1848, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (publisher),The Useful Arts and Manufactures of Great Britain, page24:
The threads pass from the bobbins to the frame through an instrument called ajack orheck-box, or simply aheck.
1864, A.J. Warden,The Linen Trade, Ancient and Modern, page704:
Theheck-box moves up and down a post, the motion being regulated by a cord passing over a wheel or pulley and wound round the axle of the reel, and unwound alternately, as the box moves up or down the post.
1875, Edward Henry Knight,Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, A Description of Tools, Instruments, Machines, Processes, and Engineering; History of Inventions; General Technological Vocabulary; and Digest of Mechanical Appliances in Science and the Arts, Volume 2, page1091:
Theheck-box slides vertically on a bar as the reel rotates, and thus disposes the warp spirally on the reel.
1910, William S. Murphy,The Textile Industries, A Practical Guide to Fibres, Yarns & Fabrics in Every Branch of Textile Manufacture, Including Preparation of Fibres, Spinning, Doubling, Designing, Weaving, Bleaching, Printing, Dyeing and Finishing, Volume 4, page81:
For this class of work some very handy creels,heck boxes, and horizontal warping mills, with all the latest adjustments, are offered to the silk trade.
