Patent ID: 7059356

Claim:
A shed forming device ( 1 ) for a power loom, having a plurality of heddle shafts ( 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ), which are located side by side in a predetermined spacing and are supported displaceably in one direction ( 41 ) in order to be moved for shedding out of a position of repose, having a drive mechanism ( 12 ), which has a plurality of servo motors ( 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 ), which are individually assigned to the heddle shafts ( 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ), and the driven shaft of each of which, rotatable about a pivot axis ( 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 ), carries a respective lever ( 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 ), which lever is connected to the heddle shaft ( 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ) via a connecting rod ( 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 ), characterized in that the levers ( 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 ), at least when the shafts ( 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ) are in the position of repose, are oriented in different directions in space and form different angles with the connecting rods ( 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 ).