The power loom resembles the hand loom, but has several accessories. At one end of these looms, a magazine containing several full spools of thread is placed. The loom has a device that rejects an empty spool and substitutes a full one.
The power loom resembles the hand loom, but has several accessories. At one end of these looms, a magazine containing several full spools of thread is placed. The loom has a device that rejects an empty spool and substitutes a full one.
The power loom resembles the hand loom, but has several accessories. At one end of these looms, a magazine containing several full spools of thread is placed. The loom has a device that rejects an empty spool and substitutes a full one.
The first successful mechanized loom was perfected by another
British inventor, Edmund Cartwright, who patented the first power
loom in 1786. In subsequent years he and other engineers made certain improvements on the loom, and by the early 19th century the power loom had come into general use. The power loom essentially resembles the hand loom, but has several accessories, such as mechanisms to stop the loom if the warp or filling breaks or if the shuttle does not travel the entire distance across the loom, and a mechanism for changing shuttles without stopping the loom. At one end of these looms, a magazine containing several full spools of thread is placed; the loom has a device that rejects an empty spool and substitutes a full spool.1