Thread tensioner

1. Thread tensioner, comprising first and second tensioning elements defining a thread tensioning zone, of which tensioning elements the first tensioning element is co-acting with a stationary stop, while the second tensioning element is pressed against the first tensioning element with an adjustable pressing force by means of a magnet armature connected to the second tensioning element and a repelling magnet actuator, wherein the stationary stop is provided at the side of the thread tensioning zone remote from the first tensioning element, that the first tensioning element is loaded by a spring force in the direction towards the second tensioning element and against the stationary stop, that the spring force is larger in the tensioning zone than the respective adjusted maximum pressing force, and that the mass of the first tensioning element is smaller than the mass of the magnet armature.

2. Thread tensioner according to claim 1 , wherein the first tensioning element is a leaf spring.

3. Thread tensioner according to claim 2 , wherein the leaf spring has the shape of a J with a freely cantilevering end and a J-hook which is anchored to a, rotatably adjustable support.

4. Thread tensioner according to claim 2 , wherein the leaf spring at least in the region of the stationary stop is broader than the second tensioning element.

5. Thread tensioner according to claim 2 , wherein the stationary stop comprises ribs for both edge regions of the leaf spring, the ribs being provided at both sides of the body.

6. Thread tensioner according to claim 5 , wherein the ribs are, unitarily, provided at the housing.

7. Thread tensioner according to claim 2 , wherein the second tensioning element is resting on a disc, with a spring elastic member between the second tensioning element and the disc, the disc is coupled via a connection with the magnet armature which, is a permanent magnet, and the magnet armature and the disc are guided in an axial guidance.

8. Thread tensioner according to claim 7 , wherein the axial guidance is secured in a housing of the magnet actuator.

9. Thread tensioner according to claim 8 , wherein an auxiliary permanent magnet is arranged in the housing in alignment with and at an axial distance from the magnet armature, and the auxiliary permanent magnet has a polarisation which is opposite to the polarisation of the permanent magnet of the magnet armature.

10. Thread tensioner according to claim 7 , wherein the connection comprises a guiding body and the disc is supported, and centered, yieldably, at the guiding body via a fastening element and an axially and radially compressed O-ring.

11. Thread tensioner according to claim 10 , wherein an axial clearance is formed between the disc and the guiding body, and the disc and/or the guiding body is provided with a conical or rounded chamfer compressing the O-ring via the fastening element.

12. Thread tensioner according to claim 1 , wherein the second tensioning element is a, substantially U-shaped body forming a tensioning surface, and in the form of a U-shaped bent spring steel strip, and the body is movably held in a guidance such that it is movable at least substantially in the direction of the adjustable magnet pressing force.

13. Thread tensioner according to claim 1 , wherein the repelling magnet actuator comprises a proportional electromagnet coil connected to a current control.

14. Thread tensioner according to claim 1 , wherein two thread tensioners are provided substantially in reverse left to right fashion at a common carrier, with an offset between the thread tensioners in a thread running direction.