Harness systems for weaving looms including disconnectable neck and harness cords
AssigneeS.A. des Etablissements Staubli
InventorJean-Jacques Lacroix
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Abstract
A harness system for weaving looms wherein neck cords connected to an actuating mechanism for controlling the movement of at least one heddle are releasably connected to harness cords connected to the at least one heddle by way of collars having releasably engageable male and female portions. The harness cords pass through openings in a control member which is reciprocally moveable so as to move the collars relative to guides through which the neck cords extend from the actuating mechanism.
Claims10
A harness system for a weaving loom wherein a plurality of neck cords are connected at one end to an actuation system for controlling the reciprocating movement of a plurality of harness cords which are connected to at least one heddle, the harness system comprising,
- a moveable control member having a plurality of openings therethrough through which the harness cords extend,
- an actuation mechanism connected to said moveable control member for moving said control member reciprocally and generally parallel with respect to the harness cords,
- a plurality of guides through which the neck cords extend,
- a plurality of collar means oriented between said plurality of guides and said moveable control member for releasably connecting each of the neck cords with an aligned harness cord, each of said collar means including male and female elements which are adapted to be releasably connected to one another under the effect of the reciprocating movement of said moveable control member.
A harness system for a weaving loom wherein a plurality of neck cords are connected at one end to an actuation system for controlling the reciprocating movement of a plurality of harness cords which are connected to at least one heddle, the harness system comprising,
- a moveable control member having a plurality of openings therethrough through which the harness cords extend,
- an actuation mechanism connected to said moveable control member for moving said control member reciprocally and generally parallel with respect to the harness cords,
- a plurality of guides through which the neck cords extend,
- a plurality of collar means oriented between said plurality of guides and said moveable control member for releasably connecting each of the neck cords with an aligned harness cord, each of said collar means including male and female elements which are adapted to be releasably connected to one another under the effect of the reciprocating movement of said moveable control member,
- each of said guides having gripping portions for engaging said collar means as said collar means are urged toward said guides by said moveable control member,
- said female element including gripping portions for engaging said male elements to normally retain said female and male elements in joined relationship to thereby connect the neck cords to the harness cords,
- and shuttle means carried by said male elements adapted to engage said gripping portions of said female elements so that said female elements are separable from said male elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.