Patent Model - Valve for Water-Closets
Maker and role
George Milne, Patentee
William Gants (b.1858, d.1896), Patentee
Production date
Sep 07 1880
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Brass
Measurements
3 1/4 x 6 x 2" (8.3 x 15.2 x 5.1cm)
Description
In the patent, Milne and Gants stated: "Our invention relates to an automatic valve and its operating mechanism, which admit a certain quantity of water to the closet to supply the bowl as often as it is emptied of its contents." (Patent Number 231,967)
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Object number
2015.14.3253a,b
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