Tappet and dobby looms : their mechanism and management (1912)
Roberts, Thomas · Manchester [Greater Manchester] : Emmott & Co., Ltd. · leaf 206
If, however,the weft is missing, the feelers drop into the groove, andthe wing B^ enters the notch E^; this arrests the slidingbracket on its return movement in such a position as tostop the projection J, connected to the bracket by meansof the rod K, directly opposite the finger L. As the… … 196 TAPPET AND DOBBY LOOMS sary as an escape motion when the shding bracket islocked by the absence of the weft; whilst the functionof the inclined plate H^ working in contact with the wingB^, serves to prevent the feelers rising too high, also tomake their downward motion positive until the level…
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