Abstract: A leno heddle includes a pair of elongated shanks, which are removably assembled together in overlying relationship. One of the shanks has configured ends to be removably received within corresponding openings in the other shank. The shank having configured ends can be replaced within the leno heddle without having to remove the other shank from its coupled relationship with the loom's upper and lower leno heddle support bars.

Abstract: A weaving apparatus is provided herein for simultaneously weaving fine denier panels and coarse denier panels. The weaving apparatus includes a first warp beam that holds in tension a first number of small denier warp threads and a second warp beam that holds in tension a second number of large denier warp threads. The first number of small denier warp threads is greater than the second number of large denier warp threads.

Abstract: A leno heddle includes a pair of elongated shanks, which are removably assembled together in overlying relationship. One of the shanks has configured ends to be removably received within corresponding openings in the other shank. The shank having configured ends can be replaced within the leno heddle without having to remove the other shank from its coupled relationship with the loom's upper and lower leno heddle support bars.

Abstract: An up-and-down swing mechanism for separated heald frames of a sample fabrics machine, which includes a plurality of heald frames fitted to a sample fabrics machine. A lower end of each of the heald frames is respectively fitted with a clutch and a swing arm, and controlling a portion of the clutches to engage/separate from the swing arms causes two swing arms to swing/not swing, which then drive a portion of the heald frames to enable up and down swing/no swing thereof through two transmission arms, thereby weaving the required fabric according to the style of sample fabric to be produced.

Abstract: A heald having a heald body (8), whose thickness increases toward the yarn eyelet (6). The lateral surfaces of the heald body (8) constitute guiding surfaces which are oriented in the warp yarn direction and which, adjacent the yarn eyelet (6), serve as spacers (35, 36) for holding at a distance adjoining yarn eyelets (6) of adjoining healds.

Abstract: This process includes steps consisting in manufacturing an eyelet for guiding a warp yarn, making, in a threadlike element, an opening for receiving the eyelet, and placing and immobilizing the eyelet in the opening. During manufacture of the eyelet at least two projecting tabs offset from each other along its edge and perpendicularly to the principal faces of this eyelet are formed on this outer edge. During the placement of the eyelet in the opening, a part of the edge of the opening is inserted between the tabs. As a variant, the tabs can be provided on the edge of the opening.

Abstract: Coaxial and twisted pair conductive yarn structures reduce signal crosstalk between adjacent lines in woven electrical networks. A coaxial conductive yarn structure includes an inner conductive yarn having a plurality of conductive strands twisted together. An outer conductive yarn is wrapped around the inner conductive yarn. An insulating layer separates the inner and outer yarns. A twisted pair conductive yarn structure includes first and second conductive yarns, each including a plurality of conductive strands being twisted together. The first and second conductive yarns are twisted together to form a helical structure. In a woven electrical network, at least one conductor of adjacent conductive yarn structures is connected to ground to reduce signal crosstalk. Coaxial and twisted pair yarn structures may also be formed simultaneously with weaving or knitting the threads that make up the structures into a fabric.

Abstract: An apparatus for weaving leno fabric on a loom including a support pivotally mounted on a loom, and carrying a plurality of ground thread blades arranged side by side in a row and spaced apart to define guide spaces therebetween for ground threads. A leno guide blade divides each guide space into first and second guide slots, each leno guide blade having a leno guide eye through which a leno thread is guided, adjacent ground thread blades projecting beyond the terminal end of the leno guide blade located therebetween to define a ground thread cross-over space.

Abstract: A loom, especially an air jet loom for producing a leno cloth with integrated patterning includes a weaving reed and first and second shed forming devices. The first shed forming device includes a pivotable reed as a first guide arrangement for guiding and shedding leno warp threads, and an upright reed as a second guide arrangement for guiding and shedding ground warp threads, to form leno bindings. The second shed forming device includes a third guide arrangement for guiding and shedding patterning warp threads, to form pattern bindings. The third guide arrangement is arranged between the first shed forming device and the weaving reed.

Abstract: An improved heald consists of a flat material, such as tempered steel. It has closed (O-shaped) end eyelets (5, 6) which are one-piece parts of the heald body (4). An edge (10) which extends along the full length of the heald (1), is of entirely straight configuration. In contrast, the oppositely-located edge (11) consists of offset straight portions. A particularity of the heald according to the invention resides in the fact that the openings (15, 16) provided in the end eyelets (5, 6) for receiving the shaft staves are eccentrically arranged, whereby the two webs (17, 18) bordering the openings (15, 16) have unlike widths. With a reduced material input and weight a heald is obtained which, as concerns stability and possibility of utilization in existing weaving systems is at least equivalent to conventional healds.

Abstract: A loom simultaneously forms a plain weave (16) and a gauze weave (15) in a textile (9) in one weaving cycle. To form the plain weave (16), the adjacent warp threads (1L,2L) that are used to form the upper shed and lower shed are alternately lifted from the lower shed position into the upper shed position and lowered from the upper shed position into the lower shed position by the same drop wire/needle shank (4). To form the gauze weave (15), only the warp threads (2D) that form the upper shed are raised by the drop wire/needle shank (4) from the lower shed position into the upper shed position and lowered from the upper shed position into the lower shed position.

Abstract: A simple removable plastic heddle comprised of a single monolithic plastic body and a mating insertion tool.

Abstract: In a weaving machine for the production of a leno fabric including ground, leno, and weft threads, in which ground and leno threads form warps, the drive of the guide means (8) for the ground threads and/or of the guide means (7) for the leno threads (2) is derived from the drive means of the sley.

Abstract: A shedding device in a jacquard loom, having a heddle with a retracting spring rigidly anchored in the loom or to the floor for urging the heddle to a lower shed forming position. To suppress the development of resonance in the spring, a core element is provided, which contacts the inside of the spring at points spaced apart from one another and forces the spring to take a course which deviates from the rectilinear. As a result, friction forces that contribute to damping the spring motion are created between the spring and the core element.

Abstract: A device (1) for forming a leno selvedge, said device having two lifting healds (10, 20) and one half heald (30), the lifting healds (10, 20) having a securing element (13, 23; 14, 24) provided respectively at the upper and lower end thereof, said lifting healds (10,20) having, in the region of the lower end, at least one magnet for the foot (31a, 32a) of the half heald (30), each lifting heald (10, 20) having at least one magnet (18, 28) in the region of its upper end, the magnets (18, 28) of the two lifting healds (10, 20) of a leno selvedge device being polarized such that the healds attract each other.

Abstract: A weaving machine for the manufacture of leno cloths, has an element with ground needles, in particular a needle bar. The ground needles form a row in the direction of the longitudinal extent of the element. The side surfaces of the ground needles include an acute angle which is greater than 1° with a normal to the named longitudinal extent.

Abstract: The device for detecting breakage of leno threads in leno selvedge devices on looms, the leno selvedge forming device being provided with at least two arms for guiding at least two leno threads, the leno threads being twistable together by virtue of the rotation of the arms, the device (12, 13, 14, 14a) for detecting thread breakage being provided with a facility (13, 14) for determining the natural oscillations of the arms (12) and a loom, more specifically with heald frames, with at least one leno device which is reversible in its direction of rotation and with a facility for detecting breakage of the leno threads, the device for detecting thread breakage being arranged in the front shed (V), more specifically between the leno device (10) and the heald frames (20).

Abstract: A leno ground fabric is produced over the entire weaving width of a loom by using two heald frames each having a length corresponding to the weaving width. The heald frames are equipped with a multitude of lifting healds or heddles and with a multitude of half healds or heddles that move the leno warp thread and the ground warp threads for the shed formation over the entire loom width.

Abstract: Half heald of a leno selvedge with lifting healds, whereas the half heald has two arms that may be joined together on their upper end so as to form a head and that are provided on their lower end with a foot, whereas the foot is magnetically co-operating with the at least one magnet of the lifting heald, and whereas the foot (70, 80) of the half heald (50) is given a shape that allows the magnetic force exerted onto the foot of the half heald in the stroke direction (arrow 100) of the lifting healds (2, 3) to be smaller than in the reverse direction, whereas the foot (70, 80) is provided with an upper end being designed as a border (71, 81) so that the half heald (59) is alternately magnetically brakable by the lifting healds (2, 3).

Abstract: A lifting heald assembly is used in a device which forms a leno selvedge on a fabric or hosiery. The heald assembly comprises two lifting healds and one half heald alternately taken along by the lifting healds. Each lifting heald has, in the area of one end, at least one first magnet for guiding the half heald and has a web for taking along the half heald. The spacing between the web and the magnet corresponds approximately to the length of the half heald's legs and the lifting heald (2, 3) is provided with at least one second magnet (61, 62) that is arranged in or on the lifting heald (2, 3) and longitudinally spaced from the first magnet (41, 42) in the direction of the web (23).

Abstract: The invention concerns a process for producing a heald shaft for weaving shafts out of a metal hollow section, the height of which diminishes towards the ends on both sides. A light-weight extruded metal section is selected and adjusted to the maximal height of the section of a heald shaft without center support, whereupon the heald shaft is reduced towards both of its ends.

Abstract: A weaving method and a leno heald system for producing a 3-dimensional woven fabric which includes a plurality of stacked single-ply webs (A.sub.1, A.sub.2, A.sub.3, A.sub.4) each comprising a weft yarn (2) which cross-bridges between warp yarns (1) arranged in rows in each web. The adjacent webs are connected together by a second warp yarn (3) which either cross-links to one of the warp yarns (1) at a cross-linking location or to the weft yarn adjacent the cross-linking location. The successive cross-linking locations are spaced in the weaving direction by at least one weft yarn course.

Abstract: A loom-controlled leno or cross-weaving system, alone or in conjunction with tabby or ordinary weaving. The leno heddle is composed of two upright members, each connected to two flexible cross-members. Each upright member is connected to a separate, independently moving portion of the loom frame. Each cross-member has an eye in the middle for the passage of the warp thread. The upper cross-member is positioned below the lower cross-member when the warp threads pass through the eyes. Alternation of the elevation of the upright members causes the warp threads to alternate positions laterally. Leno weaving is achieved with a throw of weft for every alternation of upright member position. Tabby weaving is done using a rising loop and a falling loop, each connected to the loom frame independently. One warp thread goes through the eye of the upper cross-member and also through the rising loop. The other warp thread passes through the eye of the lower cross-member and the falling loop.

Abstract: A lifting heddle with a body which includes at least two separate sections joined by a link. The separate sections are adjustably joined so that the lifting heddle can be lengthened and shortened. The link can be provided as a U-shaped rail with openings or recesses to allow escape of any accumulated dust. Also, a replaceable stop is located on the lifting heddle to prevent the half-heddle leg from cutting into the lifting heddle during movement of the heddle frames.

Abstract: A twisting device for power looms comprises oppositely moving heddle supporting rails, two lifting heddles arranged on the heddle supporting rails for standing threads, a semi-heddle for turning threads controlled separately from the heddle supporting rails. It also has a coupling part having magnetic properties and arranged so that the semi-heddle is supported through the coupling part on both the lifting heddles in a longitudinally displaceable manner, and two countercoupling parts having magnetic property and alternatingly cooperating with the coupling part. One of the countercoupling parts is movable together with one of the heddle supporting rails while the other of the countercoupling parts is movable together with the other one of the heddle supporting parts.

Abstract: Lifting heddles A and B are disclosed as including interfitting heddle elements C and D of which C is a female heddle element and D is a male heddle element. C-shaped rod slots E and F are formed in the ends of heddle element D. Slots E, E' are formed in the ends of female heddle element C. Slot E' includes an extended upper slot portion 86 which receives a reduced neck 98 of the shank 40 of male heddle element D. A shoulder 100 of the male heddle element interfits with a ledge 92 of slot E' of the female heddle element. Interfitting slots E' and F form a resultant C-shaped slot which corresponds in shape to opposing juxtaposed end slots E and F providing mobility of the lifting heddles A and B on the heddle frame avoiding sectionalization thereof.

Abstract: A wear resistant leno heddle is disclosed which has a doup and two lifting heddles. The lifting heddles are formed in one piece by moulding a plastic material. The moulding technique allows the lifting heddles to be formed with varying cross-sectional dimensions according to the required strength of a given area. Reinforcing members may also be embedded within the lifting heddles to further increase its structural strength.