Patent Model - Horse-Collar Block
Maker and role
Peter Moodey, Patentee
Production date
Jun 26 1855
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Brass, iron
Measurements
6 x 6 1/4 x 3 1/4" (15.2 x 15.9 x 8.3cm)
Description
Moodey's patent "consist in the adaptation of a hinge, combined with other new arrangements of machinery to a block for stretching, stuffing, and blocking horse collars, of leather, cloth, or even india-rubber and other substances, and this without removal during the process, from the block." (Patent Number 13,132)
Collection
Object number
2015.14.146a,b
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