LOOM HAVING INTERCONNECTED WARP LET-OFF AND CLOTH TAKE-UP MEANS AT BACK OF LOOM

摘要

A conventional weaving loom is equipped with a back frame which supports the warp beam in an elevated position and supports the cloth take-up roll in the position normally occupied by the warp beam. A first overhead variable speed drive or let-off controls the feeding of warps to the loom at constant speed and under a constant tension. A second substantially identical variable speed drive at a lower elevation interconnected with the first drive causes controlled winding up of cloth on the take-up roll at constant speed and under constant tension. Two guide rolls at the front of the loom reverse the cloth toward the back of the loom and the cloth travels through a protective tunnel near floor level. Up to five times more cloth can be wound on the take-up roll than is possible with conventional arrangements. The warp beams and cloth rolls are handled in one alley at the back of the loom with a great lessening of the doffing problem, and existing beam handling equipment may be utilized.