Patent ID: 6289938
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: D03D

Abstract:
A device for selecting pile yarns in gripper Axminster weaving machines comprising plural elongated pile yarn carriers axially movable along their lengths, at least one pile yarn carrier provided for positioning ends of plural pile yarns at mutual distances corresponding to the length of the at least one pile yarn carrier, plural pins on the pile yarn carrier at spaced distances along the length of the at least one pile yarn carrier corresponding to a number ends of the pile yarns, a control device communicating with a respective pin of a selected pile yarn, a sliding mechanism working together with the selected pile yarn according to a pattern to move the sliding mechanism axially according to the length of the pile yarn, gripper jaws for receiving and taking up the selected pile yarn, the at least one pile yarn carrier having plural compressed air cylinders, each air cylinder being connected to a respective pin of a respective pile yarn, the control device comprising electronic controllers for sending compressed air corresponding to a pattern to the compressed air cylinders for enabling the pin for the selected pile yarn to work together with the sliding mechanism.