Abstract: A reed cleaning apparatus is provided with rotary brushes (16) supported on a carriage (3) that travels along the upper bar (2) of a reed for rotation about an axis parallel to guide groove (17) formed in the reed. Flexible shafts (15) are used to transmit rotative force to the rotary brushes (16) to form the reed cleaning apparatus in compact construction, to dispose the rotary brushes close to the reed, to form the rotary brushes in a small diameter, and to enable cleaning the reed with warp yarns extended through the reed by depressing the warp yarns. The rotary brushes are disposed at the opposite longitudinal ends, respectively, of the carriage (3) to enable the reed cleaning apparatus to clean the entire length of the reed.

Abstract: A reed cleaning apparatus is provided with rotary brushes (16) supported on a carriage (3) that travels along the upper bar (2) of a reed for rotation about an axis parallel to guide groove (17) formed in the reed. Flexible shafts (15) are used to transmit rotative force to the rotary brushes (16) to form the reed cleaning apparatus in compact construction, to dispose the rotary brushes close to the reed, to form the rotary brushes in a small diameter, and to enable cleaning the reed with warp yarns extended through the reed by depressing the warp yarns. The rotary brushes are disposed at the opposite longitudinal ends, respectively, of the carriage (3) to enable the reed cleaning apparatus to clean the entire length of the reed.

Abstract: A weft end treating device for a shuttleless loom comprises a yarn holding device which holds the free end of an inserted weft and tensions the weft in synchronism with the beating motion, and pushing dents for pushing the free end of the weft into the yarn holding device when the weft is beaten up. The yarn holding device is fixedly mounted on the frame of a loom at a position on the extension line of the cloth fell on the weft arriving side. The pushing dents are fixedly provided on the sley, of the loom opposite to the yarn holding device.

Abstract: A rotary drum type weft storage apparatus for a shuttleless weaving machine of the type wherein a weft yarn from a yarn supply source is wound up onto and stored on a rotating yarn storing drum. It comprises a holding drum provided on a yarn releasing side of a yarn storing drum, a ring loosely fitted on an outer periphery of the holding drum, a retaining member for retaining the ring, and a reciprocal driving mechanism for moving the retaining member into and out of engagement with the larger diameter portion of the holding drum.

Abstract: A process for preparing an epoxy resin, which comprises reacting p-hydroxybenzoic acid and bisphenol A with an epihalohydrin in the presence of a base using a quaternary ammonium salt as a catalyst, the amount of the p-hydroxybenzoic acid being 10 to 90 mole% and the amount of the bisphenol A being 90 to 10 mole%, both based on the total amount of the hydroxybenzoic acid and bisphenol A.