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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Angelo Stacher, Arbon, CH;
Rudolf Vogel, Grut, CH;
Assignee:
Sulzer Brothers Limited, Winterthur, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D03D / ; D03D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
139449 ; 1391 / ;
Abstract
A rapier loom has rapier heads which are moved by picking tapes into an open shed. Spacing elements are provided for the rapiers to ensure that when the shed is fully opened, a space is present between the tape and the bottom shed to reduce frictional contact between the warp yarns and the picking tape edges when the shed closes. The spacing elements can be in the form of slidable members which are disposed on the underside of the rapier head and/or in the form on spacing teeth which are secured to the sley and which can enter the shed between the warp yarns of a bottom shed.