooks in such a mechanism In this mechanism (7) a moving hook comprises a body (20) provided with a nose (202) for bearing against a corresponding knife (14), and a flexible blade (21) secured to the body so as to be capable of moving relative thereto and d... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7398799 | Device for hooking between elements of a shed forming device, method for manufacturing it and method for hooking by means of such a device A device for hooking a heddle of a weaving loom of the Jacquard type to a harness cord of the loom that includes an endpiece molded on an upper end of the heddle. The endpiece including an aperture for the passage and wedging of the cord and a housing for receiving ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7168455 | Guiding member, jacquard harness incorporating such a member, process for manufacturing such a member and weaving loom comprising such a member A member for guiding harness cords of a Jacquard loom harness wherein the member is substantially planar and is provided with holes defining passages for the cords. At least one of these passages extends in a direction that is oblique with respect to a principal pla... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168454 | Harness device for a weaving machine A harness device for a weaving machine is made with partial apertured boards of synthetic material that can be manufactured by injection moulding. Each small partial apertured board has threading openings for pulling through harness cords, provisions to carry connec... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7150296 | Device for attaching and guiding one or several pulley cords of a Jacquard machine The invention relates to a device for attaching and guiding one or several pulley cords (9, 10) of a Jacquard machine, comprising one or several pulley blocks (11, 15, 17), each pulley block (11, 15, 17) being provided with at least two pulley w... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7140399 | Shaft drive system for power loom shafts A novel shaft gear for harmonious engagement and disengagement of individual heddle shafts and for deriving their motion from the rotary motion of a single input shaft has a coupling system with two input elements. While one of the input elements serves to drive the... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137416 | Method for producing an optical-fibre based fabric The invention relates to a method for weaving a fabric containing, at least partly, glass-fibres as warp threads and/or weft threads, which are treated in such a way that they enable light to be diffused in a substantially perpendicular direction with respect to the... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7117898 | Guide rods for a Jacquard loom A guide rod assembly for a Jacquard loom is described which is narrower (10 mm or less), instead of 13 mm of conventional guide rods. This reduction in width is attained reducing the overall height of the magnet system integrated in the guide rod. The magnet system ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7057329 | Compact Jacquard selecting card using piezoelectric elements A compact electronic selection card applicable for use in Jacquard equipment, having a high-density array of selecting hooks which are individually positioned by piezoelectric actuator elements. Each piezoelectric element directly controls a selecting hook for engag... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7040352 | Weave system of Jacquard type, weaving loom equipped with such a system and methods for assembly and dismantling of such a system A weave system comprises a plurality of electric rotary actuators each of which is adapted to drive a pulley for winding a cord element controlling the position of at least one heddle, and wherein a removable cover is provided to isolate and protect a group of pulle... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025094 | Device for attaching return springs in a harness of a Jacquard weaving machine On the one hand, the invention relates to a device for exerting a return force on at least one harness element of the harness of a Jacquard weaving machine, comprising at least one return spring (2) provided with means of attachment (1) for attaching t... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7017618 | Shed forming mechanism and weaving loom equipped with such a mechanism Hooks for controlling movement of heddle cords in a Jacquard weaving loom are each displaced by a knife, between a position of top dead center, wherein each hook may be immobilized by a selection device, and a position of bottom dead center. Each hook includes a bod... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7017617 | Device for shed formation and Jacquard loom comprising same The invention concerns a device comprising rigid or semirigid shafts (120) and at least a member (200) provided with orifices (203) for the passage and direct guiding in translation and angular positioning of a shaft in its controlled rocking mo... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7017619 | Shed forming device and weaving loom of the jacquard type equipped with such a device The shed forming device according to the invention for a weaving loom of Jacquard type comprises two series of knives actuated by a single input shaft animated by a continuous movement of rotation and extending between two plates which support oscillating shafts equ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7007721 | Shedding device on a Jacquard-type weaving machine The invention relates to a shedding device comprising at least one electric rotary actuator having an output shaft (11) that is designed to rotate a pinion (21) which is engaged with a rack (22), said rack being connected to a control heald (... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6941977 | Jacquard machine Each lifter (2) has a displacement member (4) which can be connected to at least one directable thread (18) and which has two spring arms (28a, 28b) that can be coupled to lifter blades (34a, 34 | 09/13/2005 |
| 6886223 | Connecting device for cords The invention provides a cord tying-up connecting device including a first component (1) having a groove. One end of first component (1) includes an insertion end for insertion of a heald into the groove, while the other end includes a cam for connecti... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6880582 | Connecting means for detachably connecting cords of a jacquard machine A first (1) and a second connecting means (2) which may be connected in a detachable manner in order to connect a first and a second cord, more particularly a lifting cord and a harness cord of a Jacquard machine, the first connecting means (1) ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6834681 | Method for controlling the shed in a loom with mechanical weft insertion In a loom with a mechanical weft insertion the motion of each individual warp thread on its way from an uppermost position to a lowermost position and vice verse is controlled individually by a jacquard in such a way, that the motion profile includes a shed stopping... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6769458 | Method and apparatus for guiding the harness cords of a Jacquard loom A member for guiding harness cords of a weaving loom harness of Jacquard type which is provided with at least two plates with holes for passage of the cords and which plates are separated by a space adapted to be supplied with gas under pressure. The holes constitut... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6494237 | Shed forming device for the textile industry The invention relates to a shed forming device without a harness for the textile industry, preferably a weaving device which contains a number of healds (4) with thread eyelets (5) for guiding the warp threads. The healds (4) are guided through boreholes ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6357486 | Method and device for detecting jacquard shed anomalies In a weaving loom of the Jacquard type comprising electrical actuators for displacing heddles controlling the position of the warp yarns, the following steps are carried out: a so-called "normal effort" is determined, exerted by at least one actuator on a... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6336477 | Frame modules for improved weaving device In a weaving device, a weaving device frame mounts a plurality of eyelets. A frame module, releasably borne by the weaving device frame is readily detachable from and controls movement of the respective eyelets. The frame module forms a readily removable ... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6328076 | Thread controlling device with control element supported independently from the lifting device A thread controlling assembly containing an oscillating operable lifting device with at least one carrier for a warped thread of a weaving machine, and a control element which can be actuated using an actuator in order to selectively bring the thread in c... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6318415 | Quick release coupling/pulley assembly for improved weaving device A weaving device is described, having a frame, an eyelet and a module releasably borne by the frame to selectively transmit a motive force to the eyelet. A coupling includes first and second members which are releasably coupled together in force receiving... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6293315 | Process and device for positioning weaving loom warp yarns A device for positioning warp yarns of a weaving loom which are controlled by electrical actuators for forming a shed which includes a first detector common to the warp yarns driven by a plurality of different actuators for detecting the passage of at lea... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6279618 | Device for selecting a thread in a textile machine and textile machine fitted with said device The apparatus comprises at least one movable member (1) for the reception of the thread, a coupling arrangement (2) and a winding (3) which produces a magnetic field and is intended to produce different polarities in the coupling arrangement through which... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6247502 | Method of weaving a multi-colored web, web produced according to this method and warp assembly thereof The present invention relates to a method of weaving a multi-colored web (5,6,7) with various colored wrap threads (1,2,3,) and weft threads (4). According to the invention wrap threads having preferably three different colors, namely blue, red, and yello... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6216748 | Pivoting magnet latches for improved weaving device A weaving device is described which includes a frame and an eyelet movably mounted thereto. A solenoid is also mounted to the frame and produces a magnetic field when energized. A latch is mounted on the frame for movement thereon to affect movement of th... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6216749 | Weaving device A solenoid unit for a weaving device is described and which includes a frame; a plurality of eyelets mounted on the frame and individually movable with respect to the frame; a support member releasably coupled to the frame; and a plurality of solenoids mo... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6109307 | Thread clamping device figuring weft threads on jacquard machines A thread clamping device, particularly for the figuring weft threads on jacquard machines, in which figuring weft threads, e.g. those on jacquard looms, are only picked from time to time corresponding to the figured form of the woven jacquard fabric, with... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6058983 | Jacquard-type weaving mechanism and loom equipped with such a weaving mechanism Housings to enclose winding actuators for the vertical control of harness threads of a weaving mechanism are arranged in rows and/or columns to form at least one panel positioned in the upper portion of a weaving loom.... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6041831 | Device for selective pick-up and controlled oscillation of a yarn A device for selectively controlling oscillating transverse movement of a yarn in a loom features the integration of yarn selection mechanisms into sinkers that are connected to the loom and driven simultaneously. The yarn selection mechanisms are associa... | 03/28/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5911247 | Jacquard mechanism for creating a shed in a loom A Jacquard mechanism for creating a shed in a loom has a plurality of hooks operative to be connected, optionally via one or more other bodies, to yarns in a loom. The hooks are movable between a first position and a second position. A griffe is provided,... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5671781 | Concentric drive mechanism for controlling reciprocal movement of griffe frame blades In a jacquard system for forming the shed in a weaving machine, vertical reciprocating blades of griffe frames are controlled by concentric shafts driven by a single cam assembly connected to the input shaft driven by the drive shaft of the weaving machin... | 09/30/1997 |
