Patent ID: 7509981
Filing Date: 2009-03-31
Classification: D03C

Abstract:
1. A heald frame for a weaving machine, the frame comprising two posts, two cross-members and at least one damping means, each cross-member being provided with a catching member for engaging an adjacent end of at least one heald of the frame, the at least one damping means being mounted to at least one of the cross members or at least one of the catching members, said at least one heald having first and second ends, each of said first and second ends having a compression zone and a traction zone that are in a spaced relationship relative to one another, such that when said frame is in a stationary state and when the at least one heald is substantially rectilinear, the compression zone of the first end of the at least one heald bears against an opposing area of contact of the at least one damping means and the traction zone of the second end of the at least one heald bears against an opposing area of contact of a first adjacent catching member such that the compression zone of the first end and traction zone of the second end simultaneously bear against an opposing area of contact of the at least one damping means and an opposing area of contact of the first adjacent catching member, respectively.