Patent ID: 6382263
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: D03C

Abstract:
Hook selection device for a shed-forming device for a weaving machine, comprising a number of hooks (3), (4) that can be moved up and down by a lifting means (1), (2) and, for each hook, a selection element with which the hook can be selected in order to be held by a holding element (5), (6) at a selection height, a contact part and a returning device (7) in order to enable a downward directed returning force to act on the contact part (8) that is lower than a top hook extremity of the hooks (3), (4), only during a part of a movement path of the hooks, characterized in that each returning device (7) comprises a pressure means (10) that can be moved upward by the hooks (3), (4) against the downward directed force.