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IN A LOOM FOR WEAVING FABRIC FROM WARP THREADS AND PICK THREADS, SAID LOOM BEING OF THE TYPE WHEREIN SAID WARP THREADS ARE FORMED INTO A SHED FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF EACH NEW PICK, AND INCLUDING BEAT-UP MEANS ON ONE SIDE OF THE FELL OF THE FABRIC BEING WOVEN OSCILLABLE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID FELL TO BEAT EACH NEW PICK AGAINST SAID FELL, SAID SHED BEING OPEN FOR THE INSERTING OF A NEW PICK WHEN SAID BEAT-UP MEANS IS AWAY FROM SAID FELL AND CLOSED WHEN SAID BEAT-UP MEANS IS ADJACENT SAID FELL, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES A PAIR OF WEFT-PICKING MEMBERS OPPOSITELY RECIPROCABLE FROM INOPERATIVE POSITIONS OUTSIDE THE SHED INTO AND OUT OF THE SHED TO INSERT EACH PICK AND ADAPTED WHEN IN SAID INOPERATIVE POSITIONS TO HOLD THE ENDS OF SAID NEW PICK OUTSIDE SAID SHED, CLAMPING MEANS OUTSIDE THE SHED AND ADJACENT ONE SELVAGE OF THE FABRIC BEING WOVEN FOR CLAMPING THE CORRESPONDING END OF SAID PICK AT A POINT BETWEEN THE SELVAGE AND THE INOPERATIVE POSITION OF THE CORRESPONDING WEFT-PICKING MEMBER, MEANS FOR OPENING SAID CLAMPING MEANS TO RECEIVE SAID PICK END AS SAID BEAT-UP MEANS APPROACHES SAID FELL AND FOR CLOSING SAID CLAMP AS SAID BEAT-UP MEANS MOVES AWAY FROM SAID FELL, MEANS OPERABLE TO RECEIVE AN EXTERIOR END OF SAID PICK AND TUCK THE SAME INTO THE SHED MOUNTED INTERMEDIATE THE CORRESPONDING SELVAGE AND SAID END CLAMPING MEANS, SAID RECEIVING AND TUCKING MEANS BEING ADAPTED FOR RECIPROCAL MOVEMENT TOWARDS AND AWAY FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID FELL FROM SAID BEAT-UP MEANS AND FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT INWARDLY OF SAID SELVAGE AT THE LIMIT OF SAID RECIPROCAL MOVEMENT ADJACENT SAID FELL, MEANS FOR ADVANCING SAID RECEIVING AND TUCKING MEANS TOWARDS SAID FELL AND FOR PIVOTING THE SAME AFTER SAID BEAT-UP MEANS HAS RETREATED FROM SAID FELL AND SAID SHED IS OPEN AND FOR RETRACTING THE SAME BEFORE SAID BEAT-UP MEANS NEXT APPROACHES SAID FELL, SAID RECEIVING AND TUCKING MEANS BEING NORMALLY INOPERATIVE TO RECEIVE SAID PICK END, MEANS FOR RENDERING SAID RECEIVING AND TUCKING MEANS OPERATIVE TO RECEIVE SAID PICK END WHEN SAID BEAT-UP MEANS APPROACHES SAID FELL AND TO HOLD THE SAME WHEN SAID BEAT-UP MEANS RETREATS FROM SAID SHED END, SAID THREAD END BEING RELEASED FROM SAID RECEIVING AND TUCKING MEANS AFTER THE LATTER HAS PIVOTED INWARDLY OF THE SELVAGE, MEANS FOR CUTTING SAID PICK END ON THE SIDE OF SAID RECEIVING AND TUCKING MEANS REMOTE FROM SAID SELVAGE AT LEAST PRIOR TO PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID MEANS, AND MEANS FOR ENGAGING SAID CORRESPONDING SELVAGE DIRECTLY ADJACENT SAID FELL AT LEAST WHILE SAID PICK END IS BEING RECEIVED AND TUCKED TO PREVENT THE SELVAGE FROM BEING DEFORMED, AND MEANS FOR RENDERING SAID LAST-NAMED MEANS INOPERATIVE WHEN SAID BEAT-UP MEANS IS ADJACENT SAID FELL.