Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-02
"A Wonderful Invention.

A NEW POINT OF DEPARTURE IN WOODEN FABRICS
-ABEL's COMBINATION WET THREAD KNITTING
LOOM.
There is no doubt but that we are on the eve of
new era in the manufacture of wooden facrics, when
every family in the land can supply itself by its own
industry with wooden cloths of every description
and of every degree of fneness and elegance, when
there will be no excuse for going otherwise than
well and even elegantly clad The mechanism
which is to produce this change in the history of
wooden manufactures Is AbePs combination loom,
a marvellous invention, which has already excited
the admiration of capable judges of its merits in
some of the leading manufacturing centres of New
England, and which has been on exhibition Tor the
past week in this city at the store of Messrs Har-
ding Colby, No. 43 Franklin street. 1t is an ele-
giant and simply constructed machine. The space
occupied by it Is five feet eight inches by five feet
That is the extreme length and breadth of the
loom. 1t is very easily managed, one girl tending
four looms without the aid of section hands. The
rapldIty with which it works is something miracu.
lous, single loom producing the enormous quanti-
ty of $50 yards of cloth in day. while the best
ordinary loom produces only twenty-five yards
Nearly all the preparatory processes indispensable
in the ordinary method of wooden manufactures are
entirely dispensed with by Mr.. Abel, his loom
taking the yarn directly from the bobbins, on
which it is spun, and weaving it into Cloth OF
any desired width or texture, in the most perfect
manner, no dressing, spooing, warping, or draw
ing-in being required, consequently doing away
with all warping frames, reeds, harnesses
shuttles, and the large amount of complicated and
costly machinery pertaining to the old process.o of
manufacture. The ratio of production Of this new
loom over any other is ten to one One of its good
points is its capacity for using exceedingly Slack
twisted yarns and the finish Of the cloth has the
peculiar "feeP of the best French fabrics. No loss
is Occasioned by the breaking of the web, and in
case OF break the parts are reconnectedb by slight
twist instead of a knot. And we understand that
Messrs. Fenner & Co. of Providence, Il. l., max
ing very superior stop-motlon, which upon the
breakage of any needle thread stops the loom IN
stantly rendering it sensitive as if it were actu-
ally endowed with nerves and feeling. The Goth
irna mil inr lace
than Onehalf the gigging, takes finer finish and Is
much more durable than any other cloth, and will
not raVel under any circumstances The loom can
be adapted to the weaving of carpets, wool-sacks,
gunny cloth, in short bagging of all kinds. There
Is actually no waste Of material, no ends of warp
debris to be thrown aside. All the material ut-
led The texture of the cloth eau also be governed
readily by simple and almost instantaneous adjust
ment of one part of the machinery. 1t can be put
up and worked readily in a private re ,idence, so
that every family can produce their own cloth. 1t
will thus In part solve the labor reform question: for
each family win one Of these machines can by
cloths which it produces cannot be eXcelled for
beauty or ineness or durability, They are equal TO
the best imported goods and consist of a great va
riety of patterns in stripes, ribbed, plain and fancy
of the latest and best style.
We have seen this loom work and canitestify to
its perfect efficiency and success, personally having
turned the crank ourselves and wove cloth with it,
At each revolution an inch of cloth is produced
that over yard of cloth is worked off in sixty
seconds In fact, weaving the finest cloths by
OF this loom becomes simple process, taking but
little space and power In fact, private house can
do as well as great wooden mill. 1t will manufac-
ture the most elastic goods, rubber cloths, o-cloths
carpeting, bagging, as well as the finest fabrics for
gentlemen's wearing apparel Mr.. Abel, the in
ventor Of this wonderful piece of mechanism, is
Vermont Yankee and his invention has cost him
years of priyation, toll and FRAMEWORK and now
that he has brought his weaving masterpiece to the
desired perfection and efficiency he richly deserves
the golden reward which awaits his ingenuity and
labor. 1t is valued by good judges as high as 3d.
000 00 One of the most remarkable of This lnnm1s
qualities is its power of working up and utilizing
shoddy, introducing coarse filling and covering IL
with nap, that it is all interviewer with very
small percentage of line wool, giving the product
the finest finish.
A number of the most prominent wooden Emanu.
facurers in New Eng and are getting ready to in
troduce this loom in their mills We could men.
ton the names of some of the very kings of the dry
goods trade in New York and Boston who are tax
Ing steps to make use of 1t ON grand scale. With
one-tenth the power and one-tenth the space of or
binary looms II will produce ten times the cloth. 1t
was patented July 18th, 1870, and Is manufactured
by Messrs. Fenner & Co., Providence, r. L.. the
orders already being suihcient TO take several
months to fill them. Companies are being formed
all over the country to introduce 1t. The Well
known G. p. Kimball is president of a company
already established in Maine. Mr.. Ward, the great
Michigan steamboat owner, is president of COM
or King of one in Rhode Island. SUCH Is the inter.
est in this new machine, that an application has
been made by the institute OF technology in this
city to the inventor to lecture on textile fibrcs at
the same time illustrating their manufacture by the
operation of 1t, before the classes of the institute
We understand that Messrs Fenner & Co, will
shortly manufacture extra cylinders which can be
applied to this loom, so as to enable it to produce
fabrics OF any desired degree of frmness or weight
Boston Courier.
We understand that company Is now being
formed in Worcester for the purpose of constructing
this valuable invention in Worcester aud Franklin
counties. Subscriptions of stock will be taken at
the store Of Dawson Guild, where the loom can
be seen for few days only.