CONTROL DEVICE FOR TEXTILE WEAVING

摘要

The present invention relates to improvements in control devices for machinery controlled by Jacquard mechanisms, the control device being a mechanised Jacquard card or equivalent capable of being readily reconfigured to allow the controlled machinery to produce differing products, the control device according to the present invention comprising a control surface (16) with an array of passage means (14) opening into said control surface (16), movable obstruction means (30) being located in the passage means (14) and movable between a first withdrawn position where the passage means (14) at said control surface (16) is not obstructed and a second position where the passage means (14) at said control surface (16) is obstructed, the device further including an actuating mechanism (37) that is movable relative to the movable obstruction means (30) to sequentially move selected ones of said movable obstruction means (30) to said second position.