Selvage forming mechanism for weaving machines

Claim 1

IN A WEAVING MACHINE OF THE CUT END WEFT OR FILLING TYPE ADAPTED TO WEAVE WIRE OR OTHER CLOTH OR FABRIC HAVING RELATIVELY STIFF FLEXIBLE FILAMENTS AND INCLUDING PICKING MECHANISM, SHED FORMING HEDDLE MECHANISM, BEAT-UP REED MECHANISM, WEFT OR FILLING CUTTING MECHANISM, AND ACTUATING MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID MECHANISM IN TIMED RELATIONSHIP; A SELVAGE FORMING MECHANISM COMPRISING A FORMING ARM PIVOTED ON THE MACHINE ADJACENT TO A MARGIN OF ING ARM PIVOTED ON THE MACHINE ADJACENT TO A MARGIN OF THE CLOTH OR FABRIC, AND OPERATIVE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SAID FORMING ARM AND SAID ACTUATING MEANS AND OPERATING IN TIMED RELATIONSHIP TO SAID PREVIOUSLY NAMED MECHANISMS TO ROCK SAID FORMING ARM FROM A STATIONARY POSITION WHEREIN IT IS PARALLEL TO THE MARGIN OF THE CLOTH OF FABRIC DURING BEAT-UP TO A DISPLACED POSITION AFTER THE BEAT-UP AND INTO THE REVERSED SHED, SAID FORMING ARM HAVING A FREE END ENGAGEABLE IN SAID STATIONARY POSITION BY THE PROJECTING CUT END OF THE LAST PICKED FILLING OR WEFT AND ACTING POSITIVELY TO BEND SAID CUT END TO AN ANGULAR POSITION RELATIVE TO THE AXIS OF SAID FILLING OR WEFT, SAID FORMING ARM HAVING A LONGITUDINAL SIDE EDGE WHICH ACTS ON SAID BENT CUT END AS SAID ARM IS ROCKED TO SAID DISPLACED POSITION TO BEND SAID CUT END FARTHER AND INTO THE REVERSED SHED AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF THE WEFT OR FILLING, SAID OPERATIVE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SAID FORMING ARM AND SAID ACTUATING MEANS INCLUDING A SHAFT DRIVEN BY SAID ACTUATING MEANS, A CAM ROTATABLE WITH SAID SHAFT, A PIVOTED LEVER HAVING A CAM FOLLOWER ENGAGING SAID CAM TO ROCK SAID LEVER IN RESPONSE TO THE ROTATION OF SAID CAM, A RECIPROCATING CONNECTING BAR CONNECTED TO SAID LEVER, AND FURTHER OPERATIVE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SAID CONNECTING BAR AND SAID FORMING ARM, SAID LEVER HAVING ONE END PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON THE MACHINE WHILE ITS OPPOSITE END IS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO ONE END OF SAID RECIPROCATING CONNECTING BAR AND SAID CAM FOLLOWER IS CARRIED BY SAID LEVER INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS, THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID OPPOSITE END OF SAID LEVER AND SAID ONE END OF SAID CONNECTING BAR BEING A PIVOTAL CONNECTION THE AXIS OF WHICH IS ADJUSTABLE LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID LEVER WHEREBY THE AMPLITUDE OF RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT OF SAID CONNECTING BAR CAN BE ADJUSTABLY VARIED, SAID FURTHER OPERATIVE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SAID CONNECTING BAR AND SAID ROCKABLE FORMING ARM INCLUDING A CONNECTING ARM EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID CONNECTING BAR ADJACENT THE FREE END THEREOF, AND MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID CONNECTING ARM WITH SAID CONNECTING BAR FOR ADJUSTMENT LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID BAR.