Abstract: A cloth roller replacement system for at least one weaving machine, includes an actuating system for removing a full cloth roller from the machine and then installing an empty cloth roller in its place. The system further includes an instrument for measuring a fabric take-up quantity of the machine, a device for presetting a timing for preparation, and a controller for preliminarily making the actuating system ready for replacement at the preset timing for preparation, and then controlling the actuating system to perform the cloth roller replacement without stopping the machine.

Abstract: A loom for automatically exchanging a full cloth beam for an empty one without stopping its weaving operation. The loom has a driving mechanism for driving a cloth beam to rotate and wind thereon woven fabric. After having wound thereon a predetermined amount of woven fabric, the cloth beam is ejected by an ejector mechanism and moved from the driving mechanism to a cloth beam support to be supported thereon. A cloth beam holder holding thereon an empty cloth beam, has a supplying mechanism for supplying the empty cloth beam to the driving mechanism. The ejector mechanism and the supplying mechanism are mechanically connected so as to operate in timed relation to each other. The woven fabric is separated from the full cloth beam by a cutting mechanism and has a loom side cut end portion. The loom side cut end portion of the woven fabric is wound on the empty cloth beam by a winding mechanism.