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 81
73 OF TEXTILE FABRICS. « We will, first of all, commence with shedding for a plain cloth. The end elevation of a loom, Fig. 12, shows the relative positions of the various parts with which we are at present most concerned. Beneath the tappet shaft b is placed the treadle c (in this case I am… … Fig. 12. shedding motions to be at the side of the loom, as being the most convenient for illustration). From the end of these treadles are connecting rods d to lever arms e, which are fixed upon shafts or rods, working in stands over the top of the healds. Upon each of these shafts are also…