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 210
o them without touching. 187 172 KNITTING Latch Openers. The steel plates fastened to the carriage, withupper ends hooked and having knife edges, are called the latch openers(See D, Fig. 98, also Fig. 105). Their function is to open or guardthe latches of the needles, so as to admit the yarn into… … Fig. 100. 8-inch Bed, Showing Drop-Jack. so that the pointer will rest on one hundred, and at every revolutionof the crank, the dial will move one point, thus indicating each roundknit. Gibs. The needles are held in position by two flat slides withbevelled edges, called gibs, on which the carriage…
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