Slayter

Claim 1

IN A LOOM OF THE PROGRESSIVE SHEDDING TYPE HAVING A FRAME, A SHAFT MOUNTED HORIZONTALLY ON SAID FRAME, A PLURALITY OF REEDS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT, A REED CAM ROLL ROTATABLY SUPPORTED ON SAID FRAME IN A POSITION SPACED FROM SAID SHAFT, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID REED CAM ROLL ABOUT AN AXIS PARALLEL TO SAID SHAFT, SAID CAM ROLL BEING POSITIONED TO CONTACT PORTIONS OF SAID REEDS SPACED FROM SAID SHAFT, MEANS FOR ESTABLISHING A SUPPLY OF WARP THREADS, MEANS SPACED FROM SAID SUPPLY MEANS FOR MOVING SAID WARP THREADS THROUGH SAID FRAME, A PLURALITY OF HEDDLES, ENDS OF WHICH ARE ENGAGEABLE WITH THE WARP THREADS, A PLURALITY OF SHUTTLES ADAPTED TO RIDE ON SAID WARP THREADS, EACH OF SAID SHUTTLES HAVING A SURFACE ADAPTED TO LIE LATERALLY TO A PATH IN WHICH SAID REEDS ARE MOVED AND TO SAID WARP THREADS, SAID SHUTTLES BEING MOVABLE ACROSS THE WARP THREADS BY SAID REEDS, AND SAID WARP THREADS BEING MOVABLE TO POSITIONS ABOVE AND BELOW THE PATHS OF SAID SHUTTLES BY SAID HEDDLES, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING MEANS SUPPORTED BY SAID FRAME FOR GUIDING SAID HEDDLES THROUGH GENERALLY UP AND DOWN MOVEMENTS, SAID HEDDLES HAVING PIVOTAL MEANS AT THE ENDS OPPOSITE THE ENDS ENGAGEABLE WITH THE WARP THREADS, A PLURALITY OF RIGID LEVER ARMS FOR SAID HEDDLES, SAID LEVER ARMS BEING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID PIVOTAL MEANS, A LEVER ARM SHAFT SUPPORTED BY SAID FRAME, SAID LEVER ARMS BEING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID LEVER ARM SHAFT, A HEDDLE CAM ROLL COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL HEDDLE CAMS ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AT A POINT SPACED FROM SAID LEVER ARM SHAFT, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID HEDDLE CAM ROLL FOR ROTATION ABOUT AN AXIS PARALLEL TO SAID LEVER ARM SHAFT TO CONTACT PORTIONS OF SAID LEVER ARMS SPACED FROM SAID SHAFT, AND MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TWO ROTATING MEANS FOR COORDINATING MOVEMENT OF SAID HEDDLE CAM ROLL AND SAID REED CAM ROLL.