<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/xml/zthes-05.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>31422053</termId><termName>knotters</termName><termType>PT</termType><termNote><![CDATA[ Small machines, both mechanized and hand-held, designed to rapidly and precisely tie a weaver's knot to faciliate the manufacture of woven and knitted goods. To secure the knots, these devices tie the warp yarns from a new beam onto the warp yarns from another warp on a loom. Traditionally, the operator holds the stand-alone knotter machine in their left hand with their thumb on its trigger; this trigger prompts the machine's guide fingers to move in a rotary action, which both creates a knot and trims the woven materials' loose ends.  ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>2026-03-30 20:45:00</termCreatedDate><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31422054</termId><termName>knotter</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>BT</relationType><termId>31353962</termId><termName>textile fabricating tools and equipment</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>