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Title: Cyclopedia of textile work : a general reference library on cotton, woolen and worsted yarn manufacture, weaving, designing, chemistry and dyeing, finishing, knitting, and allied subjects
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: American School (Lansing, Ill.)
Subjects: Textile fabrics Textile industry
Publisher: Chicago : American school of correspondence
Contributing Library: Claire T. Carney Library, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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bs Lock Stitch Machine. (Fig. 24.) The ma-chine built by the Willcox & Gibbs Company is built on the well-known Willcox & Gibbs system, of the finest of material and work-manship, and is a long step forward in lock-stitch sewing mechanism,embodying high speed, perfection of stitch, perfect tension control,yet simple and durable, and easily adapted to handle the most deli- 335 42 KNIT GOODS FINISHING cate of fabrics, as well as the heaviest. The other machines of thetype referred to also have points of excellence The type of machine used almost universally for finishing opera-tions on knitted underwear is the one which makes some form of achain stitch. The reason for its use is that the threads may be ledto the machine and used directly from large cones or spools, thusavoiding the constant stopping of the machine to replace the emptybobbins with newly filled ones, as is the case with shuttle or lock-stitchmachines. The item of interruption in a days work is not incon-siderable.
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Pig. 34. Willcox & Gibbs Lock Stitch Machine. The mechanical design and construction of the chain-stitch type,in the matter of continuous rotary motions, and strength and sim-plicity of parts, is more favorable to high speed than any lock-stitchtype. For these reasons the chain-stitch machines are the mosteconomical, both from the point of production, and care and expenseof repairs. This stitch is also of advantage where an ornamentaleffect is desired, as on vest and drawer facings, or on the edge ofbinding. The Union Special Finisher. The finishing machine designedand built by the Union Special Machine Company has found greatfavor for the latter class of work. They make either the two-thread 336 KNIT GOODS FINISHING 43 chain or safe elastic stitch, or the single-thread chain stitch, andif so desired, the two types may be combined in one machine, for thebasic functions of both are identical and the few necessary changescan be easily and quickly made. This point is of undoubted ad-

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