Shuttleless weaving machine comprising means for removing defected weft threads from the weaving shed

Shuttleless weaving machine comprising a detector for tracing defects on weft threads and means for removing defected weft threads from the weaving shed, the detector cooperating such with the driving apparatus of the weaving machine that the main machine shaft is rotated backwardly through an angle at a defect signal of the detector and thereby the latest weaving shed change is made undone in order to cancel the binding between the warp threads and the defected weft thread, characterized in that the means for removing a defected weft thread from the weaving shed are constituted by a device positioned outside the weaving shed and movable, when the machine is at stand still, in the weft direction along the beating up line of the cloth, said device having a loosening element movable in a plane transverse to the weft direction and therewith brushing the cloth at the position of the beating up line in the retracting direction of the reed, as well as a catching element movable from a position outside the weaving shed between the warp threads to a position inside the weaving shed at a distance from the beating up line, said catching element being adapted to catch the loosened weft thread and to pull it outwardly in the shape of a loop between two warp threads, a discharge-suction mouth being provided adjacent to the position of the catching element outside the weaving shed.