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Method of and apparatus for preparing a program for a textile machine
Assignee: Grosse Webereimaschinen GmbH
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Filing: 1972-05-30
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Granted: 1973-07-03
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Expires: 1992-05-30
Abstract
Abstract A design carrying lines of color effects each indicating an arrangement of particular warp and weft threads according to particular patterns is scanned and all of the color-effect data are stored in a memory. The various patterns are stored in another memory as a plurality of parallel data trains having a common start and subdivided into a plurality of weft words. The color-effect data for the first pattern line is read out of its memory and combined with the pattern data, with, if necessary, the first weft word being read and reread repeatedly as the first color-effect line is read out. The second weft word is similarly repeated for the second color-effect line and so on until the entire warp repeat is completed. The combined signals are fed via a crossbar arrangement to the inputs of a punching machine or the like which prepares the finished program.
Inventors
- 👤 W Geirhos
- 👤 F Eggermont
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 10:19
CPC Classifications
D; D03; D03C; D03C19/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 27
Claim 1
Independent Claim
175 words
A method of making a data carrier for controlling a textile machine based on a design formed by a multiplicity of coloreffect indicia arrayed in a plurality of weft lines and each representing a particular arrangement of warp and weft filaments in at least one of a plurality of repeating patterns, said method comprising the steps of: entering the patterns in at least one memory as respective parallel trains of bits, each train being subdivided into at least two weft-data words representing each at least one weft repeat of the respective pattern, the weft-data words of all of said patterns having equivalent starting positions in said memory; reading stepwise the color-effect indicia of a line of said design to produce a succession of color-effect signals; reading stepwise said weft words out of said memory synchronously with the reading of said color-effect indicia and selectively combining the readout so made with said signals according to predetermined definitions of said color effects; and transferring the combination of said readout and said coloreffect signals to a data carrier.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
175 words
A method of making a data carrier for controlling a textile machine based on a design formed by a multiplicity of coloreffect indicia arrayed in a plurality of weft lines and each representing a particular arrangement of warp and weft filaments in at least one of a plurality of repeating patterns, said method comprising the steps of: entering the patterns in at least one memory as respective parallel trains of bits, each train being subdivided into at least two weft-data words representing each at least one weft repeat of the respective pattern, the weft-data words of all of said patterns having equivalent starting positions in said memory; reading stepwise the color-effect indicia of a line of said design to produce a succession of color-effect signals; reading stepwise said weft words out of said memory synchronously with the reading of said color-effect indicia and selectively combining the readout so made with said signals according to predetermined definitions of said color effects; and transferring the combination of said readout and said coloreffect signals to a data carrier.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
82 words
The method defined in claim 1 wherein said readout and said color-effect signals are combined in a crossbar having its conductors in one direction operatively connected to means for registering information on said data carrier and having its transverse conductors connected to gates to whose inputs are fed said readout and said color-effect signals, the selective combination being effected by connecting certain of said conductors in one direction to certain of said transverse conductors according to the definition of each color effect.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method defined in claim 2 wherein said textile machine is a jacquard loom and said data carrier is a jacquard card.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method defined in claim 3, further comprising the step of: scanning said pattern and generating therefrom said succession of color-effect signals; encoding said signals; registering the encoded signals in a second memory, said signals being read out of said second memory for combination with said weft words.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method defined in claim 4, further comprising the step of entering control signals for said machine in said second memory along with said encoded signals.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method defined in claim 1, further comprising the step of transferring said combination from said data carrier to a jacquard card.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
98 words
The method defined in claim 1, further comprising the steps of: reading the color-effect indicia of the next weft line of said design to produce a corresponding succession of color-effect signals; reading out of said memory synchronously with the reading of said color-effect indicia for said next weft line the weft word of said patterns following said one weft word and combining this readout with the color-effect signals for said next weft line; and transferring the combination of said readout of said next weft word and said color-effect signals of said next weft line to said data carrier.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method defined in claim 1 further comprising the steps of reading said data carrier and printing the data thereon in color.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method defined in claim 1 wherein said patterns are entered into said memory in binary form.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
198 words
An apparatus for making a data carrier for controlling a textile machine based on a design formed by a multiplicity of color-effect indicia arrayed in a plurality of weft lines and each representing a particular arrangement of warp and weft filaments in at leAst one of a plurality of patterns, said apparatus comprising: a memory; means connected to said memory for entering the patterns into said memory as respective parallel trains of bits, each train being subdivided into at least two weft-data words representing each at least one weft repeat of the respective pattern, the weft data words of said patterns having equivalent starting positions in said memory; means for reading the color-effect indicia of one of said lines of said design to produce a succession of color-effect signals; means connected to said memory for reading said weft words out of said memory synchronously with the reading of said color-effect indicia; means connected to both of the reading means for selectively combining the readout so made with said signals according to predetermined definitions of said color-effects; and means connected to the combining means for transferring the combination of said readout and said color-effect signals to a data carrier.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
198 words
An apparatus for making a data carrier for controlling a textile machine based on a design formed by a multiplicity of color-effect indicia arrayed in a plurality of weft lines and each representing a particular arrangement of warp and weft filaments in at leAst one of a plurality of patterns, said apparatus comprising: a memory; means connected to said memory for entering the patterns into said memory as respective parallel trains of bits, each train being subdivided into at least two weft-data words representing each at least one weft repeat of the respective pattern, the weft data words of said patterns having equivalent starting positions in said memory; means for reading the color-effect indicia of one of said lines of said design to produce a succession of color-effect signals; means connected to said memory for reading said weft words out of said memory synchronously with the reading of said color-effect indicia; means connected to both of the reading means for selectively combining the readout so made with said signals according to predetermined definitions of said color-effects; and means connected to the combining means for transferring the combination of said readout and said color-effect signals to a data carrier.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
84 words
The apparatus defined in claim 10 wherein said combining means includes a plurality of gates each corresponding to one of said color-effects and each having one input connected to said memory, another input connected to said means for reading said color-effect indicia, and an output, said means for transferring said combination including a crossbar having a plurality of output conductors, a plurality of input conductors, and means for interconnecting said conductors, each input conductor being connected to the output of one of said gates.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
33 words
The apparatus defined in claim 11 wherein said design represents a plurality of weft filaments, said crossbar having a plurality of sets of output conductors, each set corresponding to a particular weft filament.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
19 words
The apparatus defined in claim 11 wherein said means for interconnecting said conductors is a plurality of diode jacks.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
30 words
The apparatus defined in claim 11, further comprising a design scanner and a second memory connected thereto, said means for reading said color-effect indicia being connected to said second memory.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
18 words
The apparatus defined in claim 14 wherein said second memory has a capacity of at least 1,344 bits.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
17 words
The apparatus defined in claim 11 wherein said scanner includes a keyboard for entering said color-effect signals.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
21 words
The apparatus defined in claim 14 wherein said scanner includes a photoelectric eye and means for displacing same across said design.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
44 words
The apparatus defined in claim 17 wherein said scanner includes a pair of elements arranged at right angles to each other and each carrying graduations and means on said scanner for sensing said graduations and taking a reading from said design with said eye.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
21 words
The apparatus defined in claim 11 wherein said means for transferring further includes a puncher for punching holes in jacquard cards.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
22 words
The apparatus defined in claim 19, further comprising secondary memory means for storing the combination of said readout and said color-effect signals.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
20 words
The apparatus defined in claim 20 wherein said secondary memory means includes a parallel-series converter connected to said transferring means.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
16 words
The apparatus defined in claim 11 wherein said memory is a closed loop of punched tape.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
13 words
The apparatus defined in claim 11 wherein said machine is a jacquard loom.
Claim 26
Independent Claim
194 words
An apparatus for punching cards for a jacquard machine comprising: a memory having a plurality of parallel tracks; means connected to said memory for entering a plurality of weave patterns into respective tracks of said memory as trains of bits, each train being subdivided into at least two weft-data words representing each at least one weft repeat of the respective pattern, the weft-data words of said patterns having the same position in said memory with respect to readout therefrom; means for generating a succession of color-effect signals; means connected to said memory for reading said weft words out of said memory sYnchronously with the generation of said color-effect indicia; multiplicity of gates each having one input connected to the color-effect generating means, another input connected to the pattern-memory reading means, and an output; a crossbar having a plurality of parallel input conductors connected to the outputs of said gates and a plurality of output conductors crossing said input conductors; means for connecting particular output conductors to particular input conductors according to predetermined definitions of said color-effects; and a punching device having a plurality of punches each operatively connected to one of said output conductors.
Claim 27
Independent Claim
194 words
An apparatus for punching cards for a jacquard machine comprising: a memory having a plurality of parallel tracks; means connected to said memory for entering a plurality of weave patterns into respective tracks of said memory as trains of bits, each train being subdivided into at least two weft-data words representing each at least one weft repeat of the respective pattern, the weft-data words of said patterns having the same position in said memory with respect to readout therefrom; means for generating a succession of color-effect signals; means connected to said memory for reading said weft words out of said memory sYnchronously with the generation of said color-effect indicia; multiplicity of gates each having one input connected to the color-effect generating means, another input connected to the pattern-memory reading means, and an output; a crossbar having a plurality of parallel input conductors connected to the outputs of said gates and a plurality of output conductors crossing said input conductors; means for connecting particular output conductors to particular input conductors according to predetermined definitions of said color-effects; and a punching device having a plurality of punches each operatively connected to one of said output conductors.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1976-07-02 | 1977-01-01 | 1977-07-03 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1980-07-02 | 1981-01-01 | 1981-07-03 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1984-07-02 | 1985-01-01 | 1985-07-03 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |