A dandy loom is a hand loom fitted with a ratchet and pawl mechanism that automatically advances the take-up beam each time the weaver moves the sley to beat up the weft, sparing the weaver from having to wind the cloth roller forward by hand. In 1802 William Ratcliffe of Stockport patented a dandy loom with a cast-iron frame, and that cast-iron design became the type used in the small dandy loom shops that grew up around it.
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Introduced When (Circa) OriginPatented in 1802 by William Ratcliffe of Stockport, England, with a cast iron frame. The design was used in small dandy loom shops and increased hand loom weaver productivity by about 50 percent. 1 Connections
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In 1802 William Ratcliffe of Stockport patented a Dandy loom with a cast-iron frame.
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In 1802 William Ratcliffe of Stockport patented a Dandy loom with a cast-iron frame.
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Each time the weaver moved the sley to beat-up the weft
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A Dandy loom was a hand loom, that automatically ratcheted the take-up beam.
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How much did the dandy loom improve a weaver's output?
About fifty percent, in the design credited to William Ratcliffe's 1802 patent.
William Ratcliffe of Stockport, England patented the dandy loom in 1802 with a cast iron frame. That design, used in small dandy loom shops, is credited with increasing a hand loom weaver's productivity by about fifty percent.
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