|  | D |
SECTION D — TEXTILES; PAPERS

TEXTILES AND FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

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WEAVING

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WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS

|  | D03D |
Note(s) Where the balance of invention as between the present sub-class (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03D) and the sub-classes of class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D06 is in doubt in respect of inventions concerning processes which involve both weaving and finishing steps and in respect of inventions concerning the finished fabrics, the inventions are to be classified in class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D06 rather than in Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03D. In this subclass: A method of weaving is covered by the group designating the fabric woven unless the method is characterised by the operation of a particular loom rather than by the production of a particular fabric. In this case, the method is covered by the group for the loom. For the purpose of classification of inventions, if there is any doubt as to which of the essential features of an invention is the most important (this is usually the most restrictive feature) the groups of this sub-class designating woven fabrics should be considered in the order in which they appear at each level of indentation, except that groups designating woven pile fabrics are to be considered as taking precedence over groups designating other woven fabrics.

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Woven fabrics; Methods of weaving other than those characterised by the operation of a particular loom

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Woven fabrics designed to make specified articles

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· | inflatable articles

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· | sack- or bag-like articles

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· | curtain heading tapes

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· | ladder tapes (ladder tapes per se for venetian blinds Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E06B 9/382)

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Woven fabrics characterised by their shape

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· | Tubular fabrics

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· | Endless fabrics

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· | Fabrics of varying width

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· | Arched, corrugated, or like fabrics

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Selvedges

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Woven fabrics designed to be resilient, i.e. to recover from compressive stress

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Open-work fabrics (ladder-tape fabrics Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03D 1/08)

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Double or multi-ply fabrics not otherwise provided for

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· | Fabrics formed with pockets, tubes, loops, folds, tucks, or flaps (fabrics for curtain heading tapes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03D 1/06; fabrics consisting of a single tube Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03D 3/02)

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Woven fabrics characterised by the special disposition of the warp or weft threads, e.g. with curved weft threads, with discontinuous warp threads, with diagonal warp or weft

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Woven fabrics characterised by the material or construction of the yarn or other warp or weft elements used

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· | the warp or weft elements being of stiff material, e.g. wire, cane, slat

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· | woven to produce shapes or effects upon differential shrinkage

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· | using scaffolding threads, i.e. threads removed after weaving

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· | using stretchable or elastic threads (woven fabrics whose elastic or stretch properties are due to the manner of weaving Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03D 17/00)

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· | using threads having high or low coefficients of friction

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· | using heat-resistant or fireproof threads

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Woven fabrics having elastic or stretch properties due to manner of weaving (fabrics using stretchable or elastic threads Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03D 15/08)

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Gauze and leno-woven fabrics

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Lappet or swivel woven fabrics

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General weaving methods not special to the production of any particular woven fabric or the use of any particular loom; Weaves not provided for in any other single group

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Woven fabrics not otherwise provided for

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Woven pile fabrics

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· | wherein the pile is formed by warp or weft

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· · | Weft pile fabrics

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· · | Warp pile fabrics

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· · · | Terry fabrics

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· · | Fabrics woven face to face, e.g. double velvet

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· | wherein pile tufts are inserted during weaving

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· · | with tufts around warps

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· · | with tufts around wefts

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· | Chenille fabrics

|  | D03D 29/00 - D03D 51/00 |
Looms; Methods of weaving characterised by the operation of particular looms

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Hand looms

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Lappet, swivel or other looms for forming embroidery-like decoration on fabrics

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Multiple looms, i.e. two or more looms assembled together, whether or not they have mechanisms in common (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03D 35/00 takes precedence)

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Smallware looms, i.e. looms for weaving ribbons or other narrow fabrics (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03D 47/00 takes precedence)

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Circular looms (looms for weaving separate fabrics disposed in a circle or polygon Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03D 33/00)

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Pile-fabric looms

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· | Axminster looms, i.e. wherein pile tufts are inserted during weaving

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· · | Spool Axminster looms

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· · · | Tuft yarn tube and spool frames

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· · | Gripper Axminster looms

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· | Wire-tapestry looms, e.g. for weaving velvet or Brussels or Wilton carpets, the pile being formed over weftwise wires

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· · | Mechanisms for operating the pile wires

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· · | Construction of the pile wires, e.g. pile wires which cut

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· | Double plush looms, i.e. for weaving two pile fabrics face-to-face

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· · | Separating the two plush layers, e.g. by cutting

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· | Looms forming pile over warpwise wires

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· | Terry looms

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· | Devices for cutting the pile on the loom (pile wires which cut Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03D 39/14; separating two plush layers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03D 39/18)

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Looms not otherwise provided for, e.g. for weaving chenille yarn; Details peculiar to these looms

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Looms with change-boxes

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· | with drop boxes

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· · | Operating mechanisms

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· | with rotary boxes

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· · | Operating mechanisms

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· | Weft catchers, i.e. means for preventing entanglement of wefts

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Looms with automatic weft replenishment (automatic replenishment in smallware looms Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03D 35/00, in circular looms Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03D 37/00; bobbins rewound on loom Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03J 1/12)

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· | Controlling replenishment

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· · | Pirn feelers and other detectors for initiating replenishment (weft stop motions Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03D 51/34)

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· · · | mechanical

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· · · · | of the side-slip type

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· · · | electrical

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· · · | optical

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· · | Storing the need for replenishment or the colour required until the spent shuttle returns to the replenishing end of the loom

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· · · | selecting thereby weft of correct colour

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· · | Shuttle feelers and other devices for preventing replenishment if shuttle is incorrectly positioned in shuttle box (shuttle stop motions Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03D 51/40)

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· | Changing bobbins, cops, or other shuttle stock

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· · | effected with shuttle in normal shuttle box

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· · | effected otherwise than in normal box

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· · | Magazines

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· · · | for one type of thread, e.g. same colour

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· · · · | rotary

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· · · | for several types of thread, e.g. multicolour

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· | Shuttle changing

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· · | fresh shuttle being substituted for spent shuttle in the same cell of shuttle box

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· · | Shuttle box with an extra cell which is used only during replenishment

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· · · | the spent shuttle being received in the normal cell and the fresh shuttle being picked from the extra cell

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· · · | the spent shuttle being received in the extra cell and the fresh shuttle being picked from the normal cell

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· · | Magazines

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· · · | for one type of thread, e.g. single colour

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· · · | for several types of threads, e.g. multicolour

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· | Cutting, holding, manipulating, or disposing of, weft ends

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· · | Cutting weft of depleted shuttle near shuttle and holding the piece attached to the fabric

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· · | Cutting fresh weft and holding the piece attached to the fabric

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· · | Cutting depleted and fresh wefts at selvedge

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· · | Removing tip bunch or fresh weft end from fresh bobbin

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· · · | substantially by air stream or suction

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· · | Disposing of waste pieces of cut weft end (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03D 45/58 takes precedence)

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Looms in which bulk supply of weft does not pass through shed, e.g. shuttleless looms, gripper shuttle looms, dummy shuttle looms (circular looms Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03D 37/00)

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· | wherein loops of continuous weft thread are inserted, i.e. double picks

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· · | by a reciprocating needle having a permanently-threaded eye

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· · | by a pivoted needle having a permanently-threaded eye

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· · · | the path of the needle being modified by cams, linkages, or other means

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· · | by a forked needle pushing loop of weft through shed

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· | wherein single picks of weft thread are inserted, i.e. with shedding between each pick

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· · | by a gripper needle taking the end of the weft through the shed

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· · | by a gripper needle entering the shed empty and drawing the weft as it retracts

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· · | two weft inserters meeting at or near the middle of the shed and transferring the weft from one to the other

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· · | Constructional features of the thread-engaging device on the inserters

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· · · | adapted for working a loop of weft part-way inserted in the shed and then straightened-out

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· · | by gripper or dummy shuttle (travelling-wave-shed looms Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03D 47/26; inserting mechanisms for shuttles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03D 49/24; gripper or dummy shuttles per se Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03J 5/06)

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· · | Travelling-wave-shed looms

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· | wherein the weft itself is projected into the shed

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· · | by gas jet

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· · | by liquid jet

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· | Handling the weft between bulk storage and weft-inserting means

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· · | Measuring and cutting the weft

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· · | Weft pattern mechanism

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· | Forming selvedges

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· · | by knitting or interlacing loops of weft

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· · · | with additional selvedge thread

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· · | by selvedge shuttle or other device passing selvedge thread through loop of weft (by knitting Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03D 47/42)

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· · | by inserting cut end of weft in next shed, e.g. by tucking, by blowing

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· · | by adhesion

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Details and constructional features not peculiar to looms of a particular type (temples Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03J 1/22)

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· | Construction of loom framework

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· | Control of the tension in warp and/or cloth

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· · | Warp let-off mechanism (construction of warp beam Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D02H)

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· · · | Warp beam brakes

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· · · | Driving the warp beam to let the warp off

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· · | Controlling warp tension by means other than let-off mechanism

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· · · | Compensating for tension differences during shedding

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· · · | Warp supplied by creel

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· · | Devices for indicating warp tension (measuring tension of threads per se Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01L 5/04)

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· · | Take-up motions; Cloth beams (storage racks for beams Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D02H)

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· · | Back rests; Lease rods; Brest beams

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· | Mechanisms for inserting shuttle in shed (shuttles per se Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03J)

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· · | Picking mechanism, e.g. for propelling gripper shuttles and dummy shuttles

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· · · | Driving mechanism for the picker stick

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· · · · | operated by cam

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· · · · | operated by previously-loaded spring or equivalent

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· · · · | operated by liquid or gas pressure

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· · · | Pickers; Arresting means therefor (check straps Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03D 49/40)

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· · · | Picking sticks; Arresting means therefor (check straps Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03D 49/40)

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· · · | Check straps; Lug straps; Similar strap components

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· · | whereby the shuttle is propelled by liquid or gas pressure

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· · | whereby the shuttle is propelled by electric or magnetic means

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· · | wherein the shuttle is pushed or pulled positively (travelling-wave-shed type looms Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03D 47/26)

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· · | positioning shuttle in readiness for picking

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· · | Miscellaneous devices and arrangements concerning insertion of the weft and not otherwise provided for

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· | Shuttle boxes (change-boxes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03D 43/00)

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· · | Braking means; Swells

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· · · | Shuttle relief mechanism, i.e. reducing shuttle swell pressure before picking

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· | Shuttle guards

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· | Construction or operation of slay

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· · | Reeds mounted on slay

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· · | wherein the slay dwells or moves slowly while the weft is being inserted

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· · | Shuttle races

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· | Reeds and beat-up combs not mounted on the slay (loose reed stop motion Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03D 51/42)

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· | Devices for cutting weft threads (cutting weft in looms with automatic weft replenishment Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03D 45/50; apparatus for slitting fabric Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03J 1/08)

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Driving, starting, and stopping arrangements; Automatic stop motions

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· | General arrangements of driving mechanism

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· | Manual controls

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· | using particular methods of stopping

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· · | stopping at definite point in weaving cycle, or moving to such point after stopping

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· · | stopping suddenly

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· | for adjusting speed

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· | for reducing speed temporarily

|  | D03D 51/16 |
· | for varying speed cyclically

|  | D03D 51/18 |
· | Automatic stop motions

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· · | Warp stop motions

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· · · | mechanical

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· · · · | wherein droppers are suspended on individual warp threads or small groups of threads

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· · · · | Detector healds

|  | D03D 51/28 |
· · · | electrical

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· · · · | wherein droppers are suspended on individual warp threads or small groups of threads

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· · · · | Detector healds

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· · | Weft stop motions

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· · · | Centre weft forks

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· · · | Side weft forks

|  | D03D 51/40 |
· · | Shuttle stop motions

|  | D03D 51/42 |
· · · | Loose reed mechanism

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· · | acting on defective operation of loom mechanisms

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· · · | of shedding mechanisms