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  2. Power loom - Wikipedia

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    Originally, power looms used a shuttle to throw the weft across, but in 1927 the faster and more efficient shuttleless loom came into use. Sulzer Brothers, a Swiss company had the exclusive rights to shuttleless looms in 1942, and licensed the American production to Warner & Swasey. Draper licensed the slower rapier loom.

  3. Loom - Wikipedia

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    The temples act to keep the cloth from shrinking sideways as it is woven. Some warp-weighted looms had temples made of loom weights, suspended by strings so that they pulled the cloth breadthwise. [7] Other looms may have temples tied to the frame, or temples that are hooks with an adjustable shaft between them. Power looms may use temple ...

  4. Roberts Loom - Wikipedia

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    The Roberts was made at a time when the power loom industry was set to expand. Until this moment, hand looms were more common than power looms. The reliable Roberts loom was quickly adopted and again it was the spinning side that was short of capacity. Roberts then addressed this, with the construction of a self-acting (automatic) spinning mule.

  5. Northrop Loom - Wikipedia

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    More looms were constructed and tested at Seaconnett later in 1889 and during 1890. [1] Northrop Battery. Meanwhile, Northrop invented a self-threading shuttle and shuttle spring jaws to hold a bobbin by means of rings on the butt. This paved the way to his filling-changing battery of 1891, the basic feature of the Northrop loom.

  6. William Radcliffe - Wikipedia

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    Radcliffe came from a modest family that had made the transition from farming to weaving. His father taught him about carding and spinning.In 1785, he purchased several spinning machines that had been developed by James Hargreaves.

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    A typical Boeing 737-800, which carries 160 passengers, will be loaded with 176 packages of Biscoff cookies, 50 cans each of Coke and Diet Coke, 36 mini Woodford whiskeys, 18 Miller Lites and 83 ...