Patent Model - Improvement in Sad-Iron Heaters
Maker and role
Adrian Hitt, Patentee
Robert Logan, Patentee
John Egginton, Patentee
Production date
Feb 08 1876
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Steel
Measurements
3 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 4 3/4" (9.5 x 19.1 x 12.1cm)
Description
This improved sad-iron heater "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of a sheet-metal heating-plate pivoted at one end to the lamp-case or heater proper, and provided at its other end with a transverse shouldered supporting-flange, whereby the said plate is held free from the heater, and a space is formed between them, through which heat will come in direct contact with the edges of the sad-iron." (Patent Number 173,292)
Object number
2014.4.7
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