(19)
(11) EP 1 132 510 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
07.05.2003 Bulletin 2003/19

(43) Date of publication A2:
12.09.2001 Bulletin 2001/37

(21) Application number: 01104568.9

(22) Date of filing: 05.03.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: D03D 47/34, B65H 51/22, B65H 57/22
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 10.03.2000 IT TO000219

(71) Applicant: L.G.L. Electronics S.p.A.
24024 Gandino (Bergamo) (IT)

(72) Inventors:
  • Pedrini, Giovanni
    24026 Leffe (Prov. of Bergamo) (IT)
  • Zenomi, Pietro
    24026 Leffe (Prov. of Bergamo) (IT)

(74) Representative: Modiano, Guido, Dr.-Ing. et al
Spandonari & Modiano S.r.l., Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 16
10129 Torino
10129 Torino (IT)

   


(54) Anti-balloon device for weaving loom weft feeders


(57) In a weft feeder (1) comprising a fixed drum (2) on which a rotating arm (3) winds a weft reserve (RT) whose turns unwind from the drum (2), passing through a terminal thread guide (G) under the control of a braking means (4), an anti-balloon device (5) constituted by a frustum-shaped ring (5a) whose smaller diameter is slightly larger than the diameter of the feeder drum (2); the ring is fitted on the drum and is arranged directly ahead of the braking means (4), and the ring (5a) is connected, by way of pivoting means (6) with controlled rotation, to the structure of the feeder (1) so that it can be inclined at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the drum (2) in order to pass from an active position, in which the ring is at right angles to the axis of the drum (2), to a position for threading the feeder (1), in which the ring is inclined at an angle with respect to the drum axis.






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