Wear indicator for weft gripper strap
AssigneeVamatex S.p.A.
InventorsLuigi Pezzoli, Luigi Favini
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Abstract
A strap controlling the motion of weft yarn grippers in shuttleless looms, allowing to detect its state of wear, is provided with layers or inserts distributed according to the thickness and positioned along the length of the strap, adapted to supply optic, electric or magnetic signals indicating the wear of the strap.
Claims4
The combination of a shuttleless loom and a weft yarn gripper strap, said strap controlling motion of weft yarn grippers along a shed, characterized in that it comprises a plurality of inserts, positioned along the length and within the thickness of the strap, adapted to supply signals indicating wear of said strap prior to a time at which the strap must be replaced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.