Patent Model - Improvement in Knitting-Machines
Maker and role
John Bradley, Patentee
Production date
May 14 1872
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Iron, wood, paint
Measurements
8 x 12 x 10" (20.3 x 30.5 x 25.4cm)
Description
Bradley's patent objective "is to knit a straight-up stripe of different colors, either plain or mixed, by one machine, without varying or stopping its operation, or damaging its needles." His improvements principally include "in so arranging and forming certain mechanical devices connected with a knitting-machine..." (Patent Number 126,621)
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Object number
2016.14.8a,b
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