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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
May. 26, 2000
John Dalton Griffith, Sunderland, GB;
Griffith Textile Machines, Ltd., Tyne & Wear, GB;
Abstract
A pile loop forming assembly for looms for reliably transferring yarn from one side of the lance to the other in order for the yarn to be wrapped around the lance to form a loop. The loops may be cut by a blade as the loops advance and ride over the blade edge. The loops are formed by yarns passing through reed fingers wherein lances move the yarn from one side of the reed finger to the other. The lances are attached to a bar, which moves linearly in alternate directions so as to wag the lances to either side of the reed space. A heald moves the yarn up or down to selectively engage or disengage from the lances. A guide formation on a portion of the reed space helps deflect the yarn from one side of the lance to the other. The reed can pivot between a beat-up position and a weft insert position. As the reed moves to the beat-up position it engages the newly formed pile loop on the lance and pushes it to the fell.