Patent ID: 6913044

Claim:
A reed drive arrangement for a loom, comprising: an electric motor including a stationary first stator and an oscillatable first rotor that is electromagnetically drivable to oscillate back-and-forth in an oscillating motion relative to said first stator, with a first air gap between said first stator and said first rotor; a reed support rigidly connected to said first rotor so as to oscillate back-and-forth with said first rotor; a reed carried by said reed support so as to oscillate back-and-forth with said reed support; and at least one of the following features: a first feature wherein said oscillating motion is a pivoting motion about a pivot axis, said first stator comprises a hollow annular cylindrical first stator shaft arranged coaxially with respect to said pivot axis, and said first rotor comprises a hollow annular cylindrical first rotor shaft arranged coaxially with respect to said pivot axis inside said first stator shaft; and a second feature wherein said electric motor further comprises a stationary second stator arranged with said first rotor between said first stator and said second stator and with a second air gap between said second stator and said first rotor.