Automatic lacing method and apparatus for making pieces with multidirectional woven reinforcement
US4393669A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 27, 1981 |
| Grant date | Jul 19, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD03D41/004
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to the manufacture of woven pieces made by multidirectional weaving. A woven piece comprises, along one of the directions of weaving, temporary vertical rods which must be replaced by yarns joined to form a strand. The apparatus comprises to this end an upper assembly for detecting the position of the rods of the piece, rotating step by step, and actuating a needle with opening eye which, on descending through the woven piece, chases the rods one by one and hooks, in a lower assembly, a loop of the lacing strand and returns it into the woven piece in place of the chase rod.
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