detaching-roller

Updated: July 7, 2025

The action of this detaching motion is positive, and enables the machine to be run at a high speed without danger of missing, as happens when the point of the catch for the old notch-wheel becomes broken or worn away. Another important feature of the new arrangement is that it allows the motion of the detaching-roller to be varied.

Various - Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885