Patent Model - Improved Wringing-Machine
Maker and role
Simeon Emerson, Patentee
Production date
Oct 27 1868
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, brass
Measurements
6 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 2" (16.5 x 21.6 x 5.1cm)
Description
Emerson's patent improvements "consist in a bearing-plate, having spindles or axes upon which the intermediate gears revolve, and a curved slot for the reception of the journal of the lower roller at the gear-end, together with a hook or projection for preventing the lower roller from rising, when in operation, by its gear 'climbing' the intermediate gear." (Patent Number 83,480)
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Object number
2015.14.929a,b
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