Patent Model - Improvement in Clothes-Wringers
Maker and role
Willard Brooks, Patentee
John Hartzell, Patentee
Production date
Jul 01 1873
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, iron
Measurements
5 x 8 x 2 3/4" (12.7 x 20.3 x 7cm)
Description
Brooks and Hartzell's patent "relates to devices for wringing clothes in washing; and the invention which forms the subject-matter of this patent consists of the several parts of the wringer, consisting of the frame with holding legs, rollers, spools, connecting-bands and guide-board, said wringer being constructed for adaptation to a washing-machine..." (Patent Number 140,344).
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Object number
2015.14.1589a,b
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