Item 2202: Whitin-Owen feeler motion, Draper Corporation

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B2202. 1918-1919. Image depicts a close-up view of the Whitin-Owen feeler motion attached to a (presumably) Draper Corporation loom. A feeler is a device on a loom designed to transfer a full bobbin to the shuttle before the old one is entirely emptied. The feeler projects into the shuttle from the side and feels the yarn on the bobbin. When the bobbin is approaching emptiness, the feeler actuates the transfer motion and replaces the bobbin. The Whitin-Owen feeler motion was manufactured by the Whitin Machine Works of Whitinsville, Massachusetts The Draper Corporation manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. 20.25 x 25.25 cm.