Elementary treatise on the finishing of white, dyed, and printed cotton goods . Fig. 53. Luthers stretcher. The greater number of expanding rollersdescribed have undergone other modifications inthe exterior parts, inasmuch as some have largesectors, others small ones, the direction of thegrooves is changed, the shape of the flutes, theirdepth etc.; but of all the stretchers already men-tioned, the one with sectors represented fig. 49,page 178, may be considered one of the mostappropriate for finishers. Among the other stretching apparatuses wemust mention Pooles^ patented in 1841; it is com- M


Elementary treatise on the finishing of white, dyed, and printed cotton goods . Fig. 53. Luthers stretcher. The greater number of expanding rollersdescribed have undergone other modifications inthe exterior parts, inasmuch as some have largesectors, others small ones, the direction of thegrooves is changed, the shape of the flutes, theirdepth etc.; but of all the stretchers already men-tioned, the one with sectors represented fig. 49,page 178, may be considered one of the mostappropriate for finishers. Among the other stretching apparatuses wemust mention Pooles^ patented in 1841; it is com- MACHINES EMPLOYED IN FINISHING. 181 posed of four pulleys a a7 e e5 which may beinclined according to the tension to be given, bymeans of the lever g and the screw f. The pul-. Fig. 54. Pooles stretching machine, side view, made byJackson & Brother, Bolton. leys from 6 to 10 centim. wide, were first of alprovided with grooves, then with pins and lastly


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