Patent ID: 7111647

Claim:
Weaving machine for weaving pile fabrics consisting of weft yarns, backing warp yarns and pile warp yarns comprising: one or several spacers ( 4 , 4 a , 4 b ) extending between the pile warp yarns and which are provided either to realize a constant pile height between two pile fabrics formed, or to determine the pile loop height in one or several pile fabrics comprising pile loops; one or several holders ( 5 , 5 a , 5 b ) for clamping the spacers ( 4 , 4 a , 4 b ); one or several shed forming devices, driving heddles ( 7 ) through which backing and/or pile warp yarns extend in order to position these pile warp yarns with respect to the weft yarns; a yarn supply; a zone for supplying pile warp yarns extending between the yarn supply and the heddles ( 7 ) controlled by the shed forming device, and one or several holders ( 5 , 5 a , 5 b ) being installed between the yarn supply and the one or several shed forming devices in order to clamp the spacers ( 4 , 4 a , 4 b ), characterized in that the said holders ( 5 , 5 a , 5 b ) have been installed outside the said supply zone, such that the pile warp yarns may be extending in the supply zone without hindrance.