Johann Heinrich Bockmühl
Johann Heinrich Bockmühl (born November 20, 1738 in Barmen ; † December 5, 1802 in Elberfeld , both today in Wuppertal ) was a German manufacturer who was the first to invent a functioning braiding machine.
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Johann Heinrich Bockmühl's parents were the farmer and bleacher Johann Peter Bockmühl and Maria Frowein. Johann Heinrich Bockmühl initially placed orders with home weavers who braided shoelaces by hand . After long experiments, he succeeded in constructing a working braiding machine. In 1767 he presented them to Elector Karl Theodor when he visited Barmen. There were several gears under a table top that drove the clapper . Contemporaries expressed their admiration for the easy-to-use machine. People were particularly fascinated by the automatic switch-off: if a thread broke or the bobbin ran empty, the braiding machine switched itself off automatically. The braiding machines soon spread to Saxony, Alsace, France and America.
literature
- B. Lepperhoff: The braiding. 2nd edition, Leipzig 1922, Dr. Max Jänecke Verlagbuchhandlung S. VIII
- Victory run of technology. 3rd edition 1915, p. 114
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bockmühl, Johann Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German manufacturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1738 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barmen |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 5, 1802 |
| Place of death | Elberfeld , both today in Wuppertal |