Patent ID: 6026865
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: D03D

Abstract:
A weft thread presenting and clamping arrangement, comprising:a support bracket;a control shaft that has a shaft axis and that is supported relative to said support bracket;a plurality of thread presenting levers with respective thread clamps arranged respectively thereon, wherein said levers are arranged adjacent one another and supported to be axially slidable along said shaft; anda guide member connected to said support bracket and including a linear guide extending parallel to said shaft axis with a gap in said linear guide at a reference plane, wherein said linear guide engages said thread presenting levers to enable said levers to slide parallel to said shaft axis along said linear guide, prevent said levers from rotating about said shaft axis relative to said linear guide at positions away from said reference plane, and enable a single selected one of said levers respectively positioned at said reference plane to rotate about said shaft axis while engaging said gap in said linear guide.