Cyclopedia of textile work : a general reference library on cotton, woolen and worsted yarn manufacture, weaving, designing, chemistry and dyeing, finishing, knitting, and allied subjects (1911)
American School (Lansing, Ill.) · Chicago : American school of correspondence · leaf 102
he illustration at Fig. 43 represents a typical burr picker.The wool is fed onto a feed apron which carries it forward to thefeed rolls, which in turn deliver it to a picking cylinder. Thelatter, in connection with the burr cylinders, work the wool, theburr being knocked into the burr box by the… … Fig. 43. Sectional View of Burr Picker. the method of extracting by a burr picker is preferable as it pre-serves the natural strength and qualities of the fiber. While many manufacturers claim that the operation of ro-moving the burrs by the picking operation is very destructive tothe fiber, it is…
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