Abstract: In a terry cloth weaving machine in which a horizontal translation of both warp thread systems of the upper shed and of the lower shed, together with the already woven fabric, takes place for the formation of loops and in which an apparatus for tucking or laying-in tucked or laid-in selvedges is arranged at each side of the machine for the fabrication of tucked or laid-in selvedges in the woven fabric, the tucking or laying-in needles of which tuck or lay the free ends or pick ends of the inserted weft threads back into the weaving shed, an apparatus for fixing the position of the apex of the weaving shed at least over the width of the associated tucked or laid-in selvedge is arranged at each of the sides of the machine. Each apparatus for fixing the position of the weaving shed apex comprises two bars or straight-edges parallel to the edge or fell of the fabric and to the apex line of the weaving shed, one of which engages the corresponding tucked or laid-in selvedge from above and the other from below.

Abstract: An apparatus for tensioning warp threads of a loom comprises a warp beam from which the warp threads are withdrawn by means of a support beam and a deflection beam. The deflection beam is secured to the support beam by means of bending springs acting in the direction of the deflected warp threads. The bending or deflection length of the bending springs is adjustable for preselected setting of the warp thread tension in that the bending springs are supported at their bending or deflection side by means of a bending-resistant support plate which is adjustable in lengthwise direction. These measures provide for a purely mechanical, simple, easily adjustable and functionally reliable tensioning apparatus which is particularly suitable for the pile warp of a Terry weaving machine.