Patent ID: 6098671
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: D03J

Abstract:
An apparatus for measuring pressure within a channel of a loom reed comprising:a frame having a substantially horizontal arm portion, a first terminus, and a second terminus, said first and said second terminus each defining a respective lower surface having a plane beneath a plane of a lower surface of said arm portion;a vertical upright carried by said frame, said upright projecting above said frame and carrying a roller positionable along a length of said upright;a first pitot tube carried by a rear surface of said first frame terminus;a second pitot tube carried by a rear surface of said second frame terminus;a first pressure gauge coupling in fluid communication with said first pitot tube;a second pressure gauge coupling in fluid communication with said second pitot tube;an air nozzle supported by said frame, an outlet of said air nozzle positioned a spaced distance from said rear of said frame and opposite of said second pitot tube; and,a coupling adapted for receiving a compressed air source, said coupling in communication with an inlet of said air nozzle.