Loom cleaner

In a loom cleaner for cleaning a plurality of looms in a row, the combination comprising

• a carriage adapted to be moved along a track above the row of looms,
• a motor on said carriage,
• a pair of spaced blowers on said carriage,
• each said blower including a scroll and a fan,
• said motor connected to said fans of said blowers for driving said fans,
• a plenum associated with the outlet of each blower and mounted for swinging movement about a horizontal axis intersecting said outlet,
• means for oscillating one of said plenums about its respective axis,
• and a plurality of blower tubes extending downwardly from each said plenum,
• damper means associated with each said plenum,
• each of said damper means being mounted on a shaft,
• means on said carriage supporting said shafts for horizontal movement toward and away from the outlets of said scrolls,
• means rotatably mounted on said last-mentioned means connecting said plenums for simultaneously oscillating said plenums.

An apparatus for cleaning a row of shuttleless looms having filling areas individual thereto which comprises

• a track positioned above said row of looms,
• a carrier movable along said track,
• blower means on said carrier having at least one scroll outlet,
• means connected to said outlet to define a plenum,
• a plurality of tubes extending downwardly from said plenum for directing streams of air against portions of the looms as the carrier is moved along the track,
• damper means for modulating the pressure of the airstream through said tubes,
• and means positioned along said track in relation to each said loom for actuating said last-mentioned means to modulate the air flow being provided by said tubes to the filling area such that air is supplied at a high pressure in advance of and beyond the filling area and at a lower pressure at the filling area.