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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1991
Kazuo Morohashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Matsuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Nippon Oil Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for weaving a thick fabric. The method comprises the steps of providing a plurality of vertically stacked layers of textile weave, and weaving a set of wefts into the layers of textile weave. This weaving step, in turn, includes the steps of, for each of the plurality of layers, (i) forming a warp shed from the textile weave of the layer, and (ii) inserting one of the wefts into the formed warp shed. This weaving step is repeated a multitude of times to form the thick fabric. Each of the layers of textile weave forms a cloth fell; and the method of this invention further includes the step of vertically moving the layers of textile weave to position the cloth fell of each of the layers at a standard pre-selected weft inserting position when one of the wefts is inserted into the warp shed formed in that layer.