Fabric control and severing means for a loom

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR WEAVING A FABRIC FROM WRAP AND WEFT THREADS, COMPRISING: TEMPLES, MEANS FOR CUTTING OFF THE ENDS OF THE WEFT THREADS PROJECTING FROM THE EDGE OF THE FABRIC, A CLAMPING MECHANISM FOR HOLDING THE ENDS OF THE WEFT THREADS DURING CUTTING OFF OF THE WEFT THREAD ENDS, SAID CLAMPING MECHANISM INCLUDING A WEFT THREAD CLAMP AND A CLAMP HAVING MEANS CAPABLE OF BEING VERTICALLY RECIPROCATINGLY MOVED FOR VERTICALY RECIPROCATINGLY MOVING SAID CLAMP, SEVERING MEANS PLACED ADJACNET TO SAID TEMPLES AT THE SIDES THEREOF WHERE THE FABRIC EMERGES FROM THE TEMPLES FOR CUTTING OFF A PORTION OF THE FABRIC IN THE DIRECTION WARP DURING OPERATION OF THE WEAVING MACHINE, AND MEANS SUPPORTING SAID SEVERING MEANS AND INCLUDING MEANS FOR SECURING SAID SEVERING MEANS AGAINST MOVEMENT IN THE DIRECTION OF THE WEFT AGAINST SAID SUPPORTING MEANS BEING CONNECTED TO SAID CLAMP CARRYING MEANS FOR VERTICAL RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT OF SAID SERVING MEANS SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE VERTICAL RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT OF SAID CLAMP CARRYING MEANS.