Abstract:
The stationary thread guiding element (1) for a series shed weaving machine which has a plurality of concentrically extending grooves (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d) at an end face (1i) is designed as a segment or sector of a circle.
Abstract:
An apparatus for the insertion of weft threads contains a stationary unit having an arrangement with a plurality of passages, a plurality of nozzles for the supplying of weft threads and a unit which rotates with the weaving rotor with a plurality of injector nozzles which are intended to successively draw off the weft threads which are supplied to the passages and to feed them into the shed.
Abstract:
Lengths of weft thread are sequentially inserted in sheds formed by a series shed weaving machine. Weft thread is continuously supplied with a fluid flow. By reversing the flow direction of the fluid flow or deflecting the weft thread, a thread loop is formed outside a weft distribution apparatus of the weaving machine so that the weft thread remains taut inside the weft thread distribution apparatus. A nozzle arrangement in which the fluid flow direction is reversible or a weft thread clamping and deflecting arrangement are used to form the loop and maintain the weft thread taut.
Abstract:
The shed holder element for the weaving rotor of a series shed weaving machine comprises a weft thread channel and an upper shed support surface for warp threads. A front edge of the shed holder element leading to the support surface is executed as a sliding edge for the warp threads, which extends along a curved section over which the radius of curvature does not substantially deviate from an average value, and which has radii of curvature transverse to this curve which are greater than about the width of the shed holder element.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for multi-shed warp-wave weaving wherein weft threads are inserted into shed retainers by a stationary weft thread supply chamber. The inserted weft thread is transported through the shed retainer by air jet nozzles cooperatively associated with the shed retainer and in fluid communication with corresponding air supply sources stationarily mounted beneath the pathway of the shed retainers from weft thread insertion towards the fell of the fabric being woven. The weft thread inserting mechanism in combination with the air supply system act to increase the efficiency and reliability of weft insertion in multi-shed warp-wave weaving.
Abstract:
The weft-preparation device for superposed shed type weaving machines comprises a weft measuring drums, a weft-severing device with a plurality of shears and a weft insertion device. Each shear comprises a blowing tube which conveys a weft yarn. The insertion or picking device has a guide duct for the weft which is open on one side and which is closable by a closure member. The severing device places before the guide duct entry whichever shear is guiding a weft for severance. The duct is then closed. When a weft has been fully picked in a picking comb, it is severed. The weft then remaining is conveyed by the blowing tube by way of the picking device into the next picking comb which has meanwhile entered. The severing device is then lowered one step at a time and the subsequent wefts are severed and picked.
Abstract:
A lamellae comb comprises a carrier or support and lamellae or small plates arranged thereupon which contain lateral projections serving as shed-retaining elements for the warp threads. Each shed-retaining element is formed by a respective projection at the two lamellae enclosing the shed-retaining element. The projections protrude towards each other, conjointly bridge the intermediate space between the lamellae and are mutually offset in the warp direction. Thus, the tube width may be adjusted within wide limits without the lamellae containing the projections having to be exchanged. The lamellae are positioned on the carrier or support by means of racks resiliently supported at the carrier and extending over the weaving or fabric width. The teeth of the racks position the lamellae and have a tooth division or pitch corresponding to the desired tube width of the lamellae. Thus, the lamellae division or pitch does not exhibit any error across the entire weaving width, particularly no summation error, and the lamellae combs can be exactly reproduceably manufactured.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a serial shed weaving machine with a weaving rotor. Guide channels for weft threads transported by a flowing fluid are mounted on the weaving rotor. The guide channels are formed from a plurality of elongated, tube-like channel elements having a closable weft thread exit gap. The channel elements have complementary end configurations such that they can be moved together to form a closed guide channel. The channel elements are movable back and forth in the weft insertion direction. When the channels are moved in a first direction, the closed guide channel is opened and gaps are formed between the channel elements and each channel element is moved out of its associated part of the warp shed. When the channel elements are moved in a second direction, each channel element is moved back into its associated part of the warp shed and the guide channel is closed. The total excursion of each channel element in each direction is at least as great as the length of the element. Since the motion of the channel elements is exclusively back and forth in the weft insertion direction, the drive for such motion is relatively simple. Further, since the channel elements are each several centimeters long, the number of possible leak locations is sharply reduced over the prior art such that the weft threads may be inserted by suction air pressure.
Abstract:
An apparatus for guiding a weft or filling thread in the shed of a loom, the weft thread being driven by a flowing fluid medium, comprises two lamellae combs which can dip into and out of the warp threads. The lamellae or equivalent plate-like guide elements of the lamellae combs each possess a throughpass opening for guiding the weft thread and a thread exit or outlet opening. When the lamellae are in a position completely immersed in the shed they are interleaved or shoved into one another and form a guide channel for the weft threads, this guide channel being coherent or continuous in the weft insertion direction. Hence, the thread exit or outlet openings are sealed, so that the guide channel also is continuously closed in radial direction. The closed guide channel renders possible, on the one hand, a controlled flight of the weft thread, a reduced energy consumption and driving of the weft thread both by a blowing action and also by a suction action and, on the other hand, can be particularly advantageously employed at a multiple longitudinal traversing shed loom containing a weaving rotor.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for an improved beat-up system for beating up the weft threads into the fell of the fabric. The improved beat-up mechanism includes a plurality of spacer elements which are moved into and out of position between the warp threads for maintaining the spacing between the warp threads. The beat-up mechanism further includes a plurality of beat-up elements which are inserted into and out of position between the warp threads for beating up the weft threads onto the fell of the fabric. The beat-up elements also operate to maintain the spacing between the warp threads when the spacer elements are withdrawn from between the warp threads. In addition, the present invention discloses apparatus for increasing the spacing between adjacent groups of warp threads in the same plane so that weft-advancing arms or shed-retaining elements may be more easily inserted into the plane of the warp threads.