Method of cutting the selvedge

摘要

The present invention concerns a method of cutting the selvedge on the weft insertion side on a rapier loom operating with one weft thread supply bobbin. The conventional method of cutting the selvedge presently in use on rapier looms implies the necessity of forming a false selvedge on the weft insertion side which then is severed from the edge of the fabric and thus constitutes a considerable waste of material the economic importance of which increases with the value of the threads processed. The present invention proposes to eliminate this loss of material and to simplify the loom design. These objectives of the present invention are attained by completely eliminating the formation of a false selvedge and by cutting each weft thread as soon as it is beaten up while it is subject to a tensioning action by a holding device (13). In this manner fabrics woven from one weft source can be produced provided with a perfect selvedge without wasting material and using one scissors (14) device only instead of two as used according to the state of the art. <IMAGE>