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Cr.Ass 0.—MANUFACTURING MACHINES AND TOOLS.

North Areas A. B. 10 to 31; 0. D. E. 1 to 10, & 19 to 33 ; G. II. 25, 2G.

goffer of the first carding-engine by a comb as usual, and's drawn by a pair of rollers fixed at the side of the framethrough a revolving tube, which imparts an amount offalse twist to the sliver. It is returned between a lowerPair of rollers to the lap machine in front of the engine,"liich is arranged to form a lap 16 inches diameter, and4 inches wide. When the required length of sliver isWound on, notice is given by a bell; and if not attendedto, another movement doffs the lap, so as to insure eachone being of the same uniform length.

These narrower laps are placed side by side upon rods,so as to form four rows, a, b, c, d, fig. 1, each row beingthe whole width of the engine, which are turned off intothe engine by the unlapping rollers, e, f, g, h. Each sliverPasses through a guide or reed as it enters the feedingtollers to keep it in its proper place. The quantity ofsliver thus put up at the feeder end of the machine will■ast a whole day.

The wool having passed through the engine, and beencarded in the usual manner, is removed from the main

cylinder by the condenser doffers, i, i, which are providedwith ring of cards, and alternate blank spaces, so that thewool which is left upon the cylinder by the top doffer isremoved by the lower one.

The stripper rollers, l, m, take the bands of wool fromthe doffers, after which they pass between the doubledendless twisting straps, n, o, in order to receive a degreeof false twist, sufficient to enable them to carry forwardto be spun. They then pass between the delivery rollers,p, g, to the bobbins, r, s, on which they are lapped byfriction of contact with the drum f, «.

When the bobbins are fitted they are removed directto the mule to be spun, where they are unlapped in asimilar manner by drums.

The advantage of this system consists in a great eco-nomy of labour; three operations being entirely dispensedwith, viz., feeding, slubbing, and piecing. With theaddition of the self-feeder condenser, yarns are found tobe more regular and level than those produced by theordinary method; a greater quantity of work is turned

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Mason’s Carding Engine.

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the threads are more nappy or oozy, which increasefelting quality in milling; causes a firmer textme m* e cloth, and a corresponding fulness of bottom and^chness of appearance when finished, not attained by thecttrotls formerly in use.

Mule loom grinding-frame. . ,

o T lle Patent driving bands made by J. H. Whitehead,

^addle-worth.

Slubbing-fvame, with Mason and Collier’s patent collarssi" A earin S s for the spindles: separating plates for the“*ubhin g s, and the break motion for readily stopping theMachine.

Patent slubbing and roving frames,f his improvement gives a firmer support to the spin-es, obtaining greater speed with greater steadiness.

* ., t ls accomplished by malting the collar in the liftinglonger (shown detached in fig. 3), and continuing itr ° u gh the wheel b ; up the inside of the bobbin-barrel to-v- C r°h at, where the bearing for the spindle is formedis shown at a, fi gs . 2 and 3 . . ,

fits le , c °Gars are chambered inside, so that the spindlelif ,. onl y their ends, and they are firmly screwed to the„ In S ra >l d, the wheels and bobbins running looselyund them, as represented.

n . separating plates e, prevent the broken threadsjCming entangled with the other spindles.

j.®y in S frame, with patent collar, separating plates, anditional improvements.

Ylwl arent power-loom, for weaving fancy goods by an im-Proved method of working the ’ ’ ’ ' ' "

on 1he cloth. A vice.

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Mason’s Patent Shilling an A Roving Frame and Collars.