Weft yarn carrier
AssigneeOwens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
InventorMaurice J. Detonnancourt
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Abstract
The invention concerns an improved weft yarn carrier or rapier needle for use on a shuttleless loom where the weft yarn is supplied from a stationary source located outside of the warp yarns and passes through an aperture in the carrier or needle.
Claims4
In a carrier for inserting weft yarn into a shed formed between warp yarns on a loom wherein the weft yarn is continuously supplied from a source located outside of the shed and is inserted into the shed by a carrier attached to a reciprocable inserter, the improvement comprising a pair of rotatably mounted pulleys positioned in said carrier, the first of said pulleys being adapted for contact with said weft yarn during motion of the carrier in a first direction, the second of said pulleys being adapted for contact with the weft yarn during motion of the carrier in a second opposite direction.
A yarn carrier comprising:
- a needle-like element;
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- a pair of rotatable members positioned in said carrier, one of said members being positioned for contact with said yarn during motion of said carrier in a first direction and one of said member being positioned for contact with said yarn during motion of said carrier in a second opposite direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.