US Patent No. 3,684, granted July 30, 1844 to James S. Harris of Poultney, Vermont, for a silk reel used to reel silk from cocoons. The drawing sheet shows the machine in Figs. 1-5. The specification describes the frame, single reels, a graduated spring and sliding reel arm that relieves tension, a traverse rail, a contra twister, a boiler and a foot-operated treadle drive.