Patent Model - Improved Dust-Pan
Maker and role
Daniel Colby, Patentee
Josiah Humphery, Assignee
Production date
Apr 28 1868
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Iron
Measurements
2 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 5" (6.4 x 26 x 12.7cm)
Description
Colby's patent provides "a dust-pan that shall require no holding while the dust is being swept in, and one that may with greater convenience be carried away to be emptied without having the dust spilled or blown out by passing currents of air." (Patent Number 77,358)
Collection
Object number
2015.14.861a,b
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