Patent ID: 7506669

Claim:
A support for a reed of a seam-weaving machine for connecting two opposite fabric ends of a plastic woven fabric by means of a woven seam, for the production of which from seam-warp threads a seam-weaving shed is formed and seam-weft threads which project from the fabric ends as warp fringes are inserted into the seam-weaving shed and shifted against a fell, wherein the reed has reed dents for shifting the seam-weft threads against the fell, the support comprising a bearing device to pivotably house the reed dents; a tilt strip and a pressure strip which are arranged at a distance from the bearing device and are adapted to exert opposite torques on the reed dents; adjustment devices for setting the tilt strip and the pressure strip at angles vis-à-vis the bearing device, in order to stagger the position of the reed dents for operation in a first mode of operation by means of the tilt strip and the pressure strip such that the points at which the reed dents touch the seam-weft thread to be shifted lie on a straight or slightly-curved line, the distance of which from the fell across the reed changes constantly, and that the reed dents press against these one after the other and shift them to the fell, starting from the fabric end from which the seam-weft thread to be shifted projects as a warp fringe; and a roll which is adapted to be moved on a guide track over the width of the reed, in order to pivot the reed dents one after the other towards the fell for operation in a second mode of operation, and that at least one of the tilt strip and the pressure strip can be removed from the reed dents for operation in the second mode of operation.