Patent ID: 6105626
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: D03D,Y10T

Abstract:
Gripper rapier for weaving machines comprising a fixed gripper rapier body having a hook and a gripping face on an inside of the hook, a hinged clip suspended from the fixed gripper rapier body, the hinged clip being moveable between an open position and a closed position of the gripper rapier, a gripping face on the hinged clip working together with the gripping face of the hook for gripping a weft thread taken up by the gripper rapier, the gripping face of the hinged clip and the gripping face of the hook forming a wedge-shaped space with an extremity in the closed position of the gripper rapier, a projection in front of the extremity between said gripping faces projecting into the wedge-shaped space, a hole in the hook of the gripper rapier body or in the hinged clip, and the projection communicating with the hole for preventing the weft thread from sliding to the extremity of the wedge-shaped space.