Take-Up Motion, US Patent No. 30
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US Patent No. 30, granted September 22, 1836, to Horace Hendrick of Killingly, Connecticut, for a graduating take-up motion for power looms. The invention adds a rod and a sickle that carry motion from the reed (lathe) to the cloth beam, so cloth is taken up evenly and has uniform thickness. The document has a patent drawing (side elevation) on page 1 and the specification and claim on page 2.
- Type
- Patent
- Date
- September 22, 1836
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
- Archive notes
- Probably first loom-related patent granted by the U.S. under the present patent system (records of patents 22 and 28 are lost)
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