Weft carrying gripper for shuttleless looms with stationary weft supply
AssigneeSomet Societa' Meccanica Tessile S.p.A.
InventorAlberto Merisio
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Abstract
A weft carrying gripper for shuttleless looms with stationary weft supply, comprises a lower jaw whose relatively stationary upper surface is adapted to contact the weft. A rigid lever pivoted on the gripper carries a metallic lamina at one end that releasably grips the weft thread between itself and the stationary surface of the lower jaw. The same end of the lever also carries a leaf spring that bears resiliently against the lamina. A further leaf spring at the other end of the lever contacts an adjustable portion of the gripper to swing the lever in a direction to urge the lamina toward its weft-gripping position. That other end of the lever serves as a cam which when depressed releases the weft thread.
Claims2
A weft carrying gripper for shuttleless looms with stationary weft supply, comprising a jaw stationary relative to the gripper, a rigid elongated lever pivoted intermediate its length on the gripper, a metallic lamina carried by one end of the rigid lever, a leaf spring carried by the same end of the lever and urging the lamina toward said jaw, and means acting on the other end of the lever yieldably to urge the lever in a direction in which said lamina moves toward said jaw, said lamina and said leaf spring being secured to opposite sides of the same said end of said lever.
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