Object Details
- inventor
- Fairman, Elijah
- Description
- Power Loom Patent Model
- Patent No. 595, issued February 6, 1838
- Elijah Fairman of Stafford, Connecticut
- Fairman’s improvements, consisting of an additional cam and a set of treadles, were applied to power looms in common use. His improvements allowed the harnesses to operate more smoothly and the warp to open, enabling the shuttle to pass more easily. The end result was that the loom was better suited to weaving either light or heavy fabrics. Six pages and three illustrations in Clinton Gilroy’s 1844 book, The Art of Weaving, are spent in describing Fairman’s patent. Gilroy commented that Fairman’s loom would probably work fine for simple weaves, but for fancy patterned work, requiring 10 to 100 heddle frames, it would be totally impractical.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- model constructed
- before 1838-02-06
- patent date
- 1838-02-06
- ID Number
- TE.T11411.095
- accession number
- 89797
- catalog number
- T11411.095
- patent number
- 595
- Object Name
- loom patent model
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (mechanisms material)
- associated place
- United States: Connecticut, Stafford
- Related Publication
- Janssen, Barbara Suit. Patent Models Index
- National Museum of American History
- subject
- Patent Models
- Invention
- Record ID
- nmah_1070204
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-210a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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