Abstract: A selvage yarn shedding apparatus of a loom including two support bodies each having carrier rods configured to support a heddle into which a selvage yarn is inserted and a slide guide having both end portions to which the carrier rods are attached; a drive motor configured to drive in forward-reverse rotations; a support frame including a guide member; and a motion conversion mechanism configured to convert rotation of an output shaft of a drive motor into reciprocating motion in upper-lower direction of each support body. Each of the support bodies includes a connecting part including an extension portion provided above the carrier rod and extending from the slide guide in a longitudinal direction of the carrier rod toward a side where the heddle exists, where the connecting part is configured to connect the slide guide and the motion conversion mechanism each other at the extension portion.

Abstract: A selvage yarn shedding apparatus of a loom including two support bodies each having carrier rods configured to support a heddle into which a selvage yarn is inserted and a slide guide having both end portions to which the carrier rods are attached; a drive motor configured to drive in forward-reverse rotations; a support frame including a guide member; and a motion conversion mechanism configured to convert rotation of an output shaft of a drive motor into reciprocating motion in upper-lower direction of each support body. Each of the support bodies includes a connecting part including an extension portion provided above the carrier rod and extending from the slide guide in a longitudinal direction of the carrier rod toward a side where the heddle exists, where the connecting part is configured to connect the slide guide and the motion conversion mechanism each other at the extension portion.