Patent ID: 7287554

Claim:
A heald ( 1 ), particularly for rapidly operating weaving machines, comprising an elongated, one-piece heald body ( 4 ) which is provided with a yarn eyelet ( 7 ) and which, at its ends, is provided with end eyelets ( 5 , 6 ), wherein the heald body ( 4 ) has, at one side, a straight edge ( 10 ) which extends along the entire length of the heald body ( 4 ) and beyond both end eyelets ( 5 , 6 ), and wherein the heald body ( 4 ) has, at the end eyelets ( 5 , 6 ) and at the yarn eyelet ( 7 ), a respective width (A, D) measured transversely to the straight edge ( 10 ), characterized in that the width (A) of the heald body ( 4 ) is, at least at one of the end eyelets ( 5 ), at most twice the width (D) at the yarn eyelet ( 7 ).