Identifier: cyclopediaoftext05amer (find matches)
Title: Cyclopedia of textile work : a general reference library on cotton, woolen and worsted yarn manufacture, weaving, designing, chemistry and dyeing, finishing, knitting, and allied subjects
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: American School (Lansing, Ill.)
Subjects: Textile fabrics Textile industry
Publisher: Chicago : American school of correspondence
Contributing Library: Claire T. Carney Library, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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Fig. 17. Cylinder and Parts. the bottom spreader, secured to the vertical shaft, and serves tokeep the web in the cylindrical form in which it left the needles;9 is an elliptical ring, the top spreader, also secured to the verti- 46 KNITTING. 35 cal shaft which serves to guide the web to the winding or take-uprolls and present it in better shape to be rolled up on the rolls.Bottom spreader 7, being the same shape as the cylinder equal-
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Light Weight Cotton Fabric, 18 Gauge. izes the tension of the cloth on the needles at all points round thecylinder, while the top spreader 9, shapes and guides the web tothe take-up rollers so that it is rolled up with the circular rows of 47 36 KNITTING. stitches or courses, in straight horizontal lines across the flattenedfabric. To, top spreader 9, is fastened the spreader bow 10,which is secured to the take-up and drives it. The drawing onthe right and at the top of Fig. 17, is a side view of 9 and 10.

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