Patent ID: 6289942
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: D03D

Abstract:
A loom comprising:a main shaft;a weft cutter arranged so as to be driven in synchronism with a rotation of said main shaft and for cutting a picked weft;a tuck-in device for tucking an end portion of the picked weft cut by said weft cutter into a shed of warps;a weft holding device for retaining the picked weft and transferring the picked weft cut by said weft cutter to said tuck-in device, said weft holding device comprising a block member having a slit for receiving an end portion of the picked weft beaten up by a reed, said slit opening toward the reed, toward the warps, and toward said weft cutter, said weft holding device including a releasing hole at a closed end of said slit and directed toward an open end of said slit such that a jet of air through said releasing hole can blow the end portion of the picked weft received in said slit toward said open end of said slit; anda loom controller for controlling the jet of air to be jetted through said releasing hole so as move the end portion of the picked weft received in said slit away from a cutting region of said weft cutter.