Venetian blind tape
AssigneeJulius Koch USA, Inc.
InventorsMichael Sitarz, Lewis Coco, Thomas Kefor
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Abstract
A Venetian blind tape that includes face and rear bands, each of a textile material woven from a loom. A plurality of cross-band members are inter-woven between the face and rear bands and are spacedly disposed along the bands to form supports for blind slats. At least the face band has a discernable decorative pattern woven into it by means of a Jacquard weaving mechanism that is characterized by independent single thread control.
Claims20
A Venetian blind tape that includes face and rear bands, each of a textile material woven from a loom, a plurality of cross-band members that are inter-woven between said face and rear bands and that are spacedly disposed along said bands to form supports for blind slats, the improvement comprising, at least said face band having a discernable decorative pattern woven into it by means of a Jacquard weaving mechanism that is characterized by independent single thread control thereby.
A weaving apparatus for forming a Venetian blind tape that is constructed of face and rear bands that are periodically intercoupled by means of cross-band members at a forming station, said apparatus comprising:
- a first mechanism for conveying a first set of adjacent planar disposed warp threads to the forming station for the purpose of constructing part of the face band;
- a second mechanism for conveying a second set of adjacent planar disposed warp threads to the forming station for the purpose of constructing part of the rear band;
- a double weft insertion device at the forming station for weaving respective first and second weft threads with said first and second sets and control means for controlling said warp thread sets using independent single thread control.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.