Improved warper and a method of warping

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EP 1 231 306 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	07.01.2004 Bulletin 2004/02

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	14.08.2002 Bulletin 2002/33

(21)	Application number: 01830793.4

(22)	Date of filing: 21.12.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: D02H 3/00

(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

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Priority:

09.01.2001 IT FI20010006

(71)	Applicant: Age s.n.c. di Vieri A. & C.
	59100 Prato, Loc. Le Fontanelle (IT)

(72)	Inventor:
	Vieri, Roberto 59100 Prato (IT)

(74)	Representative: Martini, Lazzaro
	Studio Brevetti Ing. Dr. Lazzaro Martini s.r.l. Via dei Rustici 5 50122 Firenze 50122 Firenze (IT)

(54)	Improved warper and a method of warping

(57) Warper comprising a fixed structure (1) on which more belts (2) are disposed for moving the warp in the course of formation, means for feeding warp-forming threads (F), means (6) for presenting the threads (F) to at least one rod (5) allowing the same threads (F) to be transferred over said belts (2) and be recovered there from, characterized in that it comprises one or more tighteners (7; 7') each of which is provided with a surface (70) able to temporarily receive the threads (f) carried by said rod (5) and from which surface (70) the threads (F) move onto said belts (2), and in that the position of said surface (70) of tighteners (7) relative to the operating plane (21) of the belts (2) can be varied in relation to the pressure exerted by the threads at a location (8) upstream of the belts (2).

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