Patent ID: 7299827
Filing Date: 2007-11-27
Classification: D03D

Abstract:
1. A loom restarting method comprising: providing a loom stopping command upon the occurrence of a loom stopping cause entailing faulty picking in a loom; withholding the loom from a picking operation during a braking period to stop the loom in a weaving cycle subsequent to a weaving cycle in which faulty picking occurred; reversing the loom to the weaving cycle in which faulty picking occurred; removing a weft yarn picked by faulty picking; and restarting the loom for a normal weaving operation, wherein a main shaft included in the loom is positioned, after removing the weft yarn picked by faulty picking, at an angular position at which a picking operation is possible in the weaving cycle where a normal weaving operation is performed in which the weft yarn picked by faulty picking was removed and the loom is reversed to an angular position at which a reed included in the loom is not in contact with a weft yarn inserted in the cloth fell of a fabric on the loom, and then the loom is restarted to perform the picking operation in the weaving cycle in which the weft yarn picked by faulty picking was removed.