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. The launderer. A practical treatise on the management and the operation of a steam laundry . if I O T3 — 344 —. — 345 — Manufacturers usually arrange their machines sothat any degree of speed may be obtained, making itpossible to increase the capacity where the pressure ofsteam will warrant it, or, in other words, regulate thespeed of the machine to the pressure of the steam. Ifit is found that the goods do not dry by one passagethrough, the machine should be given a slower motionin order to allow the steam sufficient time to dry thegoods. There is much difficulty experienced in feedinggoods
. The launderer. A practical treatise on the management and the operation of a steam laundry . if I O T3 — 344 —. — 345 — Manufacturers usually arrange their machines sothat any degree of speed may be obtained, making itpossible to increase the capacity where the pressure ofsteam will warrant it, or, in other words, regulate thespeed of the machine to the pressure of the steam. Ifit is found that the goods do not dry by one passagethrough, the machine should be given a slower motionin order to allow the steam sufficient time to dry thegoods. There is much difficulty experienced in feedinggoods into a mangle so that the edges will be straight,and especially is this true of large pieces. An auto-matic apron feed has been recently invented whichlargely overcomes this difficulty. It not only affordsa means of feeding goods into the mangle evenly, butit also affords a safety appliance as well, and should beattached to every mangle. More terrible accidentshave occurred with steam mangles than with any otherlaundry machine or device. In order to feed goodsinto the ordinary mangle the operators finge
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