Patent · US Expired

Shaft driving device for heald shafts

US6092560A · kind A · utility

1Cited by
2References
15Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateJun 2, 1998
Grant dateJul 25, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 2, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD03C1/144
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A shaft driving device for driving a plurality of heald shafts arranged in parallel comprises respective shaft raising elements each associated with a heald shaft and provided with a linkage and a plurality of lever elements connecting the linkage to the respective heald shaft. Drive apparatus are arranged on opposite ends of the heald shafts. The drive apparatus are drivingly connected to ends of juxtaposed shaft raising elements which face the drive apparatus. The cross-sectional dimensions of each linkage in the direction of the neighboring shaft raising element can be larger in the end of the shaft raising element facing the drive apparatus than in the end facing away from the drive apparatus.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.