Patent Model - Improvement in Apparatus for Cleaning Cess-Pools, Sinks, &c.
Maker and role
J. P. Florimond Datichy, Patentee
Production date
Sep 16 1873
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Cast iron, brass
Measurements
10 7/8 x 17 1/4 x 8 3/4" (27.6 x 43.8 x 22.2cm)
Description
Datichy declared theat “The object of my invention is to improve the machines for emptying and cleaning sinks, privies, cess-pools, &c., sewers, marshy lands, &c., in a perfectly odorless manner, so that the work can be done in the day-time without the least discomfort and annoyance to the occupants of the dwellings, and without the use of separate machines by which the vacuum in the tank is created.” (Patent Number 142,840)
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Object number
61.47.567a,b
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