US PATENT SUBCLASS 139 / 116.1
WEFT MANIPULATION

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116.1WEFT MANIPULATION {13}
116.2  DF  .~> Means for withdrawing defective weft
116.5  DF  .~> Pile {1}
117  DF  .~> Special length {2}
429  DF  .~> Weaving with stationary weft supply {9}
133  DF  .~> Shuttle motions {4}
170.3  DF  .~> Inactive weft restrainers {2}
171  DF  .~> Box change motions {6}
183  DF  .~> Shuttle boxes {2}
188 R  DF  .~> Lays or beat-ups {5}
194  DF  .~> Tensions
195  DF  .~> Selvage-loop retainers
196.1  DF  .~> Shuttles {7}
224 R  DF  .~> Replenishing {10}

DEFINITION

Classification: 139/116.1

WEFT MANIPULATION:

(under the class definition) Apparatus or method for laying threads known as the weft across a series of substantially parallel threads known as the warp, and wherein (a) the warp threads are successively divided between an upper plane and a lower plane, thereby forming sheds, and (b) a weft thread is passed through and laid into each shed.