Device for filling yarn bobbins on the shuttles of a traveling wave loom

A device for the filling of the filling yarn bobbins on shuttles of a traveling wave loom, which comprises a continuously rotating conveying chain means for moving shuttles having empty bobbins from the outlet edge of the fabric being woven to the inlet edge thereof, said shuttles being guided between slide rails, said bobbins being provided with a toothed wheel that meshes with a circular gear toothed member to bring about the rotation of the bobbins as the shuttles are conveyed around said gear toothed member for winding onto each of said bobbins a supply of filling yarn, said conveying chain means and said slide rails for the shuttles extending around said gear toothed member which can be rotated at variable speed relative to the speed of said conveying chain means and said shuttles, wherein the means for supplying the filling yarns to the bobbins stationarily arranged on the side of said slide rails.