1840 Baldwin's Patent Model of a Loom Shuttle
date: label: model constructed
content: before 1840-01-31
label: patent date
content: 1840-01-31
name: label: inventor
content: Baldwin, James
notes: label: Description
content: Loom Shuttle Patent Model
label: Description
content: Patent No. 1,485, issued on January 31, 1840
label: Description
content: James Baldwin of Nashua, New Hampshire
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: New Hampshire, Nashua
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.T11418.011
label: catalog number
content: T11418.011
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 1,485
objectType: label: Object Name
content: loom shuttle patent model
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)