(under subclass 170.3) Apparatus provided with additional means for severing the inactive weft between its shuttle and the selvage of the fabric being woven.
(1) Note. Cutters associated with inactive-filling restrainers often are mounted jointly with the loom temples.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
263+, for weft end cutters associated with filling replenishing mechanism.
302+, for loom-mounted selvage trimmers, per se.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 26, Textiles: Cloth Finishing,
10.4, for cutters not mounted on a loom and adapted to sever weft loops floating along the selvage of fabric woven on multiple-shuttle looms.
