Patent ID: 6230752
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: D03D,D03J

Abstract:
A method for rapidly exchanging a first shed drive by a second shed drive in a loom, comprising the following steps:(a) first guiding and docking an empty first transport carriage (4) into a precise shed drive exchange position relative to said loom (1),(b) connecting said first shed drive (2) to said first transport carriage so that said first shed drive is held in a precise position on said first transport carriage,(c) decoupling said first shed drive from its drive connection in said loom,(d) moving said first transport carriage with said first shed drive held in said precise position in said first transport carriage out of said precise shed drive exchange position,(e) second guiding and docking a second transport carriage having mounted therein in a precise position, said second shed drive (3), into said precise shed drive exchange position,(f) aligning connector elements of said second shed drive with connector members of said loom, and(g) coupling said connector elements with said connector members of said loom for securing said second shed drive in said loom.