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LicenseToyoda Automatic Loom, type G, made in 1926.
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Toyoda Automatic Loom, type G, made in 1926.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Toyoda Automatic Loom, type G, made in 1926.
Toyoda Type 'G' automatic power loom, 1924. This was the world's first automatic loom where the shuttle could be changed without stopping the loom. By 1929 Platt Brothers of Oldham were marketing the loom in the UK. With the license fees from this arrangement, Toyoda launched the Toyota Motor Company.
Details
- Category:
- Textiles Machinery
- Object Number:
- 2000-807
- Measurements:
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overall: 161kg
overall, inc pallet: 181kg
- type:
- weaving loom
- credit:
- Toyota Motor Corporation
