Object Details
- inventor
- Baldwin, James
- Description
- Loom Shuttle Patent Model
- Patent No. 1,485, issued on January 31, 1840
- James Baldwin of Nashua, New Hampshire
- Baldwin’s patent consisted of a steel spring and catch made in one piece that fits inside the wooden bobbin. In his patent specification, he claimed this avoided the expense of separate catches and springs that were in the common shuttle as then in use. The arrangement and construction of the spring and catch were such that pushing the bobbin down on the spindle and into the mouth of the shuttle secured the bobbin on the catch. By pulling up on the bobbin, the head of the spindle pushed down on the spring, which in turn disengaged the catch and released the bobbin. These improvements make it easier for the bobbin changer to replenish the shuttle with thread.
- An earlier notice of Baldwin’s loom shuttle appears in the Journal of the American Institute. In 1838, at the eleventh Annual Fair of the American Institute, James and E. Baldwin were awarded a diploma for an improved loom shuttle. On May 3, 1859, James Baldwin was successful in having the shuttle awarded Reissue Patent No. 710.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- model constructed
- before 1840-01-31
- patent date
- 1840-01-31
- ID Number
- TE.T11418.011
- catalog number
- T11418.011
- accession number
- 89797
- patent number
- 1,485
- Object Name
- loom shuttle patent model
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- associated place
- United States: New Hampshire, Nashua
- 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_1069662
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-374c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
