Patent Model - Improvement in Washing-Machines

Maker and role
R. Sipes (b.1840, d.1899), Patentee
Production date
Feb 27 1872
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Object detail

Media/Materials
Wood, iron, brass
Measurements
3 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 2 1/4" (9.5 x 21.6 x 5.7cm)
Description
Sipes’ patent application stated that “the novelty of this invention consists in the arrangement of India-rubber flaps underneath the rollers to prevent articles from being drawn between the rollers and the washboard…” (Patent Number 96,154)
Object number
2007.6.405a,b
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No

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