Picanol, N.v.

Henry Shaw

Marc Adriaen

Lucien Coopman

Walter Bilcke

Herman Salomez

Ignace De Ro

Joost Carpentier

Dirk Willemot

A gripper weaving machine with a plurality of guiding devices(,) for guiding gripper carrying rapiers (,). The guiding devices (,) have two rows of guiding elements (,) with two guiding surfaces (,) that are associated with the bottom side of the rapiers (,). The guiding elements (,) are oriented relative to the bottom side of the rapiers (,) such that they form, at the side facing the reed (,), obtuse angles (B,B&prime;,C,C&prime;) with the bottom side of the rapiers (,).

Gripper weaving machine with guide elements

A method and apparatus to monitor filling insertion in a weaving machine. A filling (,) is severed during insertion by a filling-scissors (,), and the actual time at which the filling (,) is severed is detected.

Method and apparatus to monitor filling insertion in a weaving machine, with detection of an exact time at which the filling is actually severed

A drive for a mechanical loom. The drive includes a main drive shaft (,) that is mounted in a machine frame (,) and is driven by a drive motor (,) which is disposed coaxially to the main drive shaft (,) and directly connected thereto. The main drive shaft (,) is preferably designed as a motor shaft for the drive motor (,).

Drive for a mechanical loom

A gripper weaving machine with at least one gripper (,) joined by a guide portion (,) to a rapier (,) and fitted with guide units (,) arranged in a row and insertable into a formed shed (,). The guide portion (,) on its side facing away from the gripper (,) includes at least one slide rib (,) extending along the longitudinal direction of the guide portion and protects the warps (,) from making contact with the guide portion (,).

Gripper weaving machine with ribbed guide porton connected to rapier

A gripper-loom drawing gripper for receiving a yarn supplied by a yarn feeder and resting on a deflection guide, the gripper serving to position the yarn and carry it into the shed. The drawing gripper is configured to define a longitudinal cavity extending from its forward end facing a filling to be received and positioned by the gripper to its opposed rearward end. The cavity of the gripper faces towards and partially encloses the deflection guide. The forward tip of the gripper includes an inclined surface for guiding a filling to a positioning device on the gripper, and a yarn clamp is also carried by the gripper. The gripper includes additional receiving and positioning devices for a filling to be inserted in the loom shed.

Drawing gripper for a rapier loom for receiving and positioning a filling to be inserted into a loom shed

A movable brake shoe (32) is mounted in a yarn brake (23). The yarn brake (33) includes two brake shoes (31, 32) arranged to brake a yarn (3) running between them. Actuating devices (33, 34) allow mutual compression of the brake shoes (31, 32). The movable brake shoe (32) is lamellar and tiltable about a tilt axis (49) which is located at a distance from and substantially parallel to the path of the yarn (3) to be braked.

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Steenvoorde, France

Henry Shaw