Patent Model - Machine for Molding and Pressing Brick
Maker and role
Stacy Costill (b.1795, d.1846), Patentee
Production date
Sep 04 1840
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood
Measurements
13 x 10 x 10" (33 x 25.4 x 25.4cm)
Description
Costill's patent improvements consists of "constructing the platform with vertical trunks in the manner described in combination with the revolving spider" and "the movable arm a in combination with the revolving plate P and stationary cam l the arm a being connected to the plate P and revolving with it while the brick is being pressed and being detached from it as soon as the pressure is completed..." (Patent Number 1,769)
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Object number
2015.14.19a,b
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