Patent ID: 6360644
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: D04C

Abstract:
A braiding machine including a mounting table having a support surface comprising;a drive system including drive with teeth gears mounted beneath said support surface, a gear belt having teeth on opposing sides, engaging on opposite sides of adjacent of said drive gears with said teeth of said gear belt and gears in intermeshing relationship, a drive motor driving said gear belt in a first direction and said gear belt driving said drive gears in alternating first and second directions; a bed having an endless ring of circular loops formed of segment grooves located above said support surface, said segment grooves forming a tracking groove; a drive shaft extending through each of said circular loops, each said drive shaft mounting a respective of said drive gears on a first end and a drive dog on a second end, each said drive dog being vertically spaced above a respective of said circular loops; and, a yarn carrier having a foot positioned beneath said drive dogs, said foot carrying a tracking pawl and a drive ring, said ring being in driven contact with said drive dogs and said tracking pawl being located in said tracking groove.