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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Off bears from delivery end of $T3range$T1 or machine that dyes, finishes, washes, treats, or dries cloth or other textile goods: Observes as cloth winds onto rolls or passes through $T3swing-folding attachment$T1 into trucks and notifies supervisor of obvious flaws. Measures cloth with ruler and feels cloth discharging from $T3drying cans or tenter frame$T1 to verify that cloth meets specifications for width and dryness. Moves lever to lower blade that cuts cloth at seams or ravels seams connecting lengths to remove cloth from machine. Pushes roll of cloth onto platform or lifts roll from machine brackets, using hoist. Places $T3tube$T1 on winding shaft and starts cloth winding on tube. Replaces filled truck at swing-folding attachment with empty truck to receive folded cloth. May wrap cloth roll with burlap. May regulate heat of drying cans and flow of water into washboxes by turning valves. May be designated according to type of machine as Cloth-Bleaching-Range Back-Tender (textile); Cloth-Finishing-Range Back-Tender (textile); Cloth-Washer Back-Tender (textile); Drying-Machine Back-Tender (knitting; textile); Dyeing-Machine Back-Tender (textile); Tenter-Frame Back-Tender (textile). May be designated: Cloth-Mercerizer Back-Tender (textile); Desizing-Machine Back-Tender (textile); Dry-Cans Back-Tender (textile); Mangle Back-Tender (textile); Mangle Catcher (textile); Singer Back-Tender (textile); Soaping-Machine Back-Tender (textile); Tire-Fabric-Impregnating-Range Back-Tender (tex. prod., nec); White-Washer Piler (textile). (references) |
| Tends centrifugal extractor that removes surplus moisture or dye from materials, such as wet cloth, garments, knit goods, linens, raw fibers, or yarn: Pushes loaded handtrucks or portable extractor baskets into position at machine or under hoist. Lifts material from handtruck, or raises baskets, using chain or electric hoist to load extractor. Distributes material uniformly in extractor baskets to balance load and reduce vibration. Observes tilt of portable baskets to verify balance when using hoist. Closes cover and starts machine. Unloads materials into handtruck for transfer to subsequent work station. May unload washing machines. May work with raw cotton and be designated Extractor Tender, Raw Stock (textile). May tend drying machine [TUMBLER OPERATOR (laundry & rel.) 369.685-034]. May tend machine that extracts moisture from cakes of rayon or other synthetic yarn and be designated Cake Wringer (plastic-synth.). (references) | |
| Tends machine that dries cloth without tension to give cloth a soft hand, or cures finish applied to cloth: Positions trucks of cloth at feed end of machine. Laps end of cloth over feed roller or ties end of cloth to leader in machine. Turns knob to set temperature control gauge according to instructions. Moves lever to start machine and regulate speed of cloth through drying cabinet. Manually straightens cloth entering machine to remove wrinkles. Cleans machine, using vacuum hose. May doff cloth from $T3swing-folding attachment$T1 at delivery end of machine. May mark lot numbers on cloth ends with crayon. May be designated according to type of drying machine as Loop-Drier Operator (textile); Suction-Drum-Drier Operator (textile). (references) | |
| Tends $T3tenter frame$T1 that stretches cloth in width, removes wrinkles, and dries cloth after processes, such as dyeing or finishing: Trucks folded cloth to feed-end of machine or mounts roll of cloth at scray, using hoist. Sews cloth end to leader in machine, using sewing machine. Turns wheel to adjust clips or pins to stretch cloth to specified width. Moves lever to control speed of cloth through drying cabinet, to $T3swing-folding attachment.$T1 Measures width of cloth emerging from machine, using yardstick. Records yardage clock readings. May replace full trucks with empty ones and ravel seams to separate truck loads of cloth. May tend tenter frame equipped with weft-straightening attachment. (references) | |
| Feeds and off bears oven drier that dries and sets knitted articles after $T3boarding II$T1 and dyeing: Dumps articles from bag onto table and arranges articles in stacks. Shakes wrinkles from articles and places articles on conveyor that feeds articles into drier. Off bears conveyor and folds and stacks articles on tray. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-d-e-e-e-g-h-i-i-m-n-n-n-r-r-t-y" | |
-5 letters: dimenhydrinate. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 52 59 49 4E 47 2D 4D 41 43 48 49 4E 45 54 45 4E 44 45 52 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01010010 01011001 01001001 01001110 01000111 00101101 01001101 01000001 01000011 01001000 01001001 01001110 01000101 00100000 01010100 01000101 01001110 01000100 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D R Y I N G - M A C H I N E   T E N D E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0052 0059 0049 004E 0047 002D 004D 0041 0043 0048 0049 004E 0045 0054 0045 004E 0044 0045 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38525943484115473537424348392543948383952 |
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