Patent Model - Cotton-Cleaner
Maker and role
Charles Smith (b.1824, d.1864), Patentee
Production date
Sep 11 1860
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, paint, iron
Measurements
4 x 9 x 5 1/2" (10.2 x 22.9 x 14cm)
Description
Smith's patent "consists, 1st, in the employment of a conical shaft provided with spiral fans at one of its ends and with teeth set in spiral lines around its circumference and along the remainder of its length, in combination with a cylinder, constructed for a portion of its length of wire-work and of sheet metal, and an exterior case which is constructed with an air supply passage and a peculiar cotton discharge passage..." (Patent Number 30,003)
Object number
2016.13.74a,b
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