Patent ID: 6009918
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: D03C

Abstract:
A power loom harness fitted with an upper and a lower rail arranged to hold heddles, the heddles having first eyes at a first end thereof and second eyes at a second end thereof, and the upper and lower rails passing through said eyes at respective ends of the heddles, comprising:at least one inset associated with a first of said rails, said inset being positioned at least partially within at least one of said first eyes between a drive surface of the first rail and a mating surface of said at least one of said first eyes so as to reduce play between the first rail and the at least one of said first eyes in a direction of motion of the harness,and wherein the play between the first rail and the at least one of said first eyes is less than a play between a second of said rails and a corresponding one of said second eyes.