Loom harness

Claim 1

A loom harness construction comprising a harness frame incorporating a single harness beam and a pair of side struts, a pair of substantially parallel and spaced heddle support rails carried by said harness frame, said pair of side struts extending substantially perpendicular to the ends of said harness beam, each of said side struts having a free end, means for detachably mounting one of said heddle support rails between said free ends of said side struts, means for applying a lengthwise directed tensional force to said one detachably mounted heddle support rail, the other heddle support rail being inserted at the harness frame near to the bottom region of said side struts, at least one of said side struts being constructed as a pivotable lever, means for pivotably supporting said one side strut at said harness beam, said pivotably supporting means including pivot shaft means disposed substantially transverse to the plane of the harness frame and arranged near an end of said harness beam confronting said pivotably supported side strut, and wherein said means for applYing said lengthwise directed tensional force to said one heddle support rail incorporates tensioning bolt connection means for operably connecting an end of said pivotable side strut at a region remote from its free end with said harness beam, so that upon tightening said tensioning bolt connection means it is possible to produce an appropriate tensioning force upon said one heddle support rail.