Patent Model - Improvement in Reversing Friction Clutch and Brake
Maker and role
Thomas Weston, Patentee
The Yale Lock Manufacturing Company, Assignee
Production date
Jul 01 1879
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, brass
Measurements
5 x 9 1/2 x 3 3/4" (12.7 x 24.1 x 9.5cm)
Description
Weston's patent makes improvements to two of his earlier patents - Number 75,227 (March 3, 1868) and Number 98,000 (December 14, 1869).
The objectives of this hoist related patent was to render his earlier "patent devices available in combination with a spur-pinion or train of gearing for driving the said pinion or gearing in either direction..." (Patent Number 217,032)
The objectives of this hoist related patent was to render his earlier "patent devices available in combination with a spur-pinion or train of gearing for driving the said pinion or gearing in either direction..." (Patent Number 217,032)
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Object number
2015.14.2923a,b
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