Abstract: Shed forming device for looms of the type having members (1) operated by a common rotating drive shaft (9) and linkages (2, 4, 6) controlled by the members (1) to move the heald frames. Between the drive shaft (9) and each of the members (1) there is interposed a clutch controlled by the fabric pattern model or paper by per se known, structure, by which clutch the position of the member (1) can be released from the movement of the shaft (9).

Abstract: The pawl is retracted from the intermittently rotatable input shaft via a controlled abutment and a spring biased lever-mounted or piston-mounted roller. The abutment serves to start retraction of the pawl while the spring biased roller presses against a non-circular surface of the cam plate on which the pawl is mounted to complete removal of the pawl from the recess. The cam plate also has one or more cam surfaces for resetting the abutment after the pawl has been engaged in the shaft.

Abstract: A weaving machine comprising a dobby and a Jacquard machine as the control members, wherein the dobby is controlled from a single pattern card in the Jacquard machine. Harness cords connect the Jacquard hooks to the heddles and to a movably supported member in the dobby. The coordinated movements of the Jacquard hooks will effect a simultaneous movement of the movably supported member in the dobby so that operations of the Jacquard machine in response to the information on the pattern card will simultaneously effect an operation of the dobby.

Abstract: There is provided a device for either advancing or retracting the relative movement of a dobby with respect to the heddles of a weaving machine or with respect to any one or selected ones of such heddles. Thus, the shed-intersection point within said weaving machine may be advanced or retarded with respect to the dobby with resulting desirable modifications in the finished fabric. Same is accomplished by driving both the dobby and the heddle or heddles through a pair of levers and including a device by which the angle between said levers can be modified in order to modify the operational phase angle between such dobby and such heddle or heddles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a shedding drive arrangement for a loom, with a dobby driving the upper and lower sheds symmetrically and with a coupling arrangement coupling the rockers of the dobby with the weaving shafts to produce a non-symmetrical shed movement. By "rockers" or jack levers there are generally understood elements which transmit the driving movement produced by the dobby and available at its output side.

Abstract: This dobby shedding motion for power looms comprises essentially a series of twin cams mounted on a common drive shaft and oscillating arms each provided with a pair of roller followers adapted to co-operate with said cams. Each cam assembly comprises a pair of parallel discs slightly spaced in the axial direction and off-set angularly to each other, and each oscillating arm carries two pairs of strap-forming strips rotatably supporting a roller follower, each roller follower being adapted to engage one of the discs of the registering cam assembly. Said strips have extensions bent to provide inner surfaces adapted to engage the side surfaces of said discs to assist in centering the roller followers in relation to said discs. The cam assemblies and roller followers are mounted and assembled by means of bolts comprising each a frustoconical headed screw and a nut also formed with a frustoconical portion whereby tightening said bolts in properly countersunk holes will provide a reliable vibration proof assembly.