A woven cloth supporting apparatus (10) for an air jet loom includes first and second guide members that extend in a weaving-width direction and that are supported by a beam member (80) that extends in the weaving-width direction. The first and second guide members overlap each other in the weaving-width direction at adjacent ends thereof, thereby supporting woven cloth (1) from below at a position near a cloth fell (1a). The first and second guide members each include an attachment base portion including an upwardly extending portion that extends upward and a woven cloth support portion that extends toward the cloth fell (1a) from the upwardly extending portion and that includes a contact portion that supports the woven cloth. One of the guide members is arranged such that the upwardly extending portion thereof is farther from the cloth fell (1a) than the upwardly extending portion of the other of the guide members and the woven cloth support portion thereof is above the woven cloth support portion of the other of the guide members. The first and second guide members are arranged such that the contact portions thereof are positioned within a range of a weft guide groove (50a) in a reed (50) in the vertical direction at a beating-up time of the reed.

Provided is a method of driving a temple (41) of a temple device (40) including an automatic temple position switching mechanism (42), the temple device (40) being used for a loom that weaves a fabric (2a) having two or more weave sections with different weft densities, the automatic temple position switching mechanism (42) automatically switching a position of the temple (41) between two positions that are an operating position and a standby position, the method being performed when displacing the temple (41) from the standby position toward the operating position in accordance with switching between the weave sections, the method including storing an operation mode related to movement of the temple (41) beforehand, and controlling the movement of the temple (41) in accordance with the stored operation mode in accordance with switching between the weave sections.

A pile formation apparatus for a pile fabric loom changes a cloth fell position of a cloth. The pile formation apparatus includes a terry motion member, a movable body, a guide, and a roller. The terry motion member generates a terry motion by pivoting back and forth. The movable body supports a fell plate and is directly connected to the terry motion member in a relatively pivotal manner. The guide includes a guide portion which guides and moves the movable body toward the front or rear of the loom. The roller is attached to the movable body. The guide portion has a form that displaces the movable body in a direction opposite to a height displacement of the fell plate when the movable body is pivoted about a center axis of the roller.

A slide bar (9) extending in a weaving-width direction is supported by a plurality of support bases (7). A movable body (8) movably provided at each of the support bases (7) is received by four turning wheels (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d) provided in a front-rear direction of warps (3) and in a weaving-width direction so as to roll and move with the four turning wheels (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d). A regulation unit for regulating shifting in a weft direction is provided between the movable body (8) which is integrally provided with the slide bar (9), and a guide base (19).

A temple (10) for the loom of a textile machine includes a longitudinal pin (12), a plurality of support members (14) each having a hole (16) by means of which they are threaded in sequence onto the pin (12), and a plurality of rings (24) with respective central holes (26) for mounting each ring (24) for rotation on one of the support members (14). The angle formed by a line (18) parallel to the overall plane of the support members (14) and the normal (20) to the longitudinal axis (22) of the central hole (16) through each support member (14) is greater than 0°, so that the rings (24) are inclined obliquely with respect to the pin (12). In addition, each support member (14) is arranged entirely within the central hole (26) in its associated ring (24), in such a way that each ring (24) is positioned outwardly of its associated support member (14) with at least one base surface (32) substantially contiguous to the facing base surface (32) of an adjacent ring (24).

The invention relates to a device for attaching to a face-to-face weaving machine cylindrical upper and lower temples of the type having inclined toothed rings provided on shanks, the shanks of the upper and lower temples being attached to separate L-shaped upper and lower temple holder plates (1,2), in such a manner the temple shanks, pointing to the centre of the weaving machines, are attached to the leg of the L-shaped holder plate (1,2) placed in the warp direction, whereas the other leg of the L-shaped holder (1,2) is directed towards the outside of the weaving machine and, in a manner adjustable in the warp-direction, is attached to a horizontal connecting piece (3,4), itself, in a manner adjustable as to height, being attached to a vertical holder (5).

Die Erfindung betrifft einen Breithalter zum Festhalten oder seitlichen Spannen eines Gewebes, insbesondere auf Webstühlen, mit einer end­losen Führung, in der mit Nadeln zum Eingriff in das Gewebe verse­hene Glieder verschiebbar angeordnet sind und die Führung derart ver­läuft und angeordnet ist, daß die Nadeln wenigstens zweier Glieder je­weils gleichzeitig mit dem Rand des Gewebes eingreifen und die mit dem Gewebe in Eingriff kommenden Nadeln bei ihrem Einnadeln einen größeren Abstand von der Gewebebahn-Längsachse haben als bei ihrem Ausnadeln. Die bei einem solchen Breithalter beobachteten Be­triebsstörungen werden nunmehr dadurch beseitigt, daß ein entsprechen­des Spiel zwischen den einzelnen Gliedern vorgesehen wird und gleich­zeitig aber gewährleistet wird, daß die Glieder geeignet an den Ein­nadelungspunkt zurückgeführt werden.