Patent · US Expired

Device for the insertion of weft threads into the shed of air-looms and adjustable blowers used to this end

US4813460A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 20, 1987
Grant dateMar 21, 1989
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD03D47/34
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for the insertion of weft thread into a shed of air insertion looms primarily consists of the combination of a main nozzle, and of at least one auxiliary nozzle fixedly mounted before the main nozzle, the latter having an adjustable flow-through aperture for regulating the jet insertion medium. Associated with each auxiliary nozzle, a control means is utilized for the adjustment of the flow-through aperture. Various embodiments of aperture control are described.

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