Patent ID: 6575201
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: B60R,D03D

Abstract:
A method of weaving a fabric having a varying width, comprising the steps ofguiding an advancing sheet of warp threads through a reed which is displaceable to vary the warp thread spacing and thus the width of the sheet, displacing the reed so as to change the warp thread spacing and thus the width of the advancing sheet in accordance with a predetermined program which represents a desired fabric width which varies along the length of the sheet, forming an interwoven fabric by laterally interlacing a weft thread with the sheet of warp threads at a location downstream of the reed, engaging at least the two opposite edges of the formed interwoven fabric with spreader devices so as to impart a width guiding effect to the engaged opposite edges, and adjusting the width guiding effect of the spreader devices as a function of the desired fabric width.