US Patent: 6,094X
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Fulling Machine
Fulling Mill and Power Loom
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Patentee:
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| Anson Atwood (exact or similar names) - Salem, Washington County, NY |
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| 26/22 |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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| Granted: |
Oct. 01, 1830 |
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Joel Havens
Fulling Mill
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Description: |
| Most of the patents prior to 1836 were lost in the Dec. 1836 fire. Only about 2,000 of the almost 10,000 documents were recovered. Little is known about this patent. Only the patent drawing is available. This patent is in the database for reference only.
“For an improvement in the construction of Fulling Mills and Power Looms; Anson Atwood, Salem, Washington county, New York, October 1.
The beaters, or hammers, of this fulling mill, are of the usual construction; are suspended, and swing, as in other fulling mills; but the lever, or rods, by which they are carried backwards and forwards, are not acted upon directly by a crank, but have a joint in them near their middles, working like a rule joint. Cranks placed above these rods, raise and depress them by means of pitmen, and thus cause the hammers to vibrate; one end of these compound levers is fastened to the hammer, and the other works upon a pin in the frame behind it.
We do not perceive the advantage of this arrangement, but will let the patentee speak for himself; and he says, the advantages of this improvement are a gain of power, and a more gradual and equable motion of the hammers, better conducing to the fulling of cloth; also a diminution of expense, in crank, and gearing, and repairs.
The same kind of joint he proposes to apply to the power loom to act on the lathe in beating up, which is to be advantageous, by giving two blows, instead of one. The claim is to the application of a compound jointed lever, or the engine of oblique action,' to a fulling mill and power looms."
Journal of the Franklin Institute, Dec., 1830, pg. 361
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