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EP0276414A1
EP0276414A1 EP87117926A EP87117926A EP0276414A1 EP 0276414 A1 EP0276414 A1 EP 0276414A1 EP 87117926 A EP87117926 A EP 87117926A EP 87117926 A EP87117926 A EP 87117926A EP 0276414 A1 EP0276414 A1 EP 0276414A1
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Clément Meyrat
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ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04D—TRIMMINGS; RIBBONS, TAPES OR BANDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D04D9/00—Ribbons, tapes, welts, bands, beadings, or other decorative or ornamental strips, not otherwise provided for
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41F—GARMENT FASTENINGS; SUSPENDERS
    • A41F9/00—Belts, girdles, or waistbands for trousers or skirts
    • A41F9/002—Free belts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C5/00—Bracelets; Wrist-watch straps; Fastenings for bracelets or wrist-watch straps
    • A44C5/0053—Flexible straps
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C13/00—Details; Accessories
    • A45C13/30—Straps; Bands
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66C—CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES
    • B66C1/00—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles
    • B66C1/10—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by mechanical means
    • B66C1/12—Slings comprising chains, wires, ropes, or bands; Nets
    • B66C1/18—Band-type slings
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D03—WEAVING
    • D03D—WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS
    • D03D1/00—Woven fabrics designed to make specified articles
    • D03D1/08—Ladder tapes
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D03—WEAVING
    • D03D—WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS
    • D03D13/00—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
    • D03D13/004—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 with weave pattern being non-standard or providing special effects
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D03—WEAVING
    • D03D—WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS
    • D03D13/00—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
    • D03D13/008—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 characterised by weave density or surface weight

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  • the present invention relates to woven ribbons, in particular for belts, straps, straps, bag handles, watch straps, one end of which is intended to be anchored at an adjustable distance to a pin buckle.
  • woven ribbons of this kind do not extend into the area intended to be anchored to the pin buckle.
  • a strip of a material more resistant than the weaving, for example natural or synthetic leather is attached to the end of the woven ribbon and a row of holes are drilled in this band.
  • holes are also drilled directly in certain woven ribbons. The edges of these holes are then protected by means of a metal tube, the ends of which are stamped over these edges.
  • the invention aims to create a woven ribbon which can extend as far as the zone intended to be anchored to a pin buckle, by avoiding the above-mentioned drawbacks and by allowing fine adjustment of the active length of the ribbon, while reducing the cost.
  • the woven ribbon according to the invention fulfills these conditions by the fact that at least in the zone intended to be anchored to a pin buckle and in a narrow part in the middle of its width, the weaving is less tight than in the other parts ribbon.
  • the barb which is in the middle of the width of the loop and, therefore, in the middle of that of the ribbon can pass through the latter, practically at any point of its active length, without damaging the threads of the weaving. .
  • Another solution is not to provide warp threads in this part.
  • weft threads made of synthetic material and compound warp threads very fine agglomerated and / or slightly twisted fibers and weave the ribbon so that the first are arranged in pairs of contiguous threads.
  • FIGS. 1 to 4 are plan views of part of the ribbon in these four embodiments.
  • the weft of the ribbon shown in FIG. 1 is constituted by a single wire 1, continuous, thin, full and made of resistant synthetic material.
  • the wire 1 is folded back on itself, successively on each of the edges of the ribbon, as seen in particular in 2 and 3, on the edge of the bottom of the ribbon. It thus constitutes pairs of weft yarns 4, 5 contiguous, regularly spaced from one another, of which only all the two pairs are visible in the drawing, the intermediate pairs appearing on the reverse of the part of the ribbon shown in the drawing.
  • the chain of this ribbon is composed of two layers of son 6, 7, 8, 9 superimposed, each consisting of very fine agglomerated and / or slightly twisted fibers. Only those in the upper layer are visible in the drawing.
  • the warp thread 6 of the upper layer alternately passes over three consecutive pairs of contiguous weft threads, then under the next pair of weft threads. All the two warp threads of this upper layer pass over and under the same pairs of contiguous weft threads as the thread 6.
  • the warp thread 7 like all the other two warp threads of the upper layer, it passes alternately under the pair of contiguous weft threads, which is in the middle of those over which thread 6 passes, then on the next three consecutive pairs of contiguous weft threads.
  • each of them passes alternately over the pair of contiguous weft threads, which is in the middle of those on which a warp thread of the upper layer passes, then under the following three pairs of contiguous weft threads.
  • the parts of the warp threads of the lower layer, which pass over a pair of contiguous weft threads, are covered by the warp threads of the upper layer, which pass over this same pair of weft threads as well as over the two pairs neighbors.
  • the warp threads of the lower layer which pass under three successive pairs of contiguous weft threads, hide the parts of the warp threads of the upper layer which pass under a single pair of contiguous weft threads.
  • the warp threads are tight against each other, except the two threads 8 and 9, which are in the middle of the width of the ribbon and whose space they occupy is almost the same width as that occupied by three others contiguous warp threads.
  • the barb (not shown), to which one end of the ribbon described is intended to be anchored and which is in the middle of the width of the ribbon, can thus make its way between the two warp threads 8, 9 and between two consecutive pairs of contiguous weft threads, without damaging either of these son. Since the pairs of consecutive weft threads are relatively close to each other, the ribbon described allows fine adjustment of its active length.
  • the ribbon of FIG. 2 differs mainly from that of FIG. 1 by the fact that it has, in the middle of its width, a narrow part 10, which is occupied only by weft threads 11.
  • the barb to which one end of the ribbon is intended to be anchored, naturally engages in the free spaces between these wires 11.
  • these wires 11 are formed by segments, which are folded in a zigzag all along the ribbon, with one and the same wire, identical to that of FIG. 1, they are grouped here in triplets 12 of consecutive pairs of contiguous wires. The pairs of a triplet 12 are closer to each other than the triplets are.
  • warp threads 13 are identical to those of FIG. 1. However, two means are provided to prevent the warp threads 13 from spreading in the part 10 of the ribbon and to give the weft threads of this part 10 a rigidity allowing them to properly resist the tensile forces exerted on them by the barb to which one end of the ribbon is intended to be anchored.
  • the first of these means consists of a pair of contiguous warp threads 14, full, thin and stiff, which extends along each of the edges of the part 10.
  • Each of these pairs of threads 14 passes alternately from one on the other side, consecutive pairs of contiguous weft threads.
  • the second means lies in the particular weaving of the two warp threads 15, 16 next to the threads 14, on each side of the part 10.
  • the thread 15 passes successively from one to the other side of the consecutive triplets 12 and the thread 16 passes successively from one to the other side of each consecutive pair of contiguous weft threads.
  • the wires 15, 16 are of the same nature as the wires 13.
  • FIG. 3 differs mainly from that of FIG. 2 by the fact that two layers of warp threads, of different colors, pass simultaneously and from place to place from one side to the other of the weft.
  • the ribbon therefore has segments 17, 18 of alternating colors.
  • the weaving is identical to that of FIG. 2.
  • On either side of the narrow central part 23 of the ribbon there is, however, only one warp wire 24, full, thin and stiff, which passes successively from one to the other side of the consecutive pairs of contiguous weft threads.
  • some warp threads in a central zone 25 of the ribbon have substantially the same color as the weft threads, so as to camouflage the latter, which occupy the narrow part 23; while the outer warp threads, zones 26 and 27, have another color.
  • the ribbon of this last embodiment illustrates another very simple way to diversify its appearance.
  • the central part of the ribbon where the weaving is less tight extends, of course, over the entire length of the ribbon. It is, however, possible to limit this particular weaving to the zone of the ribbon, which is actually intended to be anchored to the barb in question. For this purpose, it suffices to pass the weft threads of this zone on the same side of two, three or four warp threads lying in the middle of the width of the ribbon or between the same warp threads of two superimposed layers. The barb will then be able to pass through this zone of the ribbon, engaging between the weft threads and the warp threads released from the weft, without risking damaging either of these threads.
  • the invention is obviously not limited to the described nature of the wires making up the ribbon. Instead of being made of synthetic material, part or all of these threads can consist of natural fibers, bare or coated with synthetic material.
  • Attaching a pin buckle to one end of the ribbon according to the invention presents no difficulty. Just engage this end of the ribbon in the loop or a part of it, fold it over the rest of the ribbon and fix it to the latter, for example by means of one or more rivets. It can also be attached to it by welding, sewing or gluing. If the ribbon wires and the loop are made of synthetic material, the end of the ribbon can even be soldered directly to the loop.
  • the cutting to the width of the strands of bracelets can advantageously be carried out hot, for example by ultrasound. This procedure will at the same time ensure the welding together of the ends of the weft threads along the edges of the bracelet.
  • the weft thread is of natural origin, the cutting in question must be carried out mechanically. Then, it will be necessary to border the bracelet strands by sewing to avoid fraying. This naturally also applies to the ends of these strands.
  • the threads making up the ribbon are mixed, that is to say if they are composed of a core of natural fiber, for example cotton, sheathed with synthetic material, for example PVC, cutting can be performed by high frequency, which will ensure at the same time the welding between them of the ends of these wires.
  • Attaching the strands of the bracelet to the handles of the watch case can be carried out in a similar manner to those described above with a loop.
  • the bracelet strand extending from the watch case to the pin buckle naturally does not need to have a narrow central part woven less loosely, except to save the continuity of the appearance of the bracelet .

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FR8617626A FR2608176B1 (fr) 1986-12-15 1986-12-15 Ruban tisse
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