Patent Model - Improvement in Clothes-Wringers
Maker and role
Jacob Brinkerhoff, Patentee
Production date
Jan 27 1874
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, iron
Measurements
16 x 14 x 5 1/2" (40.6 x 35.6 x 14cm)
Description
Brinkerhoff's patent "consists in combining with a steel spring, a stop to preserve the spring from breaking or being set..." The reason is "unless a steel spring is protected when used in wringers, it is liable to get overstrained, and will either set or break..." (Patent Number 146,867)
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Object number
2015.14.1695a,b
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