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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6814107 | Device for detecting breakage of leno threads on looms or on a loom more specifically provided with heald frames and with a device for detecting thread breakage The device for detecting breakage of leno threads in leno selvedge devices on looms, the leno selvedge forming device being provided with at least two arms for guiding at least two leno threads, the leno threads being twistable together by virtue of the rotation of ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 4814633 | Yarn storing device A yarn storing device (1) comprises a storage drum (2) and a sensor (5) arranged at the withdrawal end (3) of the storage drum (2). The sensor (5) has the form of an eyelet (6) for guiding the yarn (4) and generates a signal during the withdrawal of yarn ... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4710646 | Thread movement sensor The invention relates to a thread movement sensor comprising an arm with at least one thread guide. The invention solves the problem of sensitivity of the sensor to the vibrations of the machine by making a part of the arm an element of a magnetic circuit... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4455549 | Indication device A device for indicating the triggering of a signal transducer in, for example, thread surveillance and monitoring systems. In one device according to the present invention, the signal transducers are, on the one hand, coupled in series by means of lines b... | 06/19/1984 |
