Patent Model - Improvement in Machines for Casting Confectionery
Maker and role
Stephen Whitman, Patentee
Production date
Nov 16 1875
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, brass
Measurements
2 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 3" (6.4 x 11.4 x 7.6cm)
Description
Whitman's patent "consists in attaching to a box formed with double walls, adapted to heating its contents by the circulation of steam or other heating-fluid in its walls, a bottom perforated so as to deliver a stream of material into each mold, and underneath each aperture is placed a sliding gate or gates by which the several streams of material can be simultaneously cut off." (Patent Number 169,935)
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Object number
2015.14.2059a-d
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