Warburg, James P. (James Paul), 1896-1969 · [Boston] The First national bank of Boston · leaf 27
cing the large tufts into manysmaller ones. These small pieces are dropped into an air chute anddrawn along parallel rods up to the picker room. During transit inthe trunk much of the heavier dirt falls between the rods and is re-moved In the most recent installations larger bale-breakers are used… … Picker Room. As the tufts come out of the chute they fall into the first of threemachines known as Pickers, whose function is to beat out the coarserimpurities and deliver the cotton in rolls of batting called laps. InPickers ^^^ ^^*^ ^^ breaker-picker the tufts are thoroughly whirled and Remove…
Cotton manufacture · Cotton trade
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