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US 4,030,526 AGranted
Multiple loom
AssigneeTex International, S.A.
InventorChristian Kiener
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Abstract
There is described a multiple loom having at least two looms arranged side-by-side and at the most four looms arranged side-by-side and back-to-back, with weft introduction by a single flexible lance, in which each loom is self-working, each loom has a lance guide approximately in the shape of a quarter circle extended vertically and there are provided lance control mechanisms which are arranged on either side of a plane common to said guides.
Claims5
An improved loom system comprising:
- at least a pair of vertical looms located side-by-side and having harness means for forming sheds between vertical warp yarns, the sheds being disposed on either side of and adjacent a common plane;
- reed combs associated with the shed of each loom, each comb including an upper, substantially horizontal planar surface area across its width;
- a weft feeder for each loom, each weft feeder comprising a flexible lance with a weft clamp at its extremity;
- arcuate guide means for each weft feeder lance for guiding its travel in an arcuate path from a generally vertical to a generally horizontal direction parallel to and contiguous with the upper surface of the reed comb of its respective loom;
- means for cyclically driving each weft feeder along its arcuate guide and through its respective shed in the manner of a reciprocating stroke;
- said weft feeder guide means being disposed on either side of and adjacent said common plane extending between the sheds;
- whereby said weft feeder lances are driven through the respective loom sheds in opposite directions on either side of and adjacent said common plane.
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