Job Description:

• 1) Operates one or more Jacquard looms equipped with pile-wire mechanism to weave carpeting of intricate design: Moves lever to open shed, and inserts specified number of pile wires through shed in sequence to produce pile.

• 2) Forces cop of filling into shuttle, using mallet, and inserts shuttle into loom.

• 3) Places wax in holder to lubricate pile wires as wires enter and are withdrawn from shed.

• 4) Starts loom and observes weaving to detect exhausted filling packages, mispicks, and irregular cutting of pile.

• 5) Replaces exhausted filling, inserts pile wires into missed loops, and replaces dull cutting blades.

• 6) Pulls out filling to remove defects in carpeting.

• 7) Pulls cord to reverse pattern chain and card cylinder so that weaving will resume at place where defect occurred to maintain pattern continuity.

• 8) Notifies CARD CHANGER, JACQUARD LOOM as pattern cards become worn or damaged.

• 9) May be designated according to type of carpeting woven as Wilton Weaver.