Patent Model - Improvement in Universal Joints
Maker and role
Phineas Burgess, Patentee
Production date
Nov 27 1877
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, brass
Measurements
3 x 13 x 5 1/2" (7.6 x 33 x 14cm)
Description
Burgess' patent furnishes "an improved universal joint for shafting, designed especially for propeller-shafts, but equally applicable to other heavy shafts where great strength is required, and which shall be so constructed as to very greatly increase the strength, without materially increasing the amount of metal used in their construction." (Patent Number 197,541)
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Object number
2015.14.2479a,b
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