Sulzer Brothers Limited

Sulzer Rueti Ag

Josef Kaufmann

Heinz Pfenninger

Franz Burer

Hans-Jorg Gehrig

Eric Mader

Heinz Maurer

Hanspeter Muller

The gripper projectile has a housing (1), a weft yarn clip (2) and a connector element (3) in order to connect the housing and the weft yarn clip. Furthermore, unitary portions protruding outward from the outer side of each respective leg are provided for biasing the clip legs in order to produce a predetermined gripping force, with the gripping force setting itself automatically on assembly of the weft yarn clip.

Gripper projectile for a weaving machine

A weaving machine, more particularly a projectile weaving machine (100), has weft break clearing devices (1, 2) at the shed entrance and exit. These devices form units with grippers and, for example, a suction device for removing a broken weft (110) and are mounted for pivoting or displacing them with an actuator or manually out of range of the warps. The mobility of the devices (1, 2) allows the weaver unrestricted access, for example, when clearing a warp break in the selvedge area.

Weaving machine with weft break clearing devices

A pivotally mounted yarn guiding member is disposed between a weft yarn injector and a shed of warp yarns to effect drawing in of a fresh weft yarn as well as extraction of a broken weft yarn from the loom. The yarn guiding member is pivotable into a bottom position after receiving a fresh yarn end to deflect the yarn about a centering vane so that a shears may cut the yarn to form a fresh yarn tip for subsequent picking. The yarn guiding member is pivotable between a central position and a top position after receiving a loop of a broken weft yarn so as to extract the broken end of the yarn from within the shed or from the point upstream of the injector nozzle. An extraction duct is also provided on the exit side of the shed to extract the broken piece of the weft yarn via a reciprocating motion and suction. A hooked needle is also provided to effect formation of a loop of yarn for extraction by the yarn guiding member when a brake occurs upstream of the injector nozzle.

Clearing a weft yarn break in a loom

Weft drawing-in device including slotted tubular guide members

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Elsau, Switzerland

Josef Kaufmann