Klemmvorrichtung für eine Fadenschicht und Verwendung derselben

A clamping device has a fixed clamping rail (5), a clamping comb adjustable with respect thereto that can plunge into the thread layer (KS) and is provided with clamping blades (4) having a clamping edge (9) associated to the clamping rail (5), and a reeding comb (8) that can plunge into the thread layer (KS), be adjusted in the longitudinal direction of the clamping comb and that has an adjustment travel equal to a multiple of the spacing between the clamping blades (4). This device is used to clamp a layer of warp threads. The clamping device is first positioned at one side of the layer of warp threads, then it is plunged with open clamping slot into the thread layer, the reeding comb is adjusted in the longitudinal direction of the clamping comb and finally the clamping slot is closed.