Patent ID: 7694697
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: D03D

Abstract:
1. Gripper weaving machine for multicolor weaving, with which at least two weft threads pulled off from different bobbins are sequentially one after another inserted by at least one gripper into a loom shed formed of warp threads and are cut-off on the insertion side by a separating device, with at least two driven reaching-in elements that position, in the running path of the gripper, the weft thread that is respectively to be inserted, and with an arrangement for grasping and holding the weft thread ends remaining on the bobbins after the cutting-off, wherein this arrangement is arranged near the separating device, whereby these weft thread ends are grasped and held separately from one another, and for the insertion of a weft thread selectively one of several weft threads is brought into the running path of the gripper by one of the reaching-in elements, while the other weft threads are held outside of the running path, characterized in that a) a suction chamber block ( b) at least two suction chambers ( c) for weaving with more than two weft threads (