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Updated: May 13, 2025
It is soaked in hot soapy water for several hours, and it is drawn between plates so close together that, while they allow the silk to go through, they will not permit the least bit of roughness or dirt to pass. If the thread breaks, a tiny "faller," such as are used in cotton mills, falls down and stops the machine.
The faller as a whole consists of three parts: 1. A long iron or steel rod with provision for being moved in a closed circuit. Pour or six brass plates, termed "gills" or "stocks," fixed to the rod. The numbers of fallers used is determined partly by the particular method of operating the fallers, but mostly by the length of the fibre.
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