Object Details
- inventor
- Wheeler, Hiram F.
- Description
- Spinning Wheel Patent Model
- Patent No. 710, issued April 25, 1838
- Hiram F. Wheeler of Springville, Pennsylvania
- Hiram Wheeler’s domestic wheel was for spinning wool. He titled his invention “inclined spinner,” referring to the fact that the operator would sit at the wheel as opposed to standing and walking when using the typical wool wheel. When the treadle was forced down by the operator’s foot, a cord pulled the carriage and spinning wheel head away from the spinner. A weight brought both of them back toward the spinner. This movement of the carriage was equivalent to the spinner walking forward to the spindle tip for the draw out and then back to the wheel. Wheeler specifically claimed as his invention this sliding action of the wheel head.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- model constructed
- before 1838-04-25
- patent date
- 1838-04-25
- ID Number
- TE.T11407.001
- catalog number
- T11407.001
- accession number
- 89797
- patent number
- 710
- Object Name
- spinning wheel patent model
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 23 3/4 in x 11 1/2 in x 6 1/4 in; 60.325 cm x 29.21 cm x 15.875 cm
- associated place
- United States: Pennsylvania, Springville
- Related Publication
- Janssen, Barbara Suit. Patent Models Index
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Patent Models, Textile Machinery
- Textiles
- Patent Models
- National Museum of American History
- classified
- Patent Models
- Invention
- Record ID
- nmah_625442
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-78d8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
