Patent Model - Improvement in Weather-Strips
Object Detail
Maker and Role
Melvin Frink (b.1853, d.1928), Patentee
James Frink (b.1857), Patentee
James Frink (b.1857), Patentee
Date
Dec 04 1877
Object Type
Media
Wood, iron, brass
Dimensions
11 x 10 1/2 x 4" (27.9 x 26.7 x 10.2cm)
Description
Frink and Frink's patent "relates to devices for excluding cold or drafts of air from dwelling-rooms; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of an improved so-called 'weather-strip,' made in two parts, one fitting into the other when the door or shutter to which our improvement is applied is closed,..." (Patent Number 197,843)
Collection
Rothschild Patent Model Collection
Object No
2015.14.2485a,b
Currently on Display
No