Elementary treatise on the finishing of white, dyed, and printed cotton goods . ch extremity of the cogged wheels are supported by a cross-piece, attached to a support provided with a cross-piece is traversed by a screw, whichallows the two chains to be stretched at will. Inour drawing we have only shewn one steam chestfor heating but either steam chests or hot air maybe used. This kind of stenter is invariably made for onewidth of cloth as it would be difficult to make thenecessary rapid changes for various widths. In the illustration the stenter is without a starchman
Elementary treatise on the finishing of white, dyed, and printed cotton goods . ch extremity of the cogged wheels are supported by a cross-piece, attached to a support provided with a cross-piece is traversed by a screw, whichallows the two chains to be stretched at will. Inour drawing we have only shewn one steam chestfor heating but either steam chests or hot air maybe used. This kind of stenter is invariably made for onewidth of cloth as it would be difficult to make thenecessary rapid changes for various widths. In the illustration the stenter is without a starchmangle; the piece has been batched after damping,mordanting or starching. Any kind of mangle canbe combined with this stenter, care being takento leave a sufficient distance between the mangleand the stenter for the workman who guides thepiece at its entrance into the machine. Formerlytwo women were employed, besides assistants, whowere provided with brushes and were charged torectify the parts of the stuff not fastened to thestenter, but at the present day one person
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