it can pivot around the longitudinal axis of the frame and the device includes a pivot drive for pivoting the needle pair application_number US 201213534438 A description the leno selvedge device as a whole is denoted with 1 the leno selvedge device 1 has a frame 2 with two frame rails 3 running parallel to one another whereby the frame supports the pivot drive denoted with 20 the pivot drive shows a movement member 25 whereby the movement member 25 is connected through a coupling arm 30 through a pivoting mechanism 40 and through a diversion mechanism 50 to the two needle pairs 60 the frame 2 furthermore shows at its end at least one shaft holder 4 for fastening to the first heddle shaft at the upper end a thread guide 7 is provided with four eyes whereby four leno threads 9 are correspondingly guided through this thread guide 7 with four eyes the thread being guided on the bottom through eyes 62 of the needles 61 of each needle pair the core thread 10 runs between the needles of a needle pair whereby the thread is being correspondingly guided from the back through a guide into the frame and out to the front the guide is provided by a slit 8 in the frame 2 fig1 a each needle pair is assigned a slit 8 similarly the leno threads also run from the back through the thread guide downwards through the eyes of the needles to the front and back away from the frame 2 both the leno threads and the core.