Apparatus for replacing full cloth roll on weaving machine with empty cloth roll

An apparatus for replacing a full cloth roll loaded on a pair of mutually parallel rollers of a weaving machine and with a textile wound therearound, with an empty cloth roll disposed in an upper position above said full cloth roll, comprising:

• a pair of oscillating members supported by said weaving machine to oscillate about an axis of a rod supported by said weaving machine, said axis being parallel to the axes of said pair of rollers;
• and
• drive means for having said pair of oscillating members produce oscillating movement;
• wherein each oscillating member includes:
• a contact portion exerting a pressing force to an end portion of said full cloth roll to roll said full cloth roll forward of said weaving machine while both said oscillating members are oscillating in one direction;
• and a guide wall disposed behind said contact portion for catching said empty cloth roll in cooperation with the peripheral surface of the textile of said full cloth roll, and for directing, during the oscillating movement of both said oscillating members, said empty cloth roll to an upper position right above said pair of rollers in cooperation with the peripheral surface of the textile of said full cloth roll.