Selvedge forming device for a weft thread
AssigneePicanol N.V.
InventorsEddy Verclyte, Wim Hoorelbeke, Ronny Coulembier
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Abstract
Weaving machine, device and method for tucking a thread end (11, 12, 24, 25) of a weft thread (10) into a subsequent shed (15), which thread end (11,12,24,25) extends outside a shed (15), wherein thread ends (11, 12, 24, 25) are tucked into a subsequent shed (15) by a tucking device (13,14,28,29), wherein a thread end (11, 12, 24, 25) is selectively moved by a moveable arm (9, 19), and wherein the thread end (11,12,24,25) moved by the moveable arm (9, 19) beyond the separator element (8, 18) is separated by the separator element (8, 18) from the working area of the tucking device (13, 14, 28, 29).
Claims17
A selvedge forming device comprising:
- a tucking device for tucking a thread end of a weft thread into a subsequent shed, which thread end extends outside a shed, and
- a moveable arm, wherein the moveable arm is controllable to move thread ends of a fraction of inserted weft threads out of the working area of the tucking device, and
- a stationary separator element, wherein the moveable arm is controllable to move the thread end beyond the separator element out of the working area of the tucking device.
A method for tucking a thread end of a weft thread into a subsequent shed which thread end extends outside a shed comprising:
- tucking thread ends into a subsequent shed by tucking device means and;
- selectively moving a thread end by a moveable arm out of the working area of the tucking device wherein the thread end is moved by the moveable arm beyond a separator element and;
- separating the thread end from the working area of the tucking device by the separator element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.