1837 - John Golding's Patent Model of a Silk Spinning Doubling and Twisting Machine
1837 - John Golding's Patent Model of a Silk Spinning Doubling and Twisting Machine
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- Description
- Doubling and Twisting Thread Machine Patent Model
- Patent No. 352, issued August 15, 1837
- John Golding, Dedham, Massachusetts
- In his patent specification, Golding noted that the frame of the doubling and twisting machine was to be constructed like any of the “modern” frames. It would have gears, and an eccentric, or heart, motion to guide the thread on the spool. His patent claim concerned the arrangement of the machinery that prevented wasting the thread if it broke. This was accomplished by stopping the spindle and raising the feeding-down roller.
- Location
- Currently on loan
- Object Name
- doubling and twisting thread machine patent model
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- model constructed
- before 1837-08-15
- patent date
- 1837-08-15
- inventor
- Golding, John
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts
- associated place
- United States: Massachusetts, Dedham
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 5/8 in x 15 1/2 in x 10 3/4 in; 34.6075 cm x 39.37 cm x 27.305 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T11416.064
- catalog number
- T11416.064
- accession number
- 89797
- patent number
- 352
- subject
- Patent Models
- Invention
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Patent Models, Textile Machinery
- Textiles
- Patent Models
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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