Patent ID: 6014990
Filing Date: 2000-01-18
Classification: D03D

Abstract:
In an airjet loom including a reed (3); a filling yarn insertion conduit (4) associated with the reed and extending along a filling yarn insertion direction (A), a main filling yarn receiving channel (5) having an inlet located adjacent an exit end of the conduit and arranged to receive a filling yarn moving along an insertion direction; a branch channel (6) in communication with and located adjacent one side of the main channel (5); a first blow nozzle (8) located adjacent the inlet of the main channel and discharging into the main channel in a direction transversely of the main channel and towards the branch channel; and a filling yarn deflection location within the branch channel downstream of said blow nozzle; the improvement comprising:at least one wear resistant element (7, 10, 11) disposed in said branch channel at said yarn deflection location and extending transversely to the insertion direction of the filling yarn (14);said branch channel (6) extending from a branch channel inlet adjacent the main channel inlet along a curved path leading away from and then back to the main channel;said at least one wear resistant element being mounted at the inlet end of the branch channel.