Weft insertion apparatus and rapier band for rapier loom

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EP 0 939 155 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	08.09.1999 Bulletin 1999/36

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	01.09.1999 Bulletin 1999/35

(21)	Application number: 99100360.9

(22)	Date of filing: 15.01.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: D03D 47/27

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

18.02.1998 JP 3607498

(71)	Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
	Aichi-ken (JP)

(72)	Inventors:
	Tsuzuki, Makoto Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken (JP) Yasue, Masahiko Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken (JP) Kimbara, Masahiko Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken (JP) Niida, Eiki Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken (JP)

(74)	Representative: HOFFMANN - EITLE
	Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München 81925 München (DE)

(54)	Weft insertion apparatus and rapier band for rapier loom

(57) A highly abrasion-resistant rapier band (12) is provided. The rapier band (12) has a laminated structure including a core member (18) and a pair of woven fabrics (19,20), the core member (18) being made of a three-dimensional fabric. Each woven fabric (19,20) is a satin fabric made of warp threads (T) and weft threads (Y). The warp threads (T) of each woven fabric (19,20) extend along the longitudinal direction of the rapier band (12), and the weft threads (Y) extend across the width direction of the rapier band (12). A warp thread (T) is exposed at an obverse side of each woven fabric (19,20) by leaping over a plurality of weft threads (Y).

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