Abstract: A weft filament is inserted in a loom by a mechanical shuttle from a feed side as a pick in a weft direction into a shed formed between groups of warp filaments extending and generally traveling in a warp direction. A deweaving system has a loosening nozzle for directing a jet of air against the defective pick in the warp direction for loosening the defective pick from the warp and at least one stripper nozzle situated between the groups of warp filaments for blowing the separated-out defective pick out of the warp against the weft direction to the feed side. A sensor is provided on the feed side for monitoring the pressure of the defective pick outside the shed on the feed side and a controller is connected to the stripping and loosener for, on detection of a defective pick, sequentially operating the loosening and stripper and then restarting the loom.

Abstract: A shuttleless loom has an injection nozzle that is movable limitedly in the warp direction to one side of the warp and that has a filament-receiving upstream end and a filament-ejecting downstream end from which a weft filament is project in the weft direction through the warp. Separate generally stationary first and second yarn supplies to one side of the warp are associated with respective telescoping feed nozzles to the one side of the warp and each having a generally stationary upstream end and a downstream end displaceable between an advanced position relatively close to the injection nozzle and a retracted position relatively far from the injection nozzle.

Abstract: This device designed for weaving machines enabling a weft selection, comprises for each prefeed and measurement device (1), an electric drive motor (8) having a controlled angular position, such as a "step" motor. The angular position of the main shaft (14) of the weaving machine, detected by means of a coder wheel (24), is converted into pulses (D) which are supplied by a "switching system" (15) which may be switched from the weft selection control (16) to the electronic power circuit (17) associated with the motor (8) of the prefeed device (1) selected. It is therefore possible to drive the shaft (5) of the selected prefeed device through a predetermined number of rotations synchronously with the rotation of the main shaft (14) of the weaving machine.

Abstract: The loom reed (5) is formed of dents (9) defining a channel through which the weft is inserted and is drawn and guided by air jets produced by relay nozzles (3). To form the insertion channel, each dent (9) has a triangular projecting front part formed with a recess (6) opening towards the exterior at its top via an escape slit (7) slightly inclined relative to the longitudinal direction of the dent (9). The recess (6) has an offset (d) towards the front relative to the front straight edge of the dent (9). This feature is suitable for weaving threads with non-twisted, non-interlaced filaments, and enables beating-up to occur near the temples (8) after the weft thread has easily been extracted from the insertion channel via the slit (7).

Abstract: A distributing unit synchronized with the shed-forming operation of a jet loom is positively coupled with a rocker arm carrying two insertion nozzles which are respectively aligned with the shed during alternate operating cycles, this unit temporarliy admitting high-pressure air to the currently aligned nozzle and to an associated thread clamp for the release of a weft yarn engaged thereby. The distributing unit comprises two interconnected outer disks bracketing an inner disk on a fixed axle on which the outer disks are held substantially immovable by a friction brake; the inner disk is limitedly rotatable by a cam-operated lever swingable about that axle and, in each of two working positions, connects two inlets for high-pressure air on one outer disk to respective outlets on the other outer disk leading to the currently aligned nozzle and to the associated thread clamp.

Abstract: A flow distributor for a fluid circuit is especially applicable for use in a shuttleless loom with pneumatic insertion of the weft and comprises a body of revolution, produced from two parts assembled coaxially and forming therebetween an annular inner chamber defined by a conical wall and by a frusto-conical wall. The annular chamber connects a tubular mouthpiece for the inlet of fluid disposed on the central axis body with a plurality of outlet holes provided concentrically and at regular angular intervals around the central axis and able to receive screw-threaded couplings. This flow distributor is especially used for supplying compressed air to groups of relay nozzles on a shuttleless loom.

Abstract: A weft predelivery and measuring device for a shuttleless loom and particularly for such a loom with a lateral weft reserve and weft insertion by means of a pneumatic or hydraulic fluid has a tubular member integral with a rotary shaft through which an axial channel passes, facilitating the passage of the weft yarn into a tubular member for winding around a drum of adjustable peripheral dimensions. This drum is prevented from rotating by means of permanent magnets. In order to retain a predetermined number of turns of weft yarn around the drum and in order to release these turns periodically, a wheel is provided which on its periphery has equi-angularly spaced claws and which is supported by a spindle continuously rotatable by a worm and a worm gear driven from the rotary shaft.

Abstract: A thread clamp, designed for periodically retaining a weft yarn in a loom of the shuttleless type, comprises a housing with a stationary insert having front and rear recesses spanned by respective membranes defining therewith two chambers of variable volume, the membranes being interconnected by a stem passing with clearance through a passage in the insert. One end of the stem, projecting beyond the front membrane, carries a movable jaw normally held against a confronting fixed jaw by a biasing spring disposed in the front compartment. The rear chamber, whose membrane is of larger effective diameter than that of the front chamber, can be expanded by the admission of air under pressure through one or more passages in the insert, the difference in membrane area being sufficient to let the resulting pressure differential in the two chambers overcome the force of the biasing spring to separate the movable jaw from the fixed jaw.

Abstract: A weft brake for a loom, especially for one of the shuttleless type, comprises a stationary blade and a movable blade cantilevered in overlapping positions on respective posts rising from a supporting plate, the free end of the movable blade being spring-biased toward the stationary blade for clamping a weft thread therebetween but being periodically deflected away therefrom for releasing the weft thread to facilitate its transportation through the shed of the associated warp threads. The weft thread passes between the stationary blade and a leaf spring forming an intermediate blade, inserted between the two other blades of the brake and cantilevered on the same post as the movable blade, so as to be frictionally restrained by the elasticity of that intermediate blade in the unclamping position of the movable blade.

Abstract: The weft insertion nozzle is mounted on an extension of the sley sole, and the nozzle is pivotable about an axis perpendicular to the sley sole. The nozzle is connected to a fixed point of the loom by means of a retractable connecting-rod. Due to the action of this connecting-rod, the nozzle is in a position parallel to the sley sole during insertion of a pick of weft into the shed, but forms an angle with sley sole in the beating-up position of the sley, at which the weft is cut by scissors. A pneumatic jack supported by the sley sole can also cause the weft insertion nozzle to pivot by retracting the connecting-rod, in order to deflect the weft by directing the weft from the nozzle into a suction mouthpiece so as to prevent insertion of a pick into the shed when a fault is detected causing the stoppage of the machine.

Abstract: A apparatus for measuring tension in a strand such as a belt is provided with an elongated housing having a pair of opposite longitudinal ends and respective structures at the ends having structure edges facing transversely in the same direction and generally defining a plane. A two-arm lever is pivoted on the housing between the ends thereof and has an abutment arm extending transversely between the plates and a measuring arm extending generally longitudinally of the housing and having an arm edge lying between the structure edges and facing transversely opposite to the structure edges. A pivot supports the lever on the housing for angular motion about an axis transverse to the housing between two end positions with the arm edge lying on opposite sides of the plane. A spring is braced between the abutment arm and one of the housing ends for urging the lever into the end portion with the arm edge between the plane and the housing.

Abstract: A weaving loom is equipped with a system for controlling oscillation of a warp yarn support roller in which a first rotary cam actuates an oscillating first lever connected to a first arm integral with a first shaft on which the roller is mounted. The first shaft rests, through the intermediary of raising members, in bearings supported by second levers pivoting about a fixed pivot and connected, through the intermediary of pivoted connecting rods, to the third and fourth levers which are keyed to a second shaft and subject to urging by at least one spring. The system includes a fifth lever keyed to the second shaft and a second rotary cam actuating an oscillating sixth lever pivotably connected to a second arm which is alongside the fifth lever and is freely mounted on the second shaft. A fixed first hook is mounted on the second arm and a pivotable second hook is mounted on the fifth lever. An electromagnet holds the second hook clear of the first hook except when the loom is being started.

Abstract: A loom has a winding system comprising a tension roller and a storage roller connected by means of an endless chain whereby the storage roller is driven by the tension roller with the interposition of a friction mechanism.A follower roller, in contact with the periphery of the roll of fabric wound around the storage roller, causes a rotary cam to rotate such that the movement of the latter is linked with the variation in diameter of the roll of fabric. Bearing against the profile of the cam is one end of an oscillating lever, the other end of which acts on the friction mechanism in order to modify the driving torque of the storage roller by the chain according to the diameter of the roll of fabric.The fabric tension regulating device can be applied to conventional looms and shuttleless looms.

Abstract: A retensioning device for a shuttle-less loom in which the yarn is drawn from a yarn reserve through a pair of eyelets and a thread brake for insertion, e.g. by lances into the warp, comprises a falt chamber defined between a fixed lower plate and a movable upper plate having an opening through which the head of a nozzle passes in the closed position of the upper plate. The nozzle directs a flat stream of air into the chamber to cause the yarn therein to describe a loop with the sides of the loop nearly parallel to one another, thereby preventing tangling.

Abstract: The relative movements of the sheath and core wire of a bowden cable are used to generate a multiplicity of modes of color selection of a weft-thread selector for a shuttleless loom. The single cable is the sole connection between the drawbar assembly and the dobby.

Abstract: A weft-laying needle for a shuttle-less loom has a U-shaped cross section with a relatively thick web and a pair of thinner shanks. The needle is composed of a body of synthetic-resin impregnated carbon fibers in which a woven glass fiber layer is inlaid below the outer surface and inwardly of the inner surface over the shanks and web at uniform distances from these surfaces.

Abstract: A weft-beating mechanism with variable-stroke reed for use in a loom for weaving toweling fabric in which, between the sley and the drive, there is provided a transmission operable by a control element to vary the stroke of the sley. The transmission comprises a sleeve having a multiplicity of axial grooves juxtaposed with axial grooves on the control element, the confronting grooves receiving balls for coupling the control element with the sleeve. The control element is provided additionally with helical grooves which confront helical grooves on the sley, the confronting grooves receiving balls for coupling the sley to the control element. When axial displacement of the control element is prevented, therefore, the sley undergoes full stroke displacement whereas, when the control element permits axial displacement, a less than full stroke is applied.