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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7318456 | Modular weaving system with individual yarn control A modular weaving machine includes a loom chassis and a plurality of modular warp units. The warp units are each configured for supporting a plurality of removable bobbins thereon, the bobbins being pre-loadable with a plurality of warp threads. The loom chassis is ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7178558 | Modular weaving for short production runs A modular weaving machine includes a loom chassis and a plurality of modular warp units. The warp units are each configured for being pre-loaded with a plurality of warp threads. The loom chassis is configured to receivably support the warp units thereon, so that th... | 02/20/2007 |
| 6073660 | Rotary apparatus for dent spacing variation for a loom reed The reed employs two spaced apart cylinders with slots in their outer surfaces. The slots extend around the axis of each cylinder a given distance. The slots of each cylinder flare out from each other from one edge to an opposite edge. Dents are supported... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5806156 | Precision reed drawing-in apparatus and method A reed drawing-in apparatus provides a method whereby a warp thread can be properly and smoothly drawn in a respective gap between adjoining dents of even an extremely high-density reed without being cut off during the reed drawing-in operation. A threade... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5794319 | Method and device for drawing-in and transporting warp threads A method and a device for drawing warp threads into harness elements of a weaving machine through use of a drawing-in member which effects a reciprocating movement and with at least one conveying device for harness elements. In order to increase the capac... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5737814 | Junction type warp passing and drawing-in method and apparatus A method and an apparatus for passing a warp wound around a warp beam through a warp-passing hole of a dropper, a mail of a heald, and a reed eye includes the steps of disposing the warp-passing hole and the mail in a warp conveying passage provided betwe... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5353487 | Automatic reeding apparatus and automatic reeding method An automatic reeding apparatus and an automatic reeding method is disclosed which can handle yarns having various diameters required for any of reeds. Prior art problems are avoided by removably attaching a simple structural device to the frame of a reed ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5289852 | Reed for textile machines Reed for textile machines comprising a plurality of vertical dents or teeth (2) each made of a metal sheet with the lower end fastened to a base crosspiece (1), while the upper end of the dents (2) is free and the profile of each dent (2) is shaped to for... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5253404 | Apparatus for drawing warp yarns into a weaving reed Apparatus for drawing-in warp yarns into the gaps of a weaving reed includes a reed hook (22) for sequentially opening the reed gaps for the insertion of a draw-in member carrying a warp yarn, and a transport system for the stepwise transport of the weavi... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5249339 | Apparatus for drawing in warp threads The drawing-in machine has a needle-shaped drawing-in member (7) which is driveable in an oscillating manner and comprises a flexible gripper band (16) which carries a clamping gripper (17) and a channel-like guide (18) for the drawing-in member (7).... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5148585 | Device for manipulating drop wires for warp-thread drawing-in machines The apparatus includes magazines (16) for accommodating drop-wire stacks (LA) and transport mechanisms for feeding the drop-wire stacks (LA) to a separating station where the drop wires are singularized. The transport means contain a first path (11) for f... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5136762 | Method of automatic drawing-in and machine for carrying out the said method A method and apparatus for carrying out an automatic drawing-in is provided including forming lengths of thread which are double folded. The thread is passed to a corresponding heddle and between corresponding dents of a reed. The threads are leased and p... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5111560 | Automatic warp threading apparatus The technical field of the present invention relates to an apparatus for automatically threading a warp through the eye of a heddle. In a conventional automatic warp threading apparatus, a drawing-in needle equipped with a hook is delivered out through th... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5084950 | Thread drawing-in head with clamp for drawing device A thread drawing-in head for a drawing device in which at least two heads, each having a warp thread guide passage, are disposed in series such that the passages can align in series, to clamp a heald therebetween in such a manner that a hole of the heald ... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5079811 | Method and apparatus for feeding thread pneumatically in drawing-in A feed method of feeding a thread wound on a bobbin to a thread drawing-in apparatus through first and second suction nozzles, comprising the steps of: advancing the thread to a first position between the bobbin and the first suction nozzle, along an axis... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5029374 | Loom reed drawing-in machine A small portable drawing-in machine is disclosed for suspension on the top of a loom reed and for movement along the lengths of the reed. A drive screw on the machine meshes with the reed dents to control the position of the machine on the reed, and a thr... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4989301 | Drawing device The drawing device inserts a warp into a heald hole of a heald and between reed dents of a reed. The device comprises an air guide including an air passage having an entrance and an exit, an air stream generating mechanism operationally connected with the... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4894893 | Pneumatic reed drawing-in apparatus Here is disclosed an apparatus for successive drawing-in of warp through repsective reed blade gaps of a reed in the automatic loom, comprising a nozzle disposed above the reed which is movable transversely of the reed blades and extended from an upper po... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4748568 | Apparatus for drawing in warp threads into a harness The apparatus comprises a slide (1) with a sley hook (5) reciprocally movable transversely to the slide path which after each step of the slide is automatically advanced into a reed space of the harness (4) disposed parallel to the slide path and is withd... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4215455 | Reed opener assembly A reed opener assembly for spreading the dents of a reed to permit entry of a needle therebetween during a warp drawing operation has a reed opener blade, a reed opener body and means to retain the reed opener blade and reed opener body in cooperative rel... | 08/05/1980 |
