Terry loom with interpenetrating ground warp and pile warp

In a terry weaving loom system including a first thread supply arrangement, a plurality of ground warp threads supplied from said first thread supply arrangement and forming a ground warp thread sheet, a second thread supply arrangement, a plurality of pile warp threads supplied from said second thread supply arrangement and forming a pile warp thread sheet, a shed forming device which receives said ground warp threads and said pile warp threads extending therethrough and is adapted to form a respective open shed of said ground warp threads and said pile warp threads including a back shed on an upstream side of said shed forming device toward said first and second thread supply arrangements and a front shed on a downstream side of said shed forming device opposite said upstream side, a weft insertion device adapted to insert a weft thread into said front shed of said open shed, and a weft beating device adapted to beat-up the weft thread while forming terry pile loops of said pile warp threads,

• an improvement comprising a first thread deflecting element arranged on a pile warp thread path that is followed by said pile warp threads between said second thread supply arrangement and shed forming device, in such a position so that said pile warp thread sheet intersects with and crosses through said ground warp thread sheet at a thread crossing location and is deflected on said first thread deflecting element to said shed forming device, so that a first back shed vertex of said back shed of said pile warp threads is located on said first thread deflecting element.