MUMBAI, India, Nov. 21 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517099160 A) filed by Picanol, Ieper, Belgium, on Oct. 14, for 'gripper and method for manufacturing a gripper.'
Inventor(s) include Degraeve, Bram; Moerman, Robbe; Asrih, Karim; Demeersseman, Dries; and Roelstraete, Kristof.
The application for the patent was published on Nov. 21, under issue no. 47/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to a gripper for a rapier weaving machine, the gripper (1) comprising a base part (2) and a gripper clamp (3), wherein the base part (2) comprises a bottom structure (20) with a first side (201) and an opposite second side (202), a top structure (23), a first side structure (21) connecting the top structure (23) to the bottom structure (20) at the first side (201) of the bottom structure (20), and a second side structure (22) connecting the top structure (23) to the bottom structure (20) offset to the second side (202) of the bottom structure (20), wherein the gripper clamp (3) is arranged at the bottom structure (20) at a side of the second side structure (22) that is facing away from the first side structure (21), wherein the top structure (23) comprises a rectangular section (230), wherein a length of the rectangular section (230) in a longitudinal direction of the base part (2) is longer than a width of the rectangular section (230) between the first side structure (21) and the second side structure (22), and wherein the second side structure (22) connects the rectangular section (230) of the top structure (23) to the bottom structure (20) at least at a rear end (31) of the rectangular section (230) and at a front end (32) of the rectangular section (230). The invention further relates to a weaving machine and to a method for manufacturing a gripper."
The patent application was internationally filed on Mar. 20, 2024, under International application No.PCT/EP2024/057448.
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