Apparatus for weaving wire cloth

Claim 1

A SHUTTLELESS LOOM FOR WEAVING WIRE CLOTH COMPRISING A WARP SUPPLY, HEDDLES TO FORM THE WARP INTO SHEDS, A WEFT WIRE SUPPLY, MEANS TO PROPEL THE WEFT WIRE FROM THE SUPPLY ACROSS AND BETWEEN THE SHEDS, A SWINGING LAY, A REED ON ONE SIDE OF SAID LAY AND A PLURALITY OF SEPARABLE MOVABLE AND FIXED VERTICALLY EXTENDING FINGERS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAY SPACED FROM THE REED, SAID FINGERS HAVING UPPER CONTACTING PORTIONS, EACH CONTACTING PORTION HAVING A PARTIAL RECESS, AND UPON CONTACT FORMING A CLOSED CIRCULAR GUIDE OPENING TO RECEIVE AND GUIDE THE PROPELLED WEFT WIRE AND MEANS TO MOVE THE MOVABLE FINGER SO THAT THE CONTACTING PORTIONS WILL SEPARATE AFTER THE WEFT WIRE HAS BEEN PLACED THEREIN TO RELEASE SAID WEFT WIRE BETWEEN THE SEPARATED PORTIONS.