Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name)
5. equipment
6. [equipment by material processed]
7. textile working equipment
8. [textile fabricating tools and equipment]

Anotations

Scope note:

Mechanized devices, comprising a series of rollers supported by an asymetrical frame, used to stretch, smooth, and lengthen tubular knit goods or cloth materials. The device's frame is typically constructed to be wider at one end, gradually decreasing in width towards the other end, so that one roller is at a higher elevation than the rest. The cloth or knit goods are spread over the frame and the rollers, sometimes equipped with bristles, are rotated in unison; when the rotating rollers come in contact with the fabric, their pressure pushes the cloth outward from its center to its edges. The fabric is ultimately stretched to a width equal to the widest part of the frame, which can be adjusted depending on desired stretch.