John Kay (flying shuttle)
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John Kay was an English inventor whose most important creation was the flying shuttle, which was a key contribution to the Industrial Revolution. He is often confused with his namesake, who built the
Portrait, said to be of John Kay in the 1750s, but probably of his son, "Frenchman" John Kay.
Flying shuttle showing metal capped ends, wheels, and a pirn of weft thread
Reed structure: A: wires or dents B: wooden ribs C: tarred cord
John Kay memorial, Bury
Warp and weft
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In the manufacture of cloth, warp and weft are the two basic components in weaving to transform thread and yarn into textile fabrics. The vertical warp yarns are held stationary in tension on a loom w
John Kay (flying shuttle)
…patent for his most revolutionary device: a "wheeled shuttle" for the hand loom. It greatly accelerated weaving, by allowing the shuttle carrying the weft to be passed through the warp threads faster and over a greater width of cloth. It was designed for the broad loom, for which it saved labour over the…
Warp and weft in plain weaving. See weaving for other weave pattens, such as twill.
Wrapping of the warp threads around the warp beam of a loom in preparation for weaving
Swedish weaving