Patent Model - Improvement in Bung-Inserters
Object Detail
Maker and Role
James Gillies, Patentee
Date
Dec 19 1871
Object Type
Media
Iron
Dimensions
2 x 3 1/2" (5.1 x 8.9cm)
Description
Gillies's patent is for an "Improvement in Means for Fixing Bushes for Bung-Holes of Casks, &c." His invention "consists in the construction of a device for inserting, removing, &c. of screw-threaded metallic bushes for the bung-holes of casks and other like holes in other vessels." (Patent Number 122,006)
Collection
Rothschild Patent Model Collection
Object No
2016.10.39a,b
Currently on Display
No
Maker Details