(under subclass 33) Apparatus in which all carriers travel in the same directions about an axis and in which (1) each carrier is additionally moved in such a path as to travel alternately about two adjacent carriers; or (2) strands leading from certain carriers are passed alternately about certain other carriers adjacent to the path of movement of such strands. The carrier travel about the axis of the fabric twists all strands about such axis.
(1) Note. Braiding apparatus producing interlocked strand type fabrics without the twist are in subclass 33.
