. The launderer. A practical treatise on the management and the operation of a steam laundry . rround the top. They are provided with pres-sure springs attached to sliding boxes in which aremounted the covered rolls. These springs are com-pressed by means of a handscrew, which causes greateror less pressure of the rolls on the cylinder, as may bedesired. Beneath the heated roll are two endless apronswhich carry the goods in contact with the cylinder andaround it, returning them under the cylinder betweenthe two aprons and delivering them to the receivingtable. This class of machine gives a fin
. The launderer. A practical treatise on the management and the operation of a steam laundry . rround the top. They are provided with pres-sure springs attached to sliding boxes in which aremounted the covered rolls. These springs are com-pressed by means of a handscrew, which causes greateror less pressure of the rolls on the cylinder, as may bedesired. Beneath the heated roll are two endless apronswhich carry the goods in contact with the cylinder andaround it, returning them under the cylinder betweenthe two aprons and delivering them to the receivingtable. This class of machine gives a finish to the goodsin the first operation and dries them out in the secondoperation, while the apron holds them in contact withthe heated cylinder. The arrangement of the rolls andthe apron is such that nearly the whole circumferenceof the cylinder is brought into contact with the is to say, the goods pass nearly around the cyl-inder, giving the machine great capacity. The second type of machine, illustrated in Fig. 93,consists of a series., of crescent-shaped, steam-heated 331 —. 332
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