Patent Model - Improvement in Clothes-Rubbers
Maker and role
Seymour Foster, Patentee
Production date
Feb 28 1871
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood
Measurements
1 1/4 x 3 x 2 1/2" (3.2 x 7.6 x 6.4cm)
Description
Foster's patent "has relation to an improvement in 'clothes-rubbers,' and consists in the novel arrangement and construction of a corrugated block of wood, gutta-percha, rubber, or other material with elastic straps, which is intended to serve as an efficient implement to assist in rubbing clothes by hand." (Patent Number 112,235)
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Object number
2015.14.1278
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