Improved Heilmann Comber
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An 1889 Textile Mercury article describing an improved Heilmann cotton combing machine made by John Hetherington and Sons of Manchester. It gives a short history of Josué Heilmann's invention and the English syndicate that bought the patent. It then explains a new guide attached to the cushion plate that allows a 9-inch lap, raising output about 20 percent. Other changes covered are a brass sliver-tin guide, milled cams for 80-100 nips per minute, and an electric stop motion. The scan also includes a short note on waste in cotton mills and a Bombay correspondent's report on mill operatives' petition.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1889
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
- Archive notes
- digital photograph.
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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