Editing Power loom (section)

===Series of initial inventors===
A series of inventors incrementally improved all aspects of the three principal processes and the ancillary processes. 
* Grimshaw of Manchester (1790): dressing the warp 
* Austin (1789, 1790): dressing the warp, 200 looms produced for Monteith of Pollockshaws 1800
* Thomas Johnson of Bredbury (1803): dressing frame, factory for 200 steam looms on Manchester in 1806, and two factories at [[Stockport]] in 1809. One at [[Westhoughton]], Lancashire (1809).
* William Radcliffe of Stockport (1802): improved take up mechanism
* John Todd of [[Burnley]] (1803): a heald roller and new shedding arrangements, the healds were corded to treadles actuated by cams on the second shaft.
* William Horrocks of Stockport (1803): The frame was still wooden but the lathe was pendant from the frame and operated by cams on the first shaft, the shedding was operated by cams on the second shaft, the take up motion was copied from Radcliffe.
* Peter Marsland (1806): improvements to the lathe motion to counteract poor picking
* William Cotton (1810): improvements to the letting off motion
* William Horrocks (1813): [[Horrocks loom]], modifications to the lathe motion, improving on Marsland
* Peter Ewart (1813): a use of pneumatics
* Joseph and Peter Taylor (1815): double beat foot lathe for heavy cloths
* [[Paul Moody (inventor)|Paul Moody]] (1815): produces the first power loom in North America. Exporting a UK loom would have been illegal.
* [[John Capron]] and Sons (1820): installed the first power looms for woolens in North America at [[Uxbridge, Massachusetts]].
* William Horrocks (1821): a system to wet the warp and weft during use, improving the effectiveness of the sizing
* [[Richard Roberts (engineer)|Richard Roberts]] (1830): [[Roberts Loom]], These improvements were a geared take up wheel and tappets to operate multiple heddles<ref>{{harvnb|Marsden|1895|pp=70,71}}</ref>
* Stanford, Pritchard and Wilkinson: patented a method to stop on the break of weft or warp. It was not used.
* William Dickinson of Blackburn: Blackburn Loom, the modern overpick