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Class 139
TEXTILES: WEAVING
Class Definition:
The manufacture of fabrics having one set of threads arranged
transversely to another set and interlaced therewith, each
thread of one set lying above some and below the remaining
threads of the other set. Does not include the diagonal
arrangement produced by braiding.
SUBCLASSES
Subclass:
1
Inventions falling within this class, but not more
specifically provided for.
Subclass:
2
Means for knotting or intertwining an extra set of threads
with either the warp or weft at the fell of the cloth.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
452 and 453, for analogous methods of color change.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
112, Sewing, subclass 80.01 for an apparatus for inserting
and locking pile tufting in a fabric by means of a stitching
operation, and subclass 475.23 for a corresponding method.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclass 72 and 147+ for pile tufting and weaving processes,
respectively, when combined with a laminating step.
Subclass:
3
The tufts are intertwined with the warp.
Subclass:
4
The tuft passes around two threads, at least one end
projecting up between them.
Subclass:
5
The warp threads are given a lateral movement during the
operation.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
48 and indented subclasses, for other warp traversing.
Subclass:
6
The tuft-yarn packages are moved bodily to bring about tuft
change.
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7
Subclass:
7
The tuft-yarn packages are moved bodily to bring about tuft
change.
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332 for analogous mechanisms that support long pattern
chains.
Subclass:
8
Includes means for supplying the knotting or intertwining
apparatus with yarn.
Subclass:
9
Limited to the means for supplying the knotting or
intertwining apparatus with yarn.
Subclass:
10
Limited to a single unit for supplying the tuft yarn.
Subclass:
11
Looms which depart from what may be regarded as a standard
type. A standard loom is one in which the warp passes
horizontally through the same and in which the warp and weft
manipulating mechanisms are not peculiarly adapted to
cooperate with each other, but either one might be used with
various types of the other. Hand looms are placed in this
group.
Subclass:
14
The warp spools or warp ends are moved bodily to open the
shed instead of moving a portion of the threads between the
warp spool or warp ends and the fell of the cloth.
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17 for similar sheds that are noncircular.
Subclass:
15
The undulatory closing of the shed behind the shuttle propels
the shuttle or else the forward movement of the pointed
shuttle forces the shed to open.
Subclass:
16
The warp heddles move in a plane transverse to the tube being
woven.
Subclass:
17
Looms having sheds formed by moving the warp spools or ends
bodily instead of moving a portion of the threads between the
warp spools or warp ends and the fell of the cloth.
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14 for similar sheds in a circular loom.
Subclass:
17.5
The shed is open at the back on certain picks, thereby
permitting weft inserting means to project into the shed from
the rear and travel across the same, in addition to regular
closed-back shed weaving.
Subclass:
18
The harnesses are moved in horizontal planes.
Subclass:
19
Ears of corn constitute the weft.
Subclass:
20
The warp bank is split into three or more groups, so formed
into two or more sheds, which may converge to a common fell
to form a single fabric or to more than one fell to form a
plurality of fabrics.
Subclass:
21
Used for weaving fabric having loops or ends standing out
from the surface.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
37 and indented subclasses, for single- shed pile.
Subclass:
22
The shuttle is longer than the width of the warp and is
always connected with an actuating means which does not enter
the shed.
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135 for single-shed looms of this type.
Subclass:
23
The shuttle is driven through pinions acting on a rack
attached to the shuttle.
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136 and 137, for single-shed rack and pinion shuttle
motions.
Subclass:
24
The warp is fed through the loom at a rate that varies with
different picks to produce special effects in the fabric.
Subclass:
25
Two warp supplies are employed, a few picks of weft are
deposited a short distance from the fell of the cloth, these
picks are then forced up to the fell with the warp supplies
under different tension, whereby the weft slides over one of
the warps and the other warp is forced up in loops.
Subclass:
26
Limited to means for forcing the weft up to the fell of the
cloth.
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188 and the subclasses indented thereunder, especially
subclass 190.
Subclass:
27
The peculiar terry effect is produced by a special motion of
the reed rather than the entire lay.
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189 and 191, for similar reeds not used in terry.
Subclass:
28
Heddle eyes are not employed, but members merely contact with
the warp strands and push them out of line. Usually operates
on stiff resilient material.
Subclass:
29
Looms that differ from the conventional power loom by being
hand driven, usually without any hand crank.
(1) Note. Some are almost entirely automatic, and some are
mere fragments of looms in which nearly all the operations
are accomplished manually.
Subclass:
30
The harnesses are directly pushed by rigid members.
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57 and 58.
Subclass:
31
A cam is used to actuate the push members.
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32 and 58.
Subclass:
32
The harnesses are actuated by cams.
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31 and 79.
Subclass:
33
The shedding mechanism is propelled directly by hand or foot
and is not driven by mechanical connection to some other part
of the loom.
Subclass:
33.5
Peculiarly adapted for weaving over a hole in a fabric.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
223, Apparel Apparatus, subclass 100 for related devices
which do not have means for controlling interlacing of
threads in definite order.
Subclass:
34
Frames, usually rectangular for holding warp strands and
involving some means peculiar to weaving.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
28, Textiles: Manufacturing, subclasses 151+ for thread
frames that do no more than hold an array of threads.
Subclass:
35
Supplying tensioning, shedding, in some instances traversing,
or otherwise handling the warp threads until they reach the
fell of the cloth.
Subclass:
36
Means for applying a fluid to the warp threads while in the
loom.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
118, Coating Apparatus, appropriate subclasses for coating
apparatus, per se, and see the Class 118 class definition,
Lines With Other Classes, Coating Combined With Other
Operations, for the line between Class 118 and Class 139.
Subclass:
37
Means for manipulating the warp threads so that they will
stand out from the surface of the fabric in the form of loops
or ends.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
2 and indented subclasses for pile that is not formed from
warp or weft threads.
116.5 and 116.6, for pile produced from weft threads, and
21.
Subclass:
38
Hooks near the fell of the cloth by which part of the warp
threads are caused to stand out until the beat-up occurs.
Subclass:
39
Wires for causing the warp threads to stand out are woven in
as wefts, but only allowed to remain in the fabric
temporarily.
Subclass:
40
Limited to means for moving and guiding the wires.
Subclass:
41
Mechanism which thrusts the wires end-wise into the shed and
pulls the wires out of the woven fabric, with means for
otherwise manipulating the wires.
Subclass:
42
Limited to the means for thrusting the wires into the shed
and pulling them out.
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141 431, 437, 440, and 443, for similar actuating mechanism
that propels needles, tweezer sticks, and shuttle push rods.
Subclass:
43
Any cutting arrangement other than a knife on the end of the
pile wire for cutting the loops.
Subclass:
44
Limited to the structure of the wires.
Subclass:
45
Means for placing oil on the wires.
Subclass:
46
The pile loops are formed by cross weaving or traversing the
threads over wires which lie parallel to the warp threads,
which wires do not participate in the take-up advancement and
end a few picks beyond the fell of the cloth. The wires may
or may not have a knife at the end to cut the loops.
Subclass:
47
That type of longitudinal wire in which the forward end of
the wire is fast to the frame of the loom.
(1) Note. This type necessarily carries cutting knives,
otherwise the loops could not pass the anchorage.
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116.6 for similar devices for weft pile.
Subclass:
48
Means for causing warp threads to be moved transversely.
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5
Subclass:
49
Means for traversing warps comprising needle-eye heddles
placed in front of the reed.
Subclass:
50
Special harness mechanism causes parts of the warp threads to
cross others and hold them in that position until the pick
has been laid.
Subclass:
51
Shedding mechanism having a loop running through a special
heddle eye and around the thread to be crossed, said loop
being so placed as to pull the thread sidewise past some
other warp threads.
Subclass:
52
Limited to the loop and eye as an element.
Subclass:
53
The heddle eyes are placed in the ends of rigid rods, the
same resembling sewing-machine needles. After these needles
are withdrawn from the shed and before reinsertion they are
shogged sidewise.
Subclass:
54
Cross weaving placed only at the edge of the fabric for
selvage purposes or in the body of the fabric where it is
intended to slit the same.
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55.1 455 and 456, for independent harness actuating selvage
warps.
117 for special treatment of weft selvages, and 430+.
Subclass:
55.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Apparatus which
separates the warp threads into two layers with a weft
receiving space therebetween and which periodically moves
warp threads from one layer to the other.
Subclass:
56
Means to interrupt the driving connection between the
shedding mechanism and other moving loom parts.
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156 and 328, for clutches and disconnecting means.
Subclass:
57
The harnesses are directly pushed by rigid members.
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30
Subclass:
58
Cams are employed for moving the rigid members in both
directions.
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31 and 81.
Subclass:
59
Peculiarly adapted for independent control of individual
threads. There are laterally-movable members harnessed to
the threads adapted to engage a vibrating actuator and a bank
of needles each connected to one of the laterally-movable
members and with their ends in position to be engaged by a
pattern which may be reciprocated to be pressed against
them.
Subclass:
60
The actuator is a trap board having holes and slits therein,
the laterally-movable members being knotted cords and the
pattern exercising its control to cause the knots to catch in
the slits.
Subclass:
61
Two or more pattern cylinders control a single set of hooks,
as each hook has feelers which extend to the several
cylinders.
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322 for details of the cylinders and feelers alone.
Subclass:
62
An auxiliary pattern controls entire groups or rows of hooks
independent of or in opposition to the indications of the
main pattern.
Subclass:
63
A jacquard so arranged that extra rests or knife-edges will
keep any hooks from lowering between two successive picks.
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72
Subclass:
64
The threads move in opposite directions from a central point
when the shed is split open.
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69
Subclass:
65
Each harness cord is attached to two hooks, the hooks of a
given pair being actuated by oppositely-moving griff bars.
Subclass:
66
A pattern-controlled shedding motion for actuating heddle
frames.
Subclass:
67
The power is supplied by a constantly- reciprocating knife
bar, and the pattern determines which one of a number of
hooks shall be caught on the bar.
Subclass:
68
Uses pattern cards that require to be brought up to the
feelers with a right-line motion.
Subclass:
69
The threads move in opposite directions from a central point
when the shed is split open.
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64
Subclass:
70
The griff bars move in an arc of a circle.
Subclass:
71
Two griffs are constantly reciprocating in opposite
directions.
Subclass:
72
Latches keep the heddles in open position when change is not
desired.
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63
Subclass:
73
Motion is readily transmitted from the griff bars to the
heddle frames, but not in the opposite direction.
Subclass:
74
A two-arm lever is attached directly to two hooks and so
arranged that when the hooks are reciprocated in opposite
directions by the griff bars the harness attached to its
middle point will remain stationary.
Subclass:
75
A means for bringing all the harness to the same level when
the loom is stopped, so that repairs to the warp threads can
be made.
Subclass:
76
The actuator to which the harness-moving members are
connected at the call of the pattern rotates.
Subclass:
77
The actuators are toothed drums and the harnesses are moved
by gears which are moved edgewise by the pattern for
engagement with the toothed drums.
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180
Subclass:
78
The pattern is strong enough to actuate the harness by means
contacting directly with the pattern.
Subclass:
79
The harnesses are actuated by cams.
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32 for similar shedding in a hand loom.
Subclass:
80
There is means to control the arrangement of the cams either
automatically or by hand.
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120 156 and 320, for other axial-shift cams.
Subclass:
81
The harness is positively moved both ways.
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58
Subclass:
82
Limited to connections between the shedding motions and the
warp threads.
Subclass:
83
Two trains of transmission extend from the shedding motion to
both the tops and bottoms of the harness frames.
Subclass:
84
A single train of transmission extends from the shedding
motion to the top only of the harness frame.
Subclass:
85
The transmission from the jacquard motion to the heddle
eyes.
Subclass:
86
The guides which position the harness cords over the proper
warp threads.
Subclass:
87
Means for transmitting motion from one harness frame to
another independent of the shedding motion.
Subclass:
88
Means for connecting the transmission straps to the harness
frames.
Subclass:
89
Springs or their equivalent to pull heddles in the reverse
direction to that imparted by the shedding motion.
Subclass:
90
Weights used to pull down individual heddle eyes.
Subclass:
91
Groups of heddles supported from bars in order to move in
unison.
Subclass:
92
Main bars support smaller rods to which the heddles are
attached.
Subclass:
93
The elements which directly engage with the warp threads and
past which the threads move in shedding.
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368
Subclass:
94
A member separate from the rest of the heddle is used in
forming the thread-engaging eye.
Subclass:
95
Heddles constructed of twisted wires.
Subclass:
96
Heddles constructed of a strip which has been perforated to
form the heddle eye.
Subclass:
97
Advancing the warp threads properly arranged and tensioned to
the interweaving mechanism of the loom.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, appropriate
subclasses for methods of, and apparatus for, feeding
material without utilizing the leading or trailing ends to
effect movement of the material.
Subclass:
98
Means inserted in the plane of the warp threads for holding
the juxtaposed threads apart to prevent entangling.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
19, Textiles: Fiber Preparation, subclass .48 for apparatus
and processes for separating or aligning substantially
parallel continuous filaments before stabilizing such
filaments.
Subclass:
99
Means for paying out the warp threads and means for taking up
the fabric, having part of their mechanism in common.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
100 and indented subclasses, and 304, and the indented
subclasses.
Subclass:
100
Means for paying out warp with sufficient retarded speed to
keep the warp threads under tension while they are being
woven.
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99
Subclass:
101
There are a plurality of warp banks with a separate let-off
for each.
Subclass:
102
The warp threads are used in a pile fabric.
Subclass:
103
The rate of let-off is determined by the strain on each of
the warps.
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109 and 110.
Subclass:
104
The let-off is applied to the threads after they have left
their carriers and not to the carriers themselves.
Subclass:
105
Means for varying the rate of feed.
Subclass:
106
The rate of turning of the warp beam is in increased as the
amount of warp left thereon decreases.
Subclass:
107
Means contacting with the surface of the warp on the beam
determines the rate at which the beam turns.
Subclass:
108
A positive actuator is controlled.
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310
Subclass:
109
The rate is determined by the strain on the warp threads.
Subclass:
110
A positive actuator is controlled.
Subclass:
111
Means actuated by a loom part for preventing let-off usually
when the stop motion detects a weft failure.
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314
Subclass:
112
Actuated at the time of beat-up.
Subclass:
113
Means to facilitate manual movement of the warp back and
forth.
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316 and 328, for clutches and disconnective means.
Subclass:
114
Means, usually serving as a back rest, pressing against the
warp threads and capable of movement to maintain desirable
tension notwithstanding the fluctuations in warp tension
produced by the shedding and beat-up.
Subclass:
115
There is a connection with a moving part of the loom to
decrease the tension at the proper time.
Subclass:
116.1
WEFT MANIPULATION:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Apparatus or method for laying threads known as the weft
across a series of substantially parallel threads known as
the warp, and wherein (a) the warp threads are successively
divided between an upper plane and a lower plane, thereby
forming sheds, and (b) a weft thread is passed through and
laid into each shed.
Subclass:
116.2
Means for withdrawing defective weft:
This subclass is indented under subclass 116.1. Apparatus
comprising a mechanism for withdrawing a weft, which has been
detected as being faulty, from a shed.
Subclass:
116.5
Means for manipulating the weft threads so that they will
stand out from the surface of the fabric in the form of loops
or ends.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
21 for weft pile produced in multished looms.
37 and indented subclasses, for pile produced from warp
threads.
Subclass:
116.6
The weft is laid over wires which are parallel with the warp,
the front ends of the wires being fast to the frame of the
loom.
(1) Note. This type usually carries cutting knives.
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47 for similar devices for warp pile.
Subclass:
117
The length of the weft in any one shed being appreciably
greater or less than the width of the completed fabric.
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54 for cross-woven selvage.
Subclass:
118
The weft extends appreciably farther than the width of the
warp, thereby projecting beyond the edge of the fabric when
completed.
Subclass:
119
There is means for inserting shuttles into and withdrawing
them from a shed at points intermediate the edges of the shed
for the purpose of depositing weft between said points.
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135 for analogous ways of propelling small shuttles.
Subclass:
120
Includes the mechanism for alternating the main-shuttle
flight with the action of the swivel shuttles.
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80 156 and 320, for axial-shift cams.
137 for ways of raising and lowering small shuttles.
Subclass:
121
Swivel shuttles in which the positive motion drive consists
of racks attached to the shuttles and pinions to drive the
same.
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136 and indented subclasses.
Subclass:
133
Means for propelling the weft-thread-carrying members through
the shed so constructed that the thread-carrying member may
remain at either side of the shed while the shed changes.
Subclass:
134
Means employing a magnet for propelling a shuttle.
Subclass:
135
The shuttle is longer than the width of the warp and is
always connected with an actuating means which does not enter
the shed.
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22 and 119, for analogous motions.
143 for fly-shuttle arrangements for weaving fabrics edge to
edge.
Subclass:
136
The drive is through pinions acting on a rack attached to the
shuttle.
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23 and 121.
Subclass:
137
Employing a plurality of shuttles for use with the same set
of warp threads for the purpose of changing the weft.
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23 and 120, for ways of raising and lowering small
shuttles.
171 and indented subclasses, for weft- change means for the
ordinary fly- shuttle loom.
Subclass:
138
Limited to the means for driving the pinions.
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121
Subclass:
139
The shuttle is at one or the other of its ends connected with
an actuating means.
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141
Subclass:
140
There is a single fabric, and therefore a single shuttle.
Subclass:
141
The shuttle is always connected at one or the other of its
ends with an actuating means.
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41 42, 139, 440+ and 445, for mechanisms that include
actuating means that could be used for actuating a shuttle
push rod.
Subclass:
142
Means for imparting to a shuttle sufficient momentum to carry
it through the shed.
Subclass:
143
Means to enable fly shuttles to be projected through two or
more sheds placed in alignment (edge to edge).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
135 and indented subclasses, for positive shuttle motions
where fabrics are woven edge to edge.
Subclass:
144
The impulse is caused by air pressure.
Subclass:
145
The impulse is caused by releasing a spring that has been
placed under tension.
Subclass:
146
A shuttle-propelling stick is mounted on the beat-up
framework instead of a stationary part of the loom.
Subclass:
147
A bell crank rocks about a horizontal pivot, one end being
connected to the picker stick and the other being actuated by
the picker cam.
Subclass:
148
The power is transmitted to the stick through a means which
is part of or forms a socket for the lower part of the
stick.
Subclass:
149
The construction of the pivot of or support for the stick.
Often includes means to give the top of the stick a
straight-line motion.
Subclass:
150
The bottom of the foot comprises a curved rolling surface.
Subclass:
151
A straight pull member for connecting the picker stick with
the rest of the motion.
Subclass:
152
The member being supported from the stick foot rather than
from the stick directly.
Subclass:
153
A substantially U-shaped loop of flat material adapted to
pass around the picker stick and be connected to the lug
stick. They are designed to be used on standard looms
interchangeably.
Subclass:
154
Means for keeping the strap from sliding down the stick.
Subclass:
155
Means to place the shuttle away from the picker, so that the
point will not catch in the picker when the shuttle is
shifted for purposes of weft change or the like.
(1) Note. Compare with this class, subclass 252.
Subclass:
156
Means to disengage some part of the picker-actuating
mechanism, so that the shuttle motion on that side of the
loom will not act.
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80 119, 120, and 320, for axial shift cams, and 225.
182 for supporting instrumentalities for mechanisms
requiring disconnecting to prevent box-change smash.
Subclass:
157
The construction of the bar for actuating the picker, the
picker being mounted on or connected to the same.
Subclass:
158
A rod on which the picker slides. Not used in all looms.
Subclass:
159
The members which contact directly with the ends of the
shuttle to propel it.
Subclass:
160
Those pickers which are adapted to slide on spindles.
Subclass:
161
Means adapted to contact with the picker or picker stick and
retard the same.
Subclass:
162
The checks are so arranged as to be engaged at a point remote
from the shuttle boxes or are connected to some part of the
loom in such a way as to have their action modified.
Subclass:
163
The resistance of one surface on another is employed as a
checking action.
Subclass:
164
One of the rubbing surfaces is the picker or picker stick or
a part bodily carried thereby.
Subclass:
165
The movement of one of the surfaces in checking in one
direction leaves that surface in position for checking in the
opposite direction.
Subclass:
166
Checking by impact against material other than metal
springs.
Subclass:
167
Checking by impact against the resilience of springs.
Subclass:
168
The blow is received by a strap stretched at right angles to
the path of the blow.
Subclass:
169
The check having a pivoted impact member extending into the
path of the stick or picker.
Subclass:
170
There is an impact member with straight-line motion extending
into the path of the stick or picker.
Subclass:
170.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 116. Means for
preventing inactive weft threads from being drawn into the
shed simultaneously with the active weft during the operation
of multiple-shuttle looms.
(1) Note. Such devices, sometimes called filling locks or
sideline eliminators, commonly function to maintain the
length of inactive weft extending from its shuttle in a
position in which it cannot be contacted by the active weft
or shuttle.
(2) Note. While devices which are mounted near the fell (as
on the breast beam or temple support) may exert little more
restraint on the inactive weft than that imposed by such
weft's attachment to the fabric, they are included in this
and indented subclasses since they are most frequently found
in conjunction with inactive weft cutters (in which case they
supply the support and restraint which can no longer be
provided by the fabric itself) and since the additional
function performed by those such devices not associated with
cutters is the further removal of the inactive weft from the
path of the active shuttle. (See patent 2,219,794 to Turner
in subclass 170.6 indented hereunder).
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184 for multiple shuttle boxes, per se.
Subclass:
170.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 170.3. Apparatus
provided with additional means for severing the inactive weft
between its shuttle and the selvage of the fabric being
woven.
(1) Note. Cutters associated with inactive-filling
restrainers often are mounted jointly with the loom temples.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 263+ for weft end cutters associated with
filling replenishing mechanism.
subclasses 302+ for loom-mounted selvage trimmers, per se.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
26, Textiles: Cloth Finishing, subclass 10.4 for cutters
not mounted on a loom and adapted to sever weft loops
floating along the selvage of fabric woven on
multiple-shuttle looms.
Subclass:
170.6
This subclass is indented under subclass 170.3. Apparatus in
which the functioning of the restrainer or restrainers with
respect to any particular weft is related to the position,
relative to the shuttle race, of the shuttle box holding the
package of such weft.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 171+ for box change motions for multiple-shuttle
looms.
Subclass:
170.7
This subclass is indented under subclass 170.6. Apparatus
comprising flexible strand or strand-like members disposed
substantially parallel to the warps of the fabric being woven
but outside the selvage thereof, and provided with means for
raising and lowering such members for the purpose of
disposing the inactive wefts above or below the path of
travel of the active shuttle.
(1) Note. When the strand member employed is taken from the
loom warp supply (later to be returned thereto for weaving
into the fabric) it is referred to as a displaced warp.
Strand or strandlike restraining members which are extraneous
to the fabric being woven are known as dummy warps.
Subclass:
171
Means for moving a set of multiple shuttle boxes to bring the
desired one into picking position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
2 126, 127 and 137, for color change and weft change other
than for fly-shuttle mechanism.
184 for the structure of the boxes.
Subclass:
172
The boxes being arranged to move in a circular path.
Subclass:
173
The power means moves to and fro and transmits motion to a
wheel by engaging the wheel at various points along its
periphery.
Subclass:
174
The actuator and wheel are connected by gear teeth.
Subclass:
175
A member constantly moving to and fro is adapted to
selectively engage members to be moved thereby.
Subclass:
176
When the amount of movement given the engaged member is not
always the same.
Subclass:
177
The engageable member has a series of notches or steps any
one of which may be caused to be caught and carried along
with the actuator.
Subclass:
178
The pattern causes selective engagement between a gear and a
rotating actuator by shifting a part of or the entire gear or
a jaw clutch forming part of the gear.
Subclass:
179
The part moved to cause engagement is shifted axially.
Subclass:
180
The actuator and actuated members are gears so arranged that
pattern-selective engagement can take place by the
displacement of the selected gear bodily in a radial or a
radial or edgewise direction.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
77
Subclass:
181
Means for modifying and transmitting the motion produced by
some of the above pattern-controlled mechanism and capable of
being interchangeably used with different types.
Subclass:
182
Devices upon which the boxes rest which are connected to and
adapted to be raised or lowered by the various motions
classified above.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
156 for means to protect the box-change mechanism against
smash.
Subclass:
183
Receptacles at the ends of the lay to receive and hold the
shuttle while not in flight.
Subclass:
184
A shuttle box containing a plurality of shuttle compartments,
so that by moving a different compartment into the picking
position different shuttles can be employed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
156 for means to prevent smashes in changing these boxes.
171 and the subclasses indented thereunder, for means to
move the boxes.
Subclass:
185
Means carried by the shuttle box for engaging directly with
the shuttle and adapted to retard the shuttle on its entry.
Subclass:
186
Means actuated by the entrance of the shuttle into the box
for throwing a checking means into operation.
Subclass:
187
Action of the check against the shuttle is relieved at the
time the shuttle is picked from the box.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
347
Subclass:
188
Means which forces the weft thread into place against the
fell of the cloth; usually consists of a comb or reed
properly held and actuated and often includes a shelf on
which a fly shuttle can slide.
Subclass:
189
Reeds which will become detached or unlocked from the shuttle
raceway in case the shuttle is trapped between the reed and
fell of the cloth.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
27 for similar structure used in terry looms.
Subclass:
190
The mechanism for imparting the to-and-fro motion to the lay
or beat-up.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
20 for special motions used in terry weaving.
Subclass:
191
Reeds that have a beat-up motion independent of or in
addition to that of the shuttle raceway.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
27 for similar structure used in terry looms.
Subclass:
192
A comb located between the shedding mechanism and the fell of
the cloth, the teeth of which extend or may be inserted
through the warp threads in the shed area for the purpose of
moving the weft thread against the fell of the cloth.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
5 for very unusual traversing reeds.
48 for converging reeds.
Subclass:
193
Means placed adjacent the path of the shuttle to prevent
hitting the operator if the shuttle flies out.
Subclass:
194
Means for applying tension to the weft and not carried by the
shuttle.
Subclass:
195
Means other than selvage warp thread for holding the loop of
weft by the shuttle until the beat-up occurs.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 430+
Subclass:
196.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 116. Device
comprising means which carries a weft thread through an open
shed which means is not attached to its propelling
apparatus.
Subclass:
196.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 196.1. Device
wherein the shuttle is provided with a clamping or guide
means which engages a weft thread and draws it through an
open shed from a stationary supply located adjacent the
shed.
Subclass:
196.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 196.1. Device
wherein the shuttle is adapted to carry a length of weft
thread sufficient for only one pass through the shed, which
weft may or may not be spool carried.
Subclass:
196.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 196.1. Device
limited to the structure of the tip portion of shuttles.
Subclass:
197
It is found that many of the patents in the group of
"Shuttles" cover merely elements found in the interior of
what may be considered the standard type of "fly" shuttle, in
which a bobbin or skewer holds a package of thread supported
near one end of the shuttle cavity, the thread to be pulled
off endwise toward the other end and out through an eye in
the side of the shuttle near the delivery end, the outside of
the shuttle being smooth and tapered at both ends.
Inventions which are not details of this so-called standard
type are placed in this group of shuttle types.
Subclass:
198
Wherein the supply is engaged on the exterior instead of
carried by a spindle.
Subclass:
199
Shuttles in which an arch containing the thread outlet eye
extends from the side of the shuttle next the fell of the
cloth, so as to lay the weft near the fell; usually used on
narrow-ware shuttles.
Subclass:
200
The thread is fed out from a rotating bobbin, and the tension
is created by a friction brake applied to any part of the
bobbin, which part may be the wound-thread surface.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclasses 421+, 422+,
and 156+ for tensioning a running material.
Subclass:
201
Tension is created by leading the thread over a zigzag path
with several sharp bends, these bends being in addition to
those that are needed to carry the thread from the cop or
bobbin to the outlet eye.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
214 and indented subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclasses 541+ and
153 for a tensioning a running material.
Subclass:
202
Shuttles the weight of which is supported on rolls as they
make their flight across the lay.
Subclass:
203
Means carried by the shuttle adapted to be affected by a
change of warp thread or weft thread conditions for actuating
a signal or a train of mechanism for stopping or controlling
the loom action.
Subclass:
204
Means affected by presence of warp threads in the shed.
Subclass:
205
Means affected by the substantial exhaustion of the
weft-thread package carried by the shuttle.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
275 and 371, for the combination with stopping means and
replenishing means, respectively.
Subclass:
206
Means for holding the thread supply while it is being
delivered in the usual type of shuttle in which the weft is
drawn from a nonrotating thread package by unwinding from the
exterior of the same.
Subclass:
207
Shuttles and cop carriers so constructed that the cop with
its carrier can be changed by mechanical means while the
shuttle remains in the loom.
Subclass:
208
The support is pivotally attached, so that the end may be
swung out of the shuttle cavity to permit change of bobbins.
Subclass:
209
Spindles having the pivoted end so constructed that it is
unlocked and can be detached when the other end is swung out
of the shuttle cavity.
Subclass:
210
Spindles that actuate means to increase the hold or grip of
the spindle on the cop as the free end of the spindle is
swung into the shuttle.
Subclass:
211
Spindle-actuated means to take hold of the exterior of the
bobbin as the free end of the spindle is swung into the
shuttle.
Subclass:
212
Means for controlling the thread from the time it leaves the
thread package until it leaves the shuttle.
Subclass:
213
The means contacts with the thread as it leaves the bobbin or
package.
Subclass:
214
Guides in which tension is created by leading the thread over
a zigzag path with several sharp bends, these bends being in
addition to those that are needed to carry the thread from
the cop or bobbin to the outlet eye.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
201
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, subclasses 160+ and 205 for a metal
working machine which provides an undulating path for
successively presented portions of running length work.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclasses 541+ and
153 for a tensioning a running material.
Subclass:
215
Guides that include tortuous-course tensions and have a slot
through the shuttle wall extending from the eye to the thread
cavity.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
201 and 222.
Subclass:
216
A spring pressed toward an opposing surface and contacting
directly with the thread held there between.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclass 419.4 and
149+ for a clamp-type tension for running material.
Subclass:
217
Spring clamps included in guides and tensions having a slot
through the shuttle wall extending from the eye to the thread
cavity.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
222
Subclass:
218
The thread is drawn over rough or clinging material such as
felt, to create resistance.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclasses 522+ and
147+ for a clamp-type tension for running material.
Subclass:
219
Friction-material tensions that occur in guides having a slot
through the shuttle wall extending from the eye to the thread
cavity.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
222
Subclass:
220
Friction-material tensions that occur in guides in which the
slot will thread from the to-and-fro motion of the shuttle
across the loom.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
223
Subclass:
221
Means carried by the shuttle to facilitate starting the
thread through the thread outlet.
Subclass:
222
The thread undergoes a side displacement through a slot into
the thread outlet of the shuttle.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
215 217, and 219.
Subclass:
223
Threading slots so arranged that the thread will be drawn
into its regular channel by the to-and-fro motion of the
shuttle across the loom.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
220
Subclass:
224
Means for supplying new weft by either refilling or replacing
the running shuttle.
(1) Note. Includes means wherein there is a special
cooperation between the replenishing mechanism and other
parts of the loom.
Subclass:
225
Wherein there is special cooperation between the replenishing
mechanism and other parts of the loom.
Subclass:
226
The other parts of the loom being rendered inoperative.
Subclass:
227
Including stopping of the main shaft.
Subclass:
228
The action of the stopping means is nullified or delayed.
Subclass:
229
In which the weft carrier passes through the replenishing
position one or more times after detection of depletion and
before replenishment takes place.
Subclass:
230
Means for preventing premature actuation.
Subclass:
231
In which the operation has already been initiated.
Subclass:
232
Means in looms using more than one character of weft for
renewing at least one of the wefts.
Subclass:
233
Means for ascertaining the condition of the shuttle contents
in the shifting shuttle boxes which cooperate therewith.
Subclass:
234
Wherein exhausted shuttles are replaced.
Subclass:
235
The operation being initiated by the operative.
Subclass:
236
The full shuttle being inserted at one end of the lay and the
exhausted shuttle being discharged at the other end of the
lay.
Subclass:
237
The exhausted shuttle being deflected while in flight off the
raceway of the lay.
Subclass:
238
The exhausted shuttle being pushed out by the pressure of the
incoming full shuttle.
Subclass:
239
The shuttle box being temporarily displaced.
Subclass:
240
A series of shuttle boxes being moved in the same direction.
Subclass:
241
Wherein the exhausted shuttles are refilled.
Subclass:
242
A moving element projecting a full bobbin into the shuttle.
Subclass:
243
The moving transferer is set in operation by the lay.
Subclass:
244
Limited to bobbin-engaging features of the transferer.
Subclass:
245
Means for holding and presenting the full bobbins to transfer
position.
Subclass:
246
Wherein there is means for taking care of the yarn ends
previous to the transferring operation.
(1) Note. Devices which control the yarn ends collectively
and are features of the bobbin supply are classified here.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
256 257, 258, and 259.
Subclass:
247
The bobbins being fed to transfer position by gravity.
Subclass:
248
The bobbins being carried by a magazine which rotates to feed
them.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
249 for other rotary batteries
Subclass:
249
The bobbins being carried by a magazine which rotates to feed
them.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
248 for other rotary batteries. See this class, subclass
248.
Subclass:
250
Means for rotating the battery.
Subclass:
251
Means for holding the bobbin in transfer position or guiding
it during transfer.
Subclass:
252
Means for placing an improperly-positioned shuttle in
position in the shuttle box.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
155
Subclass:
253
Positioning means which act on the shuttle tip adjacent the
fabric.
Subclass:
254
Means for engaging a bobbin imperfectly positioned in the
shuttle to prevent the entrance of the shuttle into the shed
or to press the bobbin into its proper place.
Subclass:
255
Means for disposing of the bobbin after its discharge from
the shuttle.
Subclass:
256
Means for manipulating an individual thread after the
transferring operation has been initiated.
(1) Note. Devices for controlling a yarn end individually
even though the bobbin from which it extends be in the bobbin
supply are classified here.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
246 and indented subclasses.
Subclass:
257
Wherein the thread extends from the new bobbin.
Subclass:
258
The end being attached to the magazine.
Subclass:
259
Means for guiding the incoming thread into the shuttle.
Subclass:
260
Means for placing the thread extending from the substantially
exhausted bobbin in position to be cut by the cutting
mechanism.
Subclass:
261
Means for withdrawing the thread extending from the
discharged bobbin out of the shuttle eye.
Subclass:
262
Wherein the bobbin is given a definite movement, is stripped,
or otherwise manipulated.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
28, Textiles: Manufacturing, subclasses 292+, for bobbin
stripping apparatus.
Subclass:
263
Means set in operation by the replenishing action for cutting
the thread. Frequently a clamp is provided for carrying the
cut end forward.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
170.4 for inactive-weft cutters associated with means for
preventing the extending end of such weft in a
multiple-shuttle loom from becoming fouled with the active
weft supply or otherwise drawn into the shed.
subclasses 302+ for loom-mounted selvage trimmers not
associated with filling replenishing mechanism.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
26, Textiles: Cloth Finishing, subclass 10.4 for weft end
cutters which are not loom mounted.
Subclass:
264
The cutter being located on the shuttle feeler.
Subclass:
265
The cutter being located on the lay.
Subclass:
266
The cutter being located on the temple.
Subclass:
267
Wherein actual transfer of a bobbin is required to effect the
cutting.
Subclass:
268
Means for preventing premature actuation.
Subclass:
269
Means for ascertaining the condition of the working-shuttle
contents and when a predetermined exhaustion thereof is
reached for initiating a change.
(1) Note. Feeler mechanisms, per se, are classified here
whether intended to replenish or to stop the loom.
Subclass:
270
The complete functioning being suspended temporarily during
the further depletion of the shuttle contents.
Subclass:
271
Means for positively withdrawing the feeler from the shuttle
box.
(1) Note. The withdrawal is usually to permit the picking
of the shuttle, the transfer of the bobbin, or the shifting
of the shuttle boxes.
Subclass:
272
The feeler being located on the lay.
Subclass:
273
An electric circuit being utilized.
Subclass:
274
Wherein a magnetic body within and a magnetized body without
the shuttle, or vice versa, are attracted to each other.
Subclass:
275
The initiating element is carried in the shuttle.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
205 and 371, for detecting devices where not combined with
replenishing.
Subclass:
276
The yarn contact member being vibrated at each detecting beat
of the lay, failure to vibrate effecting the change.
Subclass:
277
Wherein there is also a bobbin or shuttle contact member
contacting at each detecting beat.
Subclass:
278
Wherein there is a member which contacts with the yarn
surface and another member normally inactive which is engaged
by the shuttle or other part of the lay for effecting the
change.
Subclass:
279
Wherein there is a member which contacts with the yarn
surface and another member which penetrates through the yarn
to feel for the bobbin surface.
Subclass:
280
A member is held from rotation on a detecting beat by the
yarn on the bobbin, but upon substantial exhaustion of the
yarn is permitted to rotate.
Subclass:
281
A toothed element is held from movement longitudinally of the
bobbin on a detecting beat by the yarn on the bobbin, but
upon substantial exhaustion of the yarn slips.
Subclass:
282
A resilient means causes the slipping action.
Subclass:
283
A toothed element is supported on a pivoted carrier.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
285
Subclass:
284
The toothed element is supported on a rectilinearly-movable
member.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
286
Subclass:
285
The toothed element is supported on a pivoted carrier.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
283
Subclass:
286
The toothed element is supported on a rectilinearly-movable
member.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
284
Subclass:
287
Limited to the yarn engaging features of the feelers.
Subclass:
288
Means for placing the feeler mechanism in proper position
with relation to the shuttle.
Subclass:
289
Bobbins provided with features or elements for cooperating
with the feeler.
Subclass:
291
Means carried by the loom for removing the cloth as it is
woven or otherwise operating upon the cloth.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
26, Textiles: Cloth Finishing, subclasses 13+ for cutters
adapted to sever the connecting strands of two-ply fabric;
and subclasses 87+ for spreader structure which maintains
lateral tension on a running web of cloth.
Subclass:
292
Means to engage the cloth near the fell to maintain a lateral
tension on the same.
Subclass:
293
A pincerlike means is provided, and in most instances it
reciprocates with each beat up of the lay.
Subclass:
294
The means rotates.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
492, Roll or Roller, for a roll, per se, not elsewhere
provided for, and see the notes thereunder.
Subclass:
295
The cloth is brought into engagement with a roller, the axis
of which is substantially parallel with the weft, by means of
a nonrotating shield or guide which partially embraces the
roller.
Subclass:
296
Limited to the cloth-engaging portion of the roller.
Subclass:
297
Limited to that portion of the roller mounting which
facilitates rotation of the roller.
Subclass:
298
Limited to the means for connecting the cloth-engaging
portion of the temple with the loom; usually a bracket
fastened to the breast beam.
Subclass:
299
Yielding to the beat-up movement is permitted by a sideway
part of the support.
Subclass:
300
Means to facilitate moving the temple away from the
cloth-engaging position.
Subclass:
301
Means to facilitate accurate locating of the temple with
relation to the cloth.
Subclass:
302
Means to sever weft threads that may project from the edge of
the cloth.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
170.4 for inactive-weft cutters associated with means for
preventing the extending end of such weft from becoming
fouled with the active weft supply or otherwise drawn into
the shed of a multiple-shuttle loom.
subclasses 263+ for weft end cutters associated with
filling replenishing mechanism.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
26, Textiles: Cloth Finishing, subclass 10.4 for apparatus
and processes for the same purpose as those of this subclass,
the severing means of which is not loom-mounted.
Subclass:
303
The means is actuated by contacts from the lay.
Subclass:
304
Means for pulling the cloth away as it is woven; usually
includes means for winding it up.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
99
Subclass:
305
The rate of take-up is not uniform from edge to edge of the
cloth.
Subclass:
306
A lateral to-and-fro motion is given either to the receiver
or to the cloth.
Subclass:
307
The cloth is pulled along by contact with advancing friction
or clamping surfaces, the packaging, if any, being a separate
operation.
Subclass:
308
The material is wound on a beam which is pressed against the
sand roll and is driven thereby.
Subclass:
309
Means is provided to determine the rate at which the
cloth-advancing mechanism moves.
Subclass:
310
The cloth roll is slowed down as the mass of cloth thereon
accumulates.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
108
Subclass:
311
The rate of movement is determined by the tautness of the
cloth.
Subclass:
312
The rate is determined by an adjustment made by the
operator.
Subclass:
313
Means to permit the take-up to move a certain distance in the
reverse direction, usually when the stop motion detects a
weft failure.
Subclass:
314
Means that stops the take-up when the stop motion detects a
weft failure without awaiting the coming to rest of the heavy
parts of the loom.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
111
Subclass:
315
Means to prevent manual interference with some mechanical
actuator for the take-up while the loom is in motion.
Subclass:
316
Means to facilitate the movement of the cloth back and forth
by the operator.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
113 and 328, for clutches and disconnective means.
Subclass:
317
Means of the type peculiarly adapted for controlling the
order in which selective power-transmitting mechanisms are
thrown into and out of action: comprises patterns having
indicators and feelers affected by the indicators, but does
not include the power-transmission devices which are
connected or disconnected by the feelers. They are employed
in producing complicated designs having a great variety of
changes and are to be distinguished from cams, cranks, and
the like, which are intended to transmit power directly and
are practical only when few changes are required.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
66, Textiles: Knitting, subclasses 231+ for pattern
control systems and storage devices for use with knitting
machines.
200, Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers, subclass 46
for systems of electric circuit makers and breakers in which
individual circuits are made and broken in a
pattern-transmitted predetermined order.
Subclass:
318
A pattern which has not been broken up into definite portions
to correspond to each feeler.
Subclass:
319
Patterns in which the indicators and feelers are operative
electrically.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
455 for devices that use electricity to lift the heddles.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
200, Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers, subclass 46
for systems of electric circuit makers and breakers in which
individual circuits are made and broken in a
pattern-transmitted predetermined order.
Subclass:
320
A plurality of patterns are arranged in parallel rows
lengthwise of the chain, so that a change from one to the
other can be effected by shifting the cylinder axially
relative to the feelers.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
80 120 and 156, for lateral-shifting cams.
Subclass:
321
Portions of the pattern chain are passed without being
utilized.
Subclass:
322
Two or more pattern cylinders act on the same set of hooks or
other power connective devices.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
61 for the complete shedding mechanism that employs multiple
cylinders.
Subclass:
323
There is an extra pattern for selecting the main pattern that
is to be used.
Subclass:
324
Means for causing the pattern to travel in the opposite
direction.
Subclass:
325
An extra pattern is used to determine the time or point of
reverse.
Subclass:
326
Extra patterns which move while the main patterns are
stationary to count the number of picks before the main
patterns are to be started again.
Subclass:
327
Means driven by the take-up roll or some loom part to
determine the length of dwell or repetition of the pattern at
any given point.
Subclass:
328
Means to enable the pattern to be moved to the correct
position for starting.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
113 and 316, for clutches and disconnecting means.
Subclass:
329
Mechanisms for turning the cylinder and also in the jacquard
type the means for pressing the cylinder against the
feelers.
Subclass:
330
A prism or barrel on which the chain is mounted to advance it
step-by-step and also to hold the card or link that is being
pressed against the ends of the feelers.
Subclass:
331
The fingers or detectors which are controlled by the
perforations, risers, or other indicators on the pattern
chain or its equivalent for connecting or disconnecting the
power-transmission devices under their control.
Subclass:
332
Devices to support the length of cards or chain that is not
on the cylinder.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
7 for analogous mechanism that supports, long chains of tube
frames.
Subclass:
333
Limited to the surfaces or chains having indicators which
affect the feelers.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
66, Textiles: Knitting, subclasses 231+ for patterns for
knitting machines.
Subclass:
334
Patterns in which the indicators are pins that can be placed
in inoperative position either with or without entire removal
from the pattern chain.
Subclass:
335
Patterns of the paper card type; usually perforated.
Subclass:
336
Mechanism adapted to throw the loom out of operation.
Subclass:
336.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 336. Stopping which
is effected by improper functioning of means for replenishing
the active filling supply or of an instrumentality associated
with such replenishment, or by the absence of an adequate
supply of reserve filling carriers.
(1) Note. An instrumentality associated with replenishment
of the active filling supply may be, for instance, a filling
thread cutter and clamp.
Subclass:
336.6
This subclass is indented under subclass 336.4. Stopping,
which is effected by means detecting the presence of a
shuttle improperly positioned (or the absence of a shuttle in
proper position) for replenishment by a fresh bobbin or for
ejection of the shuttle coincident to the supply of a fresh
shuttle.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 341+ for shuttle position detectors not related
to weft replenishment.
Subclass:
337
Abnormal condition of the harness mechanism causes stopping.
Subclass:
338
Improper action of the pattern mechanism causes stopping.
Subclass:
339
Improper action of the take-up mechanism causes stopping.
Subclass:
340
A fixed extent of operation causes stopping.
Subclass:
341
An improperly-positioned shuttle causes stopping.
Subclass:
342
The shuttle not having been picked out of the shuttle box.
Subclass:
343
Shuttles are in both running shuttle boxes.
Subclass:
344
The shuttle being positively driven.
Subclass:
345
A rocking rod extending longitudinally of the lay carries
fingers which contact with the shuttle checks and also
carries means adapted to engage and actuate the stop
mechanism when the rod is not rocked by the pressure of a
shuttle check on one of the fingers.
Subclass:
346
A slidable member transmits movement from the protector rod
to the stopping means.
Subclass:
347
The pressure of the protector mechanism against the shuttle
is suspended, but allowed to function at the appropriate
instant.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
167
Subclass:
348
A thin place in the fabric causes stopping.
Subclass:
349
The occurrence of a fault in the warp, usually the breakage
of a thread, causes stopping.
Subclass:
350
In combination with means for holding juxtaposed warp threads
apart to prevent entangling.
Subclass:
351
The locality of the fault being indicated.
Subclass:
352
The fault being detected by mechanism other than elements
arranged to contact one with each thread.
Subclass:
353
The fault being detected by an individual thread detector
which affects an electric circuit on being displaced.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
66, Textiles: Knitting, subclass 161 and the classes
referred to in the notes thereto.
200, Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers, subclass
61.13 for electrical switches which are controlled by
threads or strands; see subclass 61.14 where the switch is
controlled by a knot or change in diameter of the thread or
strand, and subclass 61.18 where the switch is controlled by
the slack, breakage, run out or failure to travel along its
intended path.
Subclass:
354
The detectors do not move bodily, but angularly.
Subclass:
355
The detectors either form the shed or the principle of
operation depends on their being raised in the formation
thereof.
Subclass:
356
The lay being utilized to actuate the stopping mechanism.
Subclass:
357
The lay being utilized to actuate the stopping mechanism.
Subclass:
358
Limited to means for supporting the thread-feeling elements
of an electrical warp stop motion.
Subclass:
359
Individual thread detectors are displaced into the path of a
to-and-fro moving member and are carried along therewith.
Subclass:
360
Individual thread detectors are displaced into the path of a
to-and-fro moving member, which is stopped thereby.
Subclass:
361
The detectors do not move bodily, but angularly.
Subclass:
362
The lay being utilized to actuate the stopping mechanism.
Subclass:
363
Wherein the detectors either form the shed or the principle
of operation depends upon their being raised in the formation
thereof.
Subclass:
364
The lay being utilized to actuate the stopping mechanism.
Subclass:
365
The vibrator moves transversely of the lay.
Subclass:
366
The lay being utilized to actuate the stopping mechanism.
Subclass:
367
The lay being utilized to actuate the stopping mechanism.
Subclass:
368
Limited to the structure of the detector, per se.
Subclass:
369
Means for supporting the thread-feeling elements and closely
associated parts of the warp stop motion.
Subclass:
370.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 336. Stopping
wherein the absence of, substantial exhausting of or a fault
in the weft thread causes the loom to be thrown out of
operation.
Subclass:
370.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 370.1. Stopping
wherein the weft thread is drawn from a thread package which
is fixed relative to the frame of the loom.
Subclass:
371
The detection being made by means within the shuttle.
Subclass:
372
A member having tines is given relative movement across the
weft path.
Subclass:
373
Provided with means for bringing the fork to rest after
striking the weft.
Subclass:
374
The fork is carried by the lay.
Subclass:
375
The fork is moved by gravity on its detecting stroke.
Subclass:
376
Means is provided to assist the action of gravity.
Subclass:
377
The fork is tiltable on a member which slides when the fork
fails to be tilted.
Subclass:
378
Limited to the structure of the fork.
Subclass:
379
Limited to the features of the element which cooperates with
the prongs of the fork or the devices for cleaning the same.
Subclass:
380
Accessories only of use in aiding an attendant to operate the
loom.
Subclass:
381
Devices entirely detached from the shuttle to aid the
attendant in threading the shuttle.
Subclass:
382
Suction or compressed air is used.
Subclass:
383
Product of a method or apparatus provided for in this class
and having at least one set of constituent strands arranged
transversely to at least one other set and interlaced
therewith, each strand of one set lying above some and below
the remaining strands of the other set.
(1) Note. A patent directed to a woven product possessing
coated or impregnated constituents will be placed in this
subclass, or the appropriate indented subclass, where the
sole disclosure is to coating or impregnation of the
constituents prior to assembly thereof to form the product.
(2) Note. A patent directed to a woven product by name only
consisting of twisted or twined constituents (e.g., yarn), in
the absence of the particular interengagement (assembly
relationship) of said constituents, will be placed elsewhere.
See the Search Notes below.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
57, Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining, for a patent
directed to a woven product by name only consisting of
twisted or twined constituents, in the absence of the
particular interengagement (assembly relationship) of said
constituents.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
appropriate subclasses for methods and apparatus for weaving
in combination with laminating. See also subclasses 166+
and 433+ for methods and apparatus for forming weftless
fabrics by adhesively uniting filaments.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, appropriate
subclasses for a stock material product in the form of a
single or plural layer web embodying a woven component and
not provided for in this class (139) or any other class. See
Class 428, References to Other Classes, reference to Class
139.
492, Roll or Roller, subclass 48 for a roll cover, per se,
not elsewhere provided for.
Subclass:
384
Wherein the outline of the texture is other than flat
straight webs or stock peculiarly adapted for producing
structures of this nature.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclasses 98+
for a structurally defined web or sheet which may include a
woven component, and subclasses 221+ for a web or sheet which
includes a structurally defined component which may be woven,
and especially subclasses 175+, 190, 193, and 196+ for a
product embodying a component of mechanically interengaged
strands or strand-portions (e.g., woven).
442, Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth,
etc.), subclasses 181+ for a woven fabric and subclasses
304+ for a knit fabric.
Subclass:
385
Parts of the elements extending from the texture and being
loose and unwoven.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclass 115
for a stock material product in the form of a single or
plural layer web or sheet and having a fringe, where the
manufacture thereof goes beyond the limits of the methods of
manufacture provided for in this class (139).
Subclass:
385.5
Which are designed for use as collars for human apparel.
Subclass:
386
The texture being uniformly bent either in or out of its
plane, but not forming complete tubes.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclasses
174+ for a stock material product in the form of a single
or plural layer web or sheet, and embodying a nonplanar woven
layer but where the manufacture thereof goes beyond the limit
of any process provided for in this class (139).
Subclass:
387
The texture forming a hollow tube or tubes with either closed
or unclosed ends. Either the sides or the ends of the tubes
may be connected together.
(1) Note. For woven tubular fabrics having something
additional such as a rubber lining which makes them into a
hose, see Class 138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits, subclasses
123+ for woven tubular fabric having something additional,
such as an impregnation or a lining which makes it into a
hose.
Subclass:
388
Wherein a single tube is formed of regular shape and
texture.
Subclass:
389
Wherein the tube is peculiarly adapted to serve as a
receptacle.
Subclass:
390
The bag or pocket being integral with its supporting
texture.
Subclass:
391
Wherein the foundation texture has threads projecting
therefrom after the manner of hair or loops to form the
surface.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
66, Textiles: Knitting, subclass 191 and 194 for a knitted
fabric including a fleece or pile type surface.
112, Sewing, subclasses 410+ for a pile fabric formed by
securing the pile elements to a base by a stitching
operation.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclasses 85+
for a stock material product in the form of a single or
plural layer web or sheet having a pile or nap type surface
and not provided for in this class (139) or any other class.
Subclass:
392
The projecting threads being weft.
Subclass:
393
Wherein the projecting threads extend from the surface of the
weft.
Subclass:
394
The structure comprising more than a single weft plane.
Subclass:
395
Weft texture for a chenille fabric formed by cutting between
separated warp threads of a woven fabric, wherein the warp
threads form the core thereof and the cut weft ends extend
therefrom.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
57, Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining, subclass 24,
203 and 362 for chenille strand structures and machines and
processes for making the same.
Subclass:
396
These are the products of the terry operation.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
25
Subclass:
397
The projecting threads being formed by severing the warps
running between the layers of a fabric woven parallel to each
other and as a unit.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
26, Textiles: Cloth Finishing, subclasses 13+ for cutters
adapted to sever the connecting strands of two-ply fabrics.
Subclass:
398
Wherein the structure of each layer comprises more than a
single weft plane.
Subclass:
399
The projecting threads being neither warp nor weft, but extra
threads incorporated into the foundation texture during the
weaving.
Subclass:
400
Wherein the projecting threads are secured by completely
encircling the retaining thread or threads.
Subclass:
401
Wherein the structure comprises more than a single weft
plane.
Subclass:
402
The projecting threads being formed by raising the pile warps
uniformly over the pile wires.
Subclass:
403
Wherein the structure comprises more than a single weft
plane.
Subclass:
404
The projecting threads being formed by raising up from the
foundation texture warp ends selected from a series.
Subclass:
405
Wherein the structure comprises more than a single weft
plane.
Subclass:
406
The weft planes being separated by a plane of buried warp
threads.
Subclass:
407
Wherein the texture is peculiarly adapted to be severed into
sections.
Subclass:
408
Wherein the structure comprises more than a single weft
plane.
Subclass:
409
The weft planes being separate and distinct cloths united by
binder threads.
Subclass:
410
Wherein the number of plies is two.
Subclass:
411
The number of weft planes being three.
Subclass:
412
Wherein each weft is in a separate and distinct shed.
Subclass:
413
The number of weft planes being two.
Subclass:
414
Wherein each weft is in a separate and distinct shed.
Subclass:
415
The weft planes being separated by a plane of buried warp
threads.
Subclass:
416
Wherein the invention relates to the production of a design
and employs only a single weft plane.
Subclass:
417
The ornamentation being in the form of stripes.
Subclass:
418
The ornamentation being on both faces.
Subclass:
419
Wherein warp threads are deflected laterally.
Subclass:
420
This subclass is indented under subclass 383. Product wherein
one or more of the constituent strands (1) is of a particular
composition (natural or otherwise) (2) possesses structure
(e.g., particular linear or cross-sectional configuration) or
(3) have a particular relationship relative to other strands
of the product.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, subclasses 137+
for fabrics comprising an element which is woven into the
texture for the purpose of imparting electrical insulating
qualities to the fabric.
Subclass:
421
Wherein the texture contains elements such as rubber or
springs for returning it to its original form after
stretching.
Subclass:
422
The elastic elements being omitted in certain areas.
Subclass:
423
The structure comprising more than a single weft plane.
Subclass:
424
Straw or vegetable stalks being used in the texture.
Subclass:
425
Metal being used in the texture.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, subclass 68.1,
for electrical conductors which may include a metallic
fabric. The mere recitation of a woven fabric as being of or
including conducting material is not sufficient for
classification in Class 174. For classification there
significant conductor details must be claimed.
219, Electric Heating, subclass 545, for electric heaters
which may include a woven fabric as a heating element.
338, Electrical Resistors, subclass 208, for resistors having
a mesh, woven, or braided resistance element. The mere
recitation of a woven fabric as being of or including
resistive material is not sufficient for classification in
Class 338. For classification there significant resistor
details must be claimed.
343, Communications: Radio Wave Antennas, subclass 897 for
mesh, woven, braided or multiple strip type antennas.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclasses
544+ for stock materials, e.g., of indefinite length, which
are all metal or have adjacent metal components.
Subclass:
426
The fabric is composed entirely of threads formed by spinning
or twisting.
Subclass:
427
Wherein animal fibers which do not have felting properties
are used in the texture.
Subclass:
428
Silk being used in the texture.
Subclass:
429
This subclass is indented under subclass 116. Device in which
the weft is drawn from a bulk supply means which means does
not pass through the shed.
Subclass:
430
This subclass is indented under subclass 429. Device wherein
means control the weft thread end or the weft thread and a
part of the warp to form a binding zone in the formed fabric,
usually along the fabric edge.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
54 for cross weaving selvage forming.
Subclass:
431
This subclass is indented under subclass 430. Device wherein
the zone is formed by engaging the weft with a knitting
needle.
Subclass:
432
This subclass is indented under subclass 431. Device wherein
means are provided to incorporate an additional thread into
the knitting zone.
Subclass:
433
This subclass is indented under subclass 430. Device wherein
a selvage shuttle or similar device passes a thread through a
looped end portion of a double weft.
Subclass:
434
This subclass is indented under subclass 430. Device wherein
means are provided to bend a cut weft end back into a
subsequent shed.
Subclass:
435.1
Weft inserted by fluid jet from nozzle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 429. Device wherein
a weft thread is projected into and through the shed by a
pressurized stream of a gas or a liquid, which stream is
formed by a nozzle.
(1) Note. A main nozzle is a nozzle which is located
outside the shed and operates both outside of and within the
shed, whereas an auxiliary nozzle is located, and operates,
within the shed.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, may include
a nominal recitation of a supply or take-up coil (e.g., less
than a support for such a coil or a cooperative relationship
between a tension or exhaust detector and reel driving or
reel stopping means, etc.), subclass 97.4 for a vacuum jet
to advance the strand.
Subclass:
435.2
With means for controlling flow from nozzle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 435.1. Device
provided with means for controlling (a) the sequence of
activation of the pressurized streams from a plurality of
auxiliary nozzles, (b) the duration of operation of a
pressurized stream, or (c) the velocity of a pressurized
stream.
(1) Note. "Auxiliary nozzle" is discussed in (1) Note. of
subclass 435.1, above.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
435.6 for a guide for a fluid jet which guide functions to
confine a weft-carrying pressurized stream.
Subclass:
435.3
Including plural main nozzles and positioning means
therefor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 435.1. Device which
includes two main nozzles, each developing a pressurized
stream, a weft thread for each stream, and means for
locating, or for redirecting the flow from, one of the main
nozzles.
(1) Note. "Main nozzle" is discussed in (1) Note. of
subclass 435.1, above.
Subclass:
435.4
Main nozzle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 435.1. Device
comprising the structure of a nozzle of the kind which is
located outside of the shed.
Subclass:
435.5
Auxiliary nozzle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 435.1. Device
comprising the structure of a nozzle of the kind which is
located within the shed.
Subclass:
435.6
Fluid jet guide:
This subclass is indented under subclass 435.1. Device
comprising structure which extends across at least a portion
of a shed and which functions to confine a weft-carrying
pressurized stream during the projection of a weft thread
into the shed.
(1) Note. The confining of the stream is for the purpose of
conserving as much as possible of the stream's velocity.
(2) Note. The claims of the art of this subclass
occasionally are limited to the guide, per se.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
435.2 for flow control means which includes means for
controlling the velocity of a pressurized stream.
Subclass:
436
This subclass is indented under subclass 429. Device wherein
the weft is inserted through a warp shed which is of
substantially the length of the inserting member and which
moves across the warp with the inserting member.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
196.1 for inserting member, per se.
Subclass:
437
This subclass is indented under subclass 429. Device wherein
the weft is drawn through the shed by a shuttle which is
projected or carried.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
196.1 for shuttle structure, per se.
Subclass:
438
This subclass is indented under subclass 437. Device wherein
the shuttle grasps an end of weft to draw it through the
sheds.
Subclass:
439
This subclass is indented under subclass 438. Device wherein
the shuttle enters the shed from only one side of the loom.
Subclass:
440
This subclass is indented under subclass 429. Device wherein
the weft is a continuous strand which is inserted across the
length of the shed and is doubled back on itself.
Subclass:
441
This subclass is indented under subclass 440. Device wherein
the inserter comprises a needle having an eye, which is
continuously supplied with thread, which needle moves back
and forth along a rectilinear path.
Subclass:
442
This subclass is indented under subclass 440. Device wherein
the inserter comprises a needle having an eye, which is
continuously supplied with thread, which needle swings about
an axis.
Subclass:
443
This subclass is indented under subclass 429. Device wherein
the weft is inserted as a single strand.
Subclass:
444
This subclass is indented under subclass 443. Device wherein
the insertion means comprises a needle having a portion which
grasps the weft end and carries it through the shed from the
side which the needle enters the shed.
Subclass:
445
This subclass is indented under subclass 443. Device wherein
the insertion means comprises a needle which enters the shed
empty, grasps a weft thread and inserts it into the shed as
the needle exists therefrom.
Subclass:
446
This subclass is indented under subclass 443. Device wherein
the insertion means comprises a pair of needles which operate
simultaneously to meet at the center of the shed, the weft
being brought to the shed center by one needle, transferred
to the other needle to be drawn the remainder of the distance
through the shed.
Subclass:
447
This subclass is indented under subclass 443. Device limited
to the constructional features of the thread engaging portion
of weft inserting needle.
Subclass:
448
This subclass is indented under subclass 447. Device wherein
the thread engaging portion grasps the weft end.
Subclass:
449
This subclass is indented under subclass 429. Device to
impart motion to a weft inserting needle or to control the
direction of movement of said needle.
(1) Note. Needle guides, mounts, etc., not specifically
provided for may be considered as part of the drive mechanism
and be placed in this subclass.
(2) Note. The term "Needle", as employed herein, is
intended to include both flexible tapes and rigid rod-like
inserting members.
Subclass:
450
This subclass is indented under subclass 429. Device
including means which control the movement of weft between
its storage and the weft inserting member.
(1) Note. Included herein is means to mount a weft supply
package.
Subclass:
451
This subclass is indented under subclass 450. Device having
means specialized to store or handle weft of hair, cane,
straw or slats.
Subclass:
452
This subclass is indented under subclass 450. Device
including means for drawing off a measured length of weft to
be inserted into a warp shed.
(1) Note. The drawing means may be in combination with
storage means and a cutting means. Storage means independent
of drawing means are also proper for this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, may include
a nominal recitation of a supply or take-up coil (e.g., less
than a support for such a coil or a cooperative relationship
between a tension or exhaust detector and reel driving or
reel stopping means, etc.), subclass 117 plural material
mover including an intermittent and continuous
material-mover, or subclasses 118.1+ for intermediate storage
means between plural material moving means.
Subclass:
453
This subclass is indented under subclass 450. Devices wherein
means operate to choose between a plurality of weft threads
to present a desired one to the weft inserting member.
Subclass:
454
This subclass is indented under subclass 429. Device wherein
at least certain weft are inserted to lie at an oblique angle
to the warp threads.
Subclass:
455
This subclass is indented under subclass 55.1. Apparatus
wherein the shedding mechanism operates in response to (1)
variations in electrical impulses, or (2) variations in
magnetic lines of flux.
Subclass:
456
This subclass is indented under subclass 55.1. Apparatus
wherein the shedding mechanism operates in response to
hydraulic or pneumatic pressure.
Subclass:
457
Circular, progressive shedding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 11. Subject matter
wherein the special-type loom is one in which the warp is
arranged in a circular manner and a section of the warp
threads, of substantially the length of the shuttle, is moved
to the open-shed condition and this open shed, in which the
shuttle travels, is caused to move transversely of the warp,
wherein the weft is laid in a circular course.
(1) Note. A loom of this subclass performs an operation
which may be described as circular weaving with progressive
shedding.
Subclass:
458
Longitudinal shedding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 457. Subject matter
wherein the shed forming means, i.e., the heddles, of the
loom move in a plane parallel to the plane of the fabric
being woven.
Subclass:
459
Shuttle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 457. Subject matter
limited to the structure of a shuttle which is peculiar to a
loom of that subclass.
Subclass:
460
Longitudinal moving shed:
This subclass is indented under subclass 11. Subject matter
wherein the special-type-loom includes a plurality of sheds
which are simultaneously maintained in an open condition and
caused to move in the warp direction.
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Last Modified: 6 October 2000