Weaving loom with circulating magnetic shuttle

A weaving loom including a warp supplying mechanism for feeding warps, a shedding mechanism for forming a shed between said warps, a weft picking mechanism for picking a weft into said shed, and a weft beating mechanism for beating said weft into a fell in said shed, said picking mechanism including a machine frame, a circulating transmission disposed on said machine frame, and a shuttle driven by said transmission, said transmission including a driving wheel disposed rotatably on said machine frame, a driven wheel disposed rotatably on said machine frame, an endless driving belt extending around said driving wheel and said driven wheel and driven by said driving wheel to circulate, and at least one magnet unit secured to said driving belt for attracting and driving said shuttle to circulate on said machine frame, wherein the improvement comprises:

• said driving belt having an outer side surface and an inside surface, said magnet unit being secured to said inside surface of said driving belt, said shuttle circulating on said machine frame inside said driving belt and being attracted onto said magnet unit during movement of said shuttle around said driving wheel and said driven wheel .