-
indirectly connect one or two
treadles to a crank. The
treadle then
turns the crank,
which powers the machine.
Other machines use
treadles directly, to generate...
- of the
bicycle chain or
instead of it.
Treadles have also been used to
drive tricycles and quadracycles.
Treadles were used
before the
advent of highwheelers...
- with
treadles to lift the warp threads,
leaving the weaver's
hands free to p**** and beat the weft thread. A pit loom has a pit for the
treadles, reducing...
- This
equipment would have
helped prevent the
Hawes Junction rail crash.
Treadles are
commonly used to
operate fully automatic level crossings since they...
- A
treadle pump is a human-powered
suction pump that sits on top of a well and is used for irrigation. It is
designed to lift
water from a
depth of seven...
- the
treadles to the lams that
actually lift or
lower the shaft. On
treadle operated looms, the
number of
sheds is
limited by the
number of
treadles available...
- frame. The
treadles are
marked E, and are
connected to the
frame by
metal brackets or ****s (F),
derived from clockmaking. "Each
treadle has two, and...
- improvements. In 1533, a
citizen of
Brunswick is said to have
added a
treadle, by
which the
spinner could rotate her
spindle with one foot and have both...
-
until 1558. This
wheel was
still simple, as it did not yet
incorporate a
treadle-wheel to
twist and pull the fibres. That
refinement was not
invented until...
-
heavier spoked handwheel used on
machines sold as
treadles. The
spoked handwheel is
better for
treadles because its
larger inertia keeps it
spinning longer...
