1840 Baldwin's Patent Model of a Loom Shuttle
1840 Baldwin's Patent Model of a Loom Shuttle
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- Description
- Loom Shuttle Patent Model
- Patent No. 1,485, issued on January 31, 1840
- James Baldwin of Nashua, New Hampshire
- 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.
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- loom shuttle patent model
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- model constructed
- before 1840-01-31
- patent date
- 1840-01-31
- inventor
- Baldwin, James
- associated place
- United States: New Hampshire, Nashua
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- ID Number
- TE.T11418.011
- catalog number
- T11418.011
- accession number
- 89797
- patent number
- 1,485
- subject
- Patent Models
- Invention
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- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Patent Models, Textile Machinery
- Textiles
- Patent Models
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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