Method for cutting a selvedge of a weft insertion side of a rapier loom

摘要

A method for cutting a selvedge on a weft thread insertion side of a rapier loom equipped with a weft thread supply by creating a free space of warp threads arranged separately from a main warp body. The weft thread is inserted through an open shed of the warp body. The inserted weft thread is beaten, and inserted into a holding device which subjects it tension. The wet thread is cut after being beaten and while subject to tension. The end of the weft thread is inserted it into the open shed of the warp after the cutting.