Heddle frame and a loom fitted with such a frame
AssigneeStaubli Faverges
InventorAndre Fumex
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Abstract
The heddle frame comprises two uprights and two cross-rails (4) interconnected by at least one brace (10) extending in a direction that is generally parallel to the uprights, and the brace comprises: i) a rod (11) provided in the vicinity of each of its ends (111, 113) with at least one screw fastener means; ii) two members (12, 12′) each suitable for being screwed onto one of said ends of the rod (11) by co-operating with one of said screw fastener means; and iii) means (14, 15, 14′, 15′) suitable for exerting a locking force on at least a portion (45, 45′) of each cross-rail (4), where said locking force is the result of screwing one of said members (12) onto the corresponding end of said rod.
Claims15
A heddle frame for a loom, said frame comprising two uprights and two cross-rails interconnected by at least one brace extending in a direction that is generally parallel to said uprights, the frame being characterized in that said brace comprises:
- i) a rod provided in the vicinity of each of its ends with at least one screw fastener means;
- ii) two members each suitable for being screwed onto one of said ends of the rod by co-operating with one of said screw fastener means;
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- iii) means suitable for exerting a locking force on at least a portion of each cross-rail, where said locking force is the result of screwing one of said members onto the corresponding end of said rod.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.