Selvage yarn shedding apparatus of loom

A selvage yarn shedding apparatus of a loom comprising:

• two support bodies each having carrier rods configured to support a heddle into which a selvage yarn is inserted and a slide guide having both end portions to which the carrier rods are attached;
• a drive motor configured to drive in forward and reverse rotations;
• a support frame fixed to a loom frame and comprising a guide part configured to guide displacement of the slide guides in an upper and lower direction, the drive motor being attached to the support frame;
• and a motion conversion mechanism configured to connect an output shaft of the drive motor and both the support bodies each other and to convert rotation of the output shaft into reciprocating motion in the upper and lower direction of each support body,
• wherein each of the support bodies comprises a connecting part including an extension portion provided above the carrier rod and extending from the slide guide in a longitudinal direction of the carrier rod toward a side where the heddle exists, where the connecting part is configured to connect the slide guide and the motion conversion mechanism each other at the extension portion.