Technology of textile design. A practical treatise on the construction and application of weaves for all textile fabrics... Containing also an appendix describing all the latest methods and improvements in designing and manufacturing (1890)
Posselt, E. A. (Emanuel Anthony), 1858-1921 · Philadelphia, E.A. Posselt; London, S. Low, Marston · leaf 242
ets of harness, i. c, the heddle of the groundharness set in which the whip-thread is drawn and the standard heddle and doup-head throughivhich this whip-thread is passed in rotation. We also must arrange in rear of harness setnear the whip-roll an arrangement technically known as Slackener. All… … •*•» Fig. 930. Fig. 931. On the first pick previously ex-plained, this slackener will remain undis-turbed, as no strain is required on thewhip-thread, whereas on the second pickexplained, this slackener is automaticallylowered to bring the whip-thread nearlyin the regular warp line in rear of…
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