an open shed at the place of the front part of each shuttle 3 between every two successive shuttles 3 a change of shed takes place the sheds propagate themselves in ripple shape in the direction indicated by the arrow a the shuttles 3 move together with the sheds in the same direction and during their transport insert one filling yarn 5 each the warp yarns 1 for clarity in the drawing have been shown less close together than is actually the case the cloth formed by the insertion of the filling yarns 5 is designated by 6 the forward movement of the shuttles 3 is effected by reed blades 4 which act as shuttle drive and filling yarn beating up members and extend between the warp yarns 1 and are pressed from the rear against the rear beveled edge 10 of the shuttles 3 as seen in the direction of transport and thereby move the shuttles in the direction indicated by the arrow a at the same time the corresponding filling yarns 5 are beaten up against the fell of the cloth by those reed blades 4 which are swung furthest forward the guiding of the shuttles 3 in the corresponding shed is effected by the warp yarns 1 as shown in fig2 the shuttles 3 are of elongated.