Silk Winding Machine, US Patent No. 1040
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US Patent No. 1,040, granted December 28, 1838 to Jonathan Dennis Jr. of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, for a machine that spins silk from cocoons and then doubles and twists it on the same frame. The specification describes the frame, treadle drive, heated boiler with partitioned strainer, pointed-wire guides, spindles with fliers or cylinders, band-driven bobbins and a traversing rail that winds the thread evenly. It closes with two claims. Two sheets of drawings with lettered and numbered parts accompany the text.
- Type
- Patent
- Date
- December 28, 1838
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 5
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