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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7963301 | Jacquard heald with embossed thread eye region A heald body fabricated of a round wire and having a round shank with a flattened intermediate or center section (9) that is provided with a widened opening (16) delimited by two legs (14, 15). The area (A1) of the round cross section of ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7581566 | Heddle for band-shaped warp threads A heddle (1) for flat, band-shaped warp threads (36) is provided with a thread eyelet (7), for which the width preferably exceeds the height. A thread eyelet (7) of this type prevents a deformation of the band-shaped warp thread (36 | 09/01/2009 |
| 7509981 | Heald frame and weaving machine equipped with same The invention concerns a frame comprising two posts (4, 4′) and two cross-members (6, 6′), a catching member (8, 8′) adapted to receive one corresponding end of at least one heald (10), and damping means (12, 12′) against w... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7493921 | Yarn-protecting heald A heald having a heald body (8), whose thickness increases toward the yarn eyelet (6). The lateral surfaces of the heald body (8) constitute guiding surfaces which are oriented in the warp yarn direction and which, adjacent the yarn eyelet (6... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7464730 | Weaving heddle for jacquard weaving machine A heddle for jacquard machines essentially consisting of fiber-reinforced plastic material, with a thread eye formed by a mail or thread eyelet member (12) of a harder material. The heddle body comprises two legs (3, 4). Between the relatively wide thr... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7322383 | Heald frame rod comprising a displaceable heald damping element A heald (heddle) shaft (1) comprises at least one shaft rod (2) on which a damping element (12)is supported on the shaft rod carrier body (15) to be movable in the longitudinal direction of a heald or heddle (8) mounted on a shaft ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7287554 | Heald, particularly for rapidly running weaving machines An improved heald consists of a flat material, such as tempered steel. It has closed (O-shaped) end eyelets (5, 6) which are one-piece parts of the heald body (4). An edge (10) which extends along the full length of the heald (1), is of e... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285745 | Method for manufacturing components consisting of one piece which appear in a weaving machine The invention relates to a method for manufacturing components consisting of one piece which appear in a weaving machine, comprising one or more first and second parts, said parts being manufactured in separate first and second parts and joined together to form a wh... | 10/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7264022 | Shaft rod for heald shafts A shaft rod (2) having, particularly in its mid region, a particularly low mass. The shaft rod has an upper ledge (11) and a lower ledge (12) which have a reduced thickness in the mid region of the shaft rod. As a result, the load induced by acc... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7204274 | Heddle with reduced play A heddle (14) of the invention is distinguished by end eyelets (15, 16) of reduced size, with which heddle support rails (6, 7) of reduced cross section are associated. The axial play of the heddles on the heddle support rails (6, 7) is l... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7185679 | Heddle, especially lifting heddle The subject matter of the invention is a heddle (1), more specifically a lifting heddle as part of a leno selvedge device, the heddle comprising a head portion and a base portion with a closed or an open eyelet for mounting to a heddle frame or to a heddle ri... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7131465 | Removable plastic heddle with mating insertion tool for weaving apparatus A simple removable plastic heddle comprised of a single monolithic plastic body and a mating insertion tool. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7036532 | Spring dampened shedding device A shedding device in a jacquard loom, having a heddle with a retracting spring rigidly anchored in the loom or to the floor for urging the heddle to a lower shed forming position. To suppress the development of resonance in the spring, a core element is provided, wh... | 05/02/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7017620 | Heddle In a heddle (6), the slender heddle shank (21) has been lengthened, at the cost of the end eyelets (7, 8) and the yarn eyelet region (29). This is accomplished on the one hand by shortening the end eyelet regions (7, 8) to their ab... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6994123 | Support element for a heddle frame A support element for a heddle frame is formed by profiled pieces (1, 1′) at each end that consist of a polymeric material. The profiled pieces (1, 1′) are connected to one another at each side by at least two side pieces (2, 2′) made of a... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6981527 | Heddle, heddle frame and weaving loom equipped with such a frame The heddle according to the invention is provided at the level of each of its ends with at least two sections for simultaneous bearing on corresponding surfaces formed on a traction bar fast with a crossbeam of a heddle frame. These sections and surfaces allow the t... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6901970 | Automatic heddling apparatus and method for automatically heddling An automatic heddling method and a related automatic heddling apparatus 100, by which a plurality of heddles 2 removed from a plurality of heddle frames 1 are integrally collected in such a manner that flat faces 11 of the heddles 2 | 06/07/2005 |
| 6883553 | Heddle and process for manufacturing same, shed-forming device and weaving loom incorporating such a heddle This invention relates to a heddle formed in a metal band or strip which comprises an eyelet for passage of a warp yarn and presents, over substantially the whole of a zone included between this eyelet and a first end by which it is connected to a drive means, a cro... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6883554 | Heddle damping system A loom shaft for a heddle has two end eyes in which at least one eye is elongated in the longitudinal direction of the heddle such that even during operation and bending of the shaft in the region of the shaft center, the distance between an inner rail edge of the h... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6732767 | Corner connection of a heddle shaft In a connection of a shaft rod to a side strut of a heddle shaft there is at least one guide surface provided in or on the shaft rod. The guide surface extends substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shaft rod. The guide surface engages with a positiv... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6453951 | Pivotable heddle for a loom A heddle includes a plurality of passages spaced from each other in a first direction for guiding warps, respectively, and a retainer provided in each of the passages for retaining a corresponding warp. Each of the guide passages is defined between a firs... | 09/24/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6283163 | Rod-shaped thread-guiding element for textiles machines A rod-shaped thread guide element (1) for a textile machine disclosed. The guide element includes two metallic longitudinal sections (22, 24) which open out into a middle section (16). A threaded eye (10) is fixed in the middle section by an adhesive.... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6230756 | Heddle system A heddle system for mechanical looms consisting of heddles (51) as well as upper and lower heddle slide bars (52, 53) that are attached to a heddle frame whereby said heddles are lined up on said heddle slide bars. Said heddles are provided with two end e... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6213162 | Weaving heddle having end eyes formed by pressing A weaving heddle formed of a strip of material has end eyes adjacent opposing end sections of the heddle and a central thread eyelet. The spaced apart legs forming the long sides of the heddle eyes extend transversely outwardly of the opposing edges of th... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6176270 | Paired heddles for use on looms Weaving heddles, intended for paired operation, are rendered spring-like resilient in the areas adjacent the end eyes to prevent breakage of the heddles in operation by the high degree of dynamic loading. Such spring-like resiliency is achieved by a provi... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6145549 | Apparatus for the production of rigid biaxial fabric material A heddle having a canted parallelogram shaped eye to facilitate the feeding of a fiber strip and improve the process of forming rigid biaxial fabric materials by a weaving machine.... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6105623 | Weaving heddles having distancing deformations Weaving heddles adapted to be arranged in pairs on a heddle frame of a weaving machine have at least three deformations or corrugations provided to space the individual heddles of the pair apart and to space the pair of heddles apart from adjacent heddles... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6076250 | Process for producing a heald shaft for weaving shafts out of a metal hollow section The invention concerns a process for producing a heald shaft for weaving shafts out of a metal hollow section, the height of which diminishes towards the ends on both sides. A light-weight extruded metal section is selected and adjusted to the maximal hei... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5983951 | Wear resistant loom part and loom comprising the same A wear-resistant and corrosion-resistant loom part comprises a Fe--Cr based alloy or a Fe--Cr--Ni based alloy, which has a substantially dual-phase structure comprising a ferrite phase and a martensite phase. The Fe--Cr based alloy preferably contains 10 ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5816294 | Heddle slide bar arrangement in a weaving machine shaft device Each of the heddles of a shaft device for a weaving machine has a thread eyelet and end eyelets arranged on both sides of the thread eyelet, so that the heddles can be arranged in rows on heddle slide bars. At least the driving heddle slide bar has at lea... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5758696 | Fe-Cr-Ni alloy for wear-resistant loom parts An Fe-Cr-Ni alloy used for parts of an automatic loom such as a heald (7) and reed (12) consisting of from 13 to 20% of Cr, from 4 to 15% of Ni, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and having a microstructure that is 60% or more strain-induce... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5699836 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing slotted webbing on a needle loom A method of manufacturing slotted webbing of the type having slotted portions selectively formed between solid portions includes the steps of providing a needle loom machine, selectively positioning warp yarns with the needle loom machine between a first ... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5507321 | Heald frame for weaving a slide fastener stringer A heald frame comprises: a heald support frame for supporting a plurality of healds in parallel, the heald support frame having a central plate portion and a pair of ring-shaped rectangular heald supporting portions extending in opposite directions from t... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5494080 | Arcuate heddle and shedding system employing an arcuate heddle A shedding system having a plurality of heddles supported by and connected to top ends of piston rods of pneumatic cylinders. The heddle employed by the shedding system is elongated in one direction, and has an arcuate portion which forms an arc about a l... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5474110 | Heddle thread eye A heddle for a weaving machine is in the form of an elongated strip having opposed end portions lying in a common flat plane, the strip having a thread eye portion intermediate such end portions. The thread eye portion lies in a plane rotated in the range... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5394905 | Leno heald subassembly for cooperation with a main harness frame A heald assembly for leno weaving, the assembly including first and second heald frames each of which is adapted for slidable reception in heald guides of a weaving loom, at least one of the heald frames including a main frame and a sub-frame carrying a p... | 03/07/1995 |
