The textile industries : a practical guide to fibres, yarns & fabrics in every branch of textile manufacture, including preparation of fibres, spinning, doubling, designing, weaving, bleaching, printing, dyeing and finishing (1910)
Murphy, William S · London : The Gresham Publishing Company · leaf 218
nder of which was made of willows plaitedtogether. The cylinder of plaited willow was fixed in a slopingposition and headed by a hopper of the same material through whichthe cotton was fed. On the spindle running through the centre ofthe cylinder were fixed a series of beater arms, all equal in… … Fig. 48.—Primitive Willow of Normandy 164 THE PREPARATION OF TEXTILE FIBRES since invented. The series of arms beat the cotton against the lat-ticed cylinder, opening out the lumps and sending out the dirt. The Oldham Willow.—The Oldham or common willow is a strongmachine. Mounted on a shaft…
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