called a Gypsey, for Spinning Hemp and Flax. 353 
proper tension. To keep the hatchel-belt even upon the pulleys 
B B,, the guide, fig. 7, is fixed to the frame .4 4, the parts E E of 
the guide point downwards, and the hatchel-plates pass between 
them. £, fig. 1, shows the end of the guide in its place. Two 
cast iron rails F F F’, figs. 1 and 2, are fixed parallel to each other 
upon the top of the wooden frame 4 ./, standing above it upon 
feet or pillars which are fixed to the frame. The distance be- 
tween these rails is just equal to the length of the hatchel- 
plates, and their position is such that the hatchel-belt is between 
them. The end F of both rails is one quarter of an inch above 
the line of the top of the pulleys B B’, while from F to F’ the 
rails incline upwards, so that the ends F’ rise one inch above that 
line, and, passing by the ends of the pulley B’, at the right hand 
in fig. 1, they turn down in a curve, as seen in the figure. There 
is a projecting ledge on the inside of each rail about one inch wide, 
running in the line of the tops of the pulleys B B’; upon these 
ledges the ends of the hatchel-plates rest or slide, thus keep- 
ing the hatchel-belt straight. The ends of the clearers, which 
project over the hatchel-plates, rest or slide upon the tops 
of the rails F F F’. Two curved plates of iron G G are 
fastened by the wooden blocks H H to the frame 4 4, and are 
called the forcing-plates. The figs. 1,2, and 5 will show the 
shape, place, and position of these plates. ‘The pillars J J, &e. 
are fixed upon the rails F F'’ and form bearings for the gudgeons 
of the pulleys JJ, &c., about which is passed the bobbin-belt 
K K, &c. This belt is made of a number of small wooden cylin- 
ders called bobbins. Every bobbin has a slit sawed in each of 
its ends. A number of bobbins are then: laid parallel to each 
other at proper distances, and straps are passed into the saw- 
slits and fixed there. When a sufficient number are in this way 
put on the straps, they are passed round the pulleys J JJ, &C-, 
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