Combined and relatively adjustable weft thread clamp and cutter

US5669424A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Lindauer DORNIER Gesellschaft mbH · DE

Inventors

• Peter J. Schiller · Gettorf, DE
• Josef Hehle · Bregenz, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 27, 1996
• Grant date: Sep 23, 1997
• Expiry date: Jun 27, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T83/758
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A combined weft thread clamp and cutter apparatus for an air jet loom includes a cutter (3) for cutting a weft thread (1) and a clamp (4) for clamping the weft thread (1). The cutter includes a fixed cutter element (10) and a movable cutter element (9) that is movable relative to the fixed cutter element. The clamp includes a first clamp element (14) and a second clamp element (13). The clamp (13, 14) and the cutter (9, 10) are arranged next to each other, and a spacing distance (8) between the clamp (13, 14) and the cutter (9, 10) is adjustable. The clamping surface of at least one of the clamp elements (13, 14) can be an elastically yielding surface.