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LIZO [5 records]

Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
DEF

A lever that is a part of the shedding motion on a loom.

OBS

Situated near the floor, one end is fulcrumed while the other is fastened by straps to the bottom of the harness frame.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
DEF

Mécanisme servant à lever ou à baisser les cadres.

CONT

Les lames sont commandées par des marches sur lesquelles agissent des excentriques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Herramientas y equipo (Industrias textiles)
  • Tejeduría (Industrias textiles)
DEF

Pieza del telar manual que el tejedor acciona con el pie para hacer subir y bajar la viadera.

CONT

[...] se emplean telares de bajo lizo, de urdimbre horizontal, equipados de dos bastidores de lizos o viaderas cuya posición(superior en uno e inferior en el otro) puede invertirse accionando pedales o cárcolas.

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Record 2 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
DEF

In a loom, the frame containing the heddles through which the warp is drawn and which, in combination with another such frame or other frames, forms the shed and determines the woven pattern.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
DEF

Cadre supportant les lisses dans lesquelles passent les fils de trame.

CONT

Le dispositif de séparation comprend deux cadres ou harnais.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Herramientas y equipo (Industrias textiles)
  • Tejeduría (Industrias textiles)
CONT

De todos los telares empleados por la industria textil, el más simple es el telar de alto lizo, para tejer tapices, pues se reduce a un bastidor vertical para mantener tensos los hilos de la urdimbre.

CONT

[...] se emplean telares de bajo lizo, de urdimbre horizontal, equipados de dos bastidores de lizos o viaderas cuya posición(superior en uno e inferior en el otro) puede invertirse accionando pedales o cárcolas.

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Record 3 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
  • Weaving Arts
DEF

heddles: The small cords (or in recent use, wires) through which the warp is passed in a loom after going through the reed, and by means of which the warp threads are separated into two sets so as to allow the passage of the shuttle bearing the weft.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
  • Tissage (Artisanat)
OBS

«Lice» et «lisse» sont des collectifs dans le domaine du tissage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Herramientas y equipo (Industrias textiles)
  • Tejeduría (Industrias textiles)
  • Tejeduría artesanal
DEF

Cada uno de los hilos de metal o de lino provistos de anillos por los cuales pasan los hilos de la urdimbre.

PHR

Telar de alto lizo, telar de bajo lizo.

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Record 4 2016-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
CONT

... two harness automatic weaving loom designed for any of the weaver controlled weaves. It incorporates a unique patented shed changing device which automatically changes the position of warp threads to form any of three shed positions, integral simplified warp tension control and an integral warping frame for preparation of the warp.

OBS

loom: a machine for weaving warp and filling yarns to produce cloth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
CONT

Fabriquer un matériel tissé grège sur un métier à tisser automatique [...] Le métier à tisser automatique : démonstration, pratique, détermination de la vitesse et de la production.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Herramientas y equipo (Industrias textiles)
  • Tejeduría (Industrias textiles)
CONT

Los telares manuales, en cuyo funcionamiento se inspiran, por lo demás, los telares automáticos, tienen algunos perfeccionamientos respecto al de bajo lizo para tapices.

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Record 5 2016-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Weaving Arts
  • Tapestry Arts
DEF

Any loom in which the warp is stretched vertically or nearly so.

OBS

... the vertical loom is used only in making rugs, and certain types of tapestry. The loom has two treadles which operate the tabby sheds. The batten slides on the uprights of the loom, and it is controlled by a third treadle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Tissage (Artisanat)
  • Tapisserie
DEF

Métier à tapisserie sur lequel la chaîne est tendue à la verticale.

CONT

Le métier haute lisse se distingue du métier basse lisse par son fonctionnement à peine mécanisé et par sa charpente de bois dressée à la verticale. A part ses quatre montants et les traverses qui les relient, tout «l'appareillage» du métier haute lisse a pour fonction l'enroulement et la tension des fils de chaîne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Herramientas y equipo (Industrias textiles)
  • Tejeduría artesanal
  • Tapicería
CONT

De todos los telares empleados por la industria textil, el más simple es el telar de alto lizo para tejer tapices, pues se reduce a un bastidor vertical para mantener tensos los hilos de la urdimbre.

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