<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/xml/zthes-05.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>31422023</termId><termName>fulling machines</termName><termType>PT</termType><termNote><![CDATA[ Mechanized devices designed to increase the thickness, compactness, and consistency of woolen fibers by subjecting woolen cloth to moisture, heat, friction, and pressure. Woolen cloth is first submerged in a vessel where it is treated with liquid; the wet cloth is then removed from the vessel by means of cylindrical rollers which agigate and beat the cloth before transferring it to a fulling box to be shrunk. ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>2026-03-30 20:53:45</termCreatedDate><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31422024</termId><termName>fulling machine</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>BT</relationType><termId>31422254</termId><termName>textile machines</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>