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Ten′ter-bar.

A device for stretching cloth.

In the apparatus, Fig. 6313, the cloth is attached by hooks to bars H H′, which are then drawn apart equally throughout their length by a succession of toggle-levers e e actuated by a crank-screw N and rods L L, which connect the hinging-joints of the toggles.

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