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.