Patent ID: 6450209
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: D03C

Abstract:
A shedding device in a weaving machine, comprising: a support mechanism group including a plurality of support mechanisms individually supporting a plurality of heald frames so as to move said plurality of heald frames upward and downward, a motor group including a plurality of motors corresponding to said plurality of heald frames with their output shafts directed in the forward and backward direction of the weaving machine, and a motion converting mechanism group including a plurality of converting mechanisms each having a long connecting member for connecting the plurality of motors with the corresponding plurality of support mechanisms,wherein said plurality of motors in said motor group are disposed in the upward and downward, rightward and leftward directions, wherein two or more motors in said motor group form one or more motor rows arranged in the longitudinal direction of said connecting member, and wherein adjacent motors within said motor rows correspond to non-adjacent heald frames.