Power loom
AssigneePicanol N.V.
InventorDaniel Beyaert
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Abstract
A power loom harness fitted with an upper and a lower cross-sectional contoured rail is arranged to support heddles by extending through eyes at the ends of the heddles. An inset is combined with a first of the rails in order to reduce play, in the direction of motion of the harness, between drive surfaces of the first rail and corresponding mating surfaces of the heddle eyes, so that play between the first rail and corresponding heddle eyes is less than play between the second of the two rails and corresponding heddle eyes, so that the first rail drives the heddle in two directions and the second rails serves a guiding function.
Claims12
A power loom harness fitted with an upper and a lower rail arranged to hold heddles, the heddles having first eyes at a first end thereof and second eyes at a second end thereof, and the upper and lower rails passing through said eyes at respective ends of the heddles, comprising:
- at least one inset associated with a first of said rails, said inset being positioned at least partially within at least one of said first eyes between a drive surface of the first rail and a mating surface of said at least one of said first eyes so as to reduce play between the first rail and the at least one of said first eyes in a direction of motion of the harness,
- and wherein the play between the first rail and the at least one of said first eyes is less than a play between a second of said rails and a corresponding one of said second eyes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.