weft thread 11 each of the jet nozzles 1 6 may be constructed and mounted in a conventional manner for example as shown in u s pat no 3 465 791 for the transport of the weft 11 through the shed first the supply of the transport fluid e g air to the first jet nozzle 1 is opened which jet nozzle thereby injects a conical jet of the transport fluid in the transport direction into the shed which jet takes along the weft 11 from the point 10 in its path in the direction of the next jet nozzle 2 it has been established that the weft 11 then lodges or 34 nestles 34 itself in the boundary layer forming around the conical core of the jet now the supply of the transport fluid to the jet nozzle 1 is continued up to a point in the weaving cycle just beyond the point at which the supply of the transport fluid to the second jet nozzle 2 is opened the weft 11 is thereby taken over by the jet issuing from the jet nozzle 2 and taken along by the boundary layer forming around said jet in the direction of the third jet nozzle 3 the energization of the jet nozzle 2 is continued for a short time interval after the supply of the transport fluid to the third jet nozzle 3 is opened in order to thereby assure that the weft 11 is with certainty taken over by the jet issuing from the third jet nozzle 3 the jet issuing from the first.