A practical treatise on the construction of the power-loom and the art of weaving : all descriptions of texture produced by leaves of heddles : illustrated with diagrams, with calculations and instructions for the production of cotton, woollen, linen, and jute fabrics : intended as a textbook for those engaged in the trade (1887)
Brown, Alex (Alexander) · Dundee : James P. Mathew & Co. ; London : Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. · leaf 44
40 SHEDDING. A star for a diaper explained. — What has already been said will make it easily enough understood how the ordinary tweel wipers are made. Fig. 4 is an example of a star for a large diaper pattern, wrought with four leaves and sixteen treads. In this case, the warp threads are flushed… … been divided by the radial lines. The tappet marked A only keeps down the leaf until one shot has been put in, consequently two parts of the circle are all that are necessary for the pause on it. Tappets B and D both keep down the leaf until two shots are put in. Then, after the two parts for the…
Looms · Weaving
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