Patent ID: 6955191

Claim:
A device ( 1 ) for forming a leno selvedge, said device having two lifting healds ( 10 , 20 ) and one half heald ( 30 ), the lifting healds ( 10 , 20 ) having a securing element ( 13 , 23 ; 14 , 24 ) provided respectively at the upper and lower end thereof, said lifting healds ( 10 , 20 ) having, in the region of the lower end, at least one magnet for the foot ( 31 a , 32 a ) of the half heald ( 30 ), characterized in that each lifting heald ( 10 , 20 ) has at least one magnet ( 18 , 28 ) in the region of its upper end, the magnets ( 18 , 28 ) of the two lifting healds ( 10 , 20 ) of a leno selvedge device being polarized such that the healds attract each other.