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Shuttle Types


Hybrid (Transverse/Vibrating) Shuttle Type


This shuttle from a Vesta Machine is a hybrid between the Transverse or Boat Shuttle, and the Vibrating Shuttle.

Shuttle Top ViewShuttle Side View

It operates from side to side in a straight line like a conventional Transverse Shuttle rather than the front to rear arc of the Vibrating Shuttle, and has the same shape, but the bobbin is fully and loosely enclosed like a Vibrating Shuttle.

Vesta call this a "Cylinder Shuttle", but this is different from the Cylindrical Shuttle produced by the Jones Company which was essentially an improvement on Singer's Vibrating Shuttle.


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