Loom anti-vibration mounting means

Claim 1

AN ANTI-VIBRATION SUPPORT FOR LOOMS AND THE LIKE COMPRISING A BASE MEMBER ADAPTED FOR RIGID ATTACHMENT TO A SUPPORTING SURFACE AND BEING LOW AND TRANSVERSELY NARROW AND ELONGATED, RAISED BEARING PADS ON SAID BASE MEMBER NEAR OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF, SAID PADS HAVING OPPOSITELY LONGITUDINALLY INCLINED TOP BEARING FACES WHICH SLOPE DOWNWARDLY AT SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL SHALLOW ANGLES TO THE HORIZONTAL TOWARD THE LONGITUDINAL CENTER OF THE BASE MEMBER, WHEREBY THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID BEARING FACES ARE ELEVATED SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIDISTANTLY ABOVE THE INNER ENDS OF SUCH FACES, THE TOPS OF SAID PADS AND SAID FACES BEING TRANSVERSELY CROWNED SYMMETRICALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE BASE MEMBER TO PROVIDE UPWARDLY CONVERGING FACE PORTIONS EACH ARRANGED AT A SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL SHALLOW ANGLE BELOW THE HORIZONTAL, AN ELONGATED TRANSVERSELY NARROW VERTICALLY SHALLOW RUNNER MEMBER ADAPTED FOR RIGID ATTACHMENT TO A LOOM FRAME END IN UNDERLYING RELATION THERETO AND BEING SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE LENGTHWISE AND TRANSVERSELY WITH SAID BASE MEMBER AND OVERLYING THE LATTER IN CLOSELY SPACED RELATION THERETO, AND DEPENDENT BEARING PADS ON SAID RUNNER MEMBER NEAR THE OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF AND ADJACENT TO AND OVERLYING SAID BEARING PADS OF THE BASE MEMBER AND ADAPTED TO REST UPON THE LATTER FLOATINGLY, SAID DEPENDENT PADS SLOPING OPPOSITELY LONGITUDINALLY AND BEING RECESSED UPWARDLY TO PROVIDE THEREON BEARING FACES HAVING THE SAME ANGULAR CONFIGURATIONS AND SLOPE LONGITUDINALLY AND TRANSVERSELY AS SAID BEARING FACES OF THE BEARING PADS OF THE BASE MEMBER AND RESTING UPON AND INTERFITTING SLIDABLY WITH THE LATTER TO PERMIT SOME RELATIVE LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF THE RUNNER MEMBER ON THE BASE MEMBER RESPONSIVE TO VIBRATIONS OF SAID LOOM OR THE LIKE.