Patent Model - Wheelwright-Machine
Maker and role
Charles Anderson, Patentee
Production date
Jul 19 1881
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Brass
Measurements
6 x 5 1/2" (15.2 x 14cm)
Description
Anderson's patent is "a new and useful Machine for Inserting and Spacing the Spokes in the Fellies of Wheels". It "relates to the manufacture of boys'-wagon wheels and toy-cart wheels composed of a hub, spokes, and felly." This machine automates a process that was done by hand before. (Patent Number 244,365)
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Object number
2015.14.3352a,b
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