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CorrON ( HATS


TRADE- MARK REG. U. S. PAT. OFF.


AND IN CANADA


DRAPER


( QRPORATION


HOPEDALE MASS.


No. 238. FEBRUARY 1923


SHUTTLE WAS ON THE JOB


FOR SEVEN YEARS


Most Weavers and Loomflxers regard a Shuttle as a


rather short- lived part of their looms. We know of mills


which claim that the average life of a Shuttle is less than six


months: and others whose records over a period of years


show that the actual average term of service of all shuttles


bought and put in use was two years. Many conditions


enter into the causes of the longer or shorter life of a


Shuttle.


A remarkable case of Shuttle longevity recently came


to our attention when one of our traveling representatives


brought back to our plant a well- worn Shuttle from the


Quinebaug Company of Danielson, Ct. It had been in


continuous service on Northrop Pillow Tubing looms since


their installation in the first half of the year 1915. The


Shuttle was discarded as no longer serviceable the day he


was at the mill and was turned over to him as a souvenir.


It was one of the last 12 of the original shuttles shipped


with the looms. On that day the other 11 were still' ' on


the job."

Cotton Chats 1923, No. 238, Page 1