Patent Model - Improvement in Sewing-Machines
Maker and role
Dexter Goodell, Patentee
Florence Machine Company, Assignee
Production date
Apr 29 1879
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Iron, wood, fabric
Measurements
12 3/8 x 16 11/16 x 9 7/16" (31.4 x 42.4 x 23.9cm)
Description
Goodell's patent "consists in certain novel combinations of devices with the main shaft which actuates the needle-bar, shuttle, and feeder, whereby motion is transmitted by an eccentric in a smooth, positive, and easy manner from the main shaft to the feed-shaft and shuttle-carrying lever." (Patent Number 214,903)
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Object number
2015.14.2860a,b
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