spinning frame

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Mauney had seen the Japanese spinning equipment at a textile show and tested a Japanese spinning frame for three months, then bought 9.000 spindles for $500,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

While the spinning frame is built on entirely different principles from the roving, intermediate, or slubber frame, the object of each machine is the same as that of the spinning frame.

From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by Dooley, William H. (William Henry)

Now the spinning frame in the mill has replaced both.

From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by Dooley, William H. (William Henry)

The final machine used in the conversion of rove to the size of yarn required is termed the spinning frame.

From The Jute Industry: from Seed to Finished Cloth by Woodhouse, T.

They knew how to use the spindles and were delighted to find the Russian spinning frame.

From Twenty Years at Hull House; with autobiographical notes by Addams, Jane