Needles for shuttle-less looms

摘要

A weft-laying needle for a shuttle-less loom has a U-shaped cross section with a relatively thick web and a pair of thinner shanks. The needle is composed of a body of synthetic-resin impregnated carbon fibers in which a woven glass fiber layer is inlaid below the outer surface and inwardly of the inner surface over the shanks and web at uniform distances from these surfaces.