mentioned mechanism 19 to put an empty cloth beam 9 in a weaving machine 1 and more particularly in the winding device 6 preferentially includes two telescopic arms 29 ends 30 of which are pivotally attached onto the frame 31 of the transport element 10 and ends 32 of which are each provided with a gripper element 33 to take up and remove the empty cloth beam 9 the telescopic arms 29 can be turned by means of pressure cylinders 34 or other known arm turning devices as shown in fig1 to 15 the gripper elements 33 may include a hook shaped part 35 with an opening 36 in which the far end of cloth beam 9 fits and a locking element 37 to prevent the far end of the cloth beam 9 from coming loose from the hook shaped part 35 in which it has been mounted the locking elements 37 may include slides which move in guide pieces 38 of arms 29 and which are removed by means of pressure cylinders 39 the above mentioned means to press the empty cloth beam 9 against the fabric 3 and against the guide piece 11 are also formed by the mechanism 19 described above in the embodiment represented in fig1 to 15 it is clear that the mechanism 19 allows one to both.