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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7484536 | Dobby device for controlling the motions of at least one weaving frame of a weaving machine, and a weaving machine provided with such a dobby device The invention relates to an electronic dobby device (100) for controlling the motions of at least one weaving frame of a weaving machine, wherein the at least one weaving frame is connected to two rotors (1,2) by means of a rod and lever system, wherei... | 02/03/2009 |
| 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 |
| 5673728 | Sliding nut for a dobby lever A dobby lever which is insertable into a main lever of a textile loom includes a sliding nut to set and adjust its position along the main lever. The dobby lever has a pair of parallel flat sides, separate but fixed to each other. The sliding nut has a bo... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5255718 | Crank lever for loom linkages A crank lever for loom linkages, comprising a body of high-strength aluminum plate with a central hole and grooves on the inner and outer body faces adjacent the hole. A central annular rotation and thrust-bearing hub of steel surface-hardened by heat tre... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5251672 | Drawn lever lubrication apparatus for a weaving mechanism A drawing mechanism incorporating rocking levers interposed between a weaving mechanism and the heddle frames of a weaving loom wherein each of the rocking levers for coupling the connecting rods includes a lateral element which defines a lubrication cond... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5209268 | Spacer design for dobby rocker members In a weaving mechanism which includes rocking members for controlling the movement of heddle frames for forming the shed in weaving machines, the rocking members are separated from one another on a common support shaft by spacers interposed therebetween w... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5044407 | Main lever for a rotary dobby operating at high speed A main lever for a high-speed rotary dobby having two opposing sidepieces in which two corresponding opposing frusto-conically flared holes are formed in each side piece by pressing or milling for a removable main pin for coupling the lever to the dobby c... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4546800 | Draw lever assemblies mounted on the dobbies and other mechanism for forming the shed on weaving machines The present invention relates to draw lever assemblies mounted on the dobbies and other mechanisms for forming the shed on weaving machines. Between the levers born by the fixed pin there are interposed axial stops, each of which includes two discs profil... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4465108 | Play taking-up means in loom dobby control units Improved means are provided in a loom dobby for taking-up play in the control unit. The surfaces of the fixed and mobile blades which limit the stroke of the rocker arms in this unit are positioned perpendicular to the line joining the points of contact b... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4305432 | Positive dobby A draw hook having a bearing end, the outside circumference of which projects beyond the end of the baulk and serves simultaneously as stop against the recoil or repulsion knife and the stop rail. The drawing force for the movement of the heddle frame occ... | 12/15/1981 |
