Cotton weaving: its development, principles, and practice . sible hexagon reels termed rices, which areeasily lifted out of their position for the reception of thehank. They are very light, and easily revolve with thepull of the thread. This is termed the rice creel. Thereis an alternative creel termed the barrel-creel, formed bytwo small skeleton barrels, or bird-cages, as they aresometimes called. These are seen in fig. 159, the creel onthe back of the machine being of this type. The bottombarrels only are shown; each of these has a correspondingbarrel mounted above it, and the hank is exten
Cotton weaving: its development, principles, and practice . sible hexagon reels termed rices, which areeasily lifted out of their position for the reception of thehank. They are very light, and easily revolve with thepull of the thread. This is termed the rice creel. Thereis an alternative creel termed the barrel-creel, formed bytwo small skeleton barrels, or bird-cages, as they aresometimes called. These are seen in fig. 159, the creel onthe back of the machine being of this type. The bottombarrels only are shown; each of these has a correspondingbarrel mounted above it, and the hank is extended betweenthem, and so wound off as in the other case. In thewinding the yarn is slowly traversed from side to side ofthe bobbin so as to place the successive layers evenlyupon it. In the machine here illustrated are a number of improve-ments which it may be desirable to point out. The firstis in the bobbin cradles, which are mounted on bracketsattached to a rail placed within and extending the lengthof the machine frame. Each cradle is fitted with a new. 274 COTTON WEAVING. setting-on handle, by means of which the attendant canbring the bobbin very gradually in contact with thedriving drum, instead of its being allowed to tumbleagainst it. The jerking start made with the last-namedmethod very frequently breaks the threads again, especiallywhen tender and fine yarns are being wound. By theimprovement described these breakages are is the introduction of an adjustable weight, whichis carried upon a lever attached to and projecting back-wards from the bobbin cradle. This is a novel application,so far as this type of machine is concerned, and by itsmeans the pressure of the bobbin upon the drum can bemade heavy or light as may be desired. An improve-ment has also been effected in the gearing through whichthe traverse motion is actuated, which renders the driviDgof the traverse very simple and noiseless. This consistsof the introduction of a pair of helical wheels i
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