Patent ID: 7195039

Claim:
Jet weaving machine in which a weft thread can be inserted by means of a fluid from a weft insertion side to a receiving side, including a weaving sley, along which a weft insertion path extends, which determines a weft insertion direction, and including a monitoring apparatus which is arranged at the receiving side and which comprises first and second sensor devices for detecting the weft thread or parts of the weft thread, wherein only the first sensor device is fixedly mounted on the weaving sley for movement with the sley and the second sensor device is mounted so that it does not move with the sley, and a capture device which is fixedly arranged on the weaving sley for holding and/or stretching the weft thread and which comprises a capture nozzle and a capture tube, the capture nozzle being designed as a pressure nozzle and being arranged in such a manner that the jet emitted by the capture nozzle extends in the same direction as the capture tube.