Chapter 1131 Patents Act
Chen Xu's face twitched slightly.
Truth be told, the success of this loom has basically nothing to do with him.
He had seen Chen Jiang's weaving in Xiaohe Village, which was the simplest waist loom, one end was tied to the door post, and the other end was tied to the waist, first all the warp threads were wound on a warp spool, and then all the elements of the weaving cloth were constituted with the warp stick, the warp cylinder, the heald rod, the weft knife, and the thread shuttle, first mention the heald rod, so that the warp threads at intervals were separated up and down, and then inserted into the warp divider, and then passed through the thread shuttle in front of the warp cylinder, and gently knocked it into the arms with a weft knife to tighten the weft thread, which was the whole process of weaving. This process is repeated over and over again, and when the arm is no longer able to stretch out, the drum will be turned.
In this way, after the accumulation of days and days of getting up early and feeling dark after labor, Chen Jiang's family will only weave a piece of cloth in a month or two, and this kind of cloth is burlap, and it can only be exchanged for ten yuan when it is brought to the town, but it is also this ten yuan, almost all the living security of the family, and nothing else dares to ask for it, at least it can ensure that there is salt to eat, as for other living needs, it is basically redundant, and the clothes have not been changed for four or five years, and the pottery bowls and pots at home are basically not in good condition.
And Chen Jiang's living state is almost the living state of the most ordinary people in the entire Daqin, Xiaohe Village was in this situation at that time, the family members are complete, the male farmer and the female weaver are the happiest family, which can ensure that the family is well fed and clothed, and it is already a wealthy family in Daqin.
At present, this situation of not having enough food and clothing is improving rapidly, without the war year after year, abandoning many heavy conscriptions, reducing the tax on silkworm grain, the life of the civilians at the bottom of Daqin is now changing with each passing day, and the unprecedented prosperity of commercial activities has led to a great increase in clothing and other living needs, and the improvement of cloth and living environment is the hope of most people at present.
At present, the success of this loom will open a new industrial era, and after the promotion, many weaving factories will definitely appear in Daqin soon, and the rise of these weaving factories will also greatly promote the development of industry and agriculture.
In fact, the idea of making a loom was already in Xiaohe Village, and he also carefully studied Chen Jiang's waist loom, and he also had to help with Xing'er to spin linen yarn on weekdays, but then he completely threw this idea out of the sky after earning the first pot of gold by reselling tea.
Nima is only twenty dollars for a fine linen, and he can exchange a pound of tea for fifty pieces of cloth, this kind of tiring work he soon lost any interest, not to mention that he has no concept of the loom of later generations can not be made, even if it is done, there are no good craftsmen in Qinghe Town, the loom is an extremely complex whole, and it is definitely not comparable to the blank drawing machine or the curved plough rake.
The opening of the Western industrial age in later generations began with textiles.
A small Qinghe town can't afford the responsibility of this pioneer, it's not that Chen Xu doesn't want to, it's that the craftsman is too frustrated, and the level of carpenter Liu Erwa can't understand the principle.
Since returning to Wuzhong, Chen Xu convened the craftsmen of the Academy of Sciences to put forward the task of developing looms and jacquard machines, and also gave two special lectures, roughly proposing the concept of jacquard and shuttle, but Chen Xu only vaguely knows a little bit of these things, this little bit is almost a noun so much, in fact, the working principle of looms and jacquard machines Chen Xu is almost not understood at all.
Since Chen Xu put forward the concept and requirements, he left the task of developing looms to a group of craftsmen and craftsmen, and then occasionally remembered to ask about it, just like the original bicycle, after asking a few times, he found that there was no progress at all, so he slowly lost interest.
In the past, many research and development of the Academy of Sciences were promoted by him directly stating the detailed process or drawing detailed drawings, so they were all very fast, such as steelmaking and ironmaking, stirrups and saddles, musket grenades, movable type printing, firing cement, glass ceramics, papermaking, ink-making, sailboats, gears, bearings, four-wheeled carriages, rakes, curved ploughs, etc., there must be no problems with the research and development of the book and science, at most it is just a few more tests, but the loom did stump a group of craftsmen.
Because Chen Xu doesn't know the specific structure and principle, he just put forward some conceptual things, and the principle is an ordinary loom, and the research and development of the loom is Chen Xu's forced order, and a large amount of money is allocated for research every year, so a group of craftsmen and craftsmen are almost red eyes for Chen Xu's goal, and they have repeatedly studied the existing loom. After three years of almost sleepless failures, the loom was finally completed in the early winter of the 35th year of the First Emperor.
"Master Hou, do you want to observe the speed of weaving on the spot?" After introducing this complex machine, the old craftsman asked excitedly.
"Naturally, Ben Hou has been looking forward to this loom for a long time, so let's arrange someone to start!" Chen Xu nodded with satisfaction.
"Okay, my subordinates will arrange it!" The old craftsman ran to the back of the loom, and after loudly instructing several craftsmen to open and inspect the warp spools, heald plates, shuttles and rollers on the loom, a weaver was arranged to sit in front of the loom tremblingly.
"Let's start, don't be afraid, there will be a reward after the demonstration!" Chen Xu smiled and encouraged.
"Thank you, Master Hou!" Weaver Niang's nervous mood slowly relaxed, and then gently stepped on the tiptoeboard, watching a heald plate rise after the warp staggered separation, the left hand gently pushed the shuttle, this thread shuttle with pulleys along the shuttle groove plate through the loom, and then gently pulled the shuttle groove plate against the weft while stepping on another pedal, another heald plate was raised after the shuttle was pushed back again, and the two textile processes were completed in an instant, and this weaver Niang is obviously the selection of the ingenious palace weaver girl, after practicing for two days, the movement is light and very fast, The feet kept stepping on the tiptoeboard, and the four heald boards moved up and down one after another like waves, and the shuttle was also flying back and forth in the shuttle groove, only listening to the sound of kicking and tapping, the weaver girl soon saw a piece of woven fabric appear.
Everyone stood around the loom in silence, and no one spoke.
And the weaver girl soon fell into the concentrated work, the movements were light and stretched, and the eyes were firmly fixed on the shuttle and the heald plate to constantly tighten the weft and push the shuttle.
Chen Xu stared at the position of the shuttle, just like the craftsman said, this shuttle is the soul of this loom, and it is also the core part that makes the loom work so fast.
Chen Xu had only heard of it before, and he was completely blind as to the working principle, but what he saw in front of him was that after three years of research and development, this group of craftsmen finally overcame this difficulty.
In fact, after seeing it clearly, Chen Xu found that the working principle of the shuttle is not complicated, but very simple.
All the warp threads on the loom pass through four different heald plates, the warp threads are separated from each other, when stepping on different shoeboards, the heald plates rise, and the warp threads will be evenly spaced up and down, and these warp threads themselves fall in the dense gap on the shuttle groove, stepping on the tipper heald plate rises, part of the warp will be lifted from the gap of the shuttle groove plate, there is enough space for the shuttle to pass through, so that a weaving process can be completed at one time and one at a time.
But if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Chen Xu would never have thought of this working principle.
Chen Xu pinched his chin and looked at it in a daze, and everyone was also immersed in the extremely regular clicking sound and couldn't extricate themselves, and in an instant, a few minutes passed, and the weaver stopped and turned the scroll in front of him, and Chen Xu withdrew his eyes.
"Haha, yes, yes, you have done a great job!" Chen Xu laughed happily.
"Master Hou, have you passed the acceptance?" A group of craftsmen and craftsmen suddenly became in an uproar.
"Naturally qualified, this loom has indeed met my requirements, these three years of hard work for you, tomorrow I will notify the Academy of Sciences to award bonuses to you, and this loom will also be kept in the Academy of Sciences as a sample display, because this is a collective research and development project, so the patent belongs to the Academy of Sciences, but you should not be disappointed, Benhou will set up a textile machine factory, responsible for manufacturing and continuing to develop this textile machine, the factory will take out a part of the shares as a long-term reward for you......"
"Master Hou, does that mean that we will get money for every loom we sell in the future?" A middle-aged craftsman asked excitedly.
"It's almost fair to say, but this is a factory dividend, which is not the same as patent fees, if the factory is profitable and sells more, you will naturally make a fortune, if it goes bankrupt, you will have no money!" Chen Xu said with a smile.
"Yay, you're rich!" A group of craftsmen instantly hugged and cheered each other excitedly, almost not paying attention to the topic of factory closure.
Such a complex machine, without a professional team can not be produced at all, and the patent of the loom is still in the Academy of Sciences, if any businessman dares to imitate, it is estimated that he will soon be invited to prison by the Ministry of Industry to drink tea.
After the introduction of the patent bill, it was also publicized and interpreted in detail through newspapers, and all the people in the academy system, including private businessmen and craftsmen, also knew the importance of the patent bill, because the punishment of this bill was quite large, and anyone who counterfeited any equipment and products without the consent of the patent owner would be fined at least ten times the amount of the production and sale of goods once it was reported or found, and the amount was too large to pay enough fines, and they would be arrested and imprisoned.
The rise of the new China in later generations is the road of counterfeiting, counterfeiting damage is not only reputation, but also caused a large number of scientific research institutions and commercial organizations to light research and development and heavy purchase, light patents and only focus on immediate benefits, and finally many industries will be controlled by others, and get rid of the reputation of counterfeit powers, China has not been fully successful for decades.
The patent protection law is the core law of the West, because it will greatly protect the rights and interests of developers and allow everyone to invest a lot of research funds in research and development of new projects and industries.
There is no such thing as a fruitless achievement.
Everyone has to pay the same price for the products and services provided by others, and they can't use a simple bandit logic to cover up their shameless attempts to get something for nothing.
The ultimate role of the law is to uphold justice and morality.
And there is no such thing as a no-unearned deal in all moral systems, and even a deal with a demon has to pay a sufficient price.
Only when this respect for the fruits of other people's labor and the patent bill is regarded as a moral creed in business development will a country's scientific and technological workers be respected enough and there will be enough money to invest in more research.
What's more, the patent bill is also an important means of blocking technology, once the world is attacked, many civilian technologies are spread, those countries in the West must pay a sufficient price, you can use it, you must pay real money, otherwise you will not be allowed to use it, you must dare to use it secretly, be careful, Lao Qin will take Daqin's panda ...... Well, let the Iron Rider go.
At that time, the law of Daqin will be the law of the world, and the same law will be the same as the same as the same law, although it will be more difficult to implement, but it is not hopeless, it just depends on whether Qin Dada's ambition is big enough.