Shuttle box for looms
AssigneeHuyck Corporation
InventorRaymond J. Grady
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Abstract
An improved shuttle box for use on a loom, the box having one or more shuttle receiving cells each containing an elongated binder which is adjustably mounted and pivotally movable under fluid pressure from a retracted position to an extended shuttle engaging position, the binder, upon contact by the shuttle, acting to provide controlled deceleration of the shuttle as opposed to impact stoppage of the shuttle, the shuttle box being constructed of non-metallic materials which act to dampen noise, the binder components and the fluid pressure applying means being cushioned to assist in noise reduction.
Claims12
A shuttle box for use with a loom on which a shuttle is picked between opposing shuttle boxes, said shuttle box having a wall surface defining one side of a shuttle receiving cell, an elongated binder defining the opposite side of said cell, said binder having a shuttle contacting surface the leading portion of which is tapered and the trailing portion of which is planar, means mounting said binder for movement toward and away from said wall surface, adjustment means for positioning said binder relative to said wall surface so that the distance between the planar portion of said binder and said wall surface is less than the width of the shuttle to be received in the cell defined therebetween, a first fluid pressure means positioned to contact the binder adjacent its tapered leading end for applying pressure to said binder in a direction to resist initial deflection of the binder by a shuttle entering said cell, and a second fluid pressure means positioned to contact the binder at its trailing end for applying pressure to said binder in a direction to resist deflection of the binder as the shuttle contacts the planar trailing portion of the binder, whereby to provide controlled gradual deceleration of the shuttle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.