Needle loom

Claim 1

A NEEDLE LOOM OF THE KIND COMPRISING A YARN-CARRYING NEEDLE, HAVING YARN-GRIPPING JAWS DESIGNED TO RECEIVE AND HOLD CONVENTIONAL LIMP FILLING YARN, MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID JAWS TO SEIZE AND END PORTION OF A PICK OF FILLING YARN AT ONE SIDE OF THE LOOM AND ADVANCE SAID END PORTION OF THE FILLING YARN, WITH A SHORT TERMINAL LENGTH THEREOF PROJECTING FORWARDLY FROM BETWEEN THE GRIPPING JAWS, TO A YARN TRANSFER POINT APPROXIMATELY MIDWAY ACROSS THE LOOM, AND A YARN-RECEIVING DEVICE, COMPRISING RIGID YARNCLAMPING ELEMENTS, WHICH RECEIVES SAID TERMINAL LENGTH OF FILLING FROM SAID NEEDLE AT THE TRANSFER POINT AND COMPLETES ITS ADVANCE TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE LOOM, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING AND MOVING SAID NEEDLE COMPRISING A CARRIER, GUIDED FOR MOVEMENT LONGITUDINALLY OF THE LAY, A NEEDLE HOLDER MOUNTED UPON AND NORMALLY FIXED TO THE CARRIER, THE NEEDLE BEING SLIDABLE WITHIN SAID HOLDER, MEANS FOR MOVING THE CARRIER WITH THE HOLDER THEREON FROM ONE SIDE OF THE LOOM TOWARD THE OTHER SIDE, MEANS OPERATIVE TO MOVE SAID NEEDLE RELATIVELY TO THE HOLDER IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE CARRIER BUT A RELATIVELY GREATER SPEED, AND MEANS OPERATIVE TO TRANSFER SAID TERMINAL LENGTH OF FILLING FROM THE NEEDLE TO THE YARN-RECEIVING DEVICE WHILE THE LATTER IS AT THE TRANSFER POINT BUT SPACED FROM THE NEEDLE.