Method and apparatus for simultaneously weaving lengths of fabric

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF PRODUCING TWO JUXTAPOSED LENGTHS OF FABRIC BY SEVERING THE WEFT THREADS BETWEEN NEIGHBORING WARP THREADS WHILE THE WEFT THREADS ARE HELD BY TWO THREAD GRIPPERS IN A WEAVING MACHINE OF THE GRIPPER SHUTTLE TYPE WHEREIN THE WEFT THREADS ARE PULLED FROM SPOOLS PLACED OUTSIDE OF A SHED FORMED BY WARP THREADS AND THE SHUTTLES ARE GUIDED THROUGH THE SHED BY GUIDES PLACED INSIDE THE SHED AND REMOVED FROM THE SHED TO AN IDLE POSITION OUTSIDE THE SHED TO PERMIT BEATING UP OF A WEFT THREAD BY A REED, COMPRISING: HOLDING THE THREAD GRIPPERS IN OPEN POSITION AND IN A POSITION COINCIDING WITH THE BEAT-UP POSITION OF THE WEFT THREADS DURING THE TIME WHEN THE SHUTTLE GUIDES MOVE FROM THE POSITION INSIDE THE SHED TO THE IDLE POSITION OUTSIDE THE SHED, BEATING UP AND PUSHING, BY MEANS OF THE REED, A WEFT THREAD INTO THE OPEN GRIPPERS WHILE SAID GRIPPERS ARE HELD IN THE POSITION COINCIDING WITH THE BEAT-UP POSITION OF THE WEFT THREADS, CLOSING SAID GRIPPERS, SEVERING THE WEFT THREAD BETWEEN THE CLOSED THREAD GRIPPERS WHILE SAID GRIPPERS ARE HELD IN THE POSITION COINCIDING WITH THE BEAT-UP POSITION OF THE WEFT THREADS, REARWARDLY MOVING THE CLOSED THREAD GRIPPERS HOLDING THE ENDS OF THE SEVERED WEFT THREAD, CHANGING THE SHEDS, PULLING THE ENDS OF THE SEVERED WEFT THREAD OUT OF THE GRIPPERS, AND TUCKING THE ENDS OF THE SEVERED WEFT THREAD INTO THE NEW SHEDS, AND FORWARDLY MOVING THE EMPTY THREAD GRIPPERS INTO THE POSITION COINCIDING WITH THE BEAT-UP POSITION FOR RECEIVING THE SUBSEQUENTLY INSERTED WEFT THREAD.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF PRODUCING TWO JUXTAPOSED LENGTHS OF FABRIC BY SEVERING THE WEFT THREADS BETWEEN NEIGHBORING WARP THREADS WHILE THE WEFT THREADS ARE HELD BY TWO THREAD GRIPPERS IN A WEAVING MACHINE OF THE GRIPPER SHUTTLE TYPE WHEREIN THE WEFT THREADS ARE PULLED FROM SPOOLS PLACED OUTSIDE OF A SHED FORMED BY WARP THREADS AND THE SHUTTLES ARE GUIDED THROUGH THE SHED BY GUIDES PLACED INSIDE THE SHED AND REMOVED FROM THE SHED TO AN IDLE POSITION OUTSIDE THE SHED TO PERMIT BEATING UP OF A WEFT THREAD BY A REED, COMPRISING: HOLDING THE THREAD GRIPPERS IN OPEN POSITION AND IN A POSITION COINCIDING WITH THE BEAT-UP POSITION OF THE WEFT THREADS DURING THE TIME WHEN THE SHUTTLE GUIDES MOVE FROM THE POSITION INSIDE THE SHED TO THE IDLE POSITION OUTSIDE THE SHED, BEATING UP AND PUSHING, BY MEANS OF THE REED, A WEFT THREAD INTO THE OPEN GRIPPERS WHILE SAID GRIPPERS ARE HELD IN THE POSITION COINCIDING WITH THE BEAT-UP POSITION OF THE WEFT THREADS, CLOSING SAID GRIPPERS, SEVERING THE WEFT THREAD BETWEEN THE CLOSED THREAD GRIPPERS WHILE SAID GRIPPERS ARE HELD IN THE POSITION COINCIDING WITH THE BEAT-UP POSITION OF THE WEFT THREADS, REARWARDLY MOVING THE CLOSED THREAD GRIPPERS HOLDING THE ENDS OF THE SEVERED WEFT THREAD, CHANGING THE SHEDS, PULLING THE ENDS OF THE SEVERED WEFT THREAD OUT OF THE GRIPPERS, AND TUCKING THE ENDS OF THE SEVERED WEFT THREAD INTO THE NEW SHEDS, AND FORWARDLY MOVING THE EMPTY THREAD GRIPPERS INTO THE POSITION COINCIDING WITH THE BEAT-UP POSITION FOR RECEIVING THE SUBSEQUENTLY INSERTED WEFT THREAD.