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1718
john left school at the age of fourteen to be apprenticed to a maker of reeds (devices which separate the threads of a warp). It is said he left his master after one month, believing that he had learned all that he could from him. -
1726
1726 Invented an improved reed for the loom - never patented but widely known as "Kay's reed" -
1733
he patented a lighter shuttle, which could be used for weaving woollen or linen broad-goods. It was introduced into the local woollen industry, which enabled Kay to set up in business as a shuttle maker. He incurred heavy legal costs in taking legal action to defend his patent but failed to recoup anything from those who used his invention. -
1738
Kay patented a windmill for raising water from mine shafts -
1745
he took out a joint patent with Joseph Stell of Keighley for an improved Dutch or swivel loom, driven by water power, for weaving tapes and other narrow goods. -
1754
he perfected and manufactured a superior card-making machine. His machines came into use in both the woollen and cotton industries of France; while the card-making machine proved of great benefit to the spinning industry, the shuttle secured general acceptance only in the 1800s -
1780
John Kay died in the south of France during the winter -
advantage and disadvantage of his invention
advantage-The flying shuttle let weavers make cloth a lot faster than the
disadvantage-People were jealous of the idea and threatened the inventor, John Kay by trashing his housereplaced weavers risking unemployment -
how do we use the fying shuttle today
we do not use it , but it led to ideas of higher advanced machines to make clothing