Patent Model - Covering for Rollers Used in Textile Machinery
Maker and role
James Shepherd (British, b.1856, d.1927), Patentee
Production date
Aug 05 1890
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, iron, Fabric
Measurements
2 1/2 x 1" (6.4 x 2.5cm)
Description
Shepherd's patent "relates to coverings for rollers used in connection with spinning, drawing, roving, and other textile machinery, and has, mainly, for its object to provide a covering which is cheaper than the coverings of cloth and prepared calf-skin now almost universally employed." (Patent Number 433,493)
Object number
2016.13.68a-c
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