Drive mechanism for high production loom

Claim 1

IN A LOOM OF THE PROGRESSIVE SHEDDING TYPE, A FRAME, A SHAFT MOUNTED HORIZONTALLY ON SAID FRAME, A PLURALITY OF REEDS MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT IN CONTIGUOUS RELATIONSHIP, THE ADJACENT REEDS BEING IN SLIDABLE CONTACT ONE WITH ANOTHER, SAID REEDS HAVING THIN TIP PORTIONS ADAPTED TO EXTEND BETWEEN WARP THREADS, A REED CAM ROLL ROTATABLY SUPPORTED ON SAID FRAME IN A POSITION SPACED FROM SAID SHAFT TO CONTACT PORTIONS OF SAID REEDS SPACED FROM SAID SHAFT AND FROM SAID TIP PORTIONS, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID REED CAM ROLL ABOUT AN AXIS PARALLEL TO SAID SHAFT, A SUPPLY OF WARP THREADS, MEANS SPACED FROM SAID SUPPLY FOR MOVING SAID WARP THREADS IN PARALLEL, SPACED RELATIONSHIP ACROSS SAID FRAME A PLURALITY OF FLEXIBLE WIRE HEDDLES, ENDS OF WHICH ENGAGE SAID WARP THREADS, A PLURALITY OF GUIDE MEANS SUPPORTED BY SAID FRAME FOR GUIDING SAID HEDDLES THROUGH MOVEMENTS LATERALLY OF SAID WARP THREADS, A PLURALITY OF LEVER ARMS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO ENDS OF SAID HEDDLES OPPOSITE THE WARP-ENGAGING ENDS, A LEVER ARM SHAFT ON WHICH SAID LEVER ARMS ARE PIVOTALLY MOUNTED, A HEDDLE CAM ROLL MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AND 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 LEVER ARM SHAFT, A PLURALITY OF SHUTTLES RIDING ON A PORTION OF SAID WARP THREADS, EACH OF SAID SHUTTLES HAVING A SURFACE ANGULARLY DISPOSED WITH RELATION TO AND INTERSECTING THE PATHS IN WHICH AT LEAST THREE OF SAID REEDS MOVE, SAID SHUTTLES BEING MOVED ACROSS SAID WARP THREADS WHEN THE SURFACES OF SAID SHUTTLES ARE ENGAGED BY SAID TIP PORTIONS OF SAID REEDS, A PLURALITY OF THE TIP PORTIONS ENGAGING SAID SURFACES AT ANY GIVEN INSTANT, AND MEANS FOR COORDINATING ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CAM ROLLS.