1838 Day's Patent Model of a Cordage Machine
date: label: model constructed
content: before 1838-02-07
label: patent date
content: 1838-02-07
name: label: inventor
content: Day, Moses
notes: label: Description
content: Cordage Machine Patent Model
label: Description
content: Patent No. 596, issued February 7, 1838
label: Description
content: Moses Day of Roxbury, Massachusetts
label: Description
content: This patent was an improvement on Day’s earlier patent (9692x) of June 2, 1836, which was destroyed in the 1836 fire and reconstructed by the Patent Office for the Columbian Exposition of 1893.
label: Description
content: The difference between the two patents is the addition of a gauge-plate to the end of the machine, by which it became a strandmaker. Day stated that his method of making cordage had two advantages over those in common use. First, the twist given to the strand was uniform throughout its length. Second, as the cord was made, it was wound on a bobbin, thereby eliminating the need for long rope walks and large buildings. The whole process could be done in a room that was only slightly larger than the cordage machine and the bobbin frame.
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content: Currently not on view
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.T11405.045
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: T11405.045
label: patent number
content: 596
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rope making machine
label: Object Name
content: cordage machine patent model
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)