Reed with doglegged blades for water jet loom and weaving method using the same

Abstract

A reed attached to a water jet loom has reed blades each having an upper portion which is doglegged toward a cloth-fell relative to each lower portion, wherein each front edge of the doglegged reed blade facing the cloth-fell has a flat outline. A method for weaving a thermoplastic synthetic fiber fabric using the reed on a water jet loom includes preparing warps of thermoplastic synthetic multi-filament yarns each of which has a twisting number of at least 100 per meter or each of which is provided with tie points and substantially zero-twist, and inserting a weft into a weaving shed with a stream of ejected water so that when the reed reaches its retracted position, a distance between the cloth-fell and a contact point intersecting a warp with a reed blade is decreased by using the doglegged reed blades.

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