Object Details
- inventor
- Kimball, Stephen
- Description
- Take-Up and Let-Off for Power Looms Patent Model
- Patent No. 758, issued May 30, 1838
- Stephen Kimball of Putney, Vermont
- Kimball’s patent refers to the application of friction to the yarn beam of a power loom. This was accomplished by using a belt, made of steel or iron, which formed nearly a circle around the warp beam. Friction was created by adjusting a screw that caused the circular belt to contract or expand in turn, to increase or decrease the drag on the beam. An elliptical spring eased the movement of the beam within the belt and helped maintain the evenness of the cloth.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- model constructed
- before 1838-05-30
- patent date
- 1838-05-30
- ID Number
- TE.T11412.002
- catalog number
- T11412.002
- accession number
- 89797
- patent number
- 758
- Object Name
- loom let-off and take-up patent model
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- associated place
- United States: Vermont, Putney
- 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_1069585
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-2b9e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
