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Weft end reception system

US4473096A · kind A · utility

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17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 6, 1979
Grant dateSep 25, 1984
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Expiry dateAug 6, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD03D49/60
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a loom of the type in which a weft strand is projected in free flying fashion from one side of a warp shed to the opposite side thereof and which includes a lay rockable between a weft projecting position and a beat up position, a reed fixed on the lay for beating up the inserted weft strand into the fell of the fabric being woven when the lay moves to beat up position, and a strand reception tube carried on the lay for receiving the free end of the projected weft strand proximate to such opposite side, the improvement of a support for the reception tube which permits bodily pivotal displacement of the reception tube toward and away from the reed while pivoting with the lay.

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