Patent Model - Improvement in Bung-Inserters
Maker and role
James Gillies, Patentee
Production date
Dec 19 1871
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Iron
Measurements
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)
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Object number
2016.10.39a,b
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