A practical treatise on weaving by hand and power looms : intended as a text book for manufacturers by hand and power looms, and power loom engineers ... (1846)
White, George · Glasgow : John Niven ; New York : D. Appleton & Co. · leaf 118
w, in order to suspend this action, so asto stop the loom without stopping the power, it wasusual to make the shaft feathered, as it is called;that is, a slip of metal is let into it by a longitudinalgroove made in it for that purpose, as seen in Fig.37th, and in an end view of the shaft, Fig.… … Fig 38. Fig 39- Fig 37. 1?5. When, therefore, the loom was to be stop-ped, the pulley was slipped off the feathered part ofthe shaft, and thus, although it might continue torevolve with the power, it had no effect on themachine. 176. This slipping of the pulley off the feather,is effected by a…
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