The art of weaving by hand and by power, with an account of its rise and progress - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845 Excerpt: ...together the bobbin threads and warp-threads, after being formed into regular meshes by the taking-np action of the points, is wound or rolled up around the lace roller, as fast as it is made; which lace will consist of two thicknesses, in close contact, the successive rows of meshes of both nets having been gathered up together like one net, by the said taking-up action of the points. When such lace is afterwards unrolled and removed from off the roller, it can be separated into two distinct pieces of lace net. This improved mode of Mr. C's. may be carried into effect, by parts of fluted bar or fluted roller machinery; which is so called, because, the bobbins and carriages are moved backwards and forwards in the combs and between the warp-threads, by means of revolving fluted rollers, the flutes of which act between corresponding teeth, formed at the under side of the carriages, in the same manner as the teeth of pinions act in teeth of cog-wheels; or it may be carried into effect, by parts of circular comb machinery, the bobbins and carriages of which are moved in the combs, by the joint action of what are called swinging driving bars, situated above the combs, and lockers, situated beneath the combs, turning on centres; which lockers catch projecting nibs at the under sides of the carriages (see Fig. 234) and draw them out from between the warp-threads into the opposite combs to those from which they have been projected by the previous action of the driving bars. Fig. 138 represents the mode of operating by means of fluted roller machinery. The bobbin carriages A and 7, have teeth at their under parts to be acted upon by the flutes of the rollers C, D, and 1, in order to move the carriages backwards in the combs F. F, and 2. These combs have tongs, proje...