Patent Model - Improvement in Floor-Scrubbers
Maker and role
Frederick Balch, Patentee
Production date
Jul 23 1878
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, fiber, rubber, brass, iron
Measurements
4 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 3 1/2" (11.4 x 26.7 x 8.9cm)
Description
Balch's patent "is designed to obviate the necessity of kneeling upon the floor and the employment of the traditional soap and sand with the hand-brush, and also the tedious process of removing the free water with the mop-cloth...in the same implement...combined a scrub-brush and a rubber, of india-rubber or other suitable material with a water pan..." (Patent Number 206,212)
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Object number
2015.14.2649a,b
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