Heddle end loop design with asymetrically curved inner edge
AssigneeGrob & Co. Aktiengesellschaft
InventorBernhard Koch
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Abstract
The end loop of a heddle has at its opening an inner edge that comes into contact with the slide bar, the inner edge having an asymmetric contour relative to the longitudinal line of symmetry passing through the opening with an arc on the side of the back part which has a greater radius of curvature and an arc on the side of the free shank of the end loop which has a smaller radius of curvature. Compared with conventional heddles with short corner arcs at the inner edge of the end loop this end loop is strengthened, particularly in the zone of the back part prone to breakage, by the provision of the arc with the larger radius of curvature on the side of the back part. A rectilinear section connecting to the two arcs prevents jamming of the heddle on the slide bar.
Claims5
A heddle with a J-shaped or C-shaped end loop arranged at one or both ends of the heddle, for the mounting of the heddle on a supporting slide bar of a heddle frame by engaging the bar with a back part and one shank or two oppositely lying free shanks respectively of the end loop, wherein the region of an inner edge of the end loop, directed toward the end of the heddle and provided for coming into contact with a narrow side of the slide bar has an asymmetric contour relative to a longitudinal line of symmetry through the end loop, the contour of the inner edge having arcs of which the distance between the end points of their radiuses of curvature to the longitudinal line of symmetry is different.
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