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<ep-patent-document id="EP1273687A3" country="EP" dtd-version="ep-patent-document-v1-4.dtd" doc-number="1273687" date-publ="20040114" file="02251911.0" lang="en" kind="A3" status="n"><SDOBI lang="en"><B000><eptags><B001EP>ATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUNLSEMCPTIESILTLVFIROMKCYALTR............................</B001EP><B005EP>J</B005EP><B007EP>DIM350 (Ver 2.1 Jan 2001)  1990130/0 1990980/0 1620000/0</B007EP></eptags></B000><B100><B110>1273687</B110><B120><B121>EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION</B121></B120><B130>A3</B130><B140><date>20040114</date></B140><B190>EP</B190></B100><B200><B210>02251911.0</B210><B220><date>20020318</date></B220><B250>En</B250><B251EP>En</B251EP><B260>En</B260></B200><B300><B310>2001163046</B310><B320><date>20010530</date></B320><B330><ctry>JP</ctry></B330></B300><B400><B405><date>20040114</date><bnum>200403</bnum></B405><B430><date>20030108</date><bnum>200302</bnum></B430></B400><B500><B510><B516>7</B516><B511> 7D 02H   9/00   A</B511><B512> 7D 03J   1/13   B</B512><B512> 7D 02H   5/00   B</B512></B510><B540><B541>de</B541><B542>Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Neuordnung der Kette</B542><B541>en</B541><B542>Warp rearrangement method and device</B542><B541>fr</B541><B542>Méthode et dispositif de réarrangement de la chaîne</B542></B540><B590><B598>1</B598></B590></B500><B700><B710><B711><snm>NIIGATA PREFECTURE</snm><iid>01122801</iid><irf>SNR07573EP</irf><adr><str>4-1, Shinko-cho</str><city>Niigata-shi Niigata</city><ctry>JP</ctry></adr></B711></B710><B720><B721><snm>Araki, H., Industrial Res. Inst. of Niigata Pref.</snm><adr><str>11-1, Abuminishi 1-chome</str><city>Niigata-shi, Niigata</city><ctry>JP</ctry></adr></B721><B721><snm>Hasegawa, N., Ind. Res. Inst. of Niigata Pref.</snm><adr><str>11-1, Abuminishi 1-chome</str><city>Niigata-shi, Niigata</city><ctry>JP</ctry></adr></B721><B721><snm>Shirakawa, M., Ind. Res. Inst. of Niigata Pref.</snm><adr><str>11-1, Abuminishi 1-chome</str><city>Niigata-shi, Niigata</city><ctry>JP</ctry></adr></B721><B721><snm>Ueno, Hiroyoshi</snm><adr><str>4-16, Ogishima 3-chome</str><city>Niitsu-shi, Niigata</city><ctry>JP</ctry></adr></B721></B720><B740><B741><snm>Rackham, Stephen Neil</snm><iid>00035061</iid><adr><str>GILL JENNINGS &amp; EVERY, Broadgate House, 7 Eldon Street</str><city>London EC2M 7LH</city><ctry>GB</ctry></adr></B741></B740></B700><B800><B840><ctry>AT</ctry><ctry>BE</ctry><ctry>CH</ctry><ctry>CY</ctry><ctry>DE</ctry><ctry>DK</ctry><ctry>ES</ctry><ctry>FI</ctry><ctry>FR</ctry><ctry>GB</ctry><ctry>GR</ctry><ctry>IE</ctry><ctry>IT</ctry><ctry>LI</ctry><ctry>LU</ctry><ctry>MC</ctry><ctry>NL</ctry><ctry>PT</ctry><ctry>SE</ctry><ctry>TR</ctry></B840><B844EP><B845EP><ctry>AL</ctry></B845EP><B845EP><ctry>LT</ctry></B845EP><B845EP><ctry>LV</ctry></B845EP><B845EP><ctry>MK</ctry></B845EP><B845EP><ctry>RO</ctry></B845EP><B845EP><ctry>SI</ctry></B845EP></B844EP><B880><date>20040114</date><bnum>200403</bnum></B880></B800></SDOBI><abstract id="abst" lang="en"><p id="p0001" num="0001">A warp rearrangement device includes a multi-layer thread tension mechanism (20) that holds a plurality of warp sheets (12,13), from different warp beams (10,11), together at a warp-beam side holding position (21) and separate (25,26) at the thread tip side of the warp sheets so that the sheets are supported in a radial configuration centered on the warp-beam side holding position (21). A thread separation mechanism (30) separates warp threads (14) one at a time from optionally selected ones of the warp sheets (12,13). A thread end transport mechanism (40) catches the thread end of each separated warp thread and a thread-end holding portion (40a) transports the caught warp threads to a leasing mechanism (50) that leases the warp threads. Transportation is three-dimensional, centered on the warp-beam-side holding position (21), without changing thread length between the warp-beam-side holding position (21) and the thread-end holding portion (40a). A thread end fixing mechanism (60) fixes the thread end of leased warp threads.<img id="" file="00000001.TIF" he="78" wi="76" img-content="drawing" img-format="tif" orientation="portrait" inline="no"/></p></abstract><search-report-data id="srep" lang="en" srep-office="EP" date-produced=""><doc-page id="srep0001" file="90000001.TIF" he="232" wi="154" type="tif"/><doc-page id="srep0002" file="90010001.TIF" he="230" wi="154" type="tif"/></search-report-data></ep-patent-document>
