Method and apparatus for preventing weft bars in a loom

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EP 1 331 295 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	02.01.2004 Bulletin 2004/01

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	30.07.2003 Bulletin 2003/31

(21)	Application number: 03001137.3

(22)	Date of filing: 20.01.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: D03D 49/10, D03D 49/04, D03D 51/08

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

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Priority:

29.01.2002 JP 2002019831

(71)	Applicant: TSUDAKOMA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
	Kanazawa-shi Ishikawa-Ken (JP)

(72)	Inventors:
	Araki, Nobuhiro Ishikawa (JP) Yonenaga, Takeshi Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa-ken (JP) Takashima, Makoto Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa-ken (JP)

(74)	Representative: Turi, Michael, Dipl.-Phys. et al
	Samson & Partner Widenmayerstrasse 5 80538 München 80538 München (DE)

(54)	Method and apparatus for preventing weft bars in a loom

(57) A weft bar prevention technique in a loom which moves a cloth fell position by moving a motor 34, 38 prior to starting operation of the loom is characterized in that correction amount data of the cloth fell position is preset per warp tension, and at the time of preparing to start the loom, the correction amount of the cloth fell position is determined according to the warp tension in a state that the loom is stopped on the basis of the correction amount data, and the cloth fell position is corrected on the basis of the correction amount.

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