Patent Model - Machine for Turning or Edging Bricks
Maker and role
Charles Farrington, Patentee
Production date
Feb 01 1859
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, brass
Measurements
4 x 11 1/4 x 6" (10.2 x 28.6 x 15.2cm)
Description
Farrington's patent "consists in having a series of slats attached by joints or hinges to a suitable frame and connected to a spring... whereby the unburned bricks, during the process of drying, may be turned from a flatwise position, as they are left by the molds, to a position edgewise, with far greater facility and rapidity than they can be turned by the usual hand process." (Patent Number 22,790)
Collection
Object number
2015.14.253a,b
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