is then re-carded, perhaps along with other more valuable material,
and made into a sliver which is used, as stated above, in the
production of a cheap and comparatively thick weft such as that used
for sacking.




CHAPTER VIII. DRAWING AND DRAWING FRAMES

The operations of combing and splitting as performed in both the
breaker and finisher card are obviously due to the circular movement
of the pins since all these (with the single exception of those in
the draw-head mechanism of certain finisher cards) are carried on the
peripheries of rotating rollers. In the draw-head mechanism, the
pins move, while in contact with the fibres, in a rectilinear or
straight path. In the machines which fall to be discussed in this
chapter, viz., the "drawing frames," the action of the pins on the
slivers from the finisher card is also in a straight path; as a
matter of fact, the draw-head of a finisher card is really a small
drawing frame, as its name implies. Moreover, each row or rather
double row, of pins is carried separately by what is termed a
"faller." The faller as a whole consists of three parts:

1. A long iron or steel rod with provision for being
moved in a closed circuit.

2. Pour or six brass plates, termed "gills" or
"stocks," fixed to the rod.