Patent ID: 6109308
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: D03D

Abstract:
An apparatus comprising:a shuttleless loom having an arriving side and a picking side;a faulty weft yarn extracting device at said arriving side of said shuttleless loom for extracting a faultily picked weft yarn from a shed;a fringed selvage retainer between said arriving side of said shuttleless loom and said faulty weft yarn extracting device, said fringed selvage retainer having a holding part for holding free ends of picked weft yarns so as to prevent the free ends of the picked weft yarns from folding back; anda fringed selvage retainer operating device including:an actuator connected to said fringed selvage retainer and operable to shift said fringed selvage retainer between a working position whereat said fringed selvage retainer holds the free ends of picked weft yarns during a weaving operation, and a waiting position whereat said fringed selvage retainer does not hold the faultily picked weft yarn so as to prevent interference during extraction of the faultily picked weft yarn; anda controller for controlling said actuator such that said actuator shifts said fringed selvage retainer to said waiting position while the faultily picked weft yarn is being extracted by said faulty weft yarn extracting device after said shuttleless loom has been stopped.