1838 Yerkes's Patent Model of a Spindle and Flyer
date: label: model constructed
content: before 1838-06-12
label: patent date
content: 1838-06-12
name: label: inventor
content: Yerkes, Richard E.
notes: label: Description
content: Spindle and Flyer Patent Model
label: Description
content: Patent No. 781, issued June 12, 1838
label: Description
content: Richard E. Yerkes of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
label: Description
content: According to his patent specification, Yerkes patented “the revolving arrangement and combination of the sliding shaft, with the broach, or with the spool, for the purpose of removing and renewing the latter . . . .” The action of the sliding shaft enabled the operator to remove and change the spool when the spring was pressed down. In addition, he patented the ring in combination with the flyers that distributed the yarn on the spool. Yerkes intended his improvements to be used on machines for spinning cotton and other fibers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: classified
content: Patent Models
label: classified
content: Invention
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Patent Models, Textile Machinery
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content: Textiles
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content: Patent Models
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Janssen, Barbara Suit. Patent Models Index
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T11420.080
label: catalog number
content: T11420.080
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 781
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Spindle with Flyer
label: Object Name
content: spindle and flyer patent model
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)