Shuttle-less wire weaving loom

Claim 1

A SHUTTLE-LESS WIRE WEAVING LOOM FOR WEAVING A WIRE FABRIC, SAID LOOM COMPRISING A FRAME STRUCTURE, A PAIR OF LENGTHWISE AND PIVOTALLY RECIPROCATORY SLIDERS FOR INSERTING WEFT THREADS INTO A SHED FORMED BY WARP THREADS, SAID SLIDERS BEING DISPOSED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE FRAME STRUCTURE, GUIDE MEANS SUPPORTED ON THE FRAME STRUCTURE GUIDING THE SLIDERS DURING RECIPROCATORY MOVEMENTS THEREOF, PIVOT MEANS PIVOGALLY SUPPORTING SAID GUIDE MEANS AND SAID SLIDERS FOR PIVOTING ABOUT AN AXIS TRANSVERSE OF THE DIRECTION OF THE LENGHTWISE RECIPROCATORY MOVEMENT OF THE SLIDERS, A ROTARY CRANK MEANS, DRIVING MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID CRANK MEANS, LINKAGE MEANS COUPLING SAID CRANK MEANS TO EACH OF SAID SLIDERS, SAID LINKAGE MEANS INCLUDING LINK MEMBERS FOR IMPARTING TO ALTERNMATE SLIDERS LENGTHWISE AND PIVOTAL RECIPROCATORY MOVEMENTS OF THE SLIDERS INTO THE SHED AND WITHDRAWAL THEREFROM, AND SPREADER MEANS ON EACH SIDE OF THE SHED FOR ENLARGING AND CONTROLLING THE OUTER EDGES OF THE SHED, EACH OF SAID SPREADER MEANS INCLUDING A SPREADER MEMBER, MEANS FOR MOVING THE SPREADING MEMBER INTO AND OUT OF THE SHED, AND A REED MEMBER, SAID REED MEMBER INCLUDING A RECESSED GUIDE PORTION ENGAGEABLE WITH THE SLIDERS FOR GUIDING THE SAME.