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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 |
| 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 |
| 6554029 | Method for mounting a new harness on a seam weaving machine, apparatus for making a flat woven fabric endless and harness carriage A harness for a seam weaving machine including a Jacquard machine is prepared while the shedding mechanism is removed from the seam weaving machine. The prepared shedding mechanism is then mounted on the seam weaving machine. The twines extending from the... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6314628 | Warp changing apparatus Apparatus for use in mounting and dismounting a warp beam, loaded with cannisters of warp thread onto or from a loom includes a trolley, with a hoverpad mounted under the trolley, and with a bracket carrying warp healds and reels. Trolleys may be combined... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6230377 | Method and device for separating strands The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for singularizing healds, which are lined up via eyes on supporting rails to form a stack. In a method and an apparatus which carefully handle the healds during the separation and subsequent transport awa... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6199249 | Device for delivering harness elements of a power loom A device is used for the transfer of harness elements (21) from a conveying member (21) in a drawing-in machine for warp yarns onto carrying members of a weaving machine, that has an ejector for removing the harness elements from the conveying member. In ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6056022 | Device for changing the harness of a loom The invention relates to a device for changing the harness of a loom. It has two bearing columns (16) arranged on a chassis, two jibs (18) which can move vertically on the columns and horizontally extendible and a device (26) o the jibs (18) to transfer h... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6000439 | Mechanical loom with warp changing apparatus A weaving machine including a machine frame, an apparatus for supplying warp threads, a support apparatus, a plurality of heald frames, a reed, and a replaceable changing apparatus releasably connectable with the machine frame or the support apparatus and... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5826624 | Process and device for paralleling a transport carriage An apparatus and process for positioning a transport carriage that supports a cloth or yarn roller in front of a weaving machine. The apparatus is provided with two non-contact sensors that are attached to spaced apart locations on the transport carriage.... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5806157 | Warp thread drawing in method and apparatus A method of warp thread drawing-in for warp thread machines having at least one warp thread magazine, heald frame, and reed comprises the steps of placing the warp thread magazine, heald frame and reed from the warp thread machine on a warp thread chargin... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5775380 | Warp beam replacement and threading apparatus After a warp beam on a loom is used up, its old warp threads are separated from a material being woven on the loom. The used-up beam, together with its residual old warp threads, is then mounted on a transport device and moved away from the loom. A windin... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5657794 | Carriage for changing the harness or heald frame in a loom A carriage for changing a harness or heald frame on a loom has a frame with a device for offering up the warp beam, a framework which includes a carrier mounted on the frame, and devices mounted on the carrier for offering up the warp stop motions and the... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5628098 | Method and device for the winding of warp strips A manipulator (16) is provided in the case of a method and device for winding of warp strips (19) in at least two adjacently arranged sections onto the drum (9) of a sectional warping plant. On completion of the winding sequence for a section, the yarns o... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5475906 | Heald-separation apparatus for warp-thread drawing-in machines The separating apparatus contains carrier rails for the storage of healds in the form of a stack, a dividing-off member for pushing the foremost heald laterally out of the stack into an intermediate position, and a first transfer device for transporting t... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5459913 | Heald carrier rails having control clamps for holding rails and limiting movement of healds The heald handling apparatus contains carrier rails for the storage of the healds and a transport device for feeding the healds to a separating station. Each carrier rail is held by a plurality of controlled clamps and is thereby subdivided into a plurali... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5450880 | Insertion vehicle and carriage for changing a fabric to be woven on a loom In the combination of a carriage for the preparation and storage of fabric to be changed on a loom, a loom for receiving the fabric to be changed, and an insertion vehicle for changing the fabric at the loom, improvements in the method of fabric change as... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5448812 | Heald transfer station having locks positioned to control movement of healds The healds are distributed to carrier rails in a transfer station by heald holders forming part of a distribution station. A lock having two spaced controlled clamps a transfer member and a slide are provided for each carrier rail. The transfer member tra... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5394596 | Carrier frame for transferring a loom harness into a loom A carrier frame for transferring a loom harness into a loom is equipped for carrying additional loom components such as selvage spools, leno spools, and a warp stop motion unit. Such a carrier frame is constructed to be adjustable in its longitudinal dire... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5381594 | Machine for the automatic drawing-in of warp threads having warp beam truck The machine contains a warp-beam truck (2) for the warp beam (3), a lifting device (4) and a drawing-in frame (5) provided for clamping a warp-thread layer (KF), the threading-up of which drawing-in frame (5) takes place separately from the drawing-in mac... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5371930 | Apparatus for transferring a warp thread exchange system into a loom A cart for transferring a warp exchange system from a machine that prepares such a warp exchange system to a warp beam lifting carriage, is equipped to at least temporarily store a prepared warp exchange system after having picked up the system from a war... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5361467 | Drop wire handling apparatus for warp yarn drawing-in machine Apparatus for handling the drop wires after the warp-yarn draw-in has taken place contains rail-like carrier members (12) provided for lining up the drop wires. Threaded spindles (34) are arranged on top parts of the carrier members in position to engage ... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5353845 | Rapid release system for false selvedge and fabric edge binding members A shuttleless loom in which that part of the reed traversed, by the false selvedge yarns and the binding yarns for the side edges of the fabric under formation is detached from the rest of the reed. The detached part is made easily removable from the loom... | 10/11/1994 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5317790 | Clamping device for a plane thread layer and use of said device A clamping device for a planer layer of threads includes a clamping rail adapted to extend across the layer of threads and provided with a contact zone for contacting one face of the thread layer, and a plurality of clamping member units spaced along the ... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5307844 | Weaving machine having separable parts with constrained guidance upon assembly and re-assembly A two-part weaving machine includes a stationary machine-frame part containing at least a takeup for winding woven material, and a removable machine-frame part containing at least the bearing for a warp beam. The two machine-frame parts include mutually e... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5282299 | Dropper separating mechanism A dropper separating mechanism comprising droppers each having an asymmetrical mountain position at an upper end thereof and alternatively superimposed in a first direction so that the asymmetrical mountain portions of two adjacent droppers do not overlap... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5274894 | Machine for the automatic drawing-in of warp threads An automatic drawing-in machine separates warp yarn ends from one another and presents a separated end portion to a pick-up location in alignment with harness components such as a heald and/or a drop wire and/or a reed gap which have themselves been broug... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5243742 | Warp supplying apparatus for a warp threading machine A warp supplying apparatus comprising a warp gripping chuck for gripping a leading end portion of a warp thread, a cutter for cutting the leading end portion of the warp thread gripped by the warp gripping chuck, the cutter being provided above the warp g... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5109582 | Thread tensioning apparatus A thread tensioning apparatus includes a pair of spaced arms that are simultaneously rotatable relative to supports to which the arms are mounted, a brush for catching threads and drawing out the threads from a thread beam, the brush being attached to the... | 05/05/1992 |
| 4910837 | Looming apparatus for a loom A looming apparatus for a loom includes in general a warp beam handling unit for attaching and removing a warp beam to and from the loom, and a handling unit for supporting loom components including at least heddles and a reed threaded by the warp from th... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4905737 | Method for separating a broken warp thread at the warp stop motion from the warp sheet on a weaving machine, and a device which uses this method A method and apparatus for separating a broken warp thread at the warp stop motion from the warp sheet on a weaving machine in which the warp stop motion includes several rows of drop wires, the method including the step of extracting a loop in the broken... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4876775 | Yarn sheet transfer system A method of converting a warping arrangement having two creel halves and a warper from a setup for long lots of one style to a setup for shorter lots. The method includes converting transfer package positions on each of the creel halves to running package... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4760628 | Drawing-in of heddles remote from a loom harness frame Methods and means for allowing heddles to be drawn-in with warp yarns away from a loom for subsequent loading into the loom. A heddle holder allows rows of drawn-in heddles to be carried to the loom. Removable heddle rod sections allow for the heddle hold... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4573856 | Apparatus for logistical operations with textile machinery An overhead apparatus is provided for conveying elements to and from each weaving machine of rows of weaving machines. The apparatus includes a movable rack which is adjustable width-wise and which carries depending actuators with gripping elements at the... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4420861 | Warp beam loading and unloading apparatus for a warping machine In order to pivot lifting forks and press or contact roll arms, there is employed a single cylinder unit acting by means of a piston rod upon a crank arm of a shaft member. Rotation of this shaft member causes, by means of the press roll arms connected ri... | 12/20/1983 |