GB Patent: GB-181,704,162
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| Certain Improvements in the Application of Machinery for the Purpose of Manufacture of Weavers Reeds by Water & Other Power
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Patentee:
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| Jeptha Avery Wilkinson (exact or similar names) - Covent Gardens, Middlesex County, England |
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Patent Dates:
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Aug. 23, 1817 |
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Patent Pictures:
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Weaver's Reeds, courtesy of Wikipedia |
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Joel Havens
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Description: |
| Patented in the U. S., patent #2629X.
"Mr. Wilkinson's reed making machine. This pieces of American mechanism, which deserves to be placed on a par with that for cutting wire and making cards, is capable of completing two weaver’s reeds at a single operation. As this involves the preparation of the wood, the use of the twine, to bind the steel wire, &c. the reader may judge of the ingenuity of the contrivance. It is a combination of various mechanical powers in play at the same time. Governor Tompkins, much to his credit, has used every exertion to bring it into use; but, where manufactures languish, there was no demand for reeds. The society of useful arts also gave their unanimous testimony in its favour and, one of its members, who was not present at the meeting, but who examined it since, pronounces it “a rare piece of mechanism admirably fitted to the purpose intended, with an uncommon excellency of finish in all its parts." “The reeds produced are certainly superior In regularity and firmness to any I have ever teen, an I equal to any I can suppose to be made any where or in any manner. Mr. W. however, after offering the machine to his country and seeking patronage in vain, has this day shipped it for Europe. Then, it will add to the perfection and expedition of English and Irish manufactures and we trust, make the inventor’s fortune."
Niles' Weekly Register, V. 11, #1, 31 Aug., 1816, pg. 13
Early English patents (pre 1916) were numbered by the year and started at patent #1 at the start of each year in Janurary.
This patent is #4,162 of the year 1817. |
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