Tappet and dobby looms : their mechanism and management (1912)
Roberts, Thomas · Manchester [Greater Manchester] : Emmott & Co., Ltd. · leaf 176
exerted on the ropes they are speedily drawn and BRAKE ROPES AND CHAINS 165 worn into a practically solid strand, and when in this con-dition they are not so effective as when new. In orderto overcome the irregular grip of such ropes a free use ismade of powdered plumbago, but unless great care… … Fig. 47. oil thrown off by the picking tappets and cones. Inlooms where the picking mechanism is placed inside theloom frame, as is the case in many of the plain loomsfitted with the cam and cone type of picking motion, therope when coiled around the ruffle is in close proximity tothe picking…
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