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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2002
Takatsugu Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyasu Matsumoto, Ishikawa-ken, JP;
Takatsugu Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyasu Matsumoto, Ishikawa-ken, JP;
Takayama Reed Co., Ltd., Kanazawa, JP;
Tagawa Kikai Ltd., Kanazawa, JP;
Abstract
A reed cleaning apparatus is provided with rotary brushes () supported on a carriage () that travels along the upper bar () of a reed for rotation about an axis parallel to guide groove () formed in the reed. Flexible shafts () are used to transmit rotative force to the rotary brushes () to form the reed cleaning apparatus in compact construction, to dispose the rotary brushes close to the reed, to form the rotary brushes in a small diameter, and to enable cleaning the reed with warp yarns extended through the reed by depressing the warp yarns. The rotary brushes are disposed at the opposite longitudinal ends, respectively, of the carriage () to enable the reed cleaning apparatus to clean the entire length of the reed.