Elementary treatise on the finishing of white, dyed, and printed cotton goods . obliquely on the axle and are loose,so that the extreme widening is always at thesame place. Underneath these pulleys are endlessstraps, which take the cloth at the entrance or atthe minimum opening, to leave it at the maximum,when it has undergone the stretching process. Asthese pulleys have a large diameter, the actionis all the more intense. (Fig. 52, page 184.) This machine, all the details of which are notrepresented in the drawing, is especially applicablefor light finishing, for, as it only operates on thedr
Elementary treatise on the finishing of white, dyed, and printed cotton goods . obliquely on the axle and are loose,so that the extreme widening is always at thesame place. Underneath these pulleys are endlessstraps, which take the cloth at the entrance or atthe minimum opening, to leave it at the maximum,when it has undergone the stretching process. Asthese pulleys have a large diameter, the actionis all the more intense. (Fig. 52, page 184.) This machine, all the details of which are notrepresented in the drawing, is especially applicablefor light finishing, for, as it only operates on thedry tissue, it produces less than the preceding ex-panders. In the middle, pulleys with larger dia-meters have also been interposed, which in pres-sing on the fabric help to stretch it; these pulleyswork with the stretching pulleys and by suitableregulations the fabric is undulated and thus a moreequal stretch obtained: this arrangement is option- MACHINES EMPLOYED IN FINISHING. 183 al. The use of this machine in bleach worksand the finishing of white goods offers, it Fig. 56. Palmers Stretching Apparatus. considerable advantages as it stretches so regularly,that is affects the stiffening but very slightly andit will stretch as much as 110 yards a minute. 184 FINISHING IN GENERAL. Various other machines have been constructed onthe same principle by the Cleveland Mack Works,
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