Traveling cleaner for looms

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR CLEANING PORTIONS OF A PLURALITY OF TEXTILE LOOMS ARRANGED IN A ROW INCLUDING DROP WIRES AND YARNS BEING PROCESSED THEREON WHICH COMPRISES A HIGH AIR VELOCITY BLOWER FAN, MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY TRAVELING SAID FAN ACROSS THE LOOMS IN SAID ROW, SAID FAN HAVING AT LEAST ONE DEPENDING AIR DISCHARGE NOZZLE MOVABLE ADJACENT EACH SIDE OF THE ARCH OF EACH SUCCESSIVE LOOM HAVING A MINIMUM INTERNAL DIAMETER OF NOT OVER 1 1/4 INCHES AND FROM WHICH NOZZLES AIR FROM THE FAN IS DISCHARGED AS A VERY HIGH VELOCITY FINE JET AIR STREAM, SAID NOZZLES BEING SPACED SUFFICIENTLY CLOSE TO THE WARP LEVEL OF THE LOOMS SO THAT THE VELOCITY OF THE FINE JET AIR STREAMS THEREFROM IS AT LEAST 5,000 FEET PER MINUTE AT SUCH LEVEL, SAID MEANS FOR TRAVELING SAID FAN BEING OPERABLE TO CAUSE SAID NOZZLES TO TRAVEL ACROSS EACH SUCCESSIVE LOOM, MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY OSCILLATING SAID NOZZLES SUBSTANTIALLY IN PLANES NORMAL TO THE DIRECTION OF, AND DURING, TRAVEL OF THE BLOWER FAN, AND SAID MEANS FOR MOVING SAID FAN BEING OPERABLE TO REPEAT AUTOMATICALLY THE TRAVEL OF THE BLOWER FAN ACROSS THE LOOMS AT SUFFICIENTLY FREQUENT INTERVALS TO MAINTAIN THE MATERIAL IN PROCESS AND UPPER PORTIONS OF THE LOOMS AT A HIGH LEVEL OF CLEANLINESS.