Patent Model - Improvement in Harness-Motions for Looms
Maker and role
Orrin Kenison (b.1830, d.1909), Patentee
Production date
Nov 04 1879
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, brass
Measurements
10 1/4 x 7 x 4 3/4" (26 x 17.8 x 12.1cm)
Description
Kenison's patent "relates to improvements in harness-motions for looms; and it consists, essentially, in an upright lever provided with inclines combined with and operated by means of wedge-bars actuated by pinions engaged at their opposite sides or edges by the rack or gear teeth of the notched jacks under the control of a pattern-surface, whereby the said upright levers and the harness-frames to be attached thereto by cording running, preferably, over sheaves, as usual, are operated positively by a small expenditure of power." (Patent Number 221,321)
Object number
2016.13.31a,b
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