Weaving frame having improved weft handling means

Claim 1

IN A WEAVING FRAME THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A WEFT PRESSER MEMBER RECIPROCABLE LONGITUDINALLY OF THE FRAME; A WEFT SHOOTING MEMBER RECIPROCABLE TRANSVERSELY OF THE FRAME ALONG THE PRESSER MEMBER; MEANS DELIVERING WEFT YARN FROM A SUPPLY TO THE SHOOTING MEMBER, DISPLACEABLE SPRING-PRESSED-WEFT-ENGAGING MEANS CARRIED BY THE SHOOTING MEMBER; A WEFT-CUTTING AND HOLDING DEVICE CARRIED BY THE PRESSER MEMBER; FIRST CAMMING MEANS CYCLICALLY OPERABLE ONCE PER LONGITUDINAL RECIPROCATION OF THE PRESSER MEMBER FOR OPERATING SAID DEVICE TO CUT THE YARN AND SIMULTANEOUSLY HOLD THE YARN BETWEEN THE CUT AND THE SUPPLY FOR SUBSEQUENT ENGAGEMENT OF SAID YARN BY THE ENGAGING MEANS; AND SECOND CAMMING MEANS CYCLICALLY OPERABLE ONCE PER TRANSVERSE RECIPROCATION OF THE SHOOTING MEMBER FOR DISPLACING THE WEFT-ENGAGING MEANS TO ENGAGE THE WEFT YARN BETWEEN SAID DEVICE AND THE SUPPLY, SAID CUTTING AND HOLDING DEVICE COMPRISING A BLADE PIVOTED TO THE PRESSER MEMBER AND HAVING A CUTTING EDGE AND A HOLDING EDGE AND A PAIR OF SPACED PARTS CARRIED BY THE PRESSER MEMBER AND COOPERATING WITH SAID RESPECTIVE EDGES TO CUT THE WEFT YARN AND HOLD SAID YARN AHEAD OF THE POINT OF CUT, AND A FIRST PART PROJECTING FROM SAID BLADE FOR MOVEMENT WITHIN THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID PARTS FOR CLEARING SHREDS OF CUT-OFF YARN THEREFROM, AND SAID FIRST CAMMING MEANS COMPRISES A SECOND PART PROJECTING FROM SAID BLADE AND A COOPERATING PART CARRIED ON THE FRAME FOR CAMMING INTERENGAGEMENT WITH SAID PROJECTING PART AS THE WEFT PRESSER MEMBER REACHES THE END OF ITS LONGITUDINAL RECIPROCATION FOR PRESSING THE WEFT, SAID BLADE BEING SPRING-PRESSED TOWARD A CUTTING AND HOLDING POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID SPACED PARTS AND SAID FIRST CAMMING MEANS DISPLACING THE BLADE IN OPPOSITION TO SAID SPRING PRESSURE.