The Jacquard Machine Analyzed and Explained / With an appendix on the preparation of jacquard cards, and practical hints to learners of jacquard designing

by E. A. Posselt

Heddles for the Jacquard Harness.

Fig. XXI.

After the harness-cords are threaded through the comber-board the heddles are adjusted. Of these there are two kinds:

• A. The twine heddle, containing the mail for holding the warp-thread.
• B. The wire heddle, similar in its construction to the regular heddle, used in the common harness-loom. These are very little used, and only in fabrics of a low texture.

[Fig. XXI.] illustrates a regular twine heddle one-fourth of its actual size.

• b represents the mail, through the eye of which the warp-threads are passed.
• a, the adjustment of the heddle to the harness-cord.
• c indicates part of the lingo for weighting the heddle.

Fig. XXII.

[Fig. XXII.] illustrates the method observed for combining heddle and harness-cords. a, the guide-board, to get the mails regular in height; b, the knot combining heddle and harness-cord. [See a in [Fig. XXI].] c, the mail. d, the lingo.

Fig. XXIII.

[Fig. XXIII.] illustrates the average position of the mail in a loom. a, breast-beam of the loom. c, the warp-beam or guide-beam over which the warp runs on its way towards the harness. b, the position of the heddle. d, the lingo.