. Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering. or inclined, so as to cause the cross-head to lift the roll during such interval or space of time; the par-ticular shape of the inclined portions of the cam depending on the manner in which the manufacturermay wish the roll to approach to or recede from the bottom plates during its descent and ascent respect-ively. Its mode of connection and operation in the rag-engine is as follows : supposing that the rags intendedto be beaten up are placed in the vessel a, Fig. 2997, and motion is communicated from a steam-engineo
. Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering. or inclined, so as to cause the cross-head to lift the roll during such interval or space of time; the par-ticular shape of the inclined portions of the cam depending on the manner in which the manufacturermay wish the roll to approach to or recede from the bottom plates during its descent and ascent respect-ively. Its mode of connection and operation in the rag-engine is as follows : supposing that the rags intendedto be beaten up are placed in the vessel a, Fig. 2997, and motion is communicated from a steam-engineor other power, to the further end of the shaft d, the roll b will thus be caused to revolve, and the ragswashed, broken, and beaten up, as they proceed from the front weir m, over the bottom plates n, andagain round by the back weir o. There is a small pulley p, upon the near end of the shaft d, roundwhich a band q passes, and also round another pulley r, upon the cross-shaft s; upon this shaft is aworm t, geering into a worm-wheel u, fixed upon another shaft v, below ; up
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