Elementary treatise on the finishing of white, dyed, and printed cotton goods . Fig. 41. Chain links of pin stenters outside motion. mention the modifications due to Thomas, Thomson,Societe d Anhalt, Berlin. See Appretur der Gewebeby Grothe p. 558 and following pages. As we have already said it is not the needleitself which causes the difficulty of the setting inmotion, but the disposition of the needle on the. Fig. 42. Chain links of pin stenters inside motion. chain, which should be continuous and adapt itselfto all the mechanical requirements of the goodsto be finished. Numerous kinds of ch


Elementary treatise on the finishing of white, dyed, and printed cotton goods . Fig. 41. Chain links of pin stenters outside motion. mention the modifications due to Thomas, Thomson,Societe d Anhalt, Berlin. See Appretur der Gewebeby Grothe p. 558 and following pages. As we have already said it is not the needleitself which causes the difficulty of the setting inmotion, but the disposition of the needle on the. Fig. 42. Chain links of pin stenters inside motion. chain, which should be continuous and adapt itselfto all the mechanical requirements of the goodsto be finished. Numerous kinds of chains havebeen coustructed. In some, the needles are placedslanting so as to keep back the stuff and facilitate 166 FINISHING IN GENERAL. the working of the stenter, as in the chain of themachines of Anhalt-Berlin; in others the chain isformed of one single piece, either in steel, copperor leather, like those of Scheurer, Rott and Tkann, or in india-rubber as W. Laing pro-posed. Chains are also made in hard wood intowhich the needles are fitted, or in metallic platesinto which the needles are soldered, but thesystem in wood has serious drawbacks. Theheat warps it, and causes it to lose its shape,thus giving great irregularity in the manufacture. Upon the whole it is very difficult to specifywhich is the best system of needles to be employed:for thin fabrics a leather chain, with the needlesfastened


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