Patent Model - Improvement in Clothes-Driers
Maker and role
George Woods (b.1826?, d.1909), Patentee
Production date
May 28 1872
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, brass
Measurements
14 x 4 x 6 1/2" (35.6 x 10.2 x 16.5cm)
Description
Woods's patent was intended to "carry clothes up near the ceiling where the air is warmest and where they will dry soonest, out of the way of person's heads who may be passing under the clothes." (Patent Number 127,206)
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Object number
2015.14.1436a,b
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