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(11) | EP 1 731 640 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | Selvage device |
| (57) A selvage device (1) includes two supporters (20, 21) whose movements are restricted
to a selvage-shedding direction and having thread guides (32) for guiding selvage
threads (3), a driving motor (33) that is rotated in forward and reverse directions,
and a motion-converting mechanism converting the rotation of the driving motor to
reciprocating motions for the supporters. The motion-converting mechanism includes
a first gear (35) attached to an output shaft (34) of the driving motor, a second
gear (36) meshed with the first gear and having a first pivotal connecting section
(53A) at a position distant from a center of rotation (36a) of the second gear in
a radial direction thereof, a second pivotal connecting section (53B) which is provided
in one of the first gear and a third gear (37) directly meshed or indirectly linked
with the first gear and is positioned distant from a center of rotation (35a, 37a)
of the first gear or the third gear in a radial direction thereof, and linking rods
(51A, 51B) respectively provided for the two supporters, the linking rods having first
ends respectively connected to the first pivotal connecting section and the second
pivotal connecting section and second ends connected to the corresponding supporters.
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