The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-02-02

| THE GREAT WEFrTHREAD LOOM The
new loom exhibited in this city q short time
since, is attracted the attention of manufacture
ers and capitalists in all parts OF the country,
and bids fair to prove even more valuable than
was anticipated. We understand that the
Maine company now hold the patents for
York and Cumberland counties at .ftty thou
| sand dollars and have in fact decided not to
sell them at any price at present, put to dis
pose only of the eastern portion of the State
reserving this section for their own use. The
looms are being manufactured in a very supe-
ior manner and on an extensive scale by one of
the largest builders in the country, and will
undoubtedly supercede all others .for the pro-
duction of wooden goods Whenever introduced.
We see that the editor of the Hartford Post
an able scientific writer and one of the best
Judges of such matters in the country, speaks
in the most favorable terms of the new loom.
The Post says:
A week ago we copied an article from at
exchange relative to Abels Weft-Thread Knit
llng Loom lSnce then we have seen it, wit
messed its operation and examined SAMPLES of
the cloth made on it. From these observa-
tons it appears that the claims made by the
owners OF this patent, Though almost ncred-
ibie, are fully sustained by the facts. AS a
matter therefore, OF interest TO our readers we
append few remarks arising from o some
what critical examination of the machine and
its products.
The process OF clOth-making on this machine
is combination of those OF knitting and weay-
ing, warp" and "ilng'' being used, and
the product is an actual cloth, not merely a
loosely knitted fa0ric. The quality of the
goods thus produced is upuuestionably good.
and 1t IS difficult to see the limit to the posi-
bllities of the machine. By close study
OF It's construction and operation. one
cry and processes generally used and
employed for the production of textile fab
RIGS must acknowledge that the claims
oil It's prOprletors cannot be controversial and
especially when he witnesses the operation of
weaving. They claim that it is adapted to the
production Of cloth, either woolen cotton, or
linen, of any degree of fineness, "stockiness"
or of any quality. In fact it combines the ad-
want, ysnsages Of the jacquard and the common
or fine cloth. The width of the cloth or the
length of the web is limited only by the size of
the machine, and lohdtever the aUidth, the linear
amount IS the same, acih the same circumferen-
tadt speed We saw the machine weave hand
some WOODEN cloth at the rate of q yard q min
ute This rate may be increased, as the ma
chine will readily do good work, weaving at
the rate OF one inch of cloth per revolution.
NO previous "beaming," drawing in" or
u1esslng IS necessary for the warp, as on an
ordinary loom Nothing but carding and spin
ning, and winding on bobbiEs is required In
iact, the machine uses the yarn directly from
the bobbin, and as fast as one bobbin is ex.
hausted another is put in its place, and the
process p, OF cloth making goes on indefinitely.
There is actually no waste of material, no ends
OF warp or debris of filling to be thrown aside.
all the material is used, and it matters not
whether the yarn is slack twisted or hard
twisted, good wool or shoddy, the yarn can be
utl1zed. The texture of the cloth can also be |
governed readily by simple and almost in
Simultaneous adjustment of one part of the ma
chinery.
The cloth produced by this machine is of an |
excellent quality, will not ravel under any cir
cumstances, is firm, even in texture and sus-
ceptble of high finish. The machine seems |
TO point to revolution in some portions of our |
cloth manufacture.