Patent ID: 7762285

Claim:
Shaft rod for a heald shaft, comprising a rod body, a heald mounting rail configured as a bent sheet metal part having a flat side with at least one bent edge for supporting a heald, and means for connecting the rod body and the heald mounting rail together including an accommodation space formed on one of the rod body and the heald mounting rail, a holding section formed on the other of the rod body and the heald mounting rail and extending into the accommodation space, and a space-filling adhesive filling remaining space in the accommodation space and bonding the holding section in the accommodation space, and wherein: the accommodation space is an elongated trough extending along the length of the shaft rod and having an elongated mouth extending along the length of the rod and through which the holding section extends into an interior of the trough, with the width of the cross-section of the space in the interior of the trough in an opening direction of the mouth as well as in a direction transverse to the opening direction being greater than the material thickness of the holding section, and with the shape of the trough being defined by a plurality of substantially flat walls; and said holding section comprises an arm extending transverse to said flat side of said heald mounting rail when said holding section is bonded in the accommodation space and having at least one bend to form a plurality of flat surface portions, and with at least two of the flat surface portions abutting correspondingly oriented surfaces of the ones of said substantially flat walls defining the shape of the trough to properly position the holding section within the trough, and thus the heald mounting rail on the rod body.