Loom

Claim 1

A loom comprising: (a) a plurality of heald devices, each of said heald devices being generally disposed in a respective one of a plurality of parallel planes and each of said heald devices being displaceable for reciprocating displacement along a respective path in its said respective one of the parallel planes, said plurality of heald devices being so disposed that a common central plane extends centrally of each of said plurality of heald devices, said common plane being disposed parallel to said paths and perpendicular to each of said parallel planes, (b) a plurality of levers, each lever being operatively connected to one of the heald devices and pivotable about a respective pivot axis to cause said reciprocatory displacement of a respective one of said plurality of heald devices, each pivot axis of said levers being extended at a right angle said parallel planes, (c) drive means for pivoting said lever, (d) each lever contacting said drive means at a drive input location spaced from the respective pivot axis of said lever by a first distance, (e) a plurality of intermediate elements, each of said intermediate elements being connected between a respective one of said heald devices and a respective one of said levers at a drive output location spaced from the respective pivot axis of said lever by a second distance, and (f) said pivot axis of each of at least two levers being mutually offset relative to each other, said at least two levers having a different ratio of said first distance to said second distance relative to each other so that mutually different stroke transmission ratios for said at least two levers results.