Guide for the weft thread inserting means in a loom for weaving and method of makingsame

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A GUIDE FOR GUIDING A WEFT THREAD INSERTING DEVICE IN A LOOM FOR WEAVING WHILE THE INSERTING DEVICE TRAVELS THROUGH A SHED FORMED BY WARP THREADS, THE GUIDE INCLUDING A CARRIER, MOVABLE OUTSIDE OF THE SHED, AND A PLURALITY OF LIKE, JUXTAPOSED GUIDE ELEMENTS, EACH GUIDE ELEMENT HAVING A RELATIVELY THIN BEAKLIKE GUIDE PORTION INCLUDING AN UPPER AND A LOWER JAW, SAID JAWS HAVING CONVERGING ENDS AND BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE WEFT THREAD INSERTING DEVICE THEREBETWEEN AND ENTERING AND LEAVING THE SHED BETWEEN WARP THREADS DURING EACH MOVEMENT OF THE GUIDE, EACH OF SAID GUIDE ELEMENTS HAVING A RELATIVELY THICK FOOT PORTION WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE FOOT PORTIONS OF THE JUXTAPOSED GUIDE ELEMENTS, THE LOWER JAW FORMING A RUNNING SURFACE CONFORMING SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE CROSS-SECTIONAL CONFIGURATION OF THE LOWER PART OF THE WEFT THREAD INSERTING DEVICE RUNNING ON SAID RUNNING SURFACE, SAID UPPER JAW OF EACH GUIDE ELEMENT BEING THICKER THAN SAID LOWER JAW FOR PARTING THE WARP THREADS WHEN SAID GUIDE PORTION ENTERS AND LEAVES THE SHED.