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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2016
Picanol, Ypres, BE;
Dirk Sampers, Oostvleteren, BE;
Chris Noppe, Ingelmunster, BE;
Emmanuel Delboo, Ypres, BE;
Sven Cafmeyer, Ypres, BE;
Marc Adriaen, Hollebeke, BE;
Picanol, Ypres, BE;
Abstract
A drive mechanism for driving a heald frame of a weaving machine, the drive mechanism having a crank rotating about a crank axis, a coupling rod, and a swivel lever having a first arm and a second arm, the coupling rod is linked to the first arm of the swivel lever by a second hinged joint adjustable with respect to the first arm of the swivel lever, wherein in at intended locations of the second hinged joint with respect to the first arm of the swivel lever, the second hinged joint is situated on an arc of an imaginary circle when the swivel lever is in a central position between the upper position and the lower position, wherein the imaginary circle has a radius that is equal to the distance between the first hinged joint and the second hinged joint, and the imaginary circle has a center that coincides with the crank axis.