US2932328A - Split draw - Google Patents

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April 12, 1960 F. w. E. HOESELBARTH 2,932,328

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United States Patent SPLIT DRAW Frank W. E. Hoeselbarth, Carlisle, Pa., assignor to C. H.

Masland & Sons, Carlisle, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application August 13, 1956, SeriaI No. 603,762 13 Claims. 01. 139-403 The present invention relates to a method of weaving pile fabric such as carpets and rugs.

This application been divided and the subject matter relating to the fabric has been embodied in U.S. Patent application Serial No. 680,480, filed August 27, 1957, for Split Draw, and now abandoned.

A purpose of the invention is to eliminate streaks or lining effects in' weaving carpets and rugs and other pile fabrics.

A further purpose is to manipulate two or more pile warp ends through the same heddle eye and maintain the same relative position of the pile warp ends in the fabric without permitting rotation or jasp effect, thus allowing the manufacture of fabrics having a' predetermined relation of colors which'are woven together, making it possible to establish shadow and tone effects.

A further purpose is to thread in two or more pile warp ends through the same eye of a heddle, whetherin velvet, tapestry, Wilton or Brussels weaving, and to carry one of the pile warp ends through the same dent or course and the other through the adjoining dent or course without crossing the binder warp.

A further purpose is to weave with two frames of pile Figure 7 is a View similar to Figure 1 showing ice In the drawings I have chosen to illustrate a few. only of the numerous embodiments in which my invention may appear, selecting the forms shown from the standpoints of convenience in illustration, satisfactory operation .and clear demonstration of the principles involved;

Figure l is a diagrammatic top plan view showing the thread-in according to one embodiment of the invention. The stuffer and binder warp heddles are eliminated for convenience in illustration.

Figure 2 is a conventional warpwise weave diagram of one embodiment of the weave of Figure 1, illustrating the stutter warp end and binder warp ends of one dent, and the pile warp ends of one dent and part of the next dent, the pile warp ends being displaced slightly so that those in the background can be seen. I

Figure 3 is a weave step diagram illustrating the double shed step in forming the weave of the invention.

Figure 4 is a weave step diagram showing the single shed step in forming the weave of the invention,

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 1 illustrating a modification using a false reed. j

Figure 6 is a diagrammatic end View, partly in section, showing the mounting of the false reed. 4

a fur"- ther modification in the weave of the invention. Figure 8 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing the pririciples of the invention applied to a Wilton weave in one warp ends threaded in alternate dents, and to carry each frame through an eye of its heddle in a particular dent, and then carry one of the ends of the frame from the eye through the same dent and joining dent.

A further purpose is to raise two or more pile warp ends in different dents by the same eye of the heddle and to manipulate the stuifer warp end in the dent by a long slot on the same heddle. v a

A further purpose is to separate pile warp ends in a dent by creating a sub-dent through insertion of a false split of a false reed.

A further purpose is to carry pile warp ends of the said frame of pile warp ends which pass through eyes of heddles of adjoining dents into crossing or scissors relationship and thread them through the opposite dents.

A further purpose in connection with the scissors relationship is to place ends of one frame ofpile warp ends in scissors relation to one split and ends ofthe next frame the other through the adin scissors relation to the next split. I

A further purpose is to weave a Wilton using patte selection and preferably placing one frame of pile warp ends toward the split with respect to the stuifer warp, another frame of pile warp ends between the stuifer warp and one binder warp, another frame of pile warp between the binder warps, another frame of pile warp between the binder warp remote from the stuifer warp and the nextsplit, and to carry still another frame of pile warp from a heddle eye opposite the next dent into the dent first mentioned adjoining the split. Some or all of these features will be present in thefabric.

A further purpose is to employ high and low floats as desired'with ends running together with the same heddle eyes but threaded through different dents.

Further purposes appear in the specification and in the embodiment.

Figure 9 is a conventional warpwise weave diagram of a Wilton weave of Figure 8.

Figure 10 is a modified conventional warpwise weave diagram showing a float weave according to the invention. Figure 11 is a photograph of the face of a carpet weave according to the invention.

Describing in illustration and not in limitation andreferring to the drawings:

[In theprior art, in conventional practice the pile warp ends carried through the eyes of the heddle opposite a particular dent are threaded through the dent and the pile warp ends run truly longitudinally.

Considerable dilficulty is caused from time to time through streaks due to variations in the yarn or in the weaving technique. These give rise to lining effects which are very objectionable, particularly in large carpet areas.

Efforts have been made in the past to employ twoor more yarn ends carried through the same pile warp heddle eye and through the same dent. These ends. are permitted to rotate and give rise to a variation depending on which color of pile warp end woven together is uppermost at a particular point. This effect is called jasp.

I have discovered that there are distinct advantages in carrying two or more pile warp ends through the same eye of the heddle, but deliberately departing from normal practice and carrying one of the pile warp, ends from the heddle eye into an adjoining dent of-the reed without crossing a binder warp end. This gives riseto a number of improvements.

in the first place it is possible to reduce the tendency to form streaks. The pile warp ends which are produced comprise one pile warp end oriented warpwise and one pile warp end oriented diagonally, thus breaking up the eifect of streaks. This advantage exists whether the pile warp ends are of the same coloror of different colors. 2

Furthermore, the designer can determine which of the pile warp ends woven together shall form the top of the pile at a particular point, thus securing a predetermined color relationship, permitting reliable establishment; of shadow or tone effects, where the different pile warp ends carried through the same eye are of different colors.

Considering now the form of Figures 1 to 4 inclusive, the fabric illustrated will preferably be a velvet or tapestry heddle eyes of the heddle corresponding to alternate dents and comprising pile warp ends and 20' which are threaded through the same eye 21 of pile warp heddle frame 22. The eyes 21 are those which are aligned with dents 24, 26 and 28 of reed 30 as illustrated in Figure l. The other pile warp set woven in staggered relation comprises pile warp ends 3-1 and 31' which are carried through the same eyes 32 of pile warp heddle frame 33. The eyes 32 are opposite to dents 25, 27, etc. of reed 30.

In other words, the pile warp ends 20 and 20' are threaded through the eyes opposite the even numbered dents and the pile warp ends 31 and 31' are threaded through the eyes opposite the odd numbered dents.

The fabric also includes binder warp set 34 and binder warp set 35 threaded through each of the dents and woven in opposition to one another. The binder warp heddles are not shown. It will, of course, be evident that it is unimportant from the standpoint of the present invention whether there are two binder warp sets woven in opposition to one another or one binder warp set woven in opposition to the stuffer warp set.

There is also in each dent a stuffer warp end 36 which is shown as a single end although it will be evident that the question of whether a single end or a group of stufrer warp ends per dent may be used is immaterial from the standpoint of the invention.

The thread-in of the ends in accordance with the invention is unusual. Pile warp end 20', after passing through heddle eye 21 is carried through the corresponding dent of the reed in accordance with usual practice. The companion pile warp end 20, however, is not threaded through the same dent but is carried to the opposite side of split 23' into the next dent 23. The binder warp ends in the dent 24 are on the side of the ends 20 and 20' remote from the split 23 or in other words towards the opposite split 24' in dent 24 and. correspondingly placed in other even numbered dents. Thus the wandering end 20 which travels into the next dent does not cross a binder warp end.

' The stuffer warp end 36 in the dent 24 or in any one of the corresponding even numbered dents is illustrated as being below the pile warp ends in the dent 24 and it is manipulated either by a separate stuffer warp heddle (not shown), or by long slots on the heddles 22. and 33 'as later explained.

In the other pile warp set, pile warp end 31 passes through eye 32 of the heddle frame and is carried through 'the corresponding dent of the reed as in normal practice.

But wandering pile warp end 31 also passes through eye 32 of pile warp heddle frame 33 but passes on the op- Step I Pile warp ends 31 and 31' are fully raised and binder V Figure 3, pile warp ends 20 and 20' like the other pile wires here referred to, may be cutting, noncutting, alternately cutting and noncutting, straight, wavy, high, low, flag, or otherwise as well known in the art. The weft and wire are beaten up by the reed, resulting in a longitudinal pile projection 40 from pile warp 31' and a diagonal pile'projection 41 from pile warp end 31.

Step II In the next step binder warp ends 35 are fully'lowered and all other ends are raised halfway, forming a lower shed. A shot of lower weft 4-2 is inserted in the lower shed and the shot is beaten up by the reed.

Step III Pile warp ends 20 and 20' are fully raised and binder warp ends 35 are raised halfway forming an upper shed. All other ends are lowered, forming a lower shed. A wire 38 is inserted in the upper shed and a shot of upper weft 37 is inserted in the lower shed. The wire will be cutting, noncutting, cutting following noncutting, wavy, high, low, flag or otherwise as desired. The wire and weft are beaten up by the reed, resulting in producing a longitudinally directed pile projection 43 due to pile warp end 20' and a diagonal pile projection 44 due to the wandering pile warp end 20.

Step IV Step IV is similar to Step II. Binder warp ends 34 are lowered and all other ends are raised halfway, forming a lower shed. The shot of lower weft 42 is inserted in the lower shed and beaten up by the reed.

It will be evident that the pile projections 40, 41, 43 and 44v mutually engage at crossing points 45 above the back of the fabric. When the fabric is in use, after the wires have of course been withdrawn, the four pile warp ends which are in close adjacency at any one of the points 45 comprise two pile projections which are tending to extend longitudinally and two projections WhlCl'l. are tending to extend diagonally. The result, therefore, is to produce lateral forces which break up the tendency for a straight longitudinal alignment of the pile pro ections and produce more uniform coverage by deflectmg pile projections to occupy fully the space'between spaced binder warp ends. This gives a much improved fabric from the standpoint of both appearance and serviceability.-

Figures 3 and 4 illustrate in simplified form weaving with a long slot to manipulate the stuifer warp end. In these views a single frame only is employed. The observer is looking at split 23' of reed 30 in Figures 3 and 4.

Pile warp ends 20 and 20' pass through eye 21 of rule warp'heddle frame 22. As already explained, pile warp end 20 extends longitudinally through the corresponding dent 24 and therefore is behind split 23'. Pile warp end 20, however, passes in front of split 23' because 1t is in dent 23.

With the pile warp heddle frame 22 fully raised in are fully raised. Stuffer warp end 36 is raised to mid-position by long slot '46, depending below the eye 21 on each heddle wire.

The stutter warp end passes through the long slot 46. (If long slots are used on two pile warp frames, the stufier warp passes through both long slots of the particular dent.) In the position corresponding to the step of Figure 3, binder warp end 35 is raised halfway and binder warp ends 34 are lowered. A wire 38 is inserted in upper shed 47 and a lower weft 42 is inserted in the lower shed 48.

In the next step, illustrated in Figure 4, binder warp ends 34 are raised halfway and all other ends are lowered, forming a lower shed 50 through which an upper weft 37 is inserted. The pile warp ends 20 and 20' are lowered by eyes 21 and the stuifer warp ends 36 are lowered by the tops of the long slots 46.

In th for s previous y de cribed, I have indicated that the wandering pile warp end is carried into a position which creates a diagonal tendency in the pile projection and is held in predetermined alignment for the purpose of assuring a predetermined relationship of colors of pile warp ends woven together, by means of threading into an adjoiningdent. It will be evident, however, that in some cases it may be preferred to use a false reed and create subdents for this purpose.

In Figures 5 and 6 I illustrate a reed 30 having suitably at the top a bracket 51, which mounts a false reed 52 having splits 53 on the side of the reed remote from the fell. Thus there are false splits 53 in each of the dents which'make it possible to separate two pilewarp ends 20 and 20' which pass through the same eye 21 of the pile warp heddle frame 22. The illustration in Figure .5 is for a single pile frame, but the same expedient can be applied for two or more pile frames.

' In many cases, particularlyin velvet or tapestry weaving, it is desirable to cross the thread-in as shown in Figure 7. In this form I illustrate a pile warp heddle frame 22 having eyes 21 on either side of split 23 of the reed and a pile warp heddle frame 33 having eyes 32 on either side of a split 24 of the reed.

a Each of the heddle eyes 21 has two ends 20 and 20' threaded through it. The end 20' is normal and passes through the dent corresponding to the heddle eye but the end 20 is a wandering end and is placed on the side adjoining the split. 'It passes in each case into the next dent. Thus the two wandering ends 20 cross at 57 in a scissors relationship as viewed from above.

On the opposite side of dent 24 and on the side opposite to thebinder warp ends 35 and34, a similar situation exists with respect to the other pile warp set. In this case each of the eyes 32.0f pile .warp heddle 33 carries two pile warp ends, a normal pile warp end 31 which is threaded through the same dent and a wandering pile warp end 31' which is threaded through the opposite dent and is carried on the side nearest the split 24'. Thus again there is a crossing or scissors relationship at 57'.

In each of the dents the stuifer warp end 36 is preferably carried below the pile warp ends as shown and manipulated either by a long slot or a separate stufler warp heddle frame as desired. The binder warp ends are, of course, manipulated by binder warp heddle frames. It will be evident that this scissors relationship assures a noudirectional property and also assures maintaining the relative relationship of colors of pile warp ends woven together.

It will readily be understood that the principles of the invention, as in Figures 1 to 7 inclusive, can be applied in Wilton weaving, in which case the heddle eyes 21 and 22 will be the eyes of lingoe heddles. Due precaution should be taken, of course, to be sure that any lingoe which carries an end which crosses. over another end is woven with the end which you crossed over, that is, raised when the other end is raised and lowered when the other end is lowered.

In Wilton weaving there are advantages, however, to be gained by individually separating the ends as well as by producing a diagonal loop formation. Figure 8 illustrates a draw up for this purpose, in which'principles of end separation are illustrated which may be used alone without following other principles therein shown.

This draw up primarily illustrates a dent splits 23' and 24' of the reed. Each other dent may desirably be threaded in similarly.

In this form, there is a binder warp heddle frame 58 manipulating binder warp ends 35, binder warp heddle frame 60 manipulating binder warp ends 34 and a stuft'er warp heddle frame 61 manipulating stuifer warp ends 36. The respective ends are laterally spaced from left to right in the order named. Between the stufier warp end 36 and the split 24'is threaded in a pile warp end :62 which is manipulated by lingoe heddles 63 to raise itselective ly over awire38 to. form pile projections 64 24 defined by .This pile warp end 75.,

7 6 opposite dent 24 which carry the individual pile frames or pile warp ends end 75 is separated from as the-pattern requires. Spaced by the stufler warpend 36 on one side and the binder warp end 34 on the other side there is a pile warp end 65 which ismanipulated according to the pattern by lingoe heddles 66 and raised in the pile over wires 38 to produce pile projections 67 as the pattern requires. Placed between the two binder warp ends is a pile warp end 68 which is manipulated according to the pattern by lingoe heddles 70 to form pile projections 71 passing over wires 38. Between binder warp ends 35 and splits 23 are pile warp ends 72 which are manipulated by lingoe heddles 73 accord- :ing to the pattern to produce pile projections 74 over a wire.

Adjoining the split 23' is pile warp end 75. All of the pile ends previously discussed in reference to Figures 8 and 9 are threaded in normally through the same dent that corresponds to the positions of the heddle eyes. however, is threaded through lingoe heddles 76 in line with the next dents. Correspondingly adjoining split 24 there are lingoe heddles pile warp ends which are threaded in the next dent. 25 on the opposite side of the split 24'. c

The resulting fabric as shown in Figure 9 will resemble the fabric of *Figure 2 except that it has five frames and that there is pattern selection.

Unlike a normal Wilton or Brussels weave, however,

are separated from one another. Pile warp end 62 is separated by the split on the one side and the stuflEer warp end on the other side. Pile warp end 65 is separated by the stutter warp on the one side and the binder warp end on the other side. Pile warp end 68 is separated by the binder warp ends on both sides. Pile warp end 72 is separated on one side by binder warp end 35. On the other side it is adjoining pile warp end 75 but pile warp pile warp end 72 by the fact that it is threaded through a different dent from that in line with its lingoe eye.

Also it will be evident that there is a vdiagonal characteristic imparted to pile projections 77 formed from pile warp ends 75.

In the previous discussion reference has generally been made to pile warp ends, but it will be evident that the ends may in fact be face warp ends rather than pile warp ends in the sense that they may be high or low floats in staggered relation or otherwise. I illustrate in Figure 10 the condition regarding one frame of suitably a two or more frame fabric including pile warp ends 20 and 20' 'which in this case are placed adjoining the split, end 20 .neath two wires, as well as normal pile projections 81 which are bound down under adjoining binding wefts.

It will be evident that the next frame will suitably be identical in the low float area except that the floats are staggered one weft position. Of course being a Wilton lor Brussels fabric, the pattern control will determine ;the

placement of the high and low floats and normal pile.

It will be evident that two ends woven together and carried through the same heddle eye can be held deliberately in the same relationship with respect to left and right position or with respect to uppermost and lowermost position in the pile projections. This permits control of the color shading and tone.

Figure 11 illustrates the face of the fabric of Figures 1 and 2, and shows the absence of lining effects;

In view of my invention and disclosure, variations and modifications to meet individual whim or particular need will doubtless become evident to others skilled in the art, to obtain all or part of the benefits of my invention without copying the method shown, and I, therefore, claim all Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

- 1. The method of weaving a pile fabric, using a set of heddles each of which has an eye, using a reed having dents, and using pile warp ends, binder warp ends, stutfer warp ends and wefts, which comprises threading in through each pile heddle eye of one heddle set one pile warp end and then threading said one pile warp end through a dent of the reed which is in line longitudinally with the heddle eye through which said one pile warp end is threaded, threading in through each pile heddle eye of said'oneheddle set another pile warp end and then threading said other pile warp end through a dent of the reed which isadjoining to said dent which is longitudinally in 'line with said heddle eye, there then being two pile warp ends in the same heddle eyes, threading in binder warp ends through heddles and through the various dents of the reed, threadingin stuffer warp ends through heddles and through the various dents of the reed, and interweaving the pile warp ends, binder'warp ends and stutter warp ends with wefts, and in the weaving raising all of said pile warp ends in the face of the fabric to form pile projections and binding them beneath wefts.

2. The method of claim 1, in which the pile warp ends "threaded through said adjoining dents of the reed do not 'cross binder warp ends.

3. The method of claim 1, which comprises floating the pile projections over at least one binding weft between the binding wefts by which the pile projections are bound.

4. The method of claim 1, which comprises weaving with transverse wires, and floating the pile warp ends over at least one binding weft and at least two wires between the wefts by which the pile projections are bound.

5. The method of claim 1, which comprises weaving with transverse wires and floating the pile warp ends over at least'one binding weft and under at least one transverse wire between the binding wefts by which the pile projections are bound.

6. The method of weaving a. pile fabric, using heddles each of which is provided with an eye, using a feed having dents, and usingfour sets of pile warp ends, with binder warp ends, stuifer warp ends and wefts, which comprises threading in a first set of pile warp ends, one in each eye of a first set of pile heddles and one in each dent of the reed which is longitudinally in line with the eye of the first set of pile heddles through which the end of the first pile warp set passes, threading in through the eyes of said first pile heddle set a second set of pile warp ends one in each eye of said first pile heddle set and one in each dent of the reed which is adjoining to the dent which is in line with the pile heddle eye through which the end of the second pile warp set is threaded, threading in a third set of pile warp ends one in each eye of a second setof pile heddles'and in each dent of the reed longitudinally in line with the eye of the second set of pile heddles through which the end of the third pile warp set is-threaded, threading in through the eyes of said second pile heddle set a fourth set of pile warp ends one in each eye of said second pile heddle set and one in each dent of thereed which is adjoining the dent whichis longitudinally Y in line with the-heddle eye through which the pile warp end of said fourth. set is threaded, threading in binder warp-ends in the various dents, threading in stuffer warp ends-in the various dents, interweaving the pile warp ends of the four sets mentioned above, the binder warp ends, and the stufier warp ends with wefts,-andinthe weaving raising the pile warp ends of the first and second set in staggered relation to the pile warp ends of the'third and fourth set.

- 7 The method of claim 6, in which each of the pile warpends which is threaded through one of'said adjoining dentse'f-the reed, is thread'ed through. the side of said -'adjoiningdent nearest tothedent longitudinally in line threaded, with respect to all binder warp in said adjoining dent.

8. The method of claim 7, using false splits in the reed, which comprises forming subdents of the false splits and placing the pile warpends' in the dents on opposite sides of the false splits.

9. The method of weaving a pile fabric, using heddles having eyes and using a reed having dents separated by splits, and using pile warp ends of at least two pile war'p sets, binder warp ends, stuffer warp ends and .wefts, which comprises threading a pair of pile warp ends of onepile warp set through each heddle eye of one set of pile'heddles, threading a pair of pile warp ends of another set through each heddle eye of another set of pile heddles, threading one of the pair of pile warp ends which passes through each heddle eye through a dent of the reed which is longitudinally in line with that heddle eye and threading the other of the pair of pile warp ends which is threaded through each heddle eye through anadjoining dent of the reed which is next to said dent which is in line with the heddle eye through which the pile warp end is threaded, the pile warp ends of the dilferent pile warp sets which are threaded through said adjoining dents of the reed crossing one another, threading in binder warp ends in the dents, threading in stufier warp ends in the dents, and interweaving said pile warp ends, the binder warp ends, the stuffer warp ends and wefts while raising the pile warp ends in pile projections and binding the pilewarp ends beneath wefts.

10. The method of weaving a pile fabric, using heddles 'each'of which has an eye, using a reed having even-numbered dents and odd-numbered dents, and using pile warp ends, binder warp-ends, stutfer warp ends and wefts, which comprises threading in a first pair of pile warp ends through each pile warp heddle eye of a first set opposite an even-numbered dent, threading in one of said first pair of pile warp ends through the even-numbered dent of the reed which is longitudinally in line with the eye through which the pile warp end is threaded, threading in the other pile warp end of said first pair through the odd-numbered dent of the reed which is adjoining to that which is longitudinally in line with the eye through which the pile warp ends of the first pair are threaded, threading in a second pair of pile warp ends through each pile warp heddle eye of the same set which is opposite an odd-numbered dent of the reed on the side of all binder warps in said odd-numbered dent which adjoins the next even-numbered dent, threading in one of said second pair of pile warp ends through said odd-numbered dent of the reed and threading the other of said second pair of pile warp ends through said adjoining even-numbered dent, there being a crossing of those pile warp ends which pass into dents different frgm those which are longitudinally in line with the heddle eyes through which such pile warp ends pass, threading in binder warp ends in the dents, threading in stuffer warp ends in the dents, and interweaving the pile warp ends, binder warp ends and stutfer warp ends with wefts while raising pile warp ends in pile projections and binding the pile projections beneath wefts.

11. The method of weaving pile fabric, using pile warp heddle frame 1 having heddle eyes, pile warp heddle frame 2 having heddle eyes, and a reed having dents separated by splits, said dents being associated in adjoining groups, the dents of each group being identified as A, B and C, and using pile warp ends, binder warp ends, stutfer Warp ends and wefts, which comprises threading in binder warp ends in the dents in intermediate positions remote from the splits, threading in stuffer warp ends in the dents, threading in two pile warp ends of a first pair through each eye of pile warp heddle frame 1 opposite dent B, threading in one of each said first pair of pile warp ends through dent B of the reed onthe side adjoining dent A, and-threading inth'e other of each said first pair of 'pile warp ends through dent A on the side adjoining dent B, threading in two pile warp ends of a second pair through each eye of pile warp heddle 1 opposite dent A, threading in one of said second pair of pile warp ends through dent A of the reed on the side adjoining dent B, and threading in the other of said second pair of pile warp ends through dent B of the reed on the side adjoining dent A, threading in two pile warp ends of a third pair through each eye of pile warp heddle 2 opposite dent B, threading in one of said third pair of pile Warp ends through dent B of the reed on the side adjoining dent C, threading in the other of said third pair of pile warp ends through dent C of the reed on the side adjoining dent B, threading in two pile warp ends of-a fourth pair through each eye of pile warp heddle 2 opposite dent C, threading in one of the pile warp ends of said fourth pair through dent C on the side adjoining dent B, threading in the other of the pile warp ends of said fourth pair through dent B on the side adjoining dent C, said ends which are threaded into different dents crossing one another on each side of dent B, interweaving said pile warp ends, binder warp ends, stufler warp ends and Wefts and in the weaving raising pile warp ends alternately in the pile by manipulating pile warp heddle frames 1 and 2, and binding the pile warp ends beneath wefts.

12. The method of weaving a pile fabric using heddles each of which has an eye, using a reed having dents separated by splits, and using pile warp ends, binder warp ends, stulfer warp ends and wefts, which comprises threading in binder warp ends in the various dents of the reed, threading in stuifer warp ends in the various dents of the reed, threading in a plurality of pile warp ends in each of the heddle eyes, threading in at least one of the pile warp ends of each heddle eye through a dent of the reed which is longitudinally in line with that heddle eye and threading in at least one of the pile warp ends of each heddle eye through a dent of the reed which is adjoining to the dent which is in line with said heddle eye, the pile warp end threaded through said adjoining 10 dent of the reed being on the side adjacent the split which separates from the dent in line with said heddle eye with respect to the binder in said adjoining dent, and pile warp ends which are threaded in adjoining dents crossing one another, interweaving the pile warp ends, binder warp ends, stuffer warp ends with wefts, and in the weaving raising the pile warp ends in pile projections and binding them beneath wefts.

13. The method of weaving a pile fabric using heddles having eyes, using a reed having dents and using pile warp ends, using transverse wires and using binder warp ends, stufier warp ends and wefts, which comprises threading in binder warp ends in the dilferent dents of the reed, threading in stufier warp ends in the different dents of the reed, threading in through each eye of the pile warp heddle a pair of pile warp ends and thread- .ing one of said pair of pile warp ends through the reed in one dent and the other of said pair of pile warp ends through the reed in an adjoining dent while retaining the pile warp ends of each pair between the binder warp ends which are in a particular pair of dents next to one another, interweaving the pile warp ends, binder warp ends and stuifer warp ends with wefts into a pile fabric and in the weaving raising the pairs of pile warp ends together and inserting transverse wires beneath them and binding the pile warp ends beneath wefts.

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