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(11) | EP 2 405 041 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | Temple device for loom including automatic temple position switching mechanism and method of driving temple thereof |
| (57) Provided is a method of driving a temple (41) of a temple device (40) including an
automatic temple position switching mechanism (42), the temple device (40) being used
for a loom that successively weaves a fabric (2a) having two or more weave sections
with different weft densities in accordance with a set weaving length that has been
set, the temple (41) being displaceable between two positions, the automatic temple
position switching mechanism (42) automatically switching a position of the temple
(41) between two positions that are an operating position and a standby position,
the method being performed when displacing the temple (41) from the operating position
toward the standby position in accordance with switching between the weave sections,
the method including successively detecting a weaving length of a weave section that
is being woven, and displacing the temple (41) in accordance with a preset operation
mode including a movement start timing of the temple (41) such that movement of the
temple (41) is started before the detected weaving length reaches the set weaving
length and such that the temple (41) reaches a non-operating position after a plurality
of weft-insertion periods.
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