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 142
ickerruns, driving the shuttle before it. Pickers.—Made of various materials, the pickers in common useare Y-shaped, the body being threaded on the spindle and the armsattached to the picking arm by straps (fig. 317). Drawn by theaction of the picking arm, the picker strikes sharply on the butt… … Fig. 318.—Hide Pickerfor Power Loom Vol. V. 105 114 WEAVING manufacturers make a speciality of pickers, the offal and scraps fromthe heavy belts being utilized, to the advantage of both belt manu-facturers and weavers, the former obtaining a profit from a materialotherwise waste, and the latter…
Textile industry · Textile fabrics
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