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US 4,727,911 AGranted
Loom take-up tray
AssigneeMilliken Research Corporation
InventorsJames D. Crawford, Richard A. Rubel
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Abstract
A loom with an off-loom take-up which employs a loom tray between the loom and the take-up to prevent the woven fabric from falling onto the weave room floor but which allows trash and dirt to pass through. The loom tray coprises a substantively rectangular frame with a mesh construction connected thereto with sufficient openness to allow trash and dirt to fall through.
Claims6
A loom arrangement comprising:
- a loom to manufacture woven fabric, a fabric take-up mechanism spaced from said loom, a first means to supply fabric from said loom to said take-up mechanism and a second means located between said loom and said take-up mechanism to prevent fabric from falling on the floor of area in which said loom arrangement is located, said second means being a tray located below the line of travel of fabric from said loom to said take-up mechanism and having an open construction to allow dirt, etc. to fall through.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.