Patent ID: 8596304

Claim:
Leno device ( 15 ) comprising a first lifting shaft ( 16 ) that is supported so as to be vertically shiftable and a second lifting shaft ( 17 ) that is supported so as to be vertically shiftable, each of said lifting shafts carrying lifting healds, and a half shaft ( 25 ) that is supported so as to be vertically shiftable relative to the lifting shafts ( 16 , 17 ), said half shaft carrying half healds ( 26 ), and a linkage mechanism ( 29 ) that connects the half shaft ( 25 ) and at least one of the lifting shafts ( 16 , 17 ) with each other for movement coupling, whereby the linkage mechanism ( 29 ) comprises a connecting bar ( 31 ) connected with the half shaft ( 25 ) on a connecting bar joint ( 32 ), and a guide rod ( 34 , 35 ) connected with the connecting bar ( 31 ) on a coupling joint ( 33 ) and connected with the lifting shaft ( 25 ) on a shaft joint ( 36 ), and comprising a cover part ( 40 ) that covers the intermediate space (Z) that is opening and closing between the guide rod ( 34 , 35 ) and the connecting bar ( 31 ) during operation of the leno device ( 15 ).