A loom for freeform weaving and method of using thereof. The loom includes a plurality of rollers each selectively and individually promotes a respective one of a plurality of warp threads along a longitudinal axis, first and second grippers selectively hold and carry a weft thread perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, and at least a pair of combs interchangeably hold odd and even numbered warp threads at opposite vertical offsets, the grippers deposit in a plurality of sequential iterations a plurality of segments of the weft thread at a plurality of locations corresponding to a plurality of different subsets of the plurality of rollers, and in each iteration, at least one comb promotes along the longitudinal axis weft thread segments deposited by the grippers, and respective rollers of one of the different subsets promote a respective subset of the plurality of warp threads.
D03D 49/20 - Mécanismes d'enroulement du tissuEnsouples d'enroulement du tissu
B65H 51/22 - Bobines ou casiers, p. ex. cylindriques, avec des surfaces de stockage et d'avance constituées de rouleaux ou de barres
D03D 47/14 - Métiers dans lesquels la bobine de trame ne traverse pas la foule, p. ex. métiers sans navette, métiers à pinces, métiers avec fausse navette dans lesquels de simples duites de fil de trame sont insérées, c.-à-d. avec formation du pas entre chaque duite par une aiguille à pince prenant l'extrémité de la trame à travers la foule
D03D 47/24 - Métiers dans lesquels la bobine de trame ne traverse pas la foule, p. ex. métiers sans navette, métiers à pinces, métiers avec fausse navette dans lesquels de simples duites de fil de trame sont insérées, c.-à-d. avec formation du pas entre chaque duite à l'aide d'une pince ou d'une fausse navette
A loom for freeform weaving and method of using thereof. The loom includes a plurality of rollers each selectively and individually promoting a respective one of a plurality of warp threads along a longitudinal axis, a first and second grippers selectively holding and carrying a weft thread perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, and at least pair of combs interchangeably holding odd and even numbered warp threads at opposite vertical offsets, and by at least one comb promoting along the longitudinal axis weft thread segments deposited by the grippers, wherein the grippers deposit in a plurality of sequential iterations a plurality of segments of the weft thread at a plurality of locations corresponding to a plurality of different subsets of the plurality of rollers, and respective rollers of one of the different subsets promote a respective subset of the plurality of warp threads in each iteration.
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