Patent Model - Improvement in Washing-Machines
Maker and role
Daniel Jones, Patentee
Production date
Nov 05 1878
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, rubber, iron
Measurements
9 1/2 x 10 x 5" (24.1 x 25.4 x 12.7cm)
Description
Jones's patent "has relation to that class of washing-machines shown in Letters Patent to John H. Atwater, dated July 31, 1855, No. 13,344;" and his improvement "consists in the construction and arrangement of the washing-machine with a pump, and the whole operated from a wringer attached to one end of the washing-machine box..." (Patent Number 209,693)
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Object number
2015.14.2733a,b
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