staves include guide plates extending over the sides of the staves and having inbent edges that grip the ribs the holding elements are drawn up against the staves by screw and spring arrangements application_number US 56647575 A description fig1 shows a complete heald frame including an upper frame stave 1 and a lower frame stave 1 39 on the respective heald carrying rods 2 2 39 healds 3 are lined up both frame staves 1 1 39 are connected by means of lateral supports 4 on the upper frame stave there are two holding elements 5 serving as guides on the lower stave one holding element 5 serving as guide and two holding elements 26 with driving bushes 27 fig2 and 3 show how the guides 5 are fitted on the frame stave 1 guiding plates 6 and 7 are connected by means of distance plates 8 9 which for example can be glued in the bent parts 10 11 of the guiding plates 6 7 which point towards the center of the frame grip ribs 12 13 which are arranged on both sides of the frame stave 1 to achieve favorable gliding behavior one or both of the guiding plates 6 7 can be covered by an abrasion proof gliding layer 14 15 made for example of wood or plastic to secure the guide 5 in the required position on the frame stave 1 a screw 16 can be inserted from above through a gap 17 formed by the two distance plates 8 9 into a.