US1644573A - Doup heddle - Google Patents

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Oct. 4! R. H. FISH DOUP HEDDLE Fil'ed May 22, 1925 INVENTOR I BY I ATTORNEY v 20 specifically pointed out in the appended the weaving of drapery cloths, the three end Patented Oct. 4, 1927.' g i g I I I. I i .UHTED STATES PATENT OFFECE; j

" RICHARD H. FISH, or FALL RIVER, iirAssAcnnsn'rrs. i 7' .DOUPHEDDLE. Application filed May 22 1925. Serial No. 32,;67. i

This invention relates to a doup heddle doup and head. In the type of leno; for composed of a wire doup, a standard heddle securing the three end leno jacquard effect, 7 7 having two eyes therein through which the the ground makes it possible to. weave limbs of the do'up pass, and a slotted drop elaborate patterns having the appearance of V having'an eye therein and a slot leading to. cloth woven on a Jacquard loom.. The 'ef- 60 the eye so that the loops formed at the ends fects are produced on a dobby loom. Only of the limbs of the doup can be placed in the one set v of doups is required. I The pattern 1' eye of the drop, the main slot in the drop is made from one doup and two ground ends; receiving a bar whichis carried by a skele- During the weaving of the ground cloth,

ton harness frame, thus providing means the doup, standard, back and ground har- 5 whereby the doup can be formed of wire and nesses will be raising and falling in plain can be easily and quickly detached from the order. If the extra ground end is taken drop, if the doup should break, so that a new from-the woven cloth, the doup andremainv doup can be substituted for thebroken one. ing end will run together. This weaveis This invention also consists in certain called the half and return movement. 70

other features of construction and in the There is nothing. new about this weave, combination and arrangement of the several but the figured effect did not find much favor parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illuswhen cotton filling was used. Since artitrated in the accompanying drawings and ficial' silk filling has become the vogue, in

claims. leno' is a good'selling cloth. It is the use In describing the invention in detail, of artificial silk-in the place of cotton as fillreference will be had to the accompanying ing that is givingthecloth'a good demand. drawings wherein like characters denote like The only objectionable feature in the or corresponding parts throughout the sev- Weaving of these cloths is the breaking or eral views, and in which j Wearing out of the worsted doups; they do Figure 1 shows the improvement in use. not last very longand when they commence Figure 2 is a perspective view of the drop. to break the weaver is kept busy tying-in As shown in these views, the doup heddle new doups. Hence, the reason why weavers is formed of three parts, the drop 1, the doup are not expected to operate many looms, two 8 5 and the standard heddle 7 th doup 5 belooms to the weaver being about'the limit. ing formed of wire which is bent upon itself With the improved doup a weaver can run to form a substantially U-shaped member, six looms and increase the production 15%. the limbs of which pass through the loops It is to be understood th Ch ng s m y be or e 8 form d t th ntral a t of th made in the construction and in the comstandard heddle 7. Each limb of the doup is 3 bination and arrangement of the several formed with a loop A} and the drop 1 is proparts, provided such changes fall within the vided with an eye 2 at its upper end and scop of What is claimedwith a slot 3 which slopes downwardly from {What is claimed is 1 40 the eye through an edge of thedrop so that In a device asset forth, the combination the loops 4 of the, doup can be passed with a standard heddle provided with a pair through this. slot into the eye. Thus the of adjacent loops substantially intermediate doup is detachably connected with the drop, the ends of the pedal, of a doup formed of so that it can be easily replaced by a new one wire and consisting of opposed parts passif the doup should break. The drop is pro' ing through said loops, certain correspond vided with an elongated slot 6 which is ing ends of the opposedparts of the doupadapted toreceive a rod carried by a spehaving. loops, and a slotted drop capable of cial harness frame which is enclosed on both vertical movement provided with aneye at sides and ends and contains nothing but the one end and a slot adjoining and opening 0 rod. The drop slides on this rod. into the eye, whereby the loops of the op- This invention is mainly designed for leno posed parts of the doup may engage with weaving to secure jacquard patterns on a' the eye of the drop through the medium ofdobby loom, it being understood that the the slot which adjoins said eye. warp threads pass through the doup. In testimony whereof I afiixmy signature. This wire doup is to replace the worsted r RICHARD H.'FISH.

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