Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering . R, piece attached to the protecting-rod, that strikes a lever under the breast-beam, (whenever theshuttle fads of performing its duty,) and stops the loom. S, picker-statf for throwing the shuttle, which receives its motion from a cam on cam-shaft, commumcated by a treadle and strap T. T, strap for U, harness-treadles, operated by the cams E E. V, crank-shaft, which gives motion to the lathe or sley. X, sley or lathe, which contains the reed. Y, harnesses for separating the warps while the filling pass
Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering . R, piece attached to the protecting-rod, that strikes a lever under the breast-beam, (whenever theshuttle fads of performing its duty,) and stops the loom. S, picker-statf for throwing the shuttle, which receives its motion from a cam on cam-shaft, commumcated by a treadle and strap T. T, strap for U, harness-treadles, operated by the cams E E. V, crank-shaft, which gives motion to the lathe or sley. X, sley or lathe, which contains the reed. Y, harnesses for separating the warps while the filling passes through, which are operated by th«harness-cam E alternately. r J LOOM, COUNTERPANE. 287 Z Z are the swords that support the lathe, and are attached to the rocking-shaft at the bottom. &, rocking-shaft on which the lathe swings. a is a geer attached to the yarn-beam, used only when dressing the yarn, b, reed, c, friction-rollfor picker-lever strap, d, picker-levers or treadles, e, race-rods, on which the pickers slide. /, pickers,made of green hide, dried and pressed, g1, temples for holding the cloth in its place and keeping itstretched in width, h! is the cloth, as it passes over the breast-beam down between the two rolls onto the cloth-roll. LOOM, BIGELOWS COUNTERPANE. This improvement consists principally in the manner inwhich the shuttles are thrown; the manner of raisi
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