Patent ID: 7770605

Claim:
Fabric support for supporting a woven fabric on a weaving machine having a frame and a beat-up reed, comprising: at least two support sections, the support sections each including a lower base section adapted to be attached to a weaving machine frame adjacent the fabric side of the beat-up reed of such weaving machine, and an upwardly extending upper section extending from the base section and terminating at a distal upper end; an elongate profiled fabric guide element having an upper fabric support surface and an opposite lower side, said guide element being removably connectable along at least a part of its lower side to each upwardly extending support section distal upper end so as to span the upper ends of said support sections, with said fabric support surface facing upwardly away from the distal upper ends to thereby present a continuous uninterrupted support surface for a woven fabric; and said fabric guide element extending uninterrupted over a length at least corresponding to a width of a fabric to be supported by the fabric support.