Allowing for the fall of the griffe below the bend of the hook the movement will give about a three-inch shed in the harnesses.
In most of the jacquard machines used at the present time, the griffe has been lowered to within approximately one inch of the top of the needles and the hooks have been made of stronger material (shown in Fig.
The belt motion is a simple arrangement, but the griffe must act freely and perfectly straight or the griffe will not descend low enough to allow the hooks to be pressed off by the cylinder.
The chief feature of this machine is that the same griffe lifts the hooks for every shed, so the griffe must descend before the next shed can be lifted.
In the fourth movement a square cradle lever is placed in brackets near the feet of the machine, and connected to the top of the griffe spindle by means of an arm attached to the end of the cradle lever.
A is supported on a shaft in the same position as the gear for the rack motion, and to the pulley a strip of belting B is attached, each end being fixed to the cross rail of the griffe at C.
The reason for using separate supports and studs is to meet the different positions of the griffe bar.
C is the griffe which is composed of eight blades; H is the spring box, containing four hundred brass springs which are placed against the back or loop ends of the needles, one spring for each needle.
As the griffe is lifted, the roller passing up the slot of the cranked arm forces out the cylinder.
The hook that is used on this machine requires a deep bend at the top so as to have a firm grip on the griffe blade.
After this is done, thegriffe is placed in the machine.
But the griffe rudely jerked me to my feet again, and told me, I suppose, that I was to accompany him.
Sometimes it was a fight by the blacks against the mulattoes, sometimes the griffe against the white, sometimes the quarteron against any one of the three.
There was a flash of light, and I saw a great griffe standing there, looking at me curiously.
In a few minutes there passed by us three tall men, griffe in shade.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "griffe" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: cross; hybrid; mestizo; mongrel; mulatto; mule; octoroon; quadroon; zambo
