Cyclopedia of textile work : a general reference library on cotton, woollen and worsted yarn manufacture, weaving, designing, chemistry and dyeing, finishing, knitting, and allied subjects (1907)
Chicago : American school of correspondence · leaf 207
nt of sliver. The machine must thenlift up the end of the sliver out of the pins, pull up the slack sliver, andlay the end over the pins of the small circle. This work is performedby the conductors D. The conductors are a series of seventy-two brass troughs (shownin Fig. 104) fastened to the rack… … hinged at the outside end so that they nip the wool at the end near thecircle. This allows the sliver to be pulled forward through the circlevery easily, but prevents it from slipping back. The conductor isalso hinged so that the inner endcan rise and fall For the greaterpart of a complete…
Textile industry · Textile fabrics
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