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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Tends machine that cleans and fluffs filling and blows it into prefabricated covers to form mattress or other upholstered pads: Weighs filling material, such as cotton or sisal, to obtain specified weight and dumps into hopper of machine. Places cover over discharge tube and starts machine that cleans, fluffs, and blows filling material into cover. Removes filled cover and closes end, using sewing machine. Places pad on table and strikes it with wood pole to beat and level filling. Turns pad over and repeats process. May fill pad by piling required amount of filling on table and slipping cover over pile. May pad by hand [TUFTER, HAND (furniture) 780.687-050] or by machine [TUFTING-MACHINE OPERATOR (furniture) 687.685-014]. (references) |
| Tends machine that injects stuffing into protective athletic equipment, such as baseball chest protectors, catcher's mask linings, and boxing gloves: Pushes length of workpiece over pipe of stuffing machine. Depresses pedal to start machine that forces stuffing material into workpiece. Pulls workpiece off pipe as article is stuffed. Fills hopper of stuffing machine when empty. (references) | |
| Tends machine that inserts numbered paper cylinders in holes of punchboards: Places printed paper strips in tubular magazine and locks it in filling machine. Presses punchboard over pegs in plate of machine and moves lever to lower blade that cuts paper into strips and raises plate against teeth that stuffs them into punchboard holes. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 54 55 46 46 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)01010011 01010100 01010101 01000110 01000110 01001001 01001110 01000111 00101101 01001101 01000001 01000011 01001000 01001001 01001110 01000101 00100000 01001111 01010000 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S T U F F I N G - M A C H I N E   O P E R A T O R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0054 0055 0046 0046 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)5354554040434841154735374243483924950395235544952 |
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