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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7377293 | Heddle frame and a loom fitted with such a frame A heddle frame having two uprights and two cross-rails interconnected by at least one brace extending in a direction generally parallel to the uprights. The brace includes a rod provided with a screw fastener at opposite ends thereof, two threaded members for being ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7318457 | Heald frame and a weaving machine including at least one such heald frame A heald frame including two posts, two cross members and connectors which are used for securing at least one post to at least one corresponding cross member. Each connector includes an intermediate tubular fixing element which is disposed in a housing provided in th... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7281548 | Weaving heddle An improved heddle (2), on its end eyelet (7), has a spring means (14) which braces the end eyelet (7) resiliently in at least one direction on a heddle support rail 3. The spring means (14) serves to avoid play between the ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7137415 | Heddle shaft with center connector A heddle shaft (1) has shaft rods (2, 3), which are embodied as profile bodies (12) having at least one hollow chamber (14). The shaft rods (2, 3) are joined together by lateral bracing posts (4, 5) and at least one center c... | 11/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6948529 | Drawing mechanism, process for manufacturing same and weaving loom incorporating such a mechanism A drawing mechanism for a weaving loom including a tubular connecting rod with flattened cross-section which is coupled to at least one oscillating connecting lever by at least one connector including two plates disposed on either side of the lever and being articul... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6378564 | Device for coupling a heddle frame on a motion-transmission element A connecting device for connecting a motion transmission element to a heddle frame in a weaving loom wherein the connection device includes a tenon member and mortise member which are cooperatively engaged with respect to one another. The tenon member inc... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6367512 | Shedding device for weaving machines A shedding device for a weaving machine whose heddles are connected to respective return springs and wherein the springs have casings surrounding them. A lip seal on an end of each casing surrounding a rod portion of the heddle forms a hermetic seal again... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6145548 | Connector for loom connecting rod and drawing mechanism A connector for a drawing mechanism including at least one tubular connecting rod of flattened cross section for connecting the connecting rod to a rocking lever of a heddle mechanism wherein the connector includes two cheeks adapted to be disposed on opp... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5964253 | Fastening system for a dobby suspension lever pulling cables The ends of two cables associated with a suspension lever in a negative dobby for controlling a common held frame are fixed in a ferrule of an eyelet which is shaped to engage a fastening section provided on a terminal edge of the lever.... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5433254 | Pulley-protecting shoe for drawing systems associated with the heddle frames A shoe for protecting pulleys in a drawing system associated with a heddle frame of a weaving machine. The shoe has an inner portion of concave profile from which a projection extends so as to be receivable within a groove of the pulley. The shoe also inc... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5370157 | Releasable heald rod to heald frame fastener An arrangement for releasably fastening an elongate first member (1), such as a heald rod in a loom, within a second member (2), such as a coupling element between the heald rod and a shaft drive. The second member includes a first recess (4a) forming a c... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5365983 | Method and device for housing non-shedding loom shaft rods A device comprises a member having a number of recesses open on one side, into which the shaft rods of a loom can be inserted and movably retained. The device also includes a mechanism which prevents an unintentional removal of the shaft rods. The positio... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5345973 | Adjustable connection link between the dobby and the crank levers of the heddle frame control rods in a loom An adjustable connection link is provided between the dobby and the first crank lever of the control rods of each loom heddle frame. The connection link consists of two tubular bars of hollow aluminum alloy section pieces, preferably of rectangular cross-... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5335699 | Height adjusting device for weaving device for machine harness elements A device for forming a shed in weaving machines includes a harness and coupling elements for coupling the harness to a drive mechanism. The height of the harnesses is made adjustable by mounting respective coupling elements on setting screws integrated in... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5322088 | Split loom having a removable loom part including detachable harness holding apparatus A split loom includes securing elements which can be affixed to a removable loom part to receive the harnesses before separating the removable loom part from a stationary loom part, thereby retaining the harnesses in predetermined positions until re-assem... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5305801 | Apparatus for prepositioning and delivering heald shafts in looms A prepositioning and delivering mechanism for heald shafts is either permanently or temporarily attached to a loom for guiding the heald shafts when a shaft change is to be made. The mechanism has a carrier carrying prepositioning mechanisms each includin... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5255719 | Connectors for joining connecting rods with levers for controlling heddle frames in weaving looms Connectors which are removably mounted within connecting rods which are used to assemble the rods to levers for controlling the movement of heddle frames in a weaving loom and which include expandable jaws for securing the connectors within the rods.... | 10/26/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5201199 | Warp knitting machine with differently resonant springs Warp knitting machine comprising at least one guide bar axially displaceable by a pattern drive and a return spring acting thereon. At least two separate springs acting in combination upon the guide bar, have different resonant frequencies. Furthermore, t... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5193590 | Spring attachment for negative dobbies In a spring system for dobbies and other weaving mechanisms of the negative type which includes hooking elements, each of the hooking elements includes, parallel to its edges which face the springs, a row of omega-sectioned openings which receive, by a la... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5176182 | Spring systems for weaving loom dobbies of negative type In a spring system for a dobby in a weaving loom, the mobile hooking element which is fixed to a cable for moving a heddle frame includes laterally spaced plates which are slidably engageable with plates of adjacent spring systems to thereby prevent conta... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5152324 | Device for coupling the heddle frames and transmission elements in a shed-forming mechanism In a mechanism for forming the shed in a weaving loom a combination including a heddle frame, a transmission element, and a coupling device, wherein the transmission element includes a threaded portion which is threadingly receiving in a bush provided wit... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5143124 | Cable wear pad for dobby shedding lever A system for fastening the drawing cables on the suspension levers of textile dobbies of the negative type, wherein the levers include flanges to which mounting eyes connected to the cables are secured. The cables are guided in grooves formed in a bearing... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5139053 | Position detecting system for a harness frame in a weaving machine A sensor type position detecting mechanism is provided for a harness frame of a weaving machine to detect when the harness frame reaches extreme end positions of its stroke. The detecting mechanism includes at least sensor system provided with a bedplate ... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5094274 | Heddle frame carrier for interchangeable heddle frames The heddle frame carrier has a horizontal beam interconnecting two vertical arms each of which has a reduced zone operative as a pivot joint. For heddle frame changing, the arms can be hinged apart from one another with the locking members at the upper en... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5002097 | Harness frame to shedding lever connector A connector for joining a wire or a second machine element (associated with a harness frame, for example) to a first machine element (a Dobby machine, for example) has a bracket including spaced-apart opposed side plates, a bearing and a wire connecting m... | 03/26/1991 |
| 5002096 | Heddle frame actuating apparatus with flexure spring A heddle frame actuator device is provided for a negative or positive heddle frame drive. The actuator device employs at least one flexure spring for imposing a spring force vertically on and in the plane of the heddle frame. In some embodiments, a pair o... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4957142 | Tension lever for negative dobby A drawing system for controlling the heddle frames of weaving machines of the negative type wherein a cable associated with a clip element of a spring register is connected to a cable which moves the heddle frame by a tension lever mechanism carried by an... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4877060 | Device for coupling heddle frames to the transmission elements of a mechanism for forming the shed A device for coupling heddle frames to rod or cable transmission elements of a mechanism for forming the shed in a weaving loom wherein a female mortise member includes a slot having a pair of opposing arms on either side thereof which shot is traversed b... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4817676 | Loom shedding motion In a loom shedding motion device, the pivoting motion of cam follower levers driven by cams is transmitted by way of thrust rods, bent levers to the leaves of the loom. Extending from a central bearing of each lever are arms on the motion input side of th... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4771812 | Connector for joining a wire type body to a machine element A connector for joining a wire type body to a machine element which includes a bracket, an insertion member and a connecting bolt. The insertion member is connected to the bracket and couples the bracket to the machine element. The connecting bolt include... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4644979 | Heddle drive for a weaving machine The heddle drive is coupled to the transverse beam of the heddle so that the path of movement of the heddle and the direction in which the drive force is applied run parallel to each other. As a result, the transverse beams need not be especially strong. ... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4603713 | Lifting device for a heddle frame Disclosed is a lifting device for a heddle frame comprising a first motion transmission member for increasing an amount of displacement of an operating member put out from a shedding motion and a second motion transmission member for further increasing th... | 08/05/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4534385 | Leveling device for weaving mechanisms incorporating cams of the negative type The invention relates to a levelling device for weaving mechanisms incorporating cams of the negative type. With each oscillating lever there is associated a tipping pawl adapted, under the effect of a control member common to all the pawls, to bear yield... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4481979 | Heald frame driving method in negative dobby machines or cam machines This invention relates to a heald frame driving means having resilient transmission members connected to a shedding lever of a negative dobby machine or cam machine disposed above the heald frame and engaged with the heald frame through working levers and... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4460020 | Device for actuating heddle frames in weaving looms Each odd-numbered heddle frame is actuated by a pair of rockers mounted on two horizontal axes. Each even-numbered heddle frame is actuated by a pair of rockers which are mounted on two other horizontal axes. The resultant increase in the pitch between ro... | 07/17/1984 |
