1838 Angell's Patent Model of a Loom Temple

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Object Details

inventor

Angell, Emory A.

Description

Loom Temple Patent Model

Patent No. 987, issued October 19, 1838

Emory A. Angell of Killingly, Connecticut

In his patent specification, Angell stated that “this temple is of the kind which holds the selvage of the cloth between jaws, which are opened by the beat of the lathe, and is in many respects similar to such as have been long in use.” He claimed, as his invention, the way in which the upper and lower jaws were connected by pins to form the hinge-joints.

On the original wrapper containing the patent application papers is a faint handwritten note “see Saml. P. Mason’s Temple July 1837.” In the process of checking Angell’s patent, Charles M. Keller, the patent examiner, probably wrote that notation but found no conflict with the Mason patent and thus granted Angell his patent.

Location

Currently not on view

model constructed

before 1838-10-19

patent date

1838-10-19

ID Number

TE.T11414.013

catalog number

T11414.013

accession number

89797

patent number

987

Object Name

loom temple patent model

Object Type

Patent Model

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

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Janssen, Barbara Suit. Patent Models Index

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