Patent Model - Improvement in Shovels
Maker and role
Charles Hubbard (b.1828, d.1905), Patentee
Production date
Oct 21 1879
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, metal
Measurements
2 1/2 x 16 x 5 1/2" (6.4 x 40.6 x 14cm)
Description
Hubbard's patent "consists in forming the traps of the shovel of sufficient width to meet at their edges at the shoulder, and of a regular gradual taper back over the bend to the straight part of the handle, and either tapered or straight from that point to their ends." (Patent Number 220,760)
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Object number
2015.14.3025a-d
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