Abstract: For the return of shuttles from the catching to picking side of a loom of gripper shuttle type, a housing encloses an endless belt and reaches from the catching to the picking side of the loom. Within the housing there is provided a separate guide rail for the shuttles, extending along one run of the belt. The rail is made of elastic material and includes one or more flanges for frictional engagement with the shuttles as propelled along the rail by carrying elements affixed to the belt.

Abstract: The cloth take-up system positively drives the deflecting roller at a transmission ratio in which the roller has a greater peripheral speed than the cloth take-up roller. A gear-type transmission is used to produce a difference of about 5% in the peripheral speeds of the deflecting roller and take-up roller.

Abstract: The cloth take-up system drives the deflecting roller over a friction clutch to allow slippage of the deflecting roller while the cloth moves over the deflecting roller without slip. The clutch is adjustable to create more or less of a relative slip.

Abstract: For uses such as the intermediate storage of weft thread in gripper shuttle looms, a storage apparatus comprises a drum mounted on the end of a hollow rotating shaft, the drum being held stationary by magnets, and a shaft carrying a flyer by means of which a thread passing down the shaft can be laid on to the drum. A toothed wheel is also rotatably mounted on the shaft, on an axis however skewed to the axis of the drum. The wheel has teeth which engage in slots in the drum. The teeth have, in the region of the drum height at which the thread is laid on, a portion extending axially of the toothed wheel and they have between that region and the free end of the drum a further portion extending obliquely toward the axis of the toothed wheel.

Abstract: The anvil element and severing element are mounted so that the cutting edge or the thread supporting surface or both can adjust to the other during a severing operation. To this end, one or the other or both elements are pivotally mounted on their respective levers. In addition, a power storage means in the form of a spring or compressed air tank is connected to one or the other or both elements to absorb the force of impact of the severing element on the anvil element.

Abstract: The shuttle is formed with a nose member which overlaps the front edges of the housing while being disposed within the projected plane of the housing. The housing may also be compressed between the pin and nose member to press the mating surfaces of the housing and nose member together. Gaskets may also be used between the nose member and housing or between the pin and housing to effect a resilient connection.