Loom for Cross Weaving, US Patent No. 386477
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US Patent No. 386,477, granted July 24, 1888 to Charles A. Littlefield of Fall River, Massachusetts, for a loom attachment that produces cross weaving (leno). It uses needles carrying crossing warp threads and a laterally sliding reed with auxiliary sliding reed sections, driven by a cam, ratchet and pattern chain. The loom can weave longitudinal cross-woven stripes or borders and transverse cross-woven bars or headings, for curtains and dress goods. Five sheets of mechanical drawings precede the specification and claims.
- Type
- Patent
- Date
- July 24, 1888
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 8
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