Linear motor selector device for weft yarn presentation in shuttleless looms

Weft yarn presentation apparatus in a shuttleless loom for forming a fabric, comprising a plurality of presentation devices, one for each weft yarn, each said presentation device including a linear electric motor comprised of a fixed plate carrying permanent magnets, a rotary slider, and a rod rigidly connected to said slider and rotatable with said slider to present a weft yarn carried by an end thereof to a movable gripper, said sliders being pivotally mounted to said fixed plates, respectively, for rotation about respective axes, said rod ends being maintained separated from one another in raised positions thereof to maintain the weft yarns carried thereby separated from one another, said rod ends being movable into lowered delivery positions for presenting the weft yarns to the gripper, said lowered positions of said rod ends being spaced closer to one another than said raised positions, said presentation devices being joined together to form an assembly thereof with the axis of rotation of each slider of each presentation device being offset from one another and arranged on a line skewed relative to a path of movement of said gripper, the fixed plates, in the direction of the fabric, being successively arranged in progressively raised positions, and successive axes of rotation of said sliders being successively arranged in the direction of the plane of the respectively fixed plates with an offset angle between 0.degree.-90.degree. relative to the horizontal.