Loom shuttle and beat-up mechanism
AssigneeBonas Machine Company Limited
InventorJohn D. Griffith
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Abstract
The invention provides a loom shuttle and beat-up device including rotary means for driving the shuttle and beat-up. In one case the same rotary element serves to drive the shuttle and beat-up the weft, in an alternative two elements are used, one to drive the shuttle and the other to beat-up the weft.
Claims8
A loom shuttle drive mechanism including at least one rotary element having a plurality of radially outwardly projecting members thereon and at least one shuttle for inserting weft into a warp shed, said element being adapted to be moved transversely of a loom during rotation about an axis inclined relative to the transverse axis of the loom, whereby movement may be imparted to a shuttle during its passage into a shed and across the warp to cause weft insertion.
The method of driving a loom shuttle to cause weft insertion including the steps of providing a tranversely movable rotary element, engaging the shuttle with said rotary element so as to traverse said shuttle through a warp shed, weft yarn being withdrawn from the shuttle as it traverses the shed with the rotary element and beating-up the withdrawn weft yarn by means of the shuttle driving rotary element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.