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on the axle of the roller e. The driving-strap is 

 held upon the fast pulley by a drop-catch acting on 

 a weighted lever, one arm of which is connected by 

 a link to the lower end of a strap fork-lever. When 

 it is requisite to stop the machine, the attendant kicks 

 the point of a catch off the end of the lever, which 

 is then raised by the weight, and so moves the driving- 

 strap from the fast to the loose pulley, the stoppage 

 being virtually instantaneous. The mode of working is as 

 follows : The spinner and assistants stand at opposite 

 sides of the table ; the fillers and wrappers being placed 

 on the table, one assistant spreads out the wrapper and 

 pushes the end towards the filler, which the spinner 

 supplies and holds against the sliding-rest 6 ; the rotary 

 motion of the segment-rollers c d e twists the tobacco, and 

 causes the wrapper to be wound over the filler, and 

 the rest 6, being movable, enables the spinner to regulate 

 its position according to the quantity and quality of the 

 filler and wrapper. The lateral motion of the segment- 

 rollers passes the roll towards the bobbin, on which it is 

 wound, as described. The combined rotary and traversing 

 motions of the rollers consolidate the tobacco, and put the 

 desired face upon the twist. The roller e is supported in 

 a swing-frame, which is lifted off the tobacco when 

 starting the machine. When the machine is at work, the 

 swing-frame is held down by the stud m (Fig. 19). 

 The figures represent a machine suitable for manufac- 

 turing Limerick roll ; for pigtail and other small descrip- 

 tions, it is necessary to reduce the diameter of one or 

 more of the segment-rollers. 



A more recent improvement in this machine, by 



