Patent Model - Metallic Fencing
Maker and role
Israel Kinney (Canadian), Patentee
Production date
Feb 24 1885
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Metal
Measurements
22 x 16 1/2 x 1 1/2" (55.9 x 41.9 x 3.8cm)
Description
Kinney's patent "consists, essentially, in a panel or open metallic frame-work constructed from a single sheet of metal, said sheet being provided with several series of slits of each series being formed in the same straight line and breaking joints with the slits of the contiguous series... The sheet thus prepared is then corrugated or bent in a direction substantially at right angles with the lines or series of slits..." (Patent Number 312,864)
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Object number
2015.14.3538
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