LDWellof Tappet

The tappet should be so made that healds will remajn

stationary while the shutt le passes through the shed. This
stationary period is known as "'pause or "dwell of healds".
but the duration must vary to suit the fabric to be made. The
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length of dwell of the shedding tappet or how long the

will re main open, will be regulated, partly as the warp shed
Tquite to be sprea i and parly according to the width of a
threads.
loom.
(i) Tbe dwell of tappet must be as short as
possible.
Maximum time must be given for the opening and the closing
of a shed. This will cause less strain and jerk
upon the warp
threads, and prevent their breakages. The pause or dwell ot
bealds must be shorter for fine or tender warp, and
longer in.
case of coarse, strong or elastic warp or wide looms.
(iii) Dwell has certain effects on the 'cover' of a cloth. in
certain textures, the warp threads may run in pairs
without
thepieces being considered defective.They are then said to
'reed-marked' or without cover, and the tappets enployedbe
may be made with just sufficient pause to
allow che shuctle
to pass through tbe warp ; and that
varies from to of a
pick. In 'covered cloths' all che threads are
such and also for heavy fabrics a dwell of , equidistaat, for
should be given. or of a pick
(iv) T he correct dwell tor a
f llow s tappet may be ascertained as.
(a) Divide the circle described by
the cranks into twelve
equal parts as shown at fig. 36.
(b) In the underpick loom, I
with the cloth and the shuttle represents he reedin contact
will
begins to move at 4; at 5it
enter the shed; at 9 it will leave
be it; at 10 it will
stationary in the opposite
box. From 9 to 5 equals of a
revolution. This is, therefore, the
maximum time to allow for chang
ing the position of the healds ; and
from 5 to 9, which is of arevolu
tion, all the healds must be
ary.
station 2
This of apick, that is 120°
revolution of the cranksbaft, is
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the dwell of shedding

(c) But in certain
taPpe t. Fig. 6

loom the dwell of tappet'covered cloths' woven in the

is from 2 to 6. In overpick
this loom
shuttlebegins to moveat 3 ;at 4 it enters the shed ; at 8 it the
will
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leave it: and at 9it willbe stationary in the opposite.box. From

2 to 6,all the healds must rema1n stationary, which is one-third
of arevolution of the crankshaft ; this is the dwell of tappet.