Patent ID: 7806148

Claim:
A carrier rapier comprising: a hook-shaped rapier head having a base portion that extends to a tip of the rapier head and a turn-back portion that is turned back from a side of the tip of the rapier head towards a base end, a base surface being formed at either of an inwardly facing surface and a side surface of the turn-back portion; and a catch lever having an opposing surface opposing the base surface, the catch lever biased in a direction in which the catch lever presses the base surface and being mounted to the rapier head, wherein the base surface and the opposing surface form a weft holding portion and a weft guiding portion that is disposed closer to a tip of the turn-back portion than the weft holding portion, wherein the weft holding portion is such that a gap provided between the base surface and the opposing surface becomes gradually smaller from a side of the tip of the turn-back portion towards the tip of the rapier head, and the weft holding portion is provided at the gap that is capable of holding a weft, wherein the weft provided from the side of the tip of the turn-back portion and through the weft guiding portion is moved into and held by the weft holding portion, wherein a weft interfering portion is provided between the weft holding portion and the weft guiding portion, the weft interfering portion having a predetermined length in a longitudinal direction of the rapier head, and wherein an angle formed by the base surface and the opposing surface at an area of the weft interfering portion is less than a maximum value of an angle formed by the base surface and the opposing surface at an area of the weft holding portion.