Hooking device for the semi-automatic connection of the heddle frames of weaving looms with the levers for controlling them

In a weaving loom, an improved device for the semiautomatic connection of a heddle frame element with a lever element for controlling it, the device comprising:

• a pair of parallel spaced cheeks extending from one element toward the other element and having a pivot pin extending between the cheeks;
• a locking ring rotatably supported by said pin between said cheeks, the locking ring having polygonally disposed outer surfaces, and the cheeks extending beyond said outer surfaces toward the other element;
• a hook on the other element pivotable between a closed position in which the hook connects with the ring and an open position away from the ring, the hook having an opening shaped to receive the ring in said closed position and having bearing surfaces within the opening shaped to engage outer surfaces of the ring, and the hook having a heel member extending from the hook and between the cheeks in said open position and lying against one of the polygonal surfaces of the ring;
• and
• releasable spring-loaded retaining means carried by the hook and operative to engage the ring and hold said bearing surfaces against said polygonal surfaces in said closed position.