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Gripper loom rapier guide arrangement

US5413151A · kind A · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 7, 1994
Grant dateMay 9, 1995
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Expiry dateApr 7, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD03D47/272
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A gripper loom includes guides mounted laterally outside the shed and guides displaceable into and out of said shed. Both guides engage guide surfaces of a rapier to guide the rapier, but the set of guide surfaces engaged by the guides mounted laterally outside the shed and the set of guide surfaces engaged by the guides displaceable into and out of the shed are located at different sites on the rapier.

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