Patent Model - Improvement in Apparatus for Dissolving Sugar
Maker and role
William Hocking, Patentee
Production date
Apr 09 1872
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Copper, brass
Measurements
7 x 5" (17.8 x 12.7cm)
Description
Hocking's patent "consists in an upright pipe or hollow shaft arranged centrally in the melting-pan, and having near its lower end hollow arms or branches that are perforated along opposite sides, and constitute, with the said shaft, what is commonly known as a 'Barker's Mill,' which is operated by the passage through it of the steam that is introduced into the contents of the pan, thus obviating the necessity of gearing or other mechanism for driving the stirrer." (Patent Number 125,654)
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Object number
2015.14.1425a-c
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