Cotton mill processes and calculations. An elementary text book for the use of textile schools and for home study (1899)
Tompkins, Daniel Augustus, 1851-1914 · Charlotte, N.C., The author · leaf 290
ence. The amount of yarn in a skein is usuallythe amount that comes from one bobbin, but the pur-chaser sometimes requires skeins of a certain weight, sayI, i^ or 2 ounces. It costs more to furnish skeins of acertain uniform weight. A special stop motion may behad with the reel, to knock off after… … Fig. 52. Reel. 280 off over the top. This style is called dead spindle.Reels are also made with live spindles, which are suppor-ted in bearings, and revolve with the bobbins, as the yarnpulls. The yarn from live spindle reels usually pulls squareoff the bobbins from the side, to the traversing…
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