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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2007
Koen Bruynoghe, De Pinte, BE;
Koen Bruynoghe, De Pinte, BE;
N.V. Michel Van de Wiele, Kortrijk/ Marke, BE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for weaving pile fabrics having at least two different pile heights in a same pile row in a weaving machine of the gripper-Axminster type, comprising at least two pile yarn carriers () separately driven for the selection according to a pattern to be woven, of one or several pile yarns () being presented, in a position () selected, to a gripper () driven by an oscillating gripper shaft, provided to draw the selected pile yarn () off the pile yarn carrier () throughout a length desired, by rotating the gripper shaft. The said weaving machine furthermore comprises a cutting device () to cut through the pile yarn () selected after the selection and after which this pile yarn () is inserted into the fabric. The present invention likewise relates to pile fabrics manufactured according to such a method and to a gripper-Axminster weaving machine to apply this method.