Patent ID: 6336476
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: D03D

Abstract:
A tuck-in selvedge braiding method for a tuck-in device of a shuttleless loom for weaving a towel, comprising the steps of:inserting a plurality of wefts within one repeat of pile fabric formation; and performing a plurality of tuck-in operations for ends of said plurality of wefts inserted within said one repeat, at least one of said plurality of tuck-in operations other than a last tuck-in operation thereof being performed by bringing ends of a plurality of wefts, whose number is less than a number of said wefts inserted within said one repeat, collectively together, and the last tuck-in operation of said plurality of tuck-in operations being performed in a weaving cycle of a first weft in a next repeat for forming the pile fabric.