Apparatus for lubricating the gripper band of a shuttleless loom

Apparatus for lubricating a gripper band carrying an oscillating weft yarn inserting element for weft yarn insertion in the shed of a shuttleless loom, comprising a roller body of absorptive material suitable for impregnation with lubricant, a shaft supporting said roller body, said shaft being hollow and provided with radial holes, said lubricant being fed to said hollow shaft and therefrom through said holes to said absorptive material, said shaft being disposed transversely to the direction of movement of the gripper band, and said roller body being adapted to be operatively connected to the loom, resiliently biased against the upper side of the gripper band and driven by it.