Driving system for terry motion members in cloth-shifting-type pile loom

Abstract

A cloth-shifting-type pile loom includes a first driving mechanism for driving a first terry motion member disposed at a feeding side of the pile loom, and a second driving mechanism for driving a second terry motion member disposed at a take-up side of the pile loom. Each of the driving mechanisms includes a rocking lever that is driven in a rocking motion in a displacement direction of the corresponding terry motion member by a corresponding one of driving means. The rocking lever of the first driving mechanism and the rocking lever of the second driving mechanism have a connection member disposed therebetween such that the connection member connects the two rocking levers.

1 . A driving system for first and second terry motion members in a cloth-shifting-type pile loom, the first terry motion member being disposed at a feeding side of the pile loom and the second terry motion member being disposed at a take-up side of the pile loom, the driving system comprising: 
 a first driving mechanism for driving the first terry motion member, the first driving mechanism including a first rocking lever that is driven in a rocking motion in a displacement direction of the first terry motion member by first driving means;    a second driving mechanism for driving the second terry motion member, the second driving mechanism including a second rocking lever that is driven in a rocking motion in a displacement direction of the second terry motion member by second driving means; and    a connection member disposed between the first and second rocking levers such that the connection member connects the first and second rocking levers.    
   
   
       2 . The driving system according to  claim 1 , wherein the connection member comprises an elastically deformable member that is elastically deformed when receiving forces that bias the first and second rocking levers toward and away from each other.  
   
   
       3 . The driving system according to one of claims  1  and  2 , wherein the connection member comprises a compression spring attached between the first and second rocking levers.