Patent Model - Improvement in Alarms for Carding-Machines
Maker and role
William Hathaway (b.1836, d.1890), Patentee
John Maglone, Assignee
William Hathaway (b.1836, d.1890), Assignee
Production date
May 29 1877
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Brass, iron, wood
Measurements
3 1/4 x 8 x 3 1/2" (8.3 x 20.3 x 8.9cm)
Description
Hathaway's patent objective is to "provide an attachment to the breaker and finisher of a carding-machine, whereby the attendant may know at the moment and time of the breaking of the roving by the sounding of an alarm." (Patent Number 191,237)
Object number
2016.13.59a-c
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