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A weft inserter for travelling-wave shedding looms, said inserter having a body with a leading point, a recess adapted to receive a rotary bobbin, a roller cooperating with a driving roller on a chain conveyor, with a recess for a carrier on said chain conveyor, and a weft outlet brake. A planar base wall of the weft inserter includes an angle not exceeding 45 DEG with a planar front wall thereof, which front wall merges via an arcuate recess into a wall merging in turn into a rear wall of said inserter. The rear wall forms a right angle with said base wall, while in the middle of said rear wall there is provided a notch for said thread outlet brake and a guide for weft thread. The notch extends through said wall towards a slot connecting said arcuate recess with said recess for the rotary bobbin and directed towards the rotational axis of said bobbin rotatably supported on a projection in the bottom of said recess, said weft inserter, when viewed at from said point, being widened by its convex surfaces merging into a top guide face and into a bottom guide face symmetrical with the latter along a middle plane of the inserter, which guide faces are provided, along said base wall, with an upper relieving surface and a lower relieving surface symmetrical with the latter along said middle plane, while in the region where said front wall ceases and merges into said arcuate recess, said front wall is continued as an upper thread separating spring bent in parallel with said base wall, said roller being arranged in the space between said point and said bobbin.