The structure of fibres, yarns and fabrics : being a practical treatise for the use of all persons employed in the manufacture of textile fabrics (1891)
Posselt, E. A. (Emanuel Anthony), 1858-1921 · Philadelphia : E.A. Posselt ; London : S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, Ltd. · leaf 52
continuous fleece or sliver was produced. There were six nippers in each comb, the action of each being simultaneous, a sliver coming forward from each and which were united upon the plate in front of the machine, and passed along it through a drawing-head consisting of three pairs of… … Dobson and Barlow's Comb.— Like any other machine the comb as previously described has since its invention been greatly improved, both with reference to simplifying the mechanism as well as increas- ing its production. Amongst the best combs built upon the Heilmann principle is Dobson and Barlow's…
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