A NEW COMBINATION LOOM.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 236, 5 October 1871, Page 2

A NEW COMBINATION LOOM.

Q (From the British Trade Journal for July.~) The New York Times of a recent date contained the following paragraph, which can but excite a deep interest among manufacturers: — "Abel's new combinatiou loom, now on exhibition, is one of the most wonderful and beautiful of recent inventions. It occupies but ooe-tenth the space of, and accomplishes ten times more work than, any other loom. A. boy can furnish enough power for several machines. The old needle is used, but the bobbins are so free from tension that delicate threads can be knit and woven into a fine strong cloth. The entire operation is viewed at a glance. The yarn passes direct from the bobbin. Knots are smoothly sheared and freah bobbins are supplied without any interruption. There is no dressing, beaming, spooling, or warping ; in fact the whole method is entirely revolutionized. The machine makes twenty-five yards of cloth per hour. It takes its own warp or filling from the same bobbin as the weft threads. It weaves a cloth that cannot be ravelled, of jute, flax, wool, cotton, and silk, and can produce fine blankets, strong carpets, wool-sacks, gunny-cloth, bagging, cotton, linen or silk textures — indeed, anything can be woven or knit. The operation is more noisless and beautiful than that of the sewing machine. The introduction of this invention into general use has already commenced, and it bids fair to greatly reduce the price of good and durable home-made cloth. Many ( persons possessing small water and steam powers heretofore dinavailable, will sow be enabled to successfully compete with the larger manufacturers, who, by the old process, required •much more power and room. No printed descripiipn can do full! justice to this invention, which muet be seen to be appreciated.' 1