Jacquard housing support system
AssigneeS.A. des Etablissements Staubli
InventorJean-Paul Froment
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Abstract
A Jacquard system for making patterns on the selvedges of fabrics being woven in a loom which includes a hollow input shaft for controlling the vertical movement of heddle support cords. The input shaft extends through a housing and a principle drive shaft extends through and is drivingly connected to the input shaft. The housing includes clamping apparatus for its adjustment along a support beam extending parallel to the principal drive shaft.
Claims3
In a Jacquard system for making patterns on selvedges of fabrics being woven in a loom, wherein the system includes a housing having a base and at least one harness board for guiding heddle support cords at it's base, the improvement comprising, a tubular input shaft for controlling vertical movement of the heddle support cords, said tubular input shaft extending through the housing, a principal drive shaft extending through said input shaft, first means for drivingly connecting said principal drive shaft to said input shaft, second means for connecting said principal drive shaft to a control drive shaft of the loom, and means for adjustably connecting the housing to a loom support beam whereby the alignment of the heddle support cords may be selectively adjusted by shifting the housing along said support beams.
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