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Occupations | Tends machine that circulates steam through cloth wound on perforated cylinder to develop luster, improve hand, remove wrinkles, and shrink cloth: Turns handwheels to set guides according to width of cloth, and pressure roll of winding unit according to tension specified. Laps end of cloth and wrapper (protective covering which removes wrinkles and holds cloth under tension) around cylinder or pins cloth to leader. Starts machine to wind cloth and wrapper into single roll. Sets controls to admit steam into rotating cylinder and force steam through cloth roll, and to draw air back through cloth to cool and dry cloth following instructions for style of cloth. Winds cloth and wrapper onto separate rolls, and doffs rolls of cloth, using hoist, or unwinds cloth through $T3swing-folding attachment.$T1 May tend machine that automatically steams, removes moisture, unwinds, and folds cloth. May press cloth in electric pressing machine. May tend machine that initially draws cloth over steam trough for priming. May tend decator (pressure tank) that finishes cloth and be designated Full-Decator Operator (textile). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 45 43 41 54 49 4E 47 2D 4D 41 43 48 49 4E 45      4F 50 45 52 41 54 4F 52 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01000101 01000011 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001110 01000111 00101101 01001101 01000001 01000011 01001000 01001001 01001110 01000101 00100000 01001111 01010000 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D E C A T I N G - M A C H I N E   O P E R A T O R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0045 0043 0041 0054 0049 004E 0047 002D 004D 0041 0043 0048 0049 004E 0045      004F 0050 0045 0052 0041 0054 004F 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3839373554434841154735374243483924950395235544952 |
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