Lyall's Positive Motion Loom
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A two-page 1869 article from Engineering describing James Lyall's "positive motion" power loom, in which the shuttle is driven by a carriage and cylindrical band rather than by picker staffs. It explains the roller-and-wheel carriage that moves the shuttle through the warp shed without lateral strain on the threads, and the band, pulley, rack-and-pinion drive. It claims advantages for very wide fabrics (up to a six-yard-wide drugget), better selvedges and fewer shuttle collisions. Figures show the loom, the shuttle and carriage, and the race-way. The text is abstracted from the Scientific American.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- September 3, 1869
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
- Archive notes
- Reduced to 85% to fit on page.
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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