1838 - Hiram F. Wheeler's Patent Model of a Spinning Wheel
date: label: model constructed
content: before 1838-04-25
label: patent date
content: 1838-04-25
name: label: inventor
content: Wheeler, Hiram F.
notes: label: Description
content: Spinning Wheel Patent Model
label: Description
content: Patent No. 710, issued April 25, 1838
label: Description
content: Hiram F. Wheeler of Springville, Pennsylvania
label: Description
content: Hiram Wheeler’s domestic wheel was for spinning wool. He titled his invention “inclined spinner,” referring to the fact that the operator would sit at the wheel as opposed to standing and walking when using the typical wool wheel. When the treadle was forced down by the operator’s foot, a cord pulled the carriage and spinning wheel head away from the spinner. A weight brought both of them back toward the spinner. This movement of the carriage was equivalent to the spinner walking forward to the spindle tip for the draw out and then back to the wheel. Wheeler specifically claimed as his invention this sliding action of the wheel head.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Springville
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.T11407.001
label: catalog number
content: T11407.001
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 710
objectType: label: Object Name
content: spinning wheel patent model
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 3/4 in x 11 1/2 in x 6 1/4 in; 60.325 cm x 29.21 cm x 15.875 cm