US Patent 3,835,895, granted 17 September 1974 to Dario Bassi and assigned to Verdol S.A. of France, for an improved double-lift jacquard. Each hook has a single rotatable rod-like branch with two main beaks set 90° apart and a lower open-shed beak. When one beak is caught by a knife frame, the other turns to an ineffective lateral position, so the pushing period of the needles can be shorter. This allows more time for cylinder rotation and card selection on high-speed looms. The document has the abstract, four sheets of mechanical drawings (13 figures), a description of the mechanism and four claims.

US Patent 6,302,154, granted October 16, 2001 to Dario Bassi and Patrick Vessella and assigned to Staubli Lyon, describes a device and assembly for anchoring the return springs of a Jacquard harness to a loom frame. Each device has a common base carrying a row of rods (thirty-two in the described embodiment) that engage helical springs. Resilient hooks on the base snap onto beak-shaped rails and can be unhooked with a tool, so single devices can be installed or replaced quickly. The document gives the abstract, claims, background on earlier designs, description of two embodiments, and five sheets of drawings. It is supplied in both a USPTO web printout and the printed patent.