Heddle frame

In a heddle frame having at least one hollow horizontal aluminum bar and at least one hollow side stay, a joint connecting one end of one said at least one aluminum bar and one said at least one side stay, said joint comprising:

• a receptacle fixedly fitted into the hollow of said one aluminum bar at said one end of said one aluminum bar with one face of said receptacle flush with said one end, said one face defining a channel section, and a fixing bore extending into said receptacle from said channel section in the longitudinal direction of said aluminum bar;
• a connecting piece fixedly fitted into the hollow of said side stay and having one face flush with a surface of said side stay, said one face of said connecting piece including a projecting portion adapted to mate with said channel section whereby said one face of said receptacle and said one face of said connecting piece mate with one another, said connecting piece also including a second bore extending therethrough from said projecting portion, said second bore being in alignment with said fixing bore when said channel section and said projecting portion are mated to one another;
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• fixing means connected between said bores and fixing said projecting portion in mating relation with said channel section whereby said aluminum bar and said side stay are joined,
• whereby the strength of said joint may be increased without increasing the size of said aluminum bar and said side stay.