<p>A weft inserting mechanism for jet weaving machines, in which the weft 20 is inserted into the open warp shed 3 from a main nozzle and has a system of auxiliary nozzles 23 arranged along the path of the weft to be inserted and pointed in the direction of its insertion, comprises a weft inserting channel having a cross-sectional profile which has an opening pointed in the direction of the fell 9 and being defined by on the one hand, the picking channel 17 on the shaped teeth 7 of a beat-up reed 6 and on the other hand by lower warp threads 2 of an opened shed 3. Below the lower warp threads 2 along the path of the weft to be inserted, a takeup bar 22 is arranged on a slay 14 adjacent the teeth 7 of the beat-up reed 6 and adapted to engage the lower warp threads 2. Several embodiments are described. <IMAGE></p>
