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Occupations | Tends machine equipped with heated plate that transfers designs or identifying information, such as brand name, style, and size, from transfer paper onto such products as hosiery, towels, and wiping cloths: Selects roll of transfer paper according to work ticket and places roll on reel. Threads transfer paper through feed guides, under heated plate, and onto takeup reel of machine. Turns knob to specified temperature setting to heat transfer iron of machine. Turns setscrews to adjust feed guides of conveyor belt according to specifications. Places article on conveyor belt against guide or positions article on machine bed under transfer iron. Presses button or depresses pedal to start machine that lowers electrically heated iron onto transfer paper to transfer printed data or designs onto article. Examines article to detect deviations from standard and adjust feed guides as necessary or notifies supervisor. Places articles on table or handtruck. May tie specified number of articles in bundle, using string. May clean surface of transfer iron, using sandpaper. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 52 41 4E 53 46 45 52 2D 49 52 4F 4E      4F 50 45 52 41 54 4F 52 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01010010 01000001 01001110 01010011 01000110 01000101 01010010 00101101 01001001 01010010 01001111 01001110 00100000 01001111 01010000 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T R A N S F E R - I R O N   O P E R A T O R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0052 0041 004E 0053 0046 0045 0052 002D 0049 0052 004F 004E      004F 0050 0045 0052 0041 0054 004F 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5452354853403952154352494824950395235544952 |
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