Cyclopedia of textile work : a general reference library on cotton, woolen and worsted yarn manufacture, weaving, designing, chemistry and dyeing, finishing, knitting, and allied subjects . as the build-ing itself might change, and inthat event any change wouldaffect all points of the tableequally, so if the shaft and thetop- were originally in perfectalignment their relation wouldnever change. A section of the top isshown, the central portion ofwhich is made of one-inchstock, approximately, and extends continuously over as many pairs oflegs, or supports, as its original length will permit. Th
Cyclopedia of textile work : a general reference library on cotton, woolen and worsted yarn manufacture, weaving, designing, chemistry and dyeing, finishing, knitting, and allied subjects . as the build-ing itself might change, and inthat event any change wouldaffect all points of the tableequally, so if the shaft and thetop- were originally in perfectalignment their relation wouldnever change. A section of the top isshown, the central portion ofwhich is made of one-inchstock, approximately, and extends continuously over as many pairs oflegs, or supports, as its original length will permit. The two outerparts of each section, however, are intended to be of much thickerstock—say three inches—and will extend only from one leg to the nextadjacent one, thus providing a separate top section or base for eachmachine and its transmitter. The ends of these short sections are designed to rest on the upperhorizontal flanges of the two adjacent cast iron legs in such a mannerthat two of the tops will meet and make a joint in the centre of oneflange, and, if suitable detachable fastenings are provided, it is pos-sible to remove any section with its machine and transmitter undis-. Kennedys Power Neck Marker, 312 KNIT GOODS FINISHING 10 turbed, and replace them between any other pair of legs. This makesit possible to quickly substitute one macliine for another at any pointon either side of the table whenever it is found necessary or desirableto change the order of operations through the department, and notbe obliged to pass the dozens back, or cross the table. A trough or depression in the top has not been provided in thistable, for the reason that this feature has always seemed to discloseas many defects as advantages, mainly in the fact that it was a veryconvenient receptacle for many forms of waste material, such aspoorly wound cones of thread, or bobbins, defective binding, dirt, etc. One other item in the tables equipment is that of supportingthe spools or cones in a posi
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