Object Details
inventor
Howarth, John
Jones, Nathan F.
Description
Spindle and Flyer Patent Model
Patent No. 1,043, issued December 28, 1838
John Howarth and Nathan F. Jones
Howarth’s and Jones’s patent covered certain improvements on flyers and spindles attached to machinery (such as throstles or spinning frames) where a twisting apparatus was needed. The improvements were useful for roving and spinning cotton or other fibers.
They experienced some delay in obtaining a patent and hired R. H. Eddy of Boston, a patent attorney, to represent them. Their original claims were abridged and condensed. In the last letter (December 1, 1836) from Eddy to Commissioner of Patents Henry Ellsworth, Eddy returned the amended specification without any other essential changes in it and said “. . . leaving it to your discretion to reject or admit the claim. . . . But I supposed that the arrangement and combination of these different parts with each other might show sufficient novelty to constitute and claim to a patent.” Presumably with Eddy’s help, Howarth and Jones were able to receive their patent.
Location
Currently not on view
model constructed
before 1838-12-28
patent date
1838-12-28
ID Number
TE.T11421.069
accession number
89797
catalog number
T11421.069
patent number
001043
Object Name
cotton flyer patent model
Object Type
Patent Model
Physical Description
wood (overall material)
metal (overall material)
Related Publication
Janssen, Barbara Suit. Patent Models Index
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1070978