Patent ID: 8770235

Claim:
Reed ( 4 ) for a weaving machine with reed blades ( 5 ), that are aligned in a row in a longitudinal direction of the reed ( 4 ) by combination of their lower ends in a reed band ( 6 ) in such a manner that the upper ends of the reed blades ( 5 ) form one-sided upwardly open reed gaps ( 8 ), characterized in that several groups of reed blades ( 5 ) are present, whereby each reed blade ( 5 ) of a first group has on its upper end an insertion bevel ( 7 ) that faces in the longitudinal direction of the reed ( 4 ), and that is configured in such a manner that it at least partially covers the upwardly facing opening of a neighboring reed gap ( 8 ), and in that a second group of reed blades ( 5 ) which comprise no such insertion bevels ( 7 ) is present.