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US 6,318,412 B1Granted
Device for securing a weaving reed to a batten
AssigneePicanol N.V.
InventorsJoseph Verhulst, Jozef Peeters
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Abstract
An elongated connecting blade or bracing element (14) is used to fix a reed (1) to a batten beam (12). The blade runs substantially in the longitudinal direction (A) of the reed (1) and is connected to the upper profiled bar (4) of the reed (1) and to the batten beam (12) while being spaced away from the reed (1), in order to reduce a displacement of the reed (1) in the longitudinal direction (A).
Claims20
In a loom batten beam and reed assembly, wherein the reed includes an upper bar, a lower bar mountable on the batten beam and reed dents extending between the upper and lower bars, the improvement comprising:
- at least one connecting brace element extending in the direction of the reed and connecting the upper bar and the batten beam in a manner so that the upper bar is restrained by said connecting brace element against motion in the direction of the reed relative to the batten beam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.