Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-02

Amid the whir " whesls ana the cla3-
| ttr q levers snd 1huffiss IN Z msehise
Eenop n Jergey City ap ordinary. nse6isIG
s. y loom weayee cloth without the "a
this self feed loom attachutenf deciars
bobin altogether. but viii save sfiijsd ~
DOT weave all fabrtcs ct = reduced cost
s I'M. u iact rev0lufioniSe the weaving
TO ali appearances this bobbinIess loo..
performs Its work faithfully On radicaIiv
new lines: Instead of an assOrtnsene az
the shuttle BY hand this weaving sprsrs.
tus = automatically fed from 4 l1r9a
spool OF thread, holding ten hOurg srn-
ply. which stands ct the side Of the loom.
The IN ,ns mp0raant advantase claimed for,
ICED number Of threads at the same
time, using variety OF colors siu,uita.
neousIy The old style shuttle lays in
only one Milling thread at q time ConsA-
quently when more than one filling flsr.s,d
- used. as In the manufacture OF b<,x Of
basket cloth, the old shuttle must MAKE
as many trips across the loom as there
color necessitate the stopping Of tie ma 8.
chinery and cause delays.
The self feeding loom attachment com
sists OF two similar parts. one at each end
OF the iay. IN order to attach,it to an old
loom 1t Is only necessary to take out M
crossbeam Of the lay. just under the reed.
with all of its shuttle boxes and othsr
machinery, and In its place set q square
beam similar In size to the old one taken
out. On each end OF the new beam Is ar
fixed the simple mechanism OF the attach
ment. which weaves with a continuous
supply Of filling thread.
The carrier Of the attachment I. only
and, though made of steel. It Is exceed
ingly light and delicate. It paeere
through the shed with but one-half the
opening tGe required by the shuttle, thus
the greater part of the strain which.
with the present shuttle system, breaks
the warp threads.
II this new mechanism is to s,,DnIanf \
the bobbin both time and labor viii be
operated.
With the new attachment there are mn
poDDins 70 be taken out or put in and the
breaking of threads is reduced to 4 mimi
mum by the freedom and delicacy with
which they are paid into the loom don
the large spOols. The chief operator of
the exhibition loom in the Jersey City
machine shop says that loom with t]ne
self feeding attachment will weave 10
yards OF cloth in the same time that thu
Old loom with the bobbin would take 10
weave ~ yards OF cloth. both looms rum
ming at the same rate of speed
Uniformity of speed is another adyar-
tage claimed for the new attachment The
let on and take up of the weft are poei-
I've anu theFe DelnS no StOppage8 OF the
loom or replacement of threads the unit
formfty of the fabric is established ana
Tor any length of run. With looms IN
which bObbins are used one expert weav-
er rs REQUIRED to look after from two to
six looms. according to the quality Of
thread in use. When the bobbins are re-
placed by the large spool and the self
ieeding attachment Is used. the loom IA
supposed to look after itself and one man
IL expected to attend to whole section
Of looms.
1t Is explained by the owners of this
new mechanism that 1t is the result Of
several years of labor and experiment in
different parts of the world
The attachments thus far perfected are
adaptable to all fast running looms.
whether weaving silk. linen, wool, cotton
Dr. other material All that is required to
snect the change from the old to the new
s that the beam on which the self feed
ng attachment is placed shall be of the
'ame length as the one taken out Of the
I'D loom.-New York Times.