1838 Kimball's Patent Model of a Loom Let-Off and Take-Up
date: label: model constructed
content: before 1838-05-30
label: patent date
content: 1838-05-30
name: label: inventor
content: Kimball, Stephen
notes: label: Description
content: Take-Up and Let-Off for Power Looms Patent Model
label: Description
content: Patent No. 758, issued May 30, 1838
label: Description
content: Stephen Kimball of Putney, Vermont
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Vermont, Putney
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.T11412.002
label: catalog number
content: T11412.002
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 758
objectType: label: Object Name
content: loom let-off and take-up patent model
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)