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US 3,970,114 AGranted
Heald frame with movable holding element fitted on the frame stave
AssigneeGrob & Co. Aktiengesellschaft
InventorHans Baumann
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Abstract
The frame staves (1, 1') of a heald frame have ribs (12, 13) on opposite sides of the stave extending toward the center of the frame. Movable holding elements (5, 26) on the staves include guide plates (6, 7) extending over the sides of the staves and having inbent edges (10, 11) that grip the ribs. The holding elements are drawn up against the staves by screw and spring arrangements.
Claims10
In a heald frame assembly the improvements comprising:
- a. at least one frame stave (1, 1') with a hollow, closed cross-section having generally parallel side walls, and two ribs (12, 13) extending along the length of the frame stave and protruding beyond an end wall of the cross-section toward the longitudinal centerline of the heald frame assembly, said ribs being in the same planes as the side walls of the frame stave;
- b. at least one holding element (5, 26) displaceably attached to said at least one frame stave, said holding element having portions with groove-shaped sections to engage said two protruding ribs, and
- c. securing means (16, 21, 28, 29) to secure said at least one holding element to said at least one frame stave.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.