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 126
Fig. 53. Feed Plato for Sea Island Cotton. thicknesses, aie used to fill the space between the pieces. This platepossesses no merits, not giving good results when put into use. Fig. 55 shows the method used for feeding the card beforethe feed plate became generally adopted. It may be found stillon… … Fiij. 54. Adjustable Feed Plate. roll, two rolls were used wliicli were about Ij^ inches in diameter. Tlie cotton was carried forward between them to the leader, or cylindpr. niany of the older cards having no leader. The distance from the bite of the feed rolls to the point of contact with the…
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