the main body and means for adjusting the gripping pressure exerted between the flexible gripper and the main body portion application_number US 9193079 A description for a better understanding of the invention reference is made to the drawings and particularly to fig1 wherein an improved extending carrier 10 is shown mounted on or connected to the end of a reciprocating inserter 11 in this case inserter 11 is shown as a broad flat flexible band like element which can be wrapped around a tape wheel located on the side of the loom in a manner which is well known in the industry obviously the type of inserter which is used to move the carrier 10 into and from the warp shed is not important since any type of inserter either flexible or rigid that is known in the prior art would be equally effective the carrier 10 comprises a main body portion 12 which is made up of a flat horizontal web portion 13 and a vertical web portion 14 which extends upwardly from horizontal web 13 it will be seen that the horizontal web portion 13 has a relatively wider dimension 13a on the end which overlays inserter 11 and a relatively narrower dimension 13b which is located beyond the outer end of inserter 11 similarly the vertical web portion 14 which extends upwardly from web portion 13 has a relatively wider portion 14a which is adjacent horizontal web portion 13a and a relatively narrower vertical dimension 14b which is also located beyond the outer end of inserter 11 as is narrower dimension 13b carrier 10 also.