Abstract: A method of knitting a single knit fabric comprising the steps of successively advancing a plurality of needles corresponding to a non-knitting section within which a yarn from a yarn feeder forms a transit yarn portion beginning with a needle on the side of a starting point of the transit yarn portion to lower the yarn from the yarn feeder below the needles, and engaging the yarn from the yarn feeder by another needle on the side of the yarn feeder closer to the yarn feeder than the advanced needles.

Abstract: The sinker actuating apparatus has a sinker actuator which is displaced on a needle bed so as to move a movable sinker to a pressing or releasing position. A connector for connecting the actuator is non-fixedly provided to a needle moving device so that the actuator is moved in response to the movement of the needle mover. First and second stopper are provided for restricting the advanced or retracted positions of the sinker actuator. A resilient member is arranged to give an advancing force to the actuator.

Abstract: When a weft yarn is broken between a fixed drum type weft yarn measuring and storing device and a picking nozzle, the weft yarn extending to a winding yarn guide is reliably delivered to a yarn suction device by the steps of generating an air current inside the winding yarn guide in the picking direction, generating an air current inside the yarn suction device in the drawing direction while the winding yarn guide is aligned with the yarn suction device disposed in front of the weft yarn measuring and storing device, and keeping a retaining pin from being advanced toward the drum. Thereafter the broken weft yarn on the drum is discharged by retracting the retaining pin.

Abstract: In a shuttleless loom, a warp sheet is moved from a space that is necessary for maintenance and inspection of a reed. An arranging bar is provided over the warp sheet between a shedding frame and a cloth fell so as to be vertically movable. When the arranging bar is lowered at the time of maintenance and inspection of the reed, the warp sheet can be moved to the lower side of the reed.

Abstract: Air is jetted into the reed groove of a modified reed in a manner equivalent to that in which air is jetted in practical weaving operation, air-speed is measured at a plurality of measuring points in the reed groove on each of a plurality of planes perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the modified reed, a maximum air-speed among air-speeds at the measuring points in each plane is determined, and the positions of the measuring points respectively corresponding to the maximum air-speeds are provided in a visually recognizable state.

Abstract: A mispicked weft removing method keeps a mispicked weft continuous with a weft remaining in the main picking nozzle of the loom, and inserts the weft additionally in the shed so that the weft extends in a loop in the shed, and then places a yarn guide in the loop of the weft, and pulls the weft toward the picking side. Since the mispicked weft is pulled via the yarn guide toward the picking side of the loom, a pulling force applied to the weft to remove the mispicked weft from the shed is effectively available for separating the mispicked weft from the cloth fell.

Abstract: A positive feed picking device for a fluid jet loom includes a yarn measuring and storing device; a main picking nozzle; a positive feed mechanism including a drive roller and a motor for driving the drive roller. The positive feed mechanism is disposed between the yarn measuring and storing device and the main picking nozzle to feed a weft yarn positively to the main picking nozzle during a picking period. The feed picking device also includes a sensor disposed on a yarn path along which the weft yarn travels for detecting the delivery of a predetermined length of the weft yarn from the yarn measuring and storing device. A motor controller for controlling the operating speed of the motor of the positive feed mechanism, and a controller for controlling the positive feed mechanism are also included in the positive feed picking device. The controller starts the positive feed mechanism at the start of picking period.

Abstract: A warp mending operation control method includes the steps of: dividing a warp line in a loom into a plurality of sections each corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of warp mending devices; storing operation programs for controlling the respective warp mending devices corresponding to the plurality of sections and detecting the section where the warp line is broken; and driving the warp mending device which has been positioned in the section in which a broken warp line has been detected after reading the operation program corresponding to that section.

Abstract: A method of locating a slit between the dents of the reed of a loom corresponding to a broken warp and to an apparatus for positioning a threading device at a position corresponding to the slit between the dents corresponding to the broken warp. The broken warp or a normal warp in a specific vertically displaced relation with the broken warp is detected by a yarn sensor. The position of a slit between the dents corresponding to the broken warp or that of the normal warp is determined on the basis of the distance traveled by the yarn sensor from its standby position, and a threading device is position corresponding to the slit between the dents corresponding to the broken warp on the basis of the distance traveled by the yarn sensor.

Abstract: When a warp is broken during weaving on a loom, the broken warp is mended and restored by a method of restoring a broken warp after mending the same, comprising steps of connecting a mending yarn to the trailing portion of the broken warp to form a mended warp; cutting a normal warp which has been drawn through the same slit between dents as the broken warp is to be drawn through and inserting a mending yarn with a sufficient length between the cut ends of the normal warp, tying the mending yarn connected to the trailing portion of the broken warp to the normal warp drawn through the same slit between the dents as the broken warp is to be drawn through; and pulling the normal warp toward the take-up side so that the mended warp and the normal warp are tightened properly. Thus, the mended warp is drawn through the slit between the dents together with the normal warp.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatically mending warp yarn selects broken warp yarns from among a group of the warp yarns at the time of breakage of the warp yarn. The spacings between the reed wires of a reed through which the broken warp yarn is passed or the spacings between the adjoining reed wires are then enlarged. A yarn passing member is then positioned at the reed wires through which the broken warp yarn is passed on the basis of the position of the reed wires having large spacings therebetween. The yarn passing member is then inserted into space of the reed wires through which the broken warp yarn is passed. A mending yarn tied to the broken warp yarn is then passed and guided into corresponding reed wires by the yarn passing member. In such a manner, it is possible to then set the loom to be re-started.

Abstract: A weft yarn extracting device for extracting a weft yarn faultily inserted in a cloth fell includes an extracting unit including a pair of fingers, a first shifting unit for shifting the extracting unit between a standby position and an operating position, and a second shifting unit for turning the extracting unit about an axis. In operation, one end of the weft yarn is sucked in the extracting unit by the agency of an air current and is gripped by gripping members. Then, the gripping members are rotated to extract the weft yarn by winding the weft yarn around the gripping members, while the extracting unit is turned about an axis by the second shifting unit to separate the weft yarn from the cloth fell.

Abstract: A picking period setting device for a loom to decide an appropriate picking period for satisfactory picking operations. A shedding curve calculating circuit is used which calculates shedding curves representing the shedding motion of heddle frames. A shedding stroke calculating circuit calculates a set of desired shedding stroke curves. An appropriate picking period deciding circuit decides a precise picking period defined by the crank angles of the loom on the basis of the result of comparison of the shedding curves and the desired shedding stroke curves. Thus, the weaving operation of the loom is continued without interruptions caused by faulty picking.

Abstract: A seersucker loom is arranged such that puckering warp yarns are divided to form a shed during the weaving of a seersucker. The tension of the puckering warp yarns is maintained on a level below that of the tension of the ground warp yarns. The puckering warp yarns are slackened positively at least during a slackening period from a shed closing operation to a beating-up operating of every turn of the main shaft of the seersucker loom so that the tension of the puckering warp yarns are reduced to a value which below a predetermined tension of the yarns during a period other than during the slackening period. This enables the loom to slacken portions of the puckering warp yarns near the cloth fell sufficiently during the beating-up operation so that the puckering warp yarns are satisfactorily puckered.

Abstract: An automatic picking controlling method for automatically controlling the operation of at least the subnozzle groups in a jetting pattern selected on the basis of the actual running mode of a picked weft yarn is arranged such that a plurality of typical jetting patterns respectively corresponding to different running modes of the picked weft yarn for controlling at least the subnozzle groups are initially stored in a storage unit; the running mode of the picked weft yarn is detected in a detection step; a jetting pattern meeting the actual running mode selected from among those stored in the storage unit is read, and the operation of the subnozzle groups is controlled in accordance with the selected jetting pattern for a predetermined period of time.

Abstract: A device for mending and trimming broken warp yarn includes a yarn holder mounted on a moving member for holding a free end of a mending yarn tied to a broken warp yarn. When a warp yarn is broken during the operation of the loom, one end of a mending yarn and the broken end of the broken warp yarn extending from the warp beam are tied together, and the other end of the mending yarn is passed through a corresponding heddle and a corresponding gap between the dents of a reed, and then the loom is restarted. A signaling device generates a signal after detecting the arrival of the free end of the mending yarn which was not woven into the cloth after the loom was restarted. The free end of the mending yarn is cut off automatically from the woven cloth by a cutter in accordance with the signal from the signaling device while the loom is in operation. A controller is connected to and controls all of the elements of the mending and trimming device.

Abstract: A picking controller capable of automatically controlling the retaining member of the weft yarn measuring and storing unit of a picking device and the modes of operation of subnozzle groups respectively composed of subnozzles detects an actual arrival phase at which a picked weft yarn arrives at a fixed position on the arrival side of the loom, and then compares the actual arrival phase with a reference arrival phase to obtain the angular difference between the actual arrival phase and the reference arrival phase. The controller then determines a picking phase on the basis of the angular difference, and determines a releasing phase at which the retaining member is to be retracted so as to release the weft yarn stored on the measuring and storing drum of the weft yarn measuring and storing unit.

Abstract: A picking controller for an air jet loom having a main picking nozzle which jets air to pick a weft yarn into a shed, and groups of subnozzles which jet air to help the picked weft yarn run along a picking path, includes a phase angle detector for detecting the phase angle of the air jet loom and a weft yarn arrival detector for detecting the arrival of the free end of the picked weft yarn at an arrival position. It also includes a memory for storing actual arrival phase angles of the picked weft yarns with respect to the phase angle of the air jet loom and a variation detector for determining arrival phase angle variations. A comparator compares the phase angle variations with a predetermined target phase angle variation and provides a signal representing the result of the comparison. A picking condition setting unit sequentially varies the picking condition of the groups of subnozzles according to the signal from the comparator representing the result of comparison.

Abstract: An automatic picking regulating method and an apparatus for carrying out the same are applied to controlling the sequential air jetting operation of the auxiliary nozzle groups of an air jet loom. The auxiliary nozzle groups are arranged along a picking path to jet air so as to assist a picked weft yarn in running along the picking path. The respective jet phase angles of the auxiliary nozzle groups are regulated automatically according to the acutal running speed of the picked weft yarn. The acutal running characteristics of the picked weft yarn are determined on the basis of a holding pin retraction phase angle, namely, a weft yarn release phase angle, and an acutal yarn arrival phase angle measured at a position on the yarn arrival side of the air jet loom, and are represented by a graph showing the relationship between the phase angle of the main shaft of the air jet loom and the picking distance.

Abstract: A picking control method includes the steps of detecting a change in the supply yarn package during the weaving operation, preferentially setting a specific checking pin retracting time in which the checking pin is to be retracted for picking cycles for a predetermined time period after the detection of the change of the supply yarn package, and controlling the advancing and retracting operation of the checking pin on the basis of a new checking pin retracting time. A picking controller for carrying out this method has a supply yarn package change detector for detecting the change of the supply yarn package and for issuing a supply yarn package change detection signal, an initial data setting device for providing a checking pin retracting time in which the checking pin is to be retracted to release the weft yarn supplied from the new supply yarn package and wound on the measuring and storing drum, a data updating device generating a checking pin retracting time, a memory device, and a control unit.