Patent ID: 7464730

Claim:
A heddle for a jacquard weaving machine, comprising: first and second legs consisting of plastic material in which non-metallic fibers are embedded, and each having a round cross-section; a mail having a thread eye and being formed of a material with a hardness greater than the hardness of the plastic material, said mail being disposed between and attached to said legs so that said legs extend away from the mail in opposite longitudinal directions; and wherein said mail has a central thread eye section with a flat cross-section and a width greater than the width of each of said legs, and, in a transition region extending from the thread eye section to each respective leg, a ramp section having a flattened cross-section that increases in width from the respective leg toward the thread eye section and has a length, measured in a longitudinal direction of the leg, that is greater than the length of the thread eye measured in the same direction.