Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing a selvage on a fabric woven on a loom in which filling threads are drawn from a stationary supply outside the shed formed by the warp yarns. The method and apparatus includes inserting a first filling through the shed. The ends of the first filling are clamped by a first pair of clamps positioned on opposite sides of the shed which hold the filling in an extended position. The filling thread is beat-up into the fell of the fabric and simultaneously the ends thereof are displaced behind the fell of the fabric for engagement by a second pair of clamps. The filling is then severed outside of the second pair of clamps so that the second pair of clamps continues to hold the ends of the filling in an extended position behind the fell of the fabric. The shed is then changed and the above steps are repeated until a predetermined number of fillings are held by the second pair of clamps.

Abstract: The beam of the slay of a loom is a hollow rectangle in cross-section; the reed is held against the outside of one wall of the slay beam; the reed comprises reed blades, whose opposite ends are each embedded in a hardenable compound in the bends of a pair of oppositely disposed, facing U-rails; a plurality of holes arrayed along and passing through one rib and the slay beam wall; at each hole a fastening means supports a flange that presses against the outside of the rib; each flange is generally rhombus shaped and curved to be flattened by tightening.

Abstract: An automatic temple for feeding a web in weaving looms, includes a hollow tubular bar of a length comparable to the entire weaving width and which has a bore with a slot in the wall thereof extending outwardly from the bore and longitudinally between the ends of the hollow tubular bar. A circularly cylindrical rod is of a greater diameter than the slot and is disposed within the bore of the hollow tubular bar and it is rotatable therein for winding the web therearound which is fed into the slot around the rod and out the slot at a spaced location from its entrance. The cylindrical rod has hollow tubular end portions and it is also movable during winding against the slot. The cylindrical rod has a plurality of circumferentially spaced longitudinally extending keyways defined through its hollow end portions and a plurality of keys are guided for radial movement in the keyways and they have outer ends with needle points.