Control mechanism for gripper shuttles

摘要

In gripper shuttle looms for a shuttle box which contains a groove for receiving a gripper shuttle and which rotates 180 DEG to turn the shuttle around and has a braking member which cooperates with the groove to check the shuttle in the groove, and wherein said braking member moves away from the groove to permit the shuttle box to be turned and the shuttle to be picked: restraining means located in the groove for restraining the shuttle against lateral movement along the longitudinal axis of the groove during the shuttle box turning motion and which maintains the shuttle in the proper position in the shuttle box and allows the shuttle to be picked out of the shuttle box.