Elementary treatise on the finishing of white, dyed, and printed cotton goods . 278 FINISHING IN GENERAL, A very useful improvement has been addedto the measuring apparatus. It consists of a patentmarking arrangement, by means of which thefabric has its length printed on the margin atequal intervals beginning, say at five yards ormetres and marking consecutively up to 100 yardsor metres. Merchants greatly appreciate this markingwhich generally has to be done by hand at greatexpense, as it shows at first sight the length lefton the roll of cloth. Elders and Gebauers doublingor rigging machines
Elementary treatise on the finishing of white, dyed, and printed cotton goods . 278 FINISHING IN GENERAL, A very useful improvement has been addedto the measuring apparatus. It consists of a patentmarking arrangement, by means of which thefabric has its length printed on the margin atequal intervals beginning, say at five yards ormetres and marking consecutively up to 100 yardsor metres. Merchants greatly appreciate this markingwhich generally has to be done by hand at greatexpense, as it shows at first sight the length lefton the roll of cloth. Elders and Gebauers doublingor rigging machines work in a similar manner butwithout the marking mechanism. The following is a very simple method:the piece to be doubled is unrolled on a tableof ordinary length, at the delivery end the tableis cut so as to form an angle of 80°, the foldsof the piece come near to each other as theyfall down and are carried along by two winding-on rollers placed below and at a certain distanceto facilitate the doubling process. Crowells American machine is constructedon this principle, but
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