A practical treatise on weaving and designing of textile fabrics : with chapters on the principles of construction of the loom, calculations, and colour (1885)
Ashenhurst, Thos. R. (Thomas R.) · Huddersfield, [Eng.] : J. Broadbent · leaf 80
WEAVING AND DESIGNING 72 shaft motion is imparted, directly or indirectly, to all the other parts of the loom. The shaft is provided with two cranks for giving motion to the batten or lay, consequently, at every revolution the weft is beaten up to the cloth. The shaft b is driven from the shaft a… … Fig. II. closing of the shed, also the picking tappets. The revo- lutions of the tappet shaft must therefore be regulated in relation to the crank shaft according to the arrangement of the picking tappets, and the shedding tappets must revolve at a speed proportionate to the number of picks in a…
