Patent Model - Improvement in Locks
Maker and role
James Sargent (b.1824, d.1910), Patentee
Production date
Mar 11 1879
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, iron, brass
Measurements
9 1/4 x 5 3/4 x 2 1/4" (23.5 x 14.6 x 5.7cm)
Description
Sargent's patent has for its object "to improve that class of locks for doors, drawers, and other articles which may be set at any desired distance from the edge thereof, and also to construct a lock which shall be cheap, compact, and simple in construction, and readily applied..." (Patent Number 213,252)
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Object number
2015.14.2822
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