Patent ID: 6065506
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: D03D

Abstract:
Pulling clamp for rapier looms, comprising:an elongated body of the clamp adapted to be fastened at one of its ends to the transporting tape of the rapier and provided at its other end with a thread gripping hook;a plunger guided and actuated in the body of the clamp in such a manner that it alternatingly performs to and fro movements in the longitudinal direction relative to the body; andan elastic tongue of elongated shape arranged parallel to the plunger between the plunger and a gripping surface of the hook, the elastic tongue having a thread gripping zone formed thereon that is pressed against the gripping surface of the hook by the plunger when the plunger is in its most forwardly extended position to secure a thread between the tongue and the hook;wherein the elastic tongue is solidly fastened to the body of the clamp at its end opposite its thread gripping zone and is pressed by the plunger against the gripping surface in a movement of its gripping zone essentially at right angles relative to the longitudinal direction.