Patent ID: 7717140
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: D03C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Flat ribbon heald with two end eyelets, a shaft extending between the end eyelets, and at least one thread eye provided on the shaft, said flat ribbon heald comprising a metal ribbon section having an original width (B) at the end eyelets, said width being unchanged, and having a smaller width (B wherein, between each end eyelet and the shaft, a respective transition section is formed, in which transition section the width is reduced from the greater width (B) of the end eyelets to the smaller width (B wherein the end eyelets, the transition sections and the shaft are all located in a common plane, and wherein each end eyelet has a straight edge that lies on a straight line with the corresponding straight edge of the other end eyelet and which extends to a point at which the transition section or the shaft has an outward bend followed by a further bend causing the shaft to extend in a longitudinal direction of the heald with the thread eye being laterally off set and disposed at or beyond the straight line on which the straight edges of the end eyelets are located.