Lap machine
Lord Brothers
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
1920
Materials
Measurements
124 cm (height)110 cm (length)184 cm (width)
Place of origin
Todmorden
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Quarry Bank, Cheshire
NT 1453863
Summary
A lap machine made by Lord Brothers, Todmorden, in 1920. This is the final part of the first machine to process the raw cotton. This machine takes the raw cotton fed from the hopper feeder (NT.1453861) and through the scutcher (NT.1453862) and compresses the cotton through a series of weighted calendar rollers. It then winds the compressed cotton around a central metal bar to create a lap (roll) of cotton.
Marks and inscriptions
Front: Lord Brothers Todmorden incorp Brooks and Doxey (1920) Ltd
Makers and roles
Lord Brothers, manufacturer