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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
May. 10, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carlos Derudder, Heule, BE;
Erik Vermeulen, Kortrijk, BE;
Assignee:
N. V. Michel Van de Wiele, Marke, BE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D02H / ; D02H / ; B65H / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
139 97 ; 28187 ; 2421311 ;
Abstract
A thread-tensioning and pull-back device for use with a weaving machine for controlling the tension of a series of warp threads pulled off from removable and replaceable bobbins arranged in rows in a weaving rack of a weaving machine is adapted to be located in front of the weaving rack of the weaving machine. The device includes a series of thread guide plates each having a feed-through eye whereby each guide plate tensions the thread through each guide plates own weight. The guide plates could also be leaf springs which tension the threads by bending stress.