Method for preventing weft bars in a loom

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EP 1 541 731 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	07.06.2006 Bulletin 2006/23

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	15.06.2005 Bulletin 2005/24

(21)	Application number: 04023954.3

(22)	Date of filing: 07.10.2004

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

D03D 51/18^(2006.01)

D03D 51/00^(2006.01)

(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 PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL HR LT LV MK

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Priority:

21.10.2003 JP 2003360244

(71)	Applicant: TSUDAKOMA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
	Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa-ken 921-8650 (JP)

(72)	Inventors:
	Yoneda, Hidetomo Kanazawa-shi Ishikawa-ken 921-8650 (JP) Takasaki, Yoshihiro Kanazawa-shi Ishikawa-ken 921-8650 (JP) Morimoto, Hitoshi Kanazawa-shi Ishikawa-ken 921-8650 (JP) Yama, Kazufumi Kanazawa-shi Ishikawa-ken 921-8650 (JP)

(74)	Representative: von Samson-Himmelstjerna, Friedrich et al
	SAMSON & PARTNER Widenmayerstrasse 5 80538 München 80538 München (DE)

(54)	Method for preventing weft bars in a loom

(57) A method for preventing weft bars from being formed when a loom (1) stops, the loom (1) being operated on the basis of a shedding pattern of which a single repeat includes at least three cycles of a main shaft (23), includes a setting step of setting activation/non-activation of a plurality of kinds of weft-bar-prevention units (44) and activation quantity for when the weft-bar-prevention units (44) are activated in accordance with the combination of the cause of stoppage of the loom (1) and at least one of the cycle number in the repeat of the shedding pattern and a stop time for which the loom (1) has been stopped and a controlling step of controlling the weft-bar-prevention units (44) on the basis of the settings made in the setting step.

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