To provide a method for feeding a delivery gripper of weft in a manner to minimize the weft waste clamped with a weft presenting clamp 13 of a mobile thread feeding tool 12.
A weft 7 inserted into the loom shed before the beating of the weft 7 with a reed 4 is held by a weft presenting clamp 13 and a holding clamp 18 following the motion of the reed 4 and positioned at the receiving position. The weft is cut with a cutter 20 immediately after the holding with the weft presenting clamp 13 and the holding clamp 18 and during the movement of the reed 4. The holding clamp 18 to clamp the rear end of the weft 7 follows the beating motion of the reed 4 to the tied point 5 and the feeding tool 12 is returned to the stop position 12A together with the front end of a new weft.
RENZ MANUEL (DE)
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