Patent ID: 7568506

Claim:
A heald frame comprising at least one frame part having a thickness and a length and including at least one recess extending lengthwise of the frame part and not extending through the thickness of the frame part; said recess having flat upper and lower recess surfaces extending perpendicular to the frame part; at least one heald carrying rod in the form of an elongated rectangular plate extending in a principal plane and having a width greater than its thickness, and having a face area extending parallel with the principal plane of the heald carrying rod, and disposed adjacent to and facing towards the frame part, the rod having a multiplicity of individual tabs extending outwardly from said face area and out of the plane of the heald carrying rod along a length of the heald carrying rod; said tabs being formed integrally in one piece with the heald carrying rod, each tab having a flat top and bottom surface, the top and bottom surfaces extending parallel to each other and in planes extending perpendicular to the face area; said tabs being configured to be received and attached within the at least one recess of the frame part with the top and bottom surfaces of the tabs extending parallel with and adjacent to the upper and lower recess surfaces of the frame part; said tabs adhesively bonded within the recess of the frame part, with said adhesive constituting the only attachment holding the heald carrying rod against separation from the frame part.